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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 11. 1913.
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By POLLY*PEACHTREE
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However, she has not attended
large and formal affairs of the sen
son, and will not be a debutante un
til next year. Miss Kills and lie* . _
family spent last year abroad, and
I have heard that Mrs. Kills is plan
ning for her young daughter to have
another summer abroad, before she
enters society, in a formal way.
A PRESUMING editorial writer on
** an Eastern paper quoting the re - . *>-
mark I made about the prevalence of
early breakfast parties during opera
week, added that often “early(break
fasts were synonymous, with me sup
pers.” That may be. and often is
the case during the season of bril
liant balls, when the guests are serv
ed with eggs and toasts after a
night of dancing, and before leaving
for their homes. This custom, which
is quite the ordinary thing in New
York, has not yet been adopted by
Atlanta society, bu: we are having
breakfast parties, just the same. Our
breakfast parties are called break
fast by courtesy, coming as they do
before or at 12 o’clock. After 1
o’clock they are just ordinary lunch
eons.
Fortunate guests have enjoyed sev
eral of the.se breakfast parties dur
ing the week, given in most instances
j Summer Furniture to Make Home Cool & Inviting. (-1th Floor)
$1 and $1.25 Silk Stockings, I &»*» I HANDBAG SALE
’S black and colors; |wf n £w ES $2.98; values to $8
S slight “seconds"... bi»C | I«IV1I «» $6.98! values to $16
5
£
Lavish Dispersal of die Worlds Fine Laces & Embroideries
, tim/mUe®.'-'' ’Sty-
T T has come at last—the Cubist
* gown. Not that an Atlanta wom
an has dared to wear it, but it is
here. I suppose some of the women
who inaugurated the slit-skirt on
Peachtree and Whitehall may be se
cured to display the Cubist gown, by
the enterprising plac£ of business
which possesses the wondrous cos
tume. This particular Cubist gown
is simply a patch-work of colors, in
squares, but so harmoniously blend
ed that one could not tell how they
were mingled. I shudder to think
what such a style would be in the
hands of a less artistic designer. It
is safe to say that the* Cubist gown
will not be a popular fad—the police
would not stand for its exploitation
in the “reducto and absurdum” man
ner which has been applied to other
styles like the slit skirt, the elongated
waist line, the low shoes—by unwise
selection and amateur workmanship.
The fashionable garb of the day is
peculiarly susceptible to this treat
ment and it may be but by the width
of a quarter inch, or the curve of a
line, that a modish toilette differs
from an absurdity.
As an Instance of how a style may
be easily rendered absurd lies in the
way some Atlanta maids and matrons
have adapted this particular slit-skirt
fad. The Paris designers, making the
skirts longer and longer, and with
each inch added to the length cut
out of the width, found that, they
had not left room for milady to walk
In. So they conceived the plan of
slitting this extremely long and nar
row skirt, to several inches, display
ing thereby, the silken instep and
slippered foot. The adaptation of
the French idea to the amateur mode
of Atlantans would cause the design
ers to drop dead at the sight. On
a short walk along Whitehall in the
shopping district, a few days ago. i
noted a little girl, with skirts to her
knee, displaying a slit several inches
above the hem, and the white petti
coat beneath. Again, I saw a young
woman with a skirt of ordinary walk
ing length, also slit up to reveal—
. well, more than the ankle; thus vul
garizing the French design.
\nd an older woman achieved the
absurdity and the ugliness of having
her ordinary length skirt slit up and
wearing, as a sign of modesty, X sup
pose. an ordinary three-dollar-and-
a-half bright green petticoat under
neath. the flimsy silk of screaming
colors, flopping into view with every
step I wonder when women will
learn to select the conservative when
they cannot afford the skillfully con
structed garment of ultra-fashiona
ble lines.
* * *
T HE ott-quoted Bvronic lines:
"Maid of Athens, ere we part.
