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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, QA., SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1013.
By POLLY PEACHTREE.
t F the spring opening of the Pied
mont Driving Club is any augury,
we will certainly have some dancing
this season. I think everybody was
there, and 1 know that everybody
there was dancing. Young and old.
large and small, vivacious and seri
ous, married and single, they turkey-
trotted. tangoed, one-stepped and
what-notted for hours and hours and
hours.
There yas a time when the guests
lingered at the flower-laden tables,
gossiping, gassing about at the other
women’s gowns, enjoyed* the early
summer air and the music. But
that is no more. Supper is just for
the purpose of giving the necessary
strength to dance until the wee small
hours; the music is for the measure
of tripping feet, and (let us hope)
gossip and envy are no more.
Of course, I do not • believe that
last statement, for even the turkey
trot could not make the leopard
change his spots. But we should be
thankful for small mercies, and cer
tain it is that much dancing gives
less time for gossip or envy, and is
thus a blessing pro tern, at any rate.
* * •
T)UT to get back to my subject; I
thought, as I gazed upon the rev
elry by night, that I would select two
or three of the best dancers for spe
cial mention. After electing and
reflecting and re-electing, some for
ty-odd women in my mind, I decided
that there were too many “best dan
cers” for my prizes to go around,
so I let the subject drop. AMONG
the best dancers (and I want you to
understand that word ‘among’ means
what it says), were Helen Dargan
Margaret Hawkins, Annie Lee Mc
Kenzie, Sarah Rawson, Mary Helen
Moody, Katherine Ellis—I told you 1
never knew when to stop. That’s
for the younger set, and though 1
happened to mention them first. I do
not go on record as saying that the
young girls dance the new dances
better than the married women.
I never saw a more graceful dan
cer than Mrs. Tom Paine. She and
her husband are noted for their danc
ing. and at the Greenbriar White
Springs, where they spend their
summers, they lead all the cotillions
Mrs. John Sommerville, as slender
and willowy as a girl of sixteen, is
a beautiful dancer also, and was
much admired at the Driving Club
opening the other night. Mrs. Rob
ert Maddox was the “belle of ihe
ball,” very much in demand and a
very pretty dancer. Mrs. Andrew
Calhoun, and Mrs. LeRoy Childs
were popular married belles. and
Mrs. Vaughan Nixon was especially
lovely.
Pretty Mrs. Will Meador—my good
ness, but she’s a handsome creature
—was there with her equally handsome
husband. And let me whisper: There
were those present who cast alto
gether too many admiring glances at
them both.
Many of the married couples danc
ed together charmingly. Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Brandon, who. I hear,
inaugurated the new dances in At
lanta. often dance together. Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Richardson, Mr. an,d Mrs.
Clarence Haverty, Mr. and Mrs. Dud
ley Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Speer
find their steps accord well. Pre'tty
Miss Charles Owens and her fiance,
Mr. Edward Hall, of New York, were
noted among the graceful couples
who danced together often and well,
on Tuesday evening.
* # *
\ MONO the men who do the new
^ dances exceptionally well, I pick
out Colonel William Lawson Peel
Robert Maddox. Tom Paine. Will
Meador. Eugene Haynes, Eugene Kel
ly and Milton Dargan, Jr. This se
lection is a tentative one also, for
tiany of the men dance well, and
none are too old to do the tango with
enthusiasm. I hear that dancing is
fo bo the fad of the summer as well
as of the winter, and that all the
summer resorts are making elaborate
plans for this diversion. The warm
weather may change things a bit;
but up to the present time, 1 can
say that in all my (—) years, 1
ntwer saw as much dancing or as
many dancing as this year.
* * *
\ S for the fairylike scene at the
May festival affair called the
Driving Club opening. I will leave
its description to the young women
of the society department who daily
chronicle the “decorations of the
luncheon table.” I will also leave a de
tailed description of the gowns the
women wore to the same capable
hands, for the society writers were
all there, and taking notes, I am sure.
It is some task to do it. too. for 1
never saw so many varieties of airy,
summery, lacy gowns and flower-
trimmed hats together at one place.
Looking over the moving assemblage.
1 wondered what had become of the
simple summer gown” of yore. The
gowns worn at the Driving Club
opening were anything but simple,
though they did not seem to have
many frills about them. The artis
tic use of contrasting and harmoniz
ing colors, tin* novel but graceful
lines, the unusual development 01
combination of different materials,
-.ave beauty and variety to these cos-
Miss Edith I lowe McCool I,";;'.:;
her diploma from Miss Wood berry's Seliool Monday night.
