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^ Jr HKARST\S SL’MJAY AMKKUJAN, ATLANTA, tyA., SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1913. A HANDSOMELY appointed din ner party wan given by Colo nel and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry on Friday evening at the Piedmont jpriving Club in honor of Mr. and Mrs. AVIlliam Conklin Cover* were Ihid <or twelve, at a table arranged in the pink dining room. The tenter of the Jtable was covered with a low mound ^pink rose* at either end and tall •liver vases filled with flowers in the Renter. Smilax wag garlanded over the cloth, and the silver dishes were dee- orated with pink tulle bows. Many .details emphasized th** color motif, ices’ were served in pink loving cups «nd cakes were embossed In pink •roses. The silver candelabra were •decorated with piak tull* bows, and *f4.e place cards were French figures, gowned in pink. Mr and Mrs. Conk- 4in leave soon for the EaK and will •zrpend the summer at their camp in the Adirondack*. » * * » Miss Edith Brown, of Birmingham. .Ji ho was a much admired grand opera , Visitor here, as the guest of Mrs. Frank Pearson, will return to the city next week to visit Mrs Pearson. • * • Miss Bessie Jonev is spending some Jtime in Chicago, as the guest of friends. Miss Jones is one of At lanta’s prettiest girls, and has been much missed in the social affairs of the reason, in which she has not fig ured on account of her mourning. She •pent a part of the winter at Palm -Beach, chaperoned by her mother, Mrs. \V. O. Jones, and was greatly admired. •»-. • *• • —* Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clarke spent the Week-end in Asheville, at the Battery Park Hotel. Other recent Atlanta guests at the Battery Park were Jas. TT Nunnally, Van Astor Batchelor. "Richard Battle. \\ D. Wakefield. T. B. Hazzard and H. \V. Huglison. • * • Mrs. Rush Erwin will give a box fwrty Saturday at the Atlanta Thea ter A WEALTH of purple orchids and petunias, arranged in bowls and vases, formed the decora- "Ttons’ of the College Park residence of Mrs. (iartnce Wickersham on Tues day afternoon, when she entertained irt a large ten in honor of her guest. Mrs James Spots wood Billiard of Richmond. Va. Purple orchids, filling a large silver loving cup and sur rounded by silver candlesticks bear ing purple shades, adorned the tea table, and silver compotes held pur ple and w hite bonbons and sweets. " In the den. where Miss Frankie Mc- Trofy served punch, purple petunias Til ed vases, placet! on the mantel and cabinets. ~ Receiving with the hostess and hon- f>r guest were Mrs. A H. Murrell and Mrs. Edward Richardson. Assisting Jn entertaining were Mrs. Lowndes Connolly, Mlanes Annie May Hardin, Laura Graves, .Mary Gray, Bessie Bnriiih and Eugenia Richardson. Mrs. Wickersham 'was a cordial Jbostess, wearing a handsome toilet of . black crepe meteor, combined with princess lace and embroidered in gold Jdrs. Dillard wore blaek velvet trim med In shadow lace and chiffon Mrs. Murrell’s gown was of white crape de ^iine. Mil. Edward Richardson wore %lack charmeuse satin and lace. ♦ * • The extensive grounds surrounding *ttie adjoining residences of Mrs. TSeorge M. Traylor and Mrs. Don Pardee, on Ponce DeLeon Avenu \ 'rrill be the scene of an elaborate lawn fete on Friday. May 23, w hen a coun try fair will he staged The lawn will last through the afternoon 3*nd evening, and there will he many attractions and a great variety of Jbooths, w here all sorts of novelties j&'ill be on sale. —. A Lilliputian wedding, a Maypole dance and other features will be ar ranged. The affair will be sponsored M\ St. Elizabeth’s Guild of St. Luke's Gburch. Mrs. H. N. Hurt being chair man. Sht will be assisted h\ Mrs. -J'Ohn Marshall Slaton. Mrs Flric At kinson, Mr:- Bon Parc. Mis. Ernest Dallis, Mrs. Fitzhugh Unox. Mrs. +»oui8 Magid, Mrs. Fhesslcv B. How- wrd and the Misses Ollinger. The officers of the guild are Mrs. Don Pardee, president; Mrs. Fitzhugh Knox, vice president; Mrs. Ernest ”Dallis. treasurer. Mis P< My Heir is Turning Gray! How