Give oh, give me back my heart,
were too apropos to escape the fate
of becoming a by-word for the young
men who attend the University
Georgia, in the delightful little ton n
which bears the name of the famous
city of ancient history- If the inter
marriage record between Atlanta men
and Athens maids continues for a
few years longer, as in the past, we
will have to annex Athens, as a part
of our own fair city.
Several Athens girls were among
last year's brides, for Atlanta men,
and the record bids fair to be kept
the season. One of the most
$3 ou need
„ . . _ i , at the Piedmont Driving: club. Among
same affair. Consequently, Pavlowa the ho8tes8es entertaining, in this
is in no hurry to leave London, and
her bewitching terpslchorean per
formance have set everybody to danc
ing. However, if Pavlowa is respon
sible for London society’s addiction to
the dance, who started it over here. 1
wonder.
member of this
class at “Georgia,"
Soon
went over
friend and
Important of the recently announced
engagements being that of Samuel
Dick, of Atlanta,
year’s graduating .
and Miss Ruth Tribble, daughter of
Congressman and Mrs. S J: Tri ! ) ’?'A
\thens They say that Sam Dick
and Hilliard Spalding (an Atlanta
man who has been married about a
vear to a lovely Athens young wom
an). have had the reputation of being
the most popular men in college, and
consequently, with -he Athens girls.
after graduation Mr. Spalding
for his bride, and his
fellow-sport, is destined
for the same happy fate. Mr - Di< L
has had a charming bungalow in
Athens during his college days in
which to entertain his friends. It is
a quaint place and furnished In an
artistic manner. Many rneiry pa
See have been entertained therein.
U»“ young women and their mo hers
and the young men of the college
forming the company, with out or
{own guests in addition, on many oc
casion! It is said that Mr. Dick
SS recently given up his attractive
bungalow and will have suites of
rooms-reserved in the Georgian Hotel,
for the entertainment of his guests
for the wedding, as his bungalow
-Seas too small for the party he ex
pects Mr. Dick is one of the prom
inent' and well-known young men of
Atlanta, and his lovely bride-to-be 1
.debutante of this year.haying
made her formal bow, in W ashing
ton D C. during her father’s resi
dence there. Much interest centers
In the wedding which is set
June 19th.
T AM told by a young lady who as-
*■ sumes to know that this summer
is going to be a greater dancing
season even than the winter that has
just passed. The whole country
seems to be dancing mad, and this
young lady has set down for me fif
ty freak dances which are published
below. If you ar^ not able to do
at least one-half of these dances, you
are not qualified for society.
Can you dance them?
Longing Boston,
Fish Walk,
7 Grizzly Bear.
Bunny Hug.
Honey Bug.
Turkey Trot.
Spanish Tango.
Texas Tommy.
Banana Slide.
Porcupine Roll.
Buzzard Lope,
Angleworm Wiggle,
Dervish Dip.
Aerial Dance,
Boston Trot.
Spotted Sock Schottische,
Ho;» o' My Toes.
Tassle Tanga.
Lun-Antic.
Horse Trot,
Whirlv Gig.
Sea-Sick Dip
Eurythmv.
Shin-digger.
Chicken Scratch.
Galloping three-step,
One Step.
Hesitation Hop.
Cutback Cuddle.
Pay Day Prance,
Location Limp.
Ten foot Trot.
Silent Slide.
Camera Cavort.
Foreground Frolic.
Hospital Hop,
Switchback Sway,
Crab (trawl.
Paresis Slide.
Ace of Diamonds.
I suggest that a few “extra dances”
might be added for the benefit of
those who can go through with the
above list, and are still able to stand
up.
* * •
W ASHINGTON had a debutante
last week—a garden-party de
butante. This is an innovation with
delightful possibilities to the mother
of a young daughter, who has the
good luck to possess a pretty garden
of flowers as well as society “bud.''
The Washington debutante was Miss
Josephine Newell, and she received,
with her mother, Mrs. “Frederick H.
