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HKAE 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. n Vaughan W\ XQK 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, Wilson tus i.A •< ' ’ W w<c fiW Si / Vi ip® f: ifLC-V Ml, s -