does a woms she says that to lit mirror'* Care? Bo Haven't you pulle fully, one or tw< white threads Jus i ears? Don’t do it . hair wifi grow coar soon enough. eel when If in* the •are stei id thin the R ob i n n a i r e Hair Dye Is not a vulgar bJea( ficial coloring It is a restorative color and life into the natural color and he dition and makes it beautiful. It never fa Non-sticky, and do* skin or scalp Prepared for ligh and dark brown and Trial size. 25c: larg* tpaid Sic and R3< Pure and harmle. oft and lot stain thus* < ntertainlng the past week for Mrs. Henry Troutman's guest, Miss Lillian Beattev. of Columbus. Ohio. Wednesday afternoon she invited eight friends to play auction bridge’, and a most delightful time was en joyed. The house watt bedecked with garden flowers, and palms and ferns were artistically placed in the rooms where the game was played. The prize for top score was a fan. T HE handsome Druid Hills resi dence of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith was the scene of a happy gathering of young girls on Friday afternoon, when the members of the senior class of Washington Heml- nary were tendered a reception by the juniors, Miss Willis Smith being u member of the Junior class. The class colors of green and white were observed in the decorations throughout the house, which were of white carnations and white roses, with greenery. Tea was served in the dining room, where the table had for a centerpiece a largo basket of pink roses, with smaller vases of the same flowers at either end of the table. The young hostess wore pink chif fon draped over pink messaline, with a corsage bouquet of pink roses. Miss Emily Cassin will entertain twenty girls at bridge on Tuesday afternoon at her home on West Miss Jane Stanfield ries of visits to friends in Richmond, Baltimore and Washing ton. Miss Stanfield was tendered a series of parties in these cities, and spent a month away from Atlanta. She is now with her aunt, Mr3. John M. Moore, of Atlanta, with whom she makes her home. /if- »v- - y A bit fcLa Peachtree Street In compliment to Miss Lillian Biattey, of Columbus, Ohio, guest of Mrs. Henry Trout man. * * * The marriage of Miss Nannie L. Youngblood, of Atlanta, and Mr, R. It. Martin, of Bixby. Okla., was sol emnized in Fort Smith, Ark., on May 6. Mr. Martin and his bride are now on an extended trip West, and will be at home in Bixby. Okla., after June 1. * * * F ^OR Mrs. William Meehan, of ^ Asheville, who is visiting ner mother. Mrs. William Nutting. Miss Margaret Nutting entertain'd her bridge club and a few other friends of Mrs. Meehan’s on Friday afternoon at her home on Merrittf* Avenue. In the living room, where the card tables were placed, vases of garden roses decorated the bookcases and the cabinets. The prizes for top scores were white silk stockings. Miss Nutting received her guests Wearing » helio rope channelise a;* tractlvely draped: the corsage had a vest of white charmeusc, with a chif fon collar. Mrs. John s (’lark entertained at a 5 o’clock tea Saturday afternoon, in compliment to Miss Helen Row land. of Savannah, the guest of Mrs. Clifton Drew. M’V' Me Ewe Riel mston gii’ I luncheon Johnston was number of par- visit in Macon, ve a handsome- • table be- shades of In B«*auty loti swt'i et peas, and f pink to taven der border- sht-hued rente rpiece. Mr. William P. Go Ionian wave arty of 14 coy* •rs for Mrs. who is a for mer Macon d i* always ext' rnGvely en- n her visits to that city. tin on Po i pending DeLeon I • • * •s. K L Connally will guests during the Pres- veniJon, Mr. J. Clymer intonito, Colorado, and Wiles, of Prineeville, FOR SALE BY ! jacobs' Stores r>d Druggists Generally. M’ Driving Club Was the scene of the affair, and the guests were seated at small tables, each table holding a vase of pink roses. In the center of the room was an oblong table from which arose a mound of pink peonies, sur rounded by pink snapdragons and in terspersed by maidenhair fern. Pink tapers burned in silver candlesticks beneath pink silk shades and silver baskets of bonbons were tied