Newell, on the porch of their hand
some suburban home. The guests
were entertained at an al fresco tea,
oh the lawn and porches. I notice
in the social news of New York that
a half dozen or more debutante balls
for next autumn have already been
announced. The numerous debut af
fairs of November and December
necessitate this early fixing of dates
for the crowded season.
We have fewer debutantes and a
longer season, so each young girl has
her own ball, and often an after
noon tea, as well, beside numerous
complimentary affairs given the
bud,” by her mother’s friends. At
lanta girls usually make' their de
buts in the late autumn, though some
of them dhoose the after-Christmas
season for the coming-out balls. Last
year, Miss Harriet Calhoun was a
spring debutante, and the only one.
This season, the spring has witness
ed no debut parties, though several
of* the young women who will prob
ably make debuts next year have
been among the hostesses of the af
fairs of the after-Lenten season.
Miss Katherine Ellis is one of these,
her debut having been postponed to
next year, on account of her mother’s
mourning. Miss Ellis has given sev
eral little parties in her mother’s
beautiful Ansley Park residence, dur
ing the week of opera and since.
for
A DENVER, COLO hostees last
week sent out invitations to
a tea, the cards bearing notic
that supplementary attractions would
be bridge, dancing, swimming, and
bowling and billiards. At the home
of the hostess, every convenience was
made ready for the afternoon, in
cluding a pool of water, heated luke
warm. But the account of the party,
in next day’s paper, said that no one
went near the water, the card-tables
were not drawn out, and the billiard
room and bowling-alley remained de
serted. He who runs may read the
signs of the times. Even as in Den
ver of the West, in New York of the
East in Atlanta of the South, and
doubt not, in the cities of the far
North as well, dancing takes up all
of the time of the society world
present. I note that cable dispatches
from London, say that the distinc
tive feature of the new season is
dancing, and Pavlowa. who charmed
Atlanta a few years ago. 13 said to
be responsible for the dancing craze
in London society. The charming
Russian has a social life in London
such as she could not have in this
country. She dances at the brilliant
entertainments, and afterward, has
the pleasure of being a guest of the
entertaining
manner, which is ideal for ihe spring
season in the South, were Mrs. Georg»
Dexter and Mrs. H. L. Cobbs. For
the pleasure of guests and the con
venience of hostesses. I hope the fad
will continue through the summer.
The afternoon siesta which is as
necessary for the women of the South
during the hot months, as for the I
Snanish women, interferes sadly with!
ufternoon parties. The breakfast,
beginning at 11 o’clock and finishing
up in time for the siesta would solve
the problem of entertaining by day. in
July and August.
* * *
T AM looking forward with interest
1 to the gathering in Atlanta of the
Presbyterians. A great many of my
friends have thrown open their homes
to the visitors, and I hear of many
teas, informal dinners and other so
cial festivities not incompatible wi i
church work that are being planned.
The women of Atlanta may he de
pended upon always to come forward
even when they are asked to give
up their own bedrooms for the en
tertainment of worthy visitors.
* * *
Y\JHAT a tiny world this IS aftw
all. Everywhere you go. you
rire sure to find some one you know,
and there is always some one, some
where. to tell you something, pro or
con. about Atlanta and her society
folk. 1 happened to meet a woman
newly returned from New York, an I
she told me she had heard a woman
say, that a friend of hers, traveling
in France, had seen the picture <»f
one of the loveliest woman in the
South, and that it was Mrs. Richard
W. Johnston, formerly Isabelle Thom
as. of Athens. The picture was ex
hibited in the Spring Salon at Paris,
and was creating a great deal of ad
miration. Young Burnham, the noted
sculptor, was the artist and the work
was presented in gold galvano. It is
really but a sketch portrait, but em
bodies all the delicacy and beauty if
the original. The portrait will be in
cluded in the low-relief bronzes, ex
hibited by Mr. Burnham at the Inter
national Exhibition at Brussels, and
also at Rome.
