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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. /sSx'x J /S xfq / 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.