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4 M Write for “The Story of CREX” and cata logue of numerous patterns in natural colors. CREX CARPET COMPANY Dept. 18 377 Broadway, New York Originators of Wirt-Grass Floor Coverings UKAKST’H HI MJAV AMERICAN, ATLANTA, IJA., SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1913. II Mixs June Skinfield zxiizz ries of visits to friends in Richmond, Baltimore and Washing ton. Miss Stanfield was tendered a series of parties in these j; cities, anrl spent a month away from Atlanta. She is now with jf her aunt, Mrs. John M. Moore, of Atlanta, with whom she makes her home. A HANDSOMELY appointed din ner party was given by Colo nel and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry on Friday evening at the Piedmont Driving club in honor of Mr. and Mr* William Conklin. Covers were laid tor twelve, at a table arranged in the pink dining room The < enter of the table was covered with a low mound of pink roses at either erfd and tall silver vases filled with dowers in the center. Smilax was garlanded over the cloth, and the silver dishes were dec orated with pink tulle bows. Many details emphasized the color motif, Ices were served in pink loving cups and cakes were embossed in pink roses. The silver candelabra were decorated with pink tulle* bows, and the place cards were French figures, gowned in pink Mr. and Mrs. Conk lin leave soon for the Eatrt and will spend the summer at their camp In the Adirondack?. * * • Miss Edith Brown, of Birmingham, who was a much admired grand opera visitor here, as the guest of Mrs. JPVank Pearson, will return to the city next week to visit Mrs. Pearson. • * • ' Miss Bessie Jones 1 is spending some time in Chicago, a ; - the guest of friends. Miss Jones ia 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 niourping. She spent a part of the winter at Palm Beach, chaperoned by her mother, Mrs. W. 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. H. Xunnally, Van As tor Batchelor, Richard Battle, VV D. Wakefield, T. B. Hazsard and H. W. Hug).son. • * • Mrs. Rush Erwin will give a box party Saturday at the Atlanta Thea ter. * * • A WEALTH of purple orchids and petunias, arranged Jn bowls and vases, formed the decora tion*' of the College Park residence of Mrs. Clarence Wickersham on Tues day afternoon, when she entertained at a large tea in honor of her guest. Mrs. James Spotswood Billiard, of Richmond. Vu. Purple orchids, tilling a large silver loving cup apd sur rounded by silver candlesticks bear ing purple shades, adorned the tea table, and silver compotes held pur ple and white bonbons and Invests. In the den. w here Miss Frankie Mc- Crory served punch, purple petunias filled vases, placed on the mantel and cabinets. Receiving with the hostess and hon or guest were Mrs. A U Murrell and Mrs. Edward Richardson. Assisting in entertaining were Mrs. Lowndes Connolly, Misses Annie May Hardin, Laura Graves, Mary Gray, Bessie Smith and Eugenia Richardson. , Mrs. Wickersham was a cordial hostess, wearing a handsome toilet of black crepe meteor, combined with princess lace and embroidered in gold. Mrs. Dillard wore black velvet trim med In shadow lace and chiffon. Mrs. •Murrell’s gown was of white crepe do chine. Mrs. Edward Richardson worn black charmeuse satin and lace. * * • The extensive grounds surrounding the adjoining residences qf Mrs. George M. Traylor and Mrs. Don Pardee, on Ponce DeLeon Avenir*, ‘will be the scene of an elaborate lawn fete on Friday, May 23. when a coun try fair will be staged. The lawn fete will last through the afternoon and evening, and there will be many attractions and a great variety of booths, where all sorts of novelties will be on sale. A Lilliputian wedding, a Maypole dance and other features will be ar ranged. The affair will be sponsored by St. Elizabeth’s Guild of St. Luke’s Church, Mrs. H. N Hurt being chair man She wiii be assisted by Mrs. John Marshall Slaton. Mis. Uiric At kinson, Mrs. Don Parch Mrs. Ernest Daliis. Mrs. Fitzhugh Knox, Mrs. Louis Magld. Mrs. Fhessley B. How ard and the Misses Oilinger. , The officers of the guild are Mrs. Pon Pardee, president . Mrs. Fitzhugh Knox, vie* president; vlrs. Ernest JDal I is, treasurer. thorn- • ntertainlng the past week for Mrs Henry Troutman’s guest. Miss Lillian Prnttey, of Columbus. Ohio. IVednes 1 lay afternoon she Invited »ight friends to play auction bridge, ind a most delightful time was en- loycd. The house was bedecked with garden flowers, and palms and ferns /ere artistically placed In the rooms .here the game was played. The prize for top score was a fart. 