So in this round-about way the in
formation has reached me, for Mrs.
Johnston would never have told it
herself, so modest Is she concerning
her beauty and art-inspiring loveli
ness.
1 * * *
ORETTY ISABEL ROBINSON is lo
1 spend a year or so in studv
abroad before she makes her debu*.
Miss Robinson, who is the elder
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roby Robin
son, leaves early in September for
Paris, where she will enter the Yeat-
man School for Girls at Neuilly. I
can safely predict a successful social
career for this charming young girl,
as even in her early teens, she has
the distinction of being the most pop
ular girl of her age in the city. And,
I believe, her little sister. Elois?.
comes up to the same standard of
popularity among the girls and boys
of her age. Each of the girls nr
very pretty, with a high-bred, deli
cate air, and a winsome personality.
Miss Robinson will not be a debutant
for several years, I assume, as I
understand she expects to spend som
time abroad, in study and travel, be
fore entering society. Another At
lanta girl at the Neuilly School, near
Paris, is Miss Jessie McKee, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKee.
At prices never before approached in lowness
thus early in the season. Save a Half and More
Not in years have
Blame it. on the
that manui’aeturers
It has been a had year for lace and embroidery importers,
such lots of laces and embroideries been offered at such low figures,
tariff, weather, money market -what yon will—the fact remains
and importers are unloading at ruinously low prices.
We've been to New York and shared. The full burst of our purchases appears.
Monday. It needs hut a glance over the appended items to realize that here are most
wonderful savings.
$1 to $2.50 Embroideries
45-in. tillover embroideries, shadov and eyelet
45-in. flouneings, shadow and eyelet designs.
27-in. flouneings. in lovely Baby Irish patterns.
Merely listing; the trio is impre-sive—more so when you consider the
fine hmd loom work, Inst edges. fresh 'rom ti e i
yard worth 'ess than SI; most of it $1.50 t.i $2.50
duy only, choice, 6‘.)o.
SI.50 to $2.50 Lace Bands
69c
i
$3 to $5 Laces at ■
.69,!
$1
Li ei re
lot
libroid'
Mon-
Imagine t
sheer b e a
lovely I
lachs, the fnslilon-
able Chantilly and shadow
new Darn lace. In ivory
white bands* and flouneings,
27 inches wide.
t.he
and
8 to
I
cr
50c to 75c Lacs Flouncings
The fashionable macrame and Venue
laces, in cream, white and ecru, and
tho popular Bulgarians in colors.
Variously in bands and edges to match.
All While Robes
Reduced a Third
4 off any embroidered \vl
I -.1 robe in stock. None
* “ serVed
Think of the chances for graduating
dreSses, street and afternoon
gowns. Lingerie, voiles and
crepe. All white; self embroidered.
Were $15 to $60.
Now $10 to $40.
IS and 27-inch Shadow laces and round-
thread laces In cream and white.
Splendid for dresses, waists, demi-
flouncings. etc.
$12.58
39c
a $22.50 Emb. Rohes $8.95
ute
re-
Tiie new purer ..scs fore a downward price revision on al! our
own stork Result, a magnificent lot of choice embroidered crepes,
voiles, lingeries and ratines at $8.95.
Some are whit,' embroidered in colors; time coiofe embroidered In white;
some are self embroidered. Bulgarian embroidered robes are promi
nent. as well as some all white. Each robe contains sufficient Bouncings
and bands to make a complete dress. $s.D5.
$3.50 Shirfcw ist Fronts $1.95
Sheer white voile
hand-embretderc
?, and litis
d designs
Dries in charming
$3,50 values fer
shirtwaist
$1.95.
fronts. Pretty
$2.50 ta $3 Flouneings $1.25 ! 35c to 50c Ckmy Laces 19c
grrm— fe
Sheer, white, flakey, 45-inch Bouncings of gossnmi
voile and crepe. Bewitchingly embroidered,
blind. French, shadow and ey>!et patterns.