Miss MeCool is president of her class and editor of the Col
lege Annual. She sang a beautiful solo in the Woodberry
School concert Friday night.
turaes. You realize by now that 1
can’t describe a costume, so look on
the regular society pages and you will
find exactly the .style and material ot
gown worn by each and every woman
at the brilliant affair.
* * *
r*AR be it from me to condone the
* results of war, but I suppose 1
will receive the approval of a num
ber of Atlanta’s young society set
if I remark that at least one result
of the upheaval in Mexico has been
the cause for rejoicing in Atlanta.
For I am told Ruth Hull, of Mexico
City, who arrived this week to spend
the summer with her aunt. Mrs. H.
L. Manson. was not intending to come
to Atlanta this year, until the Rev
olutionists made things uncomforta
ble for her family in Mexico City.
You know the Hulls live in the
palace once occupied by Maximillian,
and it was to this stately home the
Revolutionists came to demand
horses, food, and lodging. The fam
ily decided that the old United States
would suit them better for a quiet
summer than Mexico City and the
former palace of an ill-fated Emper
or. So Miss Hull and her mother
chose Atlanta, while other members
of the family are visiting elsewhere
at present. Miss Hull is not a
stranger here. Indeed she may be
called an Atlanta debutante, for she
first “went out formally” at local af
fairs during her last year’s residence
here with Mrs. Manson.
A winter in Mexico City and then
back to Atlanta for the summer again
is not a bad program to be selected
from choice, and it was certainly one
of the happiest of the fates of war
which overtook this charming young
resident of Mexico.
• • •
(a LL tell you one of the reasons why
* the married women of Atlanta do
not ride or play tennis a* much as
the girls do,” one charming young
matron told me, anent a little remark
I had made in last week’s gossip. “It’s
because they are busy with their
flower gardens. They are the* ’wom
an with the hoe.’ instead of the ten
nis racket.” i think she is partly
right, for never did I see as many
pretty gardens in Atlanta as this year.
Every day 1 hear of a new one, or
of one 1 had not known of before.
I do not see why the Atlanta women
garden growers and owners do not
form a garden club, like the fashion
able garden club of Philadelphia, and
other large cities, which met last
week in that city. The first of these
garden clubs of fashionable women
was organized by Mrs 1 . J. Willis Mar
tin, a few years ago, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson, a wealthy
and prominent society woman, was
made president, and from the Phil
adelphia club the movement has
spread to society women who are the
owners of gardens in several other
large cities.
Among the delegates to Philadel
phia were many owners of fine gar
dens and country estate.-* in various
places. Luncheons and garden pc r-
ties were a feature of the convention’s
social program, one of the most im
posing being a garden party at the
home of Mrs. George Willing. Jr,,
whose enchanting garden is a copy
of the Hampton Court Gardens. Gar
den parties are fast coming into favor
here. The fad was introduced by
Mrs. Robert Maddox; whose beau
tiful terraced garden at Woodhav. n
has been the scene of much entertain
ing.
The affairs of the time are fast
taking on an al fresco air. One of
the bridge parties of the week was
that given by Mrs. Bates Block for
her house guests, when, after the
game, tea was served In the garden,
from a table encircling a huge old
oak.
* * *
OPE A KING of gardens, I am re-
^ minded of one of the most suc
cessful of the new gardens of Atlanta
women, that of Mrs. John Kiser, who
has transformed the rear yard of her
home on Eleventh Street into a very
artistic- small garden. The garden
i9 only one year old. but has
achieved much beauty of growth al
ready. There are formal walks bor
dering beds of many colored flowers.
Mrs. Kiser seems to have observed the
rule of superstitious brides In their
bridal costuming, by using “some
thing old, something new, something
borrowed and something blue.” in
her quaint garden. She has olu-
fashioned flowers for sentiment, new
ones for novelty, and blu» ones just
to let one know that she can raise
any kind of a flower; for it is a well-
known fact among amateur garden
ers that a plant producing any color
of the rainbow is easier to cultivate
successfully than the blue flowers,
with the exception of violets which
are really not blue, but purple or lav
ender.
* * •
When Phalli* pour* the kerosene along
the castle stair*
How soft and dainty is her mien, how
rapt the look she wears!
And ah ! rehat ( hunt* could poets sing
to spread abroad her praise
If near they might be lingering when
Phalli* sets the blaze!
But of her mad and merry moods the
one that / love best,
Comes when the sombre midnight
bloods above a world at rest.
