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ATLANTA. GA.. SUNDAY, MAY 11. 191H
\ I pic Vni inhnt^ MlY(An one of Atlanta’s most beautiful young matrons,
I II V Viviy! Ivli l I llAv I « anc j a social favorite. Mrs. Nixon is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson and was a belle of the State before her marriage. She entertains
at brilliant events of the season.
delightfully, and is a charming and handsomely gowned guest
sistanoe. It is strange that the
young matrons do not ride more.
Some one has remarked anent the
relative married and single advocates
of the out-door sports, that the se
cret of the married woman’s prefer
ence for golf was the reputation of
the game tor keeping one’s figure
slim and youthful-looking, and with
out too mu. h violent exercise. That
may be. and if so. I advise other-
lo join the golf-plaving brigade—that
is, if they do not turkey trot.
POLLY PEACIITPEE
at the White House, find has attend
ed several other large parties. The
President anr: his family are most
cordial to their former friends and
the 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 regime. Miss
Calhoun is one of the handsomest of
the Southern belies who has visited
in Washington, and is a representa
tive of Georgia's oldest and most
prominent familitr.
heard during the recent week of
opera, about the unusually clever way-
in which this clever young men
profited by a former mistake. It la
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. M».
W> >lf<^d ’phoned each of the mem
bers of his party, asking their pref
erence of bouquets. As it happened,
three of the party chose meteor rns s.
and the other three thought Killir-
would suit their gowns,
girls assembled, some with
red bouquets and others with pink
ones, the ceneral scheme of col >r
seemed to be amiss. The
forgotten whether it finished first,
second or third. But Ben Gatins’
colors on the race track, yellow and
chocolate, is certainly something not
to be sneezed at.
At this race meeting, Mrs. Ben
Gatins was present in all her beauty
and in a stunning toil, t: 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 hearte when she
comes to Atlanta on a visit.
Somehow, New York newspapers
refuse to take the Waters family
seriously. Just why, I 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. Jason 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 aoout their affairs
is something I 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 very 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 published, 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 I am
not going to throw bricks at any
body In or out of society, but I shall
aim to set down every week the new s
worthwhile that is going on in the
social circles.
ney ros
THE picnic season will soon ho her**
and we are all planning an>
number of delightful out-of-door out-
ings. With well-filled baskets.
will trudge joyously off to somr
shady dell to enjoy, ourselves to th*
fullest. We will work hard over those
baskets: we will rnas f chicken: we
v.111 make dainty sandwiches: we
will bake cake, and, nerhaps, stuiy
out a way to take a salad. And when
we reach our destination, we wi!! s *:
the basket down with a sigh of rein f
and we will wait Impatiently for th*
time to come when we can fall up*n
the feast. And at last, we spread *
all out and our mouths v. ater for the
first bite of the delicacies provided.
And then we discover that we have
forgotten the salt!
Picnics have their drawbacks nun
disappointments as any other pleas-
harmony of*
tints offended the fastidious eye of
the young host, so he took note of
it. and thi year instead of asking
the girls, he bought six bouquets of
white roses and sent them to th *
girls. His wisdom was proven when
the effet f was noted, the white ros ■-
according equ.V well with the grav
gown, the pink one. the ce l blue, the
white, and the other blue one.
Sing n song of six-pence.
Tug Day'* rome at hist;
Loosen up your purse-strings,
Do not hold them fast.
Atlanta’s eharm and beauty
Are gathering for the fray,
And some one’s sure to tug //off.
(hi thi* great festal day.
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. shall properly apparel them
selves when they go on the street.
And If they do think It is necessary
to «»tnnd in door-ways where the
atm may shine directly upon them, so
that rubber-necks on the streets and
thos»e in the stores may get a very
clear Idea of the number, or rather
of the lack, of skirts, that are being
this season, they
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 that
it will be different from her former
book*. We are very-fond of $Mrs.
ypHE ?o> 1! calendar for Tag Day
* is blank. The duties of maid a»ul
matron ate laid aside. The city
streets are full of the prettiest and
most prominent women and gir’s.
and everybody is wearing a tag or
tags. Some of the popular and free
ly-spending young men become coh
ered with tags before the evening
closes down on the scene. Tag Day
in Atlanta has become an annual ‘so
cial festival a day devoted to hunt
ing down the unwary owner of 10
cents or $10, when tags fill the minds
of all the girls and the coat-lape’s
of all the men. For three or four
years. the Sheltering Arms has
reaped a rich harvest from the r?-
wards of Tag Day, and the activity
of Atlanta's young women. There Is
no worthier charity in the city than
that which benefits from Tag Day,
and, certainly, there are no more ac
tive or successful women in Atlanta's
social world working for charity than
the sponsors of 'his event. Look out
for to-morrow, and have your "dime’’
ready when you reach the outskir*s
of the city. Take Polly Peachtree’s
advice, else in a hurried momenv
you draw forth a $20 bill, right under
the bright eyes of a tag-seller, ail
manhood's pride cause you 10
•‘plunge" right at the commencement
of the Day of Spending.
worn 1n Atlanta
will know just what they are doing
And they will be performing a ser
vice to themselves and probably pre
venting eyestrain on the part of manv
men. old and- young, if they put op
at least one skirt.
I w’ould 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 Xew
York brings the glad tidings that
the Duke of LeinMer, a rich, young
and handsome Irishman, is to visit
America soon, for the purpose of
finding a wtfe.
It is not stated that he pians to
visit Atlanta, hut I hope that he may
be prevailed upon to do so.
