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'I ill 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