with tulle bows. After an elaborate course luncheon, the guests were served coffee* in the living room, which was also decorat ed for the occasion in ferns and roses. Mrs. Cobbs received her guests wearing ;i clear blue charmeuse. draped in black chiffon, with a touch of rose ai:d old gold lace on the cor dage. A black crepe hat completed her costume. Fifty of the young married women enjoyed this pleasant occasion. Among the* many charming costum ed guests at Mrs. Cobbs’ luncheon w ere: Mrs. Charles Davis, in violet and | taupe crepe; Mrs. Robert Davis, in black and white chiffon; Mrs. Tom Hinman, in a draped gown of blue charmeusc : Mrs. Will Spalding, in n white serge tailored costume; Mrs. Milton Dargan. in wistaria crepe; Mrs \V C. Jarnigan. in blue bro caded crepe; Mrs. Rogers Davis, in blue matelasse; Mrs George* Tray lor. in t >upo crepe; Mrs. Thornton Marye. wearing white and black chif fon and satin; Mrs. George M. Brown, in black satin. Mrs. George Howard, wearing one of the popular draped gowns of black satin; Mrs. Lowry Porter, in pink crepe and lace; Mrs Fred Lewis, in blue satin, with white satin coat: Mrs. Sims Bray, wearing blue matelasse*; Mrs. Cyrus Strieker, wearing a gown of mulberry crepe; Mrs. Edward Durant, in black satin: Mrs. John Hill, in a tailored cos tume of taupe; Mias Emily Lowndes, in a gra\ crepe tailored suit; Miss Jennie Mobley, wearing blue brocad ed matelasse; Mrs. Wilkerson. in black and white silk; Mrs. Arthur Hobbes, in taupe satin; Mrs. Win field P. Jones, in blue embroidered ctvj c and lace Mrs. Robert Crumley, in black satin. Miss Martha Boynton, in 1 ack chiffon and satin, with Nell rose on the corsage. * • • TAB and Mrs. E L. Connally. Dr. John White, and George M. Brown will be among those leaving Monday for St Louis, where they will attend the Baptist Convention. • * * Mr and Mrs. A. Me D Wilson will loaxe the latter part of May with the Old Guard party for a trip East. Miss Jennie Lou Lindsey entertain ed the members} of the Thursday Morning Bridge Club at thc*ir meet ing this week. Mrs. Everett OifFeii won the prize, and Mi *--.s Elise Brown cut the consolation. I .uneheon was served on the card tables, at the close of the game. T HE pretty weather of the past w**»*k has brought out many summery toilettes at the Driv ing Club affairs. A gathering of young women at the club on Thurs day when a breakfast was tendered Miss Ruth Wilson, of New York, the guest of Miss Helen Dargan. by Mrs. II. L. Cobbs, was graced by a number of effective spring costumes. Miss Wilson, the honor guest, whose smart toilettes have been much admired at the many parties she has been ten dered during her visit, wore for the morning party, a dark green ratine gown, with a hat of black. Miss Dar gan wore a white ratine skirt, with a Bulgarian blouse, belted in green, her hat of black with flower trimmings. Miss Ruth Stallings' costume of blue ratine was worn with a skirt . f white voile, a big black picture hat completing her toilette. Miss Mary Helen Moody wore a suit of black moire with hat of purple straw. Miss Margaret Hawkins wore an accordion pleated skirt of white voile, with coat of figured voile showing a design of Dresden flowers. Her large purple hat was adorned with pink roses. Miss Annie Lee McKenzie wore a smart tailored suit of white cloth, with a Panama hat. Miss Katherine Ellis was in old blue crepe de chine, her black hat adorned with a Paradise. Miss Sara Raw son wore blue charmeuse satin, with hat of black straw laden with pink roses. Miss May Atkinson wore taupe colored cloth with hat to match. Miss Marion Achison wore a white suit and white hat. Miss Jennie D. Harris’s gown if pale gray oreoe de chin** whs worn with a blue hat wreathed in pastel colored flowers. Miss Caroline Muse wore a blue moire blouse with skirt of black satin and a black hat cov ered with blue plumes. Miss Emily Winship’s toilet of blue* crepe de chine was worn with a black picture hat. The table for breakfast was placed in the loggia of the club and was elaborately decorated with three largo mounds