As we very quickly secured funds
to guarantee the opera here and the
Shrlners convention. Is It inoppor
tune if I suggest the raiding of a
fund to bring this handsome young
man from the Green Isle to iook upon
some of our fair daughters?
The Duke of Leinster Is rich, sai :
to be worth 58,000,000, or 510."
so he is not looking for an heiress.
He and the Duke of St. Albans are
the only bachelors of a marriageable
age among the twenty-seven dukes
of Great Britian. He is said to be
ful! of fun. a splendid dancer, good
golfer, and an all-round manly young
fellow.
I am willing to start the fund to
bring him to Atlanta'wlth 51.
...
I T is settled that the Capital City
club and the Brookhaven club are
to be united, and that this latter
institution will become the out-of-
town auxiliary of the premier club, of
cur city. This is good news. 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 Brookhaven property can
be put into excellent shape very
Pfi
] AST year at the Confederate re-
union in Macon. I heard the re
port of a proposed omission of spons
ors and maids of honor, at future re
unions. The idea did not appeal to
me; and It appears, did not appeal
to the powers-that-be. for the Chat
tanooga social side is being stressed
to a greater extent than at the Macon
reunion. The charming women and
girls who are appointed matrons and
maids of honor add much interest
to the reunion, and certain it is
that their pretty faces gain much
advertising space for the reunion
which otherwise would not be ac
corded the event. And why should
not the young women of the rising
generation add their official interest
to the reunion? I think it both prop
er and pleasing, ahd I hope the cus
tom w ill be kept up. A feature of the
Chattanooga reunion which I think
will result in much social pleasure
for those in attandance will be the
open house hospitality of some of the
city’s leading hostesses. This plan
of hospitality will const.«t in an in
formal reception from 5 to 7 o clock,
on the afternoon of May 28. when
every visitor will be welcomed.
Amdng those who have announced
thaj their latch-keys will be on the
outside for the time being are: Cap
tain and Mrs. J. P. Smart. who
will have as special guests General
Van Zandt and his party. Mrs
Georg*- Lancaster, a charming hostess
who was a recent gueft in Atlanta,
will keep open house, and Mrs. M.
T. Armstrong and her daughter. Miss
Zella Armstrong will b*» “open house"
hostesses. This Informal mode of en
tertaining will supplement the bril
liant forma! program which will in
clude a reception on May 27, at *
o’clock, when the men will attend in
full dress uniforms and eeven or
eight thousand guests will be en
tertained Many well known young
women from Atlanta, Macon. Augus
ta. Savannah and other Georgia cities
win he in Chattanooga for the fes
tivities.
ure. but they are moat enjoyable ^
this season of the year, despite those
drawbacks. Already the younger set
has been on motoring parties and
have had picnic suppers. Soon the
society chronicles will record the ou*.
ings to <Ty*tal Springs—a favored
spot with Atlanta's young people, to
Roswell, and to the other places whe r e
a good road for motoring, a bit of
water and some frees draw the pic
nickers to this time-honored form »f
entertaining during the soring and
summer I heard a °roup of charrr
ing young women. ^ ho make their
homes at the Imperial Hotel, dis
cussing plans for a picnic the oth^r
day and, believe me, it was a dis
cussion worth hearing. l*p to the
time 1 fled there had been only on
thing definitely settled and that wa»
that no men were to be present. That
was why I fled. 1 was no longer in
terested.
Harris in Atlanta and especially lr.
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." she
gave in Nashville, her present home,
a few weeks ago. Mrs. Harris sent
out invitations to her “100th blrth-
day." and to the astonished inquiries
of her prospective guests, she explain
ed that she thought the 100th anni
versary of one’s birth should always
be observed, and as she didn't expect
to be alive upon the day her 100th
birthday came around, she had decid
ed to celebrate it upon this occasion.
Needless to sa\. the birthday party
was a great success. Among the
guests were Mrs. 1. <\ McCrory end
Mifes Frar.Ke McCrory. of this city,
intimate friends of Mrs. Harris and
of her young married daughter. Airs.
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her and discover
ferring to anoth<
lering the veran
behind me. Thi
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Tom Paine. J
Luther Ross
Gude, Mrs. <
i AST year, a number of young
men formed "stag parties” to
travel in Europe, and several w?m
alone, for a summer on the continert.
I have not heard of any parties for
this year, hough A number of the
popular young men of the soci i
world are anticipating a season
abroad. Cator Woolford. one of the
best known of the younger men. -
to-morrow for a stay of several
months in the Old World. Whi ►
thus recording the muchly lamen*ed
absence of Mr. Woolford, the spring
and summer afT,.i r s of the younger
M R. AND MRS. BP:X GATINS
manage to keep themselves well
to the fore in public prints ail the
time. I see no harm in this, because
they are young and ful! of life, have
plenty of vivacity, and plenty of
money. And as everybody knows
“Youth must have its fling." They
hurried away from Atlanta imrru !
lately after opera week and the nex*
thing I heard of them was from Lons
!«!and where Ben Gatins had en
tered a horsk named Live w -e.» r
one of the eoun;ry club races I?
was -ome horse too, although 1 have ' comes P
number!
.ak and the Driving
ng girls arc more of-
lov serve and receive
il more prowess than
‘ tee married coterie
ten seen, and
with a great d
was entering upon the ve
randa of the P < dmont Driv
ommander arid Mrs. <’rosb>. this
andsome Atlanta girl has received
-tains the refutation o
women, without other as