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ATLANTA, (}A„ SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1913. .
ftU POLLY PEACIITPEE
tyrHO La Polly Peachtree? Now
\X/ isn’t that a nice question for
me to ask myself, for I know
perfectly well who 1 am, although 1
have been told during the past ten
days that certain other people, who
were in no way connected with The
Sunday American, were claiming the
authorship of this column—poor as
it is! 1 may not tell you to-day
who Polly Peachtree really is—but I
may tell you next week. And if 1
do. it may be necessary to publish
the names of some persons who have
been taking credit that does not be
long to them, by claiming to be—me!
Southern Golf Association, has not
practiced much this year and tells
me she will not take part in the
tournament. Alexa Stirling, who is
regarded as the best girl player in
the South, has neglected her practice
this winter for the violin, of whictfr
she Is very fond. The tournament
was played here last year, and was
much enjoyed by the on-lookers, as
well as by those taking part. I hope
Atlanta will send a good delegation,
as the golf players of Atlanta are
equalled by those of few Southern
cities, none perhaps, except New Or
leans, Nashville and Memphis.
I T was a sleepy week. There was
not much doing in social affairs.
Everybody was tired out with the
opera. Everybody was glad that the
great musical festival was over, and
yet everybody is looking forward to
next year’s season of opera with
keen appreciation of good things to
come.
Many letters have been received by
society people from the singers since
they departed from Atlanta thanking
them for the many courtesies extend
ed. I have one from Caruso that
fairly bubbles over with English,
French and Italian humor, and’inimi-
table pen sketches made by Caruso
himself.
^ PEAKING of golf, I- am reminded
of a paragraph in a New York
paper which told of the installation
of an electric system over a country
club golf links, so that the game can
be played in the evening. I do not
think much of this innovation. Golf
is all right for the daytime and in
its place; but I do not think the
evening should be devoted to a stren
uous game, played on an extensive
dark plot; the gloom of which can
only be brightened In spots to render
\t rITH a week in which to recupe-
™ rate from the physical weariness
that boro upon us heavily for a few
days after thfe excitement and inspir
ation of the music and the brilliance
of opera week had passed, we are
beginning to* notice that spring has
come, and to begin plans for another
phase of social actiVi^v. With the
May opening at the Driving Club, we
begin to wear our “really. truly,”
summer togs (lacy blouses, rose-trim
med hats and slippers). The sum
mer season is then officially opened
and Atlanta society entered upon that
long. delightful, do-as-you-please
time, which comes to an end with
the first of the debut parties in late
November or December.
I have noted many of the smart
young women of the city on the
streets, these past few sunny morn
ings and most of them slipped into a
millinery shop and purchased a hat
with flowers on it. We have not had
much spring-time weather, this year,
and the Driving Club opening next
week comes rather early, but I pre-
• diet that many summer gowns and
its will grace/the occasion.
:S
■’RING will be welcomed with out-
of-door sports, and though we
hate no big race meets, or coaching
H parties, or Hunt Clubs, we will en-
* joy horseback riding, tennis and golf.
i seem to recall that a Hunt Club was
-formed here some time ago, and am-
fbitious plans formulated, but as
is been heard of the club
first announcement, I sup
pose it has died for lack of suitable
exercise.
Some one told me that a cross
country ride was to be enjoyed yes
terday afternoon, by a number of the
younger riders. As it was dated to
commence about 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon, out on Peachtree Road I
did not investigate it personally but
I am sure the affair was a success.
SoYne splendid riders are numbered
in Atlanta’s smart set.
Miss Mary Allgood Jones, the gjrl-
wonder in riding, will- be missed this
season as she is abroad. Miss Charles
Owens is a blue-ribbon rider who
will be lost to us soon, as she is to
wed a New York man in June.‘Mrs.
John Hill is a fine rider, and other
good riders are Margaret McKee,
Helen Jones. Aurelia Speer, Margaret
Northern, May Atkinson, and Jose
phine Windle the last named, an Eng
lish girl who rides like an English
girl.