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 Semi nary were tendered a reception by the juniors, Miss Willis Smith being member of the junior class. The class colors of green and white ere 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 large basket of pink roses, with smaller vases of the same flowers at •ither end of the table. The young hostess wore pink chif fon draped over pink m< ssaline, with a corsage bouquet of pink roses. Miss Emily Fassin will entertain twenty girls at bridge on Tuesday afternoon at her home on West Photo by ll<*arn. My Hair is Turning Gray! Peachtree Street in compliment to Miss Lillian Beattey, of Folumbus, Ohio, guest of Mrs. Henry Trout man. »* * * The marriage of Miss Nannie L. Youngblood, of Atlanta, and Mr. U. R. 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 bo at home in Bixby, Okla., after June 1. I* * * F AOR Mrs William M> < han. of l Asheville, tvho is visiting her 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 homV on Merritt? Avenue. In the living room, where the card tables were placed, vases of garden roses decorated the bookcases arid the cabinets. The prizes for top scores were white* silk stockings. Miss Nutting received her guests wearing a heliotrope «huriueus« . a.* ctively draped; the corsage had a vest of white charmeuse, with a chif fon collar. Mrs. John S. FJark entertained at a o’clock tea Saturday afternoon, in compliment to Miss Helen Row land. of Savannah, the guest of Mrs. How does a v she says that t mirror" Fare' Haven't you ] fully, one or white threads ears? Don't du hair will grow soon enough. istening far the i Y our md thin R ob i n n air e Hair Dye Is not a vulgar bleach or he’Rl coloring It is a restorative and color and life Into the f a r stores faded gray h.»ir natural color and healthy dition and makes :t sof beautiful. It never fails Non-sticky. and does not skin or scalp. Prepared for light, tn and dark brown and black Trial size. 25c; large size i>. Pure and harmless. Richard Johnston was lained at a number of par- week on her visit in Macon. Johnston gave a handsome- itev! luncheon, the table be rated in varying shades of as. in the center were i Beauty red sweet peas, and of pink to lavender border- •ttiit-hued centerpiece. Mr. William I*. Foleman gave partv of 14 covers for Mrs. . who is a former Macon ind is always extensively en- on her visits to that city. ranees Fonnally is spending :-end with her sister. Mrs. | Martin* on Ponce DeLeon! t • t d Mrs. K L Fonnally will g the Pres- J. Flymer lorado, and I Prince vi lie, FOR SALE BY All Jacobs' Stores kj And Druggists Generali tt entertained a; t the Georgian honor of Mrs. who is a guest parties, which his spring. The the Piedmont Driving Flub was the scene of the affair, and the guests were seated at small tables, euch 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 basket* 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 t clear blue charmeuse, draped in black chiffon, with a touch of rose ai:d old gold lace on the cor age. A black crepe hat completed her costume. Fifty of the young married women enjoyed this pleasant occasion. Among th»* many charming costum ed guests at Mrs Fobbs’ luncheon Mrs Charles Davis, in violet and taupe crepe: Mrs. Robert Davis, in black and white chiffon; Mrs. Tom HinQtun* in a draped gown of blue charmeust ; Mrs. Will Spalding, in a white serge tailored costume; Mrs. Milton Dargan. in wistaria crepe; Mrs. VV. F. Jarnigan, in blue bro caded ere pie: Mrs Rogers Davis, in blue matelasse; Mrs. George Tray lor. in taupe 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 -attn coat; Mrs. Sims Bray, wearing blue matelasse; Mrs. Cyrus Strieker, wearing a gown of mulberry crepe; Mrs. Edward Durant, in btyck satin; Mrs. John Hill, in n tailored cos tume of taupe; Miss Emily Lowndes, ih a gray crepe tailored suit; Miss Jennie Mobley, wearing blue brocad ed matelasse; Mrs. Wilkerson. in bln k and white silk: Mrs. Arthur Hobbes, in taupe satin; Mrs. Win field P. Jones, in blue embroidered ■ ope and lace. Mrs. Robert F rum ley, in black satin, Miss Martha Boynton, in black chiffon and satin, with Nell rose on the corsage. INK. 