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ATLANTA, UA„ SUNDAY, MAY 11. 1913.
\ } po \fr i| |/ |j \/"||A f\|iV( N|' One °f Atlanta most beautiful young matrons,
I II A. V yIvKJI IV II 1 I 11 Ay I l an d a social favorite. Mrs. Nixon is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson, and was a belle of the State before her marriage. She entertains
delightfully, and is a charming and handsomely gowned guest at brilliant events of the season.
distance. It is strange that the
young matrons do not ride more.
Some oite has remarked anent the
relative married and single advocate's
of the out-door sports, ^nat the se
cret of the married woman's prefer
ence for golf was the reputation of
the game for keeping one's figure
slim and youthful-looking, and with
out too much violent exercise. That
may be. and if so, 1 advise others
to Join the golf-playing brigade -that
is, if they do not turkey trot.
heard during the recent week of
opera, about the unusually clever way
in which this clever young men.
profited by a former mistake. It i*
his pleasure, during each week of
opera, it is said, to entertain mat. •
nee parties of girls only, in his box#
Last year, according to the custom
of doing such things in Atlanta, Mr.
Woolford phoned each of the mem
bers of his party, asking their pref
erence of bouquets. As it happened,
three of the party chose meteor ros s,
and the other three thought Killir-
ney roses would suit their gowns.
When the girls assembled, some with
red bouquets and others with pink
ones, the general scheme of color
seemed to be amiss. The harmony* of
tints offended the fastidious eye of
the young host, so he took note of
it, and this year, instead of asking
the girls, he bought six bouquets of
white roses and sent them to th->
girls. F»* wisdom was proven when
the effect was noted, the white roses
according equal’ well with the grav
gown, the pink one, the ceil blue, tho
white, and the other blue one.
at the White House, and has attend
ed several other large parties. The
President and his family are most
cordial to their former friends and
tlie* friends of their former friends,
when they visit Washington. Miss
Calhoun is one of several Atlanta
women who have been entertained at
White House affairs during the in
auguration of the Wilson regirhe. Miss
• ’alhoun is one of the handsomest of
the Southern belles who has visited
in Washington, and is a representa
tive of Georgia's oldest and most
prominent familier.
Polly perci itpei
]i f ISS Harriet Calhoun’s friends
have" received news of a delight
ful visit which she is having in
Washington. As the house guest of
forgotten whether it finished first,
second or third. But Ben Gatins'
colors on the race track, yellow and
chocolate, is certainly something not
to he sneezed at.
At this rye meeting, Mrs. Ben
Gatins was present in all her beaut'
and in a stunning toiht; and with
her was her sister Ruth and her
mother and father. Ruth Waters is
a handsome girl, and will certainly
break a good many hearts* when site
comes to Atlanta on a visit.
Somehow, New York newspapers
refuse to take the Waters family
seriously. Just why, 1 do not un
derstand. I have known Jason Wat
ers and Mrs. Waters for a long time.
They are fine, hospitable people, not
at all snobbish, entertain liberally,
and give no evidence of being of the
nouveau riche type, of which New
Yorkers accuse them. Jasbn Waters
is a very successful stock speculator,
and frequently carries as much as
100,000 shares a day. He has made
and lost several fortunes, and just
now, having been on the beer side
of the market for a long time, has
more money than he can count. Good
luck to him! -
S TRANGE requests come to me
Why people should expect me
to worry about their affairs
is something 1 cannot understand. I
am obliged to listen every week to an
endless amount of gab and gossip of
the heart-burnings of women in so
ciety, and of some who are not, but
are vefy anxious to be in the inner
circles. They tell me all kinds of
stories about their troubles, they say
many unkind things about other
women, and if I was* to publish one-
half of what is told to me in the
hope that it will be fmblished, 1
would start a riot that would taka
at least a good stout fire hose to
quell.
I am not going to try to straighten
out the affairs of Atlanta, and 1 am
not going to throw bricks at any
body in or out of society, but 1 shall
aim to set down every week the news
worthwhile that is going on in tiie
social circles.
THE picnic aeasqui will soon be here
and we are all planning any
number of delightful out-of-door, out
ings. With well-filled baskets, we
will trudge joyously off ‘to some
shady dell to enjoy ourselves to the
fullest. We will work hard over those
baskets; we will roast chicken; we
will make dainty sandwiches; we
will hake rake, and, perhaps, study
out a way to take a salad. And when
we reach our destination, we will set
the basket down with a sigh of relief,
and we will wait impatiently for the
time to com# when we can fall upon
the feast. And at last, we spread 1
all out and our mouths water for the
first bite of the delicacies provided.
And then we discover that we have
forgotten the salt!
Picnics have their drawbacks and
disappointments as any other pleas-
rvNE of the requests that appeals
to me comes from a woman who
has daughters, and for whom I have
the highest respect. This request is
that with the beginning of the sum
mer season, girls and women, young
and old. ehall properly apparel them
selves when they go on the street.
And if they do think it is? necessary
to fjtand in door-ways where the
sun may shine directly upon them, so
thatRubber-necks on the streets and
those in the stores may get a very
clear idea of the number, or rather
of the lack, of skirts, that are heiny
worn in Atlanta this season, they
will know just what they are doing
And they will be performing a ser
vice to tlemselv^s and probably pre
venting eyestrain on the part of many
men. old and young, if they put or.
at least one skirt.
I would hate to know that the eyes
of any of my male friends are
being strained to the point where
extra work would have to be per
formed by expert oculists. And this
is a plea, rather to save the men
than to help dress the women. The
skirt’s the thing dear girls, and be
sure you wear at least one.
* * *
. LETTER from a friend In New
A York brings the glad tidings that
the Duke of LelnKer, a rich, young: I
and handsome Irishman, is to visit
America soon, for the purpose of
Ring a song of six-pence.