T HE summer regime of the Atlanta
society girl is a healthy one. With
.golf and tennis at the country clubs,
in the early morning, swimming in
the late aftenroon and just enough
dancing in the evening to finish up
the day pleasantly, the summer
brings roses and a store of health
more formal in-door season,
afraid that Atlanta will not
many representatives at the
lrnament in Memphis next
other places, darker. It’s a danger
ous precedent, for the game of golf
may, under such circumstances slip
most readily into a game of love—to
say nothing of the possibility of more
material slips which would result in
broken shins and noses instead of
broken nearts. Besides, what time
would be left for turkey-trotting, if
the evening as well as the morning
of one's day was taken up with golf?
i EFORE we leave the subject of
n'''
golf, I simply must publish a Mt-
tle poem I received last week. The
poem was accompanied by a letter
from a well-known northside girl,
v.hc gave the information that it was
inspired by' her respected parent's ef
forts Oil the green out at the Coun
try Club. 1 will not tell you her
name, but undoubtedly there are
mar’ of you. who will recognize the
work of this r Rented young lady.
“WIki. father p ays at golf he dons
|P\C hHRPDT A leadin P Atlanta hostess, whose beautiful
I lx *3* l\ V/l)Lr\ I I l/\ly 1/v/Aj Pace’s Kerry Road, luis been tin* scene of s
home, “ Wood haven, ” on the
some of the most delightful en
tertaining of the season. Mrs. Maddox is a beautiful woman, noted equally lor her social charm and for her gracious interest
and activity in all matters of civic and charitable work. She has several handsome sons, and is a most devoted mother.
His stock-bag is a beaut;
When father goes out on the links
The ladies almost faint.
You in ink he is an * Xpert, hut
You soon find out be ain’t
•He starts out with a pleasant smile,
And ’ I’m the candy” grin,
It’s carelessly he grabs a stick
When ready to begin.
He swings his driver at the ball.
Earth spurts up in the air;
He digs around a few times more,
And then he starts to swear.
“At ev’ry hole he stops a while
And registers some kicks;
One trip around the links and he
H is broken sev’rl sticks.
He thinks lie’s getting better an
His caddy, wise though small,
Declares he is -oh, not at golf—
At swearing at the ban.”
ire Player |
Woman's
;ou notice that woman who
just passed?" asked one fair
ker of tea, on the terrace of the
time way. with garden parties’, mid
day luncheons and afternoon teas.
The official position of # Governor ^la-
ton will change their plans this year
somewhat, though no definite arrange
ments have been’ made. The Gov
ernor was averse to moving out on
Friday (who would have thought it!),
so they have just gotten in for the
week- end.
rHEY say that “necessity is the
* mother of invention.” but the ne
cessities of a certain handsome male
turkey trotter made him the father
of a new one that I saw at the Pied
mont Driving Club the other night.
This popular dancer appeared with
dancing pumps which ifad been fitted
with thin rubber patches on the soles.
As a result of this certain grip on
the dancing floor, he executed some
steps that would have been impossible
otherw ise and which excited the envy
of his less thoughtful friends.
wRS. MARSHALL JOHNSTON.
'1 Macon, was a grand opera visi
Misses Rena and Nancy Clark, of
North (’arolina. who are at present
guests of Miss Waldo, in Atlanta.
They will make a tour of the prin-
eripal countries of Europe.
tor here and remained over a few
days afterward as the guest of Mrs.
Richard Johnston. I have heard that
Mrs. Johnston plans to visit her
daughter. Mrs. DeLancey Kountze. in
New York in the spring. Later she
may probably go abroad as s*he did
last year. Mrs. Kountze, I note, has
figured more prominently In the so
cial chronicles of the East this sea
son than in some time. As Martha
Johnston, she was one of Georgia’s
prettiest girb\ After two seasons in
New York and at Newport, under the
chaperonage of her cousin. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr . Martha John
ston married DeLancey Kountze, and
has since been a very pouplau young
matron.
For several years she was not in
good health, and was In mourning,
once”or twice, which interfered with
her social life. Now the two little
girls of Mrs. Kountze are getting
older and the devoted mother feels
more free to indulge In social pleas
ures.