Al;
linen Cluny lace
signs that closely
5 inches wid
bands, hand ioom work, in de-
v rival real hand work. All white.
Only 19c.
75c & $1 Laces 49c
18-inch allover shadow laces, in
cream, white and ecru.
1 8c to 20c Em’bds. 10c 15c to 23c Laces 10c
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Close-nut
lots i
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to 5-inch edges and insertings of
shadow and Val. laces.
M R S
AND MRS. WILLOUGHBY
SHARPE, of New York, tendered
the use of their summer home in tn*
mountains of Virginia to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hopkins. Jr., for their
honeymoon. News from the young
couple give details of long horseback
rides over the mountains, which . 3
very gay with flowers at present. Th;
friends of the young bride, who was j
Helen Payne, will be delighted to
know that she has completely recov
ered from her recent indisposition a
few weeks before her marriage. When
she gets home, some time next week,
a number of parties will be arranged
in her honor, the pre-nuptial affaDv
being delayed on account of the
bride’s illness. Upon their return t»<
Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins wi.l
be at home for the present with Mr.
and Mrs. J. Carroll Payne, on Peach
tree.
ATLANTA’S CLASSIEST
“MOVIE”
G
HIGHEST CLASS
SINGERS
AVAILABLE
FINEST
FIRST-RUN
PICTURES
COOLEST SPOT
IN THE SOUTH
REMEMBER
Save Dimes & Dollars on Your
m
| Every Muslinwear Purchase
The May Sale of Muslin wear provides lavish as-
^5 sortments of-fresh white musliuwear al prices much
sJ less than you customarily pay. Practically every gar-
‘ ment in stock is reduced. The savings start, on tfie
^ simple
% Staple 50c Garments for 39c
= 2 Cambric Gowns, with French beading top ribbon-run.
4m Corset Covers of nainsook, lace, embroidery and ribbon
trimmed.
■5 Drawers of nainsook; wide leg trimmed with Cluny.lace; the
new narrow leg trimmed with Val. lace.
I $1 to $ 1.50 Gowns at 69c
^5 Made of fine cambrics and nainsooks. Simple slipover styles
■=5 In round neck, with set-in or kimono sleeves trimmed
Tpi in dainty laces and embroideries, and headings ribbon-run.
2* Also initial gowns in the same lot, though some initials
are missing.
Haven’t space to quote every pviee from 69c up.
§ but at
$1.95; Values $2.50 to $3,50
are some of the choicest garments in the sale. Hand-
2* some lingeries and soft sheer nainsooks, in Princess
1^5 Slips, Combinations, Corset Covers and Gowns.
Many styles—as simply or elaborately trimmed as you wish.
^ LaGrecque Tailored Muslinwear
* -—■—^
3JJ This is the finest muslinwear made in America.
The line is broken, and we are closing it out at cost
^5 price and less. Gowns. Combinations, Drawers, Prin-
cess Slips. Save a fourth to a half.
25 (Muslinwear—Second Floor)
A Sale of Domestic Rugs
That Will Strongly Appeal to thz
Purses of Prudent Housewives
This is not ;i sale of » few odds and ends, but a wide mer
chandising movement of tremendous liaiTi significance. More
than one hundred and fifty large si/e nigs are involved, in
the regulation and many odd measurements.
A glance over the list shows such standard
as Axminster, Wilton, Saxony,
Body Brussels. Seamless Brussels.
Seamless Wilton Velvet, French
Wilton. Fiber. Seminole, etc., in
measurements 7 ft. 6 in. by 9. 9 by
12 ft. to 11 ft. 3 in. by 15 ft. Savings
range from $2.50 to $15 on each
rug.
Some t
ypical
reductions ate:
$8.50,
from
$11.00.
$17.50,
from
$25.00.
$17.50,
from
$27.50.
$20.00,
from
$25.00.
$22.50,
from
$30.00.
$27.50,
from
$35.00.
$35.00,
from
$50.00.