of pink peonies and snapdra gons. The place of each guest was marked by little nosegays of the same flowers. The place cards bore water color sketches of old fashlone l girls. • • * One of the many Informal affairs of the week for the younger set was the "porch party” given by Mrs. E. (’. Peters Friday evening, for Miss Ruth Wilson, of New York, the guest of Miss Helen Dargan. The guests included forty young people, twenty young men and au equal number of young women, among whom were: Misses Helen Dargaa, I May Atkinson, Margaret Hawkins. May Butler and her guest. Agnes Jones, of Albany, Alice May Freeman, Mary Hawkins, Helen Hawkins, Isa bel kurht. Mary Helen Moody. Kath erine Pegram. Kathryn Gordon, Jen nie D. Harris. Katherine Ellis, Mar garet Northen, Esther Smith, Sarah Raw son. * * * Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wltham leave for New York the end of th'* month, and will sail on May 29 on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, of the Hamburg American line, for Europe. m « « TVR. M. A. MATHEWS, of Seattle Wash., who will spend the week in Atlanta, and preside over the con vention of the Presbyterian General Assembly, will visit Calhoun, Ga., his former home, en route to Atlanta. While there he will -be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Logan Pitts, and will be tendered a reception by the Cal houn Womans Club. Mr. and Mrs Pitts will give a dinner party for Dr. Mathews Tuesday evening. * * * Miss Lorn a Carr, of St. Louis, and Miss Caroline Scott, of Arkansas, who are being entertained at a series of informal parties as guests of Mrs. Bates Block, were tendered an in formal tea Friday afternoon by Mrs. Junius G. Oglesby. Jr. The tea was given at the Piedmont Driving Club, and the tea table was placed in the* rose room of the club. Garden flowers formed the decorations, and fifteen friends were guests of the informal occasion. • • • Miss Lilian Logan. who has spent the past two months with her sis ter, Mrs. Cay McCall, in Asheville. N. C., will return home Wednesday A series of parties has been tender ed Miss Logan during her visit, and she was a member of the house par ty entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Mr Ca^l. Mr. and Mrs. McCall will spend several weeks with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Logan, after which they will Join Colonel and Mrs. Cay, of Jacksonville. Fla., for a motor trip through New Eng land. • * • Pretty Empire fans were given for top score, for consolation, and for the honor guest, at the Informal bridge at which Mrs. J. Frank Mead' or entertained Tuesday afternoon. Miss Ruth Wilson of New York, whose visit to Miss Helen Dargan is the occasion for a round of parties was the honor guest, and invited to meet her were Misses Helen Dargan, Katherine Ellis. Ruth Stallings, Jen nie D. Harris. Mary Helen Moody, Margaret Hawkins, Katherine ylie, Sara RflWbon Ruth Wing. Annie Lee McKenzie and Helen Hawkins. Quantities of pink and white sweet peas, with vases of pink roses were effectively arranged throughout Mrs. Meador's apartment. The scores were kept on cards handpainted in pink ro*es, and the color scheme was ob served in many decorative details. Miss Lottie Wylie assisted in enter taining. .Mrs. Meador was very handsome in taupe colored chiffon, draped over satin and combined with shadow' lace, the corsage having touches of. old blue. • • • \/I RS. Joseph M. Brown will have ■tVI gg her guest at the Executive Mansion this week, Mrs. Walter Boy kin, of Augusta. Mrs. Boykin is on her wav to Birmingham for a visit, and will remain with Mrs. Brown for a few days. * * * Miss Evelyn Martin, of New nan, has returned home, after visiting her cousin. Mrs. Robert Harrison Jones, Jr., Mrs. Jones and Mrs Charles H. Andrews left to-day. with Mr. Jones and Dr. Andrews, for the mountains of North Carolina, where they will spend ten days on a fishing trip. On the return of Mr. Jones and Dr. An drews to the city, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Andrews will remain longer in North Carolina. • • • Mr. and