Below the quiet city sleeps, above the
stars are eaim,
But oh! ihe heart within me leaps
when Phyllis hurls the bomb!
J AM not much of a suffragette my
self. being too busy with other
things to care about running the na
tion, but the other day I became
curious to know if there were any
suffragettes in Atlanta, so I started
out to ask every woman I met for
an entire day and night if she were
a suffragette. In consequence. 1 am
not on speaking terms with half my
friends, and now I am sorry I in
quired. Believe me, suffragettes are
not popular in Atlanta, nor. I suppose,
in the South. Suffrage is another
matter, and I think many advocates
of suffrage might be found here. A
woman’s right to vote, ..f course ir
undeniable, provided she has a thor
ough knowledge of National Gov
ernment. a discerning sense of the
candidates she votes for.-and & steady
and unbiased judgment. Tho same
applies f o men, for, as Alice Hubbard
says, a woman is a manV equal, when
she is. But I think poor Polly is
slipping into deep waters, so let’s
go for a motor ride!
* * *
JN the list of next year’s debutantes
will be two Misses Ellis, of Ansley
Park. Strange enough, the girl** art
not related, though they bear th*
same name, are about the same age.
and live side by side, in a beautifuT
residential section. They are, Kath
erine Ellis, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mr.-. Frank Ellis, and Adgate
Ellis, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William I). Ellis, Jr. The two girls
are great friends and move in the
same set.
Notwithstanding all this similarity,
they arc not likely to “gel mixed up”
in the minds of their friends* and ad
mirers, for each has a distinctive and
charmingly individual personality.
Miss Adgate Ellis, who has spent the
past few seasons in New York at
school, is a splendid singer, and ha
been a leader in the younger set ill
her life. She is vivacious, blonde and
pretty, and has held Wi<* palm for
being the best dancer in her set since
she was three years old.
Katherine Ellis has spent much of
her tim* abroad, and has the pols'e
and dignity of her foreign travel ana
experience. She is very handsome
and one of the most beautifully
gowned e-irlF of the •~ l ty. Both the
Misses Eliis have charming mothers
who will be of much assistance to
th^m in their social careers, and I am
sure the two beautiful Ansley Park
H
Kenzle. A New York visitor. Miss
Ruth Wilson, who has nen tendered .i
series of parties during her visit to
Miss Helen Dargan, wat* the honor
guest, ana sixteen members of the
young society set. were entertained.
The affair was given at "The Pines,”
the home of Miss McKenzie’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George McKenzie, on
Peachtree Road. Quantities of the
crimson rambler rose were used
throughout the apartments and vases
of varl-colored sweet peas were also
used. The guest of honor was pre
sented with a Friendship circle as a
souvenir of the happy occasion.
homes of these next year buds will
be the scene of much of the coming
season's gayety.
* * *
I AM delighted to chronicle the
return to Atlanta of Miss Bessie
Jones, who has been on an extended
visit to a Chicago friend. Miss Jones
and her mother, Mrs. W. O. Jones, are
now in their home, 58 East Fifteenth
Street. For the past several months
they had their home rented, them
selves occupying apartments at the
Georgian Terrace when in town.
Miss Jones spent a part of the win
ter at Palm Beach, where her ex
quisite beauty made a mild sort of
sensation. On account of her mourn
ing. Miss Jones has not been attend
ing the social affairs of the season,
and has been greatly missed. She
is one of the prettiest girls Atlanta
has ever claimed, and is as winsome
and sweet as she is pretty. Miss
Harriet Calhoun, another handsome
Atlanta girl who was much admired
at Palm Beach, and was there at the
same time Miss Jones was. is having
a line time in Washington.
She went to stay a week, but day
by day so many things to do came
up. the visit was lengthened. I have
heard echoes of the horse show', the
garden-parties of the Wilson girls,
a dinner-dance on board the "Dol
phin,” and various other affairs in
which Miss Calhoun has figured con
spicuously.
* * *
Since the modish gown is opened
From the ankle to the knee,
There's little left to startle.
Those who wanrfer by the Sea.
There's little left to guess about.
And it's really very shocking.
My Lady's greatest pride is just
To show a rrell filled stocking.
Of course you can guess that the
above verses were written by an
old maid and there isn't a word of
truth in it. Milady thinks infinitely
more of her bathing suit, than she
does of her silken hosiery, because
there is so little to it to think about
that she has to give it extra thought,
lest it slip away from her. But that
seems complex, doesn’t it Any way
the bathing suits this season are to
be a revelation. How? Well, wait
and see.