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 tl*‘ Baptist Convention. * • * Mr. and Mrs. A. Mi D Wilson will leave 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 their meet ing this week. Mrs. Everett Giffen won the prize, and Miss Elise Brown cut the consolation. Luncheon was served on the card tables, at the close of the game. T HE pretty weather of the past week has brought out many summery toilettes at the Driv ing Flub 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. H. 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 ha r . 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 Rawson 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 Marlon Achison wore a white suit and white hat. Miss Jennie D. Harris’s gown of pale gray crene de chine was 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 Wlnship’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 large mounds of pink peonies and snapdra gons. The place of each guest was marked by little nosegays of the same flowers. The place cards boro water color sketches of old fashioned girls. * * * One of the many Informal affairs of the week for the younger set was the ‘porch party” given by Mrs. K. |F 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 an equal number of young women, among whom were: Misses Helen Dargan, 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 Northern Esther Smith. Sarah Raw son. ♦ * * Mr. and Mrs. William S. Witham leave for New York the end of the month, and will sail on May 20 on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, of the Hamburg American line, for Europe. * « • D R. 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 Flub. 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 spenl 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 paY- ty entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Mc Call. 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 Stalling®, Jen nie l>. Harris. Mary Helen Moody, Margaret Hawkins, Katherine Wylie, Sara Rawson Ruth Wing. Annie Lee McKenzie and Helen Hawkins. Quantities of pink and white sweet l>eus. with vases of pink roses were effectively arranged throughout Mrs. Meador’s apartment. The scores were kept on cards handpainted in pink roses, and the color scheme was ob served in many decorative details. Miss Lottie Wylie assi -ted 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. • • • M RS. Joseph M. Brown will have as her guest at the Executive Mansion this w<*ek, Mrs. Walter Boy kin. of Augusta. Mrs. Boykin is on her way 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 week to join Mrs. Conklin’s mother, Mrs. Schmldlapp, at her home in that city. In June Mr. and Mrs. Conklin will open their camp in the Adirondack?, 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 Miss Nora Belle Ros ser. • * * Mrs. John Spalding entertained the members of the History Class of 1008 on Wednesday morning at her home in West End. ♦ * • One of the prettiest small parties of the w eek was the informal tea giv en Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Char- 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, of Vir ginia. Frances Connally, Annie Laurie t Robinson, Adeline Thomas, Mrs. Le- Roy Child* Mr-. Albert Collier, Mrs. Julian Prado, Mrs. Pressley Yates, Mrs. Luther Rosser, Jr. Tea was served on the terrace, the party being grouped around a large table prettily decorated with pink loses, arranged in a large basket. The hostess was very attractive in blue chiffon draped over blue messallne. and worn with a little pokebonnet of blue straw adorned with clusters of pink and blue lilacs. Among the guests. Miss Frances Connally wore Dresden crepe, border ed In lavender, w ith coat effect, open ing, over a vest of white net. Her large white hat was adorned with valley lilies and one large pink rose. Miss Adeline Thomas wore blue voile, with guimpe of white crepe and lace, and her black hat was trimmed in blue ribbons. Mrs. Julian Prade’s costume of blue crepe de chine, had a vest of white chiffon, and her hat of blue had clusters of blue flowers and knots of black velvet ribbon. * * * Mrs. George Muse and Miss Aljce Muse are spending the week-end with Miss 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 wall leave Tuesday for Augusta to visit her daughter, Mrs. Hinton J. Baker, for a few days. • * * Mrs. James Hook Spratling, of Ma- j 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 people 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; Mis3 Hildreth Burton-Smith. Edward Carter, Groover Middlebrooks, Miss Bertha Moore and Miss Kate Cooper are the guests of Miss Florence Hooper. Davison-Paxon - Stokes Co. 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