The Kountze children took part the
past winter in some recent brilliant
tableaux sponsored by Air.*:'. George
Gould, and in which Gloria and Edith
Gould also posed. A recent photo
graph of Mrs. DeLancey Kountze
shows that she is even prettier than
when she was a bridesmaid at the
wedding of her cousin. May Goelet.
to the Duke of Roxburgh**. in this
new picture, the two little girls stand
by their mother and reveal the same
piquant, dark style of beauty which
made the former Martha Johnston fa
mous as the "Southern beauty” in
New York and Newport before he:
marriage.
vrRS GEORGE M. TOLLMAN, of^
*•**■ Chicago, who visited Mrs. Henry
Bankhead ^iere a few years agpo, and
was extensively entertained by At
lanta people, is to spend the summer
abroad. Usually Mrs. Bankhead and
her children join Mrs. Pullman at the
summer home of the latter and remain
through the season. Mrs. Pullman
suffered an injury some time ago from
falling down an elevator shaft in her
magnificent home, one of the show
residences of Chicago. Since then
she has not taken as prominent a
part in society as formerly, though
she is recovering from her injuries.
She is now at Hot Springs and news
of her plans for the summer were
sent to Mrs. Bankhead here. She sails
soon for Europe and will spend most
of May and all of June at Aix-lof*-
Balns. that most delightful garden,
spot In the mountains of Southwest
France.
\ S for going abroad this summer, it
** really seems that everybody is
doing it; so. just another paragraph
on the subject, and I turn to other
things.
Much disappointment was felt last
week when It was learned that Mrs.
John Miller Horton, of New York,
had cancelled her visit here at the
last moment on account of pressing
duties. Mrs, Horton was to have
beer' the guest of Mrs. William Law-
son Peel, but found it impossible to
come. She will sail from New York
on the Hamburg-American liner. Im-
perator. June 7, foi Berlin to be the
guest of Mrs. Alexander Thackara,
wife of the American consul-general
In Berlin. Mrs. Horton will attend
the peace conference at The Hague
and will be an honor-gif€rt at the
unveiling of the new peace palace,
built with funds contributed by Mr.
Carnegie. Mrs. Horton is a very clever
capable and charming woman and
has many warm friends In Atlanta
• * *
1X7 HETHER it was the approach
v of summer or whether it
was the idea that the dictates of
fashion called for It. I do not know
but a decollette gown that I saw at
the dance given at the Piedmont Driv-
| ing club last evening recalled to me
the following lines, which may be la
beled. "An Irreducible Minimum:”
I’ve little sympathy. I must confess.
With the opinion many men express,
That woman is extravagant In dress
I do not see how she could do with
less!
Piedmont Club the other day, as a
couple sauntered by.” "The one, w ith
the gray hat, the white feather, the
red velvet rose, the mauve jacket, the
black skirt, and the lavender spats?”
queried her vis-avis.
"Yes.”
“Not particularly.”
T HERE is no perfect woman; i-mt
that lucky! Even the suffragettes
arc not proof against a womanlike
retaliation to the gibes offered them
by the boorish Washington public at
their parade during the Inaugural. An
Atlanta man told me, soon after his
return from Washington that among
the insults hurled at these women,
the “most unkindest cut of all” was
that of a howling dervish standing
near him. who taunted the riders as
they passed with a remark about
coming out to see 'chickens' and be
ing compelled to gaze at ‘old hens.' i
agreed with him. and so. presuma-
1 bly, did the suffragettes, strong
minded women though they are. The
beauty parade in New York yester
day was a fine answer to that “hor
rid man.” I hope however, that he
received a more immediate reply
from loWly Inez Alilholland’s whip as
she passed him in the Washington
parade!
r Ml'ST tel! you what i heard while
1 lunching at a Ponce de Leon A\«
nue home last week.
The little daughter of the hostess—
we will call her Elizabeth -had been
instructed before luncheon began not
to speak at the table except when
asked a question. Mrs. made
this instruction very explicit, and lit
tle Elizabeth promised to obey.
During the luncheon no attention
was paid* to the lit tie girl. She grew
very rentIe»s and lbund it very hard
to sit Kill so long without speaking.
Finally, she looked al her mother
and asked:
“Mother, when are you going to
begin asking me questions?”