Already Atlantans are planning
parties for the seashore. Even beach
parties have been arranged, and in
less than a fortnight there will be a
great hegira of city folk to where the
wavelets kiss the shore.
Atlantic Beach will be popular this
season. Always after the first of June
there is some one there to tell what
the. other one is doing. Wrightsville
catches goodly company of Atlan
ta revelers, and many go to the coast
of Maine, to Atlantic City and even
out. to the Pacific beaches of Califor
nia.
There will be an unusually large
number of seashore frolickers this
year, who Aill go from Atlanta here
there and everywhere where there is
water to frolic in.
* * *
yR. AND MRS. SHEPARD BRY-
AN have taken a cottage at St.
Simons Island and with their family
will spend some time in that historic
old place. Mr. and Mrs. George Har
rington will also be with the Shep
ard Bryan party and there will also
be others.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Haverty. Mr.
and Mrs. Jerome Simmons, and Miss
Sarah Rawson and Miss Annie Lee
McKenzie will make a pleasant party
spending a while at Atlantic Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Meador, and
Mrs. Harry Stearnes, with their
families, and Miss Lottie Wyly, will
spend the month of July at Wrights
ville, where they usually go for the
first heated term. Later Mr. and Mrs.
Meador with Charlotte; their little
daughter, will go to Toxaway, for a
month.
* * *
n XE of the many important June
^ wed lings will be that of Miss
Charles Owens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John , S. Owens, to Edward
Buckingham Hall, of New York and
Morristown. N. J. Miss Owens has
chosen the anniversary of the wedding
of her parents, June 16, for her own
wedding day. The ceremony will take
place about 9 o’clock in the evening
at St. Marks Church and will be fol
lowed by a reception at the home of
the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Owens, at 37 West Eleventh
Street.
Miss Marion Goldsmith w ill be Miss
Owens’ maid of honor, and her brides
maids will bej Miss Inetta Phinizv.
of Augusta, and Miss Rose Briscoe,
of Knoxville. Joseph Winterbotham.
Jr., brother-in-law of tho groom, will
be best man. There will be four
children attendants, Misses Theodore
Owens and Annie Shewmake, and
John S. Owens, Jr., and Donovan
Owens, the las't two being brothers
of the bride.
• * *
A wedding of state-wide interest
will be that of Miss Viola Johnston,
daughter of \Tr. ai d Mrs. McEwen
Johnston, of Macon, to William H.
Felton, Jr., son of Judge and Mrs,
William H. Felton. Aliss Johnston
is an unusually beautiful young girl,
with dark eyes and exquisite color
ing. She has had the advantage 1
of foreign travel and study, and a so
cial career which has been brief as
a debutante, but full of brilliancy.
She is a member of one of the most
prominent families of Georgia and is
related to Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jr., Mrs. DeLaneey Kountze, Mrs.
Orme Wilson, of New York, the Duch
ess of Roxburghe, Lady Herbert and
other members of the famous \Vil**on
and Johnston families. Her mother
Is one of Georgia’** beautiful women
and prominent in the social world.
Mr. Felton is a son of Judge Felton,
a noted Georgia Jurist, and of Mr.-.
Felton, a leader in Southern society.
The bride-elect has often visited
here and has been extensively enter
tained as the guest of Ml *s Margaret
Hawkins and other friends. A num
ber of Atlantans will attend the wed
ding. to take place in June
• • •
The marriage of Miss Gladys Min
ton. formerly of Macon, and Sam Hall
of Macon, son of Joe Hill Hall. is
announced as having taken pla •
Wednesday at Houston, Texas.
* * *
Hxqui.-rM pieces of handsome lin- ;
peril*, marie of pale pink cn • C
chine. wit> lUiots of pink and blue
rose buds hit ugh t in the laces, formed
the prizes at the bridge party given
Wednesday by Miss Annie Lkc Me-
Allen s Shoe Room
“ The Home of Footwear Novelties”
White Canvas Colonial. $3, $4.
White Buckskin Colonial,
$4.50. $6.
Same style in Black Satin. Pat-
ent, Tan or Soft Dull Kid, $4.50,
$5, $6.
Bight now when you’re ready for
the latest ideas in footwear we’re
ready with a complete stock. One
has only to try around town and
then try Allen’s to find that we carry
the newest of the new ideas. We men
tion a few of the “hard to find” kinds
of shoes that we can furnish in all
sizes and styles. Rubber sole; tan,
black or white pumps.