Tag Hag's eome at last;
Loosen up flour purse-string 8 1
Ho not lift hi them fast.
Atlanta's (harm and beauty
Arc gathering for the frag,
And stone one's sure to tag gotft,
On this great festal dag.
i HAVE read with interest the an^
* nouncement of a new book by Mrs
Corra Harris. The forthcoming
publication is to be called: “In Search
of a Husband,” and I have heard til at
it wjil be different from her former
books. We are very fond of Mrs.
AST year at the Confederate re-
union in Macon, 1 heard the re-
i omission of spons
or honor, at future re-
The idea did not appeal to
did not appeal
. for the Chat-
port of a propose
ors and maid
union
me; and it appears,
to the powers-that-be,
tanooga social side is being stressed
to a greater extent than at the Macon
reunion. The charming women and
girls who arc appointed matrons and
maids of honor add much interest
to the reunion, and certain it is
that their pretty faces gain much
advertiflng space for the reunion
which otherwise would not be ac
corded the event. And why should
not the young women of the rieing
generation add their official interest
to thl> reunion? I think it both prop
er and pleasing, and I hope the cus
tom will be kept up. A feature of tile
Chattanooga reunion which I think
He and the Duke of St Albans are
the only bachelors of a marriageable.
age among the twenty-seven dukee
of Great Britian.* He ip said to be
full of fun. a splendid dancer, good
golfer, and an all-round manly young
fellow.
I am willing to start the fund to
bring him tti Atlanta with $1.
* . * *
TT is settled that the Capital City
* club and the Brookhaven club are
to be united, and that this latter
institution "ill become the out-of-
town auxiliary of the premier club of
our city. This is good n< ws. A
Capital City Country Club could be
made a strong institution. It is need
ed. And there are at.least 250 eligible
men in Atlanta who could join the
organization, if they had the oppor
tunity. The Broykhaven property can
be put into excellent shape very
quickly, and the Capital City Hub
wi.l add. not only to the pleasures
of u„ tit\ by the acquisition of the
property, hut to the gayety of life
ure. but they are most enjoyable a
tiiis season of the year, despite those
drawbacks. Already the younger set
has been on motoring parties and
have had picnic suppers. Soon th- -1
society chronicles will record the out
ings to Crystal Springs—a fa von .1
soot with Atlanta’s young people, to
Ron" ell. and to the other places whe-t*
a good road for motoring, a bit of
water and some trees draw the pic
nickers to this time-honored form »f
entertaining during the soring a n*
summer. I heard a "roup of charm
ing young women, who make the»r
homes at the Imperial Hotel, dis
cussing plans for a picnic the other
day and. believe me, it was a dis
cussion worth hearing. I'p to the
time I fled there had been only on
thing definitely settled and that‘was
that m> men were to be present. That
was why I fled. I was no longer in-
Harris in Atlanta and especially in
College Park, where she lived once
upon a time. In her first book, Mrs.
Harris drew largely upon her College
Park friends for her characters and
they had lots of fun identifying each
other, when the book came out. Two
or three times a year, Mrs. Harris
visits here and while she is not much
inclined to society, as Society, she
is cordial and gracious, and is always
the center of a group of interested
friends. Amusement was furnished
here to those who are familiar with
the quaint and clever everyday hu
mor and philosophy of Mrs. Harris,
by the large “birthday party,” site
gave in Nashville, her present home,
a few weeks ago. Mrs. Harris-^jent
out invitations to her “100th birth
day,” and to the astonished inquiries
of her prospective guesis. she explain
ed that she-thought the 1.410th anni
versary of one's birth should always
be observed; and as she didn’t expect
to be alive upon the day her inoih
■birthday came around, she had decid
ed to celebrate it upon this occasion.
Needless to .-ay the birthday party
was a great success. Among the
guests "ere Mrs. 1 C. McCrory and
Miss Erankie McCrory. of this city,
intimate friends of Mrs. Harris and
of her young married daughter. Mrs.
Harry Leach.
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Vaughan
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her and discovered that she was re
ferring to another lady who was en
tering the veranda some dozen steps
behind me. This lady wory a mus
tard-colored sill; *drc.\s. I was very
much relieved, for I thought my iden
tity had been discovered. The lady
who was mistaken for me, however,
has my deepest sympathy, for i am
told 1 have a lot to answer for.
the exclusive circles. The girls
them selves acknowledge that Mrs.
Tom Paine. Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs.
Luther Rosser, Jr.. Mrs. Yaidemar
Glide, Mrs. Gturga Harrington, excel
them in' tihs pastime. However,
when it comes to tennis, the girls
have the advantage, in point of the
numbers who play at any rate. On
both the East Lake and the Driving
'Club courts, young girls are more of-
J AST year, a number of youey
* men formed “stag parties” to
travel in Europe, and several w*ni
alone, for a summer on the eontinert.
I have not heard of any parties* for
this year, though a number of the
popular young men of the soon,
world are anticipating a season
abroad. Cator Woolford, one the
best known of the younger men, sa -
to-inorVaw for a stay of several
*,tR. AND MRS BEX GATINS
IVJ manage to keep themselves well
to the fore in public prints all the
time. I see no harm in this, because
they are young and full of life, have
plenty of vivacity, and plenty of
money. And as everybody knows
“touth must have its fling." They
hurried away from Atlanta itnrned-
Jrtely after opera week and the next
thing I heard of tie m \\a? from Lor>u
Inland where Ben Gatin had en
tered a her-' i'i■ *i oe<I L>\ Win ,! i
one of ’hi country club races U
vas horse too, although I have conic
AST Sunday
ibsence of Mr. Woolford. the spring
md summer aft,iits of the younger
ct, 1 am reminded ut a little story,
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