Mrs. William H. Conklin are In Cincinnati, having left the city this w'eek to join Mrs. Conklin’s mother. Mrs. Schmidlapp. at her home In that city. In June Mr. and Mrs Conklin will open their camp in the Adlrondacks, and will spend the summer there, leaving later for Rome. Italy, where they will take possession of the villa they occupied previous to their residence in At lanta. • * • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shelton, Jr., have returned from their wedding Journey and are at home temporarily with Mrs. Shelton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Z. Rosser, in West End. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton spent some time in New York, sailing from there to Jacksonville, and stopping for a short visit to relatives In Valdosta. A cordial welcome is being extended the bride, who was Mias Nora Belle Ros ser. • * * Mrs. John Spalding entertained the members of the History Class of 1908 on Wednesday morning at her home in West End. * ♦ • One of the prettiest small parties of the week tvas the informal tea giv en Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Ohar- leton- Ogburn. Miss Josephine Mc Clellan, of New York, who has been tendered a series of parties as the guest of Miss Hildreth Burton-Smith, was the honor guest, and invited to meet her were Misses Hildreth Bur ton-Smith. Elizabeth Winn, or Vir ginia, Frances Connally, Annie Haurle Robinson, Adeline Thomas, Mrs. Le- Roy Childs, Mr::. Albert Collitr. Mrs. Julian Prude, Mrs. Pressley Yates, Mrs. Luther Rosser, Jr. Tea was served on the terrace, tho party being grouped around a large table prettily decorated *vlth pink roses, arranged In a large basket. The hostess was very attractive In blue chiffon draped over blue messaline. and worn with a little pokebonnet of blue straw adorned with clusters of pink and blue lilacs. Among the guests, Mtss Frances Connally wore Dresden crepe, border ed In lavender, with coat effect,- open ing over a vest of white net Her large white hat was adorned with valley lilies and one largo pink rose. Miss Adeline Thomas wore blue voile, with gulmpe of white crepe and iace, and her blaek hat was trimmed in blue ribbons Mrs Julian Prade'a costume of blue crepe de chine, hail a vest of white chiffon, and her hat of blue had dusters of blue flowers and knots of black velvet ribbon. * • * Mrs. George Muse and Miss Alice Muse are spending the week-end with JBIss Willie Muse at the Hollins In stitute in Virginia. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Butler, Jr, of Buffalo, N Y., are expected soon to visit Mrs. Butler’s mother, Mrs. A. M. Robinson. • * • Mrs. J. B. Robinson will leave Tuesday for Augusta to visit her daughter, Mrs. Hinton J. Baker, for a few days • • • Mrs. James Hook Spratling, of Ma con, arrived Sunday to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. Roy Col lier. at her home in Ansley Park, Mrs. Spratling has frequently visited Atlanta, and is always entertained while here. Several parties are planned for her during her visit, and she will be among the out-of-town guests attending the opening of the Piedmont Driving Club Tuesday. ... A NUMBER of the young peopte left Saturday for Athens to at tend the Georgia-Tech baseball game there. Some took the more pleasant trip by motor. One automobile party Included Miss Mary Helen Moody, Miss Ruth Stallings, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adair, Jr., Clarence Knowles, Jackson Dick and Jesse Draper. James Harris, Dozier Lowndes, Ed ward Gay, Jr, were In James Harris’ car. Carl Ridley had with him Charles Cox. Others going over were Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Spalding. Mr. and Mrs. James Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Troutman, and their guest, Miss Lillian Beattey. who- are the guests of Mr. Troutman’s sister, Mrs. Robert Wilson: Miss HTIdreth Burton-Smith, Edward Carter, Groover Middlebrooks, Miss Bertha Moore and Miss Kate Cooper are the guests of Miss Florence Hooper. 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