After that Elizabeth prattled to he
heart’s content.
OVERNOR-ELECT AND MRS
^ SLATON have moved out to their
country place, a beautiful residence
on tlte Peachtre. Road. They will
bo there until the opening of the
General Assembly when they come
into the city, and throughout the ses
sion the Governor and Mr**. SI Won
will be at home at the Executive
Mansion I am sure everybody is
proud of Georgia's new first lady, who
shares the attention and interest in
the public mind with her distin
guished husband. The Slatons have
taken an active part in social life
this year, which will by no means* be
discontinued with their change of res
idence. The handsome home on
j Peachtree Road is only about two
| years old, last season being the first
in which Mrs. Slaton entertained
l there, in the happy, informal sumrner-
pLANS for the summer form the
chief topic of conversation at the
informal parties of the times. 1 hear
that Miss Leone Lad son and her sis
ter, Mm Frank Adair, have planned
a most delightful summer abroad.
They expect to sail from New York on
the Berlin, whicli leaves May 10 for
Naples. I’pon landing they will be
joined by Mrs. Leonora Pace Ows
ley, of Atlanta, who has spent the
past year in Paris. Mrs. Owsley lived
several years in Vienna and has a de
lightful acquaintance abroad. The
trio wiil tour Italy, Switzerland and
Germany, and in June they go to
England, where they will be joined
b.v Mr. P’rank Adair and his uncle,
Mr George Adair. A motor tour
through England and a summer visit
to French watering places, with a
stay in Paris will conclude the sum
mer, the party returning the last of
J uiy.
1 WILL not say who was the most
1 popular debutante of this past
season, but you know as w r ell as I
do that Helen Dargan was simply sur
feited with parties when she “came
out.” Miss Dargan has been away
for some time, and when she came
home this week, brought a visitor
with her. ('onseqeuntly, nearly all
the social activity of the week cen
tered around these two young girls.
Among the many affaire at which
Miss Dargan was a guest during her
New York visit one of the most bril
liant was a costume ball, given by
Miss Frances Rowland, a New York
girl who often visits her kinspeople,
the Forrest Adairs, on Druid Hills.
When I tell you what Miss Dargan
wore, you will agree with the several
hundred guests, w’ho conceded her
to be the most charming of the many
veiled beauties present.
Miss Dargan was a veiled beauty
sure epough, for she wore with her
Turkish costume a veritable Harem
veil of filmy white stuff which par
tially obscured her glittering costume.
The costume was Turkish from top
to toe. The skirt of burnt-orange,
veiled in black net which was richly
encrusted with gold embroidery, a
blouse of black chiffon, opening to
show vest of gold; small Turkish slip
pers, the toes glittering with rhine
stones, and a bright-hued Persian
scarf wound around her smooth,
blonde head, made a costume of al
luring beauty which set off the ex
treme chic of this charming Atlanta
girl. Miss Rowland represented Fol
ly at the ball, wearing a white tarle-
ton costume with spangled skirt, red
slippers and red pompons on her cap.
After a stay with Miss Rowland Miss
Dargan lat*r visited Miss Ruth Dil-
son, on Riverside Drive
\ BOUT the time Mrs. Adair and
Miss Ladson return Miss Nell
Waldo and Miss Sarah Lee f*jvan? w
be on the waters bound for Liver
pool. They will be chaperoned by
Mrs. Frank Logan, sailing vome time
in Jun • -about the :*6th. 1 think Mrs.
Logan will take a party of ten yonng
women, and in this party will be
npIlK college girls will be coming
* home soon, and then, w<e will have
some fun! All sorts of jolly morning
parties, afternoon and early evening
dances, and so-forth. will enliven the
social calendar. Meanwhile. I know
everyone will be interested in what
some of these girl? are doing ip the
way of winning honors fo Atlanta.
At Brcnau. last week, pretty Mary
Dlsbro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. TV.
\V. Dlsbro, was voted the prettiest girl
in the college. Atlanta's reputation
for beauty w ill be ably sustained, you
see. by the future debutantes. Miss
Disl.ro hav a winsome manner and a
charming personality which enhances
her beauty, and has made her one
of the most popular girls at Breu&iu