Rubber sole; white canvas, white
buckskin, and tan oxford.
English last, leather sole pumps, in
black, tan or white; also the modified
English last (medium low heel).
Same in black satin, turned or welt
soles. The new Cuban or Louis XV
heel, in black satin, patent or dull calf
skin.
English Last Pump, Leather
Sole, in Dull or Tan Calf, Patent,
Black Satin or White Buckskin,
$5.00.
Same, with Rubber Sole and
Ileel. in Tan or Black Calf, $5.50.
Cut steel slides combined with the
above shoes makes one of the smart-
y7\
est dav dress pumps obtainable.
J
Steel slides front $1.00 to $10.00 a
]
yyr
pair.
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Misses’ and children’s, also ladies’
/ l| j
sizes in black kid ballet slippers in
Jr* Y
csj
stock, and colors like pink, bine and
white kid or satin ballet slippers
made to order in five days.
Evening slippers in bronze, also
White Canvas Pump. $3, $4,
$4.50.
White Buckskin Pump, $4.60,
$6.00.
Same style in Black Satin,
Gun Metal. Tan, Patent, Gray or
Blue Suede or Satin, $5, $6.
street pumps and Colonials in bronze.
Evening slippers in delicate tints not
usually found in stock.
Mail orders for shoes accompanied
by cash in advance or charge refer
ences sent parcel post prepaid any
where in the United States.
English Last, Rubber Sole, in
Dull or Tan Calf, or White, $4.50,
$5, $5.50.
Same in Leather Sole, $4, $5,
$5.50.
J. P. Allen & Co.
51-53
Whitehall St.
MONO A Y OUR GREA T
HALF-PRICE SALE DA Y
Every Suit and Many Fine Dresses---
Silk and Wool---Shall Be Sold at
Exactly Half Original Selling Price
We-have appointed Monday, May 19, tin* greatest selling day iii the history of our
business, and we have had some big days. We expect to make it so because we shall sell
Ready-to-Wcar at half price. Suits and Dresses will take tlie leading parts, and
that means just this—that every suit, silk or wool, and many handsome dresses, includ
ing our finest silk dresses and magnificent evening gowns, will be placed in this sweeping
mg half-price sale.
The season is not late, and many of these dresses have arrived here within the
past sixty days—none of them have been carried over. They are every one new spring
stock, and a very important point that we want to impress upon you is that every garment
in the sale bears our stamp of style and quality, and every one is absolutely correct
with regard to workmanship and materials used.
All Silk or Wool Suits at Half Price
$20 Suits .$10.00 $40 Suits $20.00 $60 Suits $30.00 $ 90 Suits $45.00
25 Suits 12.50 45 Suits 22.50 65 Suits 32.50 95 Suits 47.50
30 Suits 15.00 50 Suits 25.00 75 Suits 37.50 ICO Suits 50.00
35 Suits 17.50 55 Suits 27.50 85 Suits 42.50
50 Elegant Spring Coats at Half Price
The fancy silk coats that we have formerly advertised at the following prices may now be bought for exactly half
their former prices, including Charmeuse, Satin, Ratine and Spring Chinchillas; street and evening models—
$35 Coats $17.50 $40 Coats $20.00 $45 Coats $22.50 $50 Coats $25.00
Fine Silk Dresses at Half Price
Handsome afternoon dresses of eharmeuse and crepe, plain, figured or in combination, gracefully draped models in
the new colors of spring and black. Evening gowns of elaborate design and magnificent fabrics, crystals, laces and every
dainty new touch of the season employed—-all at half their original selling price.
$35 Dresses $17.50 $45 Dresses $22.50 $60 Dresses $30.00 $85 Dresses $42.50
40 Dresses 20.C0 50 Dresses 25.00 75 Dresses 37.50 95 Dresses 47.50
1 50 Charmeuse, Crepe and Silk Poplin Dresses—Values $25 and $30—
Black, White and all colors, street and evening styles, now $1 2.50.
50 Serge, Ratine, Bedford Cord Dresses at Half Price
Black, all colors and shepherd checks, plain tailored or Bulgarian blouse styles, with sashes and crocheted, silk or
lace collars.
$12.50 Dresses ... $6.25 $18.50 Dresses . . .$ 9.25 $25 Dresses $12.50 $35 Dresses $17.50
15.00 Dresses .... 7.50 20.00 Dresses . 10.00 30 Dresses 15.00 40 Dresses 20.00
J. P. ALLEN & CO.
51 and 53
Whitehall St.