$40.00,
front
$50.00.
S45.00,
from
$60 00.
$1 to $2 Long
Chains, 69c
Off to Europe on fall busi
ness, the importer closed out
surplus stocks. Chains are gun
metal or German silver in plat
inum finish. Enriched with
pendant set in brilliants. pearls
and various imitation stones.
$2.50 Rings, 98c
Sterling silver shirtwaist
rings set with real stones—
jades, turquoise, matrix,
Worth $1.89, $2.50 and
choice 98c.
(Jewelry—Main Floor.)
etc.
$3;
THE PLACE
THE MONTGOMERY
A “Let-Go” of All Suits
Suit buyer is off to New York to buy summer waists and dresses.
Before going he put new price-tickets on all suits. Opportunities to-'
morrow not to be missed. Not a suit reserved.
$10, values to $20.
$15, values to $25.
$13.75, values to $30.
ALL THIS WEEK
MORTON P. HARVEY
The Other Man Who Sings to Beat the Band
$9.95
$23.50,
$28.75,
$39 50,
for any wool dress in stock
with former prices to $19.50
values to $40.
values to $50.
les to $75.
$2 and $2,50 Rugs, $1.50 |
A grouping of various kinds—Axminsters, Smyrna, Scotch
weaves and carpet rugs. 27x54 and 30x60 in. JE5
(Rugs—Third Floor) 2=
$1.50 Pongee Silk Crepe 98c |:
A soft, crinkly silk that combines the grace of the popular JG
crepe de chine with the sturdy wearing qualities of pongee. More-
over it is a yard wide—little is required for a dress. In practically Sb
every wanted color, save black. This safe staple SI.50 silk al 98c
is only one of the many “plums" in our MAY CLEARANCE OF «£
SILKS. Here are some of the others: jg
■el, $1,25 and $1.50 Fancy Sflk? 63c
Soft chiffon taffetas and messaltnes In a fairly bewildering assortment of Jp
stripes, checks, floral and Dresden patterns, warp prints, jacquards,
etc., bight, medium and dark c olors. 24 and 27 inches wide. «...
$1 Taffetas 59c
Something like 50 pieces of soft
dress and chiffon taffetas in staple
solid colors and changeables.
bight and dark shades. No black.
20 inches wide.
$1.50 Suitings 89c
Fine silk suitings in soft, pliant
serges. Solid colors and change
ables; some with self stripes,
some with white stripes. 24 inches
wide.
$3.50 Silk Chiffons at $1.39
The prettiest fabric of the French looms. Sheer as gossamer; dainty as
11 freshly budded flower. A brown or blue or tun will be overshot with
pretty flowers in the Dolly Madison designs; light colors are adorned
with colored pansies in spaced patterns; some have borders of charmeuse
silk or meteor. A delightful fabric for fine gowns. All colors. 45
inches wide.
$2.50 Chiffon 93c
A silk voile or chiffon with deep
silk border; sometimes on the
edge; sometimes in the center.
The border is always in contrast
ing color. 45 inches. Ail the lead
ing colors.
Foulards
Tile most sensible of all the staple
silks for summer dresses. Here
In more than 100 patterns.
Worth 59c, 85c, $1.
Now at 3fl«, 59c, 69c.
I
val
Birr Sale of Silk Remnants at2Sc
As an a tided feature
of short lengths of* as
Variously in 2 to 10-yan
ll iff O!
Ghiua silks, fail
59c
511
29c
High Priced Summer Dresses---A Sale
» $13.75; values $25 to $29.p(). $23.50; values *35 to $;59.50.
(Ready-to-Wear—Second Floor)
j 1 m. bich & bros. co.rich & begs. go. mmm,
(Ready at 3.30 a. rr
for Monday, we group several hundred
tliat have :i cumulated since the sale,
lengths, in taffetas, satins, messalmes,
s. foulards, etc. There are
85c silks ,
$1 silks
Silk Annex—Left Aisle. Main Floor)