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3 H IIKARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, f!A., SUNDAY. .MAY 25, 1015. unless you say something precise Above all, speak -without gestures, which are the enemy of grace in con versation. • I« “Third—When at table, taste rather ] First Aid to Travelers—Rich’s Luggage Department WWY *h A LL the way from Europe this bit of gossip came, and while I do not vouch for it. I think it sounds reasonable, for certain it is that the young woman whom it concerns is one of Atlanta’s prettiest girls, well equipped for the conquest attributed to her charms. "They say” that Miss Mignon McCarty, who has spent the past several months abroad with a party of friends, has won much admiration from the European men she has met, and from one in par ticular, a “real live count,” she found it difficult to escape without an en gagement ring. The Count was introduced in Brus sels. and immediately attached him self to the Atlanta party, to the amusement of all concerned. Just at first, Miss McCarty thought her conquest was a funny affair, but the Count was so much in earnest and his “attentions” were so much “marked,” she soon decided that con tinental courtship was altogether too hurried and too enthusiastic for her liking. I think I will have the sup port of many Atlanta young men when I express the hope that the Count failed to persuade this lovely Atlanta giri to look with favor on his title, estates and himself. (That's the qualifications of a foreign suitor, the proper order in which to name. I believe.) * * • 11 7 HILE we are on the subject of foreign conquest I can’t resist a few words. I have heard many At lanta women sp^ak enviously of the good fortune of Mrs. James B. Duke, who was formerly Mrs. Nannie Holt Inman, of Atlanta. Mrs. Duke has taken up her residence in England, and bids fair to become a social lion in London. For the benefit of those who would like to trade places with Mrs. Duke, 1 am going to publish an insert from a letter I received from a very dear friend who went over there and tried to become as English as the Englishmen themselves. “I behave,” she said, “exactly like an Englishwoman—more exactly like an Englishwoman than any English woman born—ever does. Every day in the week and every hour in the day I behave that way. I do it even when I am by myself. But when I simply can not stand it any longer. I lock myself up in a little room, put on a short skirt, sing coon songs and dance rag time until 1 can’t sing and dance no more. That lets off the steam, and I can begin being English again.” If it is as bad as all that, I do not envy Mrs. Duke a particle, do you? * * * gY the way. the ships that pass in the night n the voyage between the United States and Europe are sure to be carrying Atlantans either way. at the present time. Some are coming home, and others are going abroad for the summer. If the ex periences of Mrs. William Patillo and Mi>'s McCarty as to weather conditions is to be the common expe rience of winter tourists, I think the wise course is to go abroad now. Mrs Patillo wrote to friends here, that it had rained or snowed fully half the time they were abroad. Her descriptions of open platforms, no stations, slow trairis, snow, ice and rain, would persuade prospective trav elers to take a summer tour every time. I understand that this party was due to arrive in New York to day. * * * JV/J1SS DOROTHY HARMON, who has studied in Berlin this winter, will come home early in June, and I suppose she will spend the summer at East Lake, with her family. Miss Madge Horne and Miss Irene Lopez, who have been at a school In Rome. Italy, for the winter, will not come home until fall. They have been Joined bv Miss Horne’s father, Mr. C. A. Horne, and 1 understand are to spend the summer in travel over the Continent. Miss Mary Algood Jones and her mother are other Atlantans en route home. Miss Jones will be one of next winter’s debutantes. She is -in ardent horsewoman and I sup pose must be very anxious to get home and see her fine horses, of which she has several. A MONO the travelers outward bound are Mrs. Frank Adair and Miss Leone Ladson. I believe they arc due to-‘day at an Italian port where they are to join Mrs. Leonora Pace Owsley for a tour. Mrs. Ows- lty spent last winter in Paris, where she has a pretty apartment. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Rhodes are on their way to Europe also, having sailed a few days ago They will travel t hough tne summer. * * * A T RS VY. C. COLES tells me 1 that she will not be in the States for the national con vention of the Alpha Della Phis, of which organization she is president.. She* is leaving for Europe the latter part “f May and the con vention. assembling in June, will be presided over by the vice president. Mrs. Coles travels with Miss Rohr's party. Misses Katherine and Lillian Sturdivant, sailing on June 12, will tour Europe and plan to spend next winter in Germany. An interesting Atlanta louring party will include Mrs. Henry Jackson and her young daughter. Miss Eula Jackson, and MIps Ada Alexander. They will be abroad until September and expect to visit Germany. Northern Italy and Switzerland, the stay concluding with a month in Paris and London. Mr. and Mrs. \V. S. Witham are sailing on May 29 for’the summer and a party chaperoned by Mrs. Frank Logan will include several attractive. Atlanta girls. Misses Sarah Lee Evans, Aurelia Speer and Nell Waldo. * * * T UNDERSTAND that there is a * movement on foot to establish a purely woman’s club in Atlanta, which will be modeled after a man’s club in every way except that the dues will be made so reasonable as to be within the reach of the clever pro fessional woman of moderate means. My informant tells me that the co terie of women who are planning this innovation expect to have an estab lishment in which there will be read ing rooms, a swimming pool, a res taurant where drinks will be served and a theater in which plays can be produced. My informant tells me that at first it was suggested that a smoking room be included, but that this idea received scant consideration. I was not permitted to know the names ot the women interested, but I was as sured that the list included the best in Atlanta’s smart set. • • * 'rllE girls are coming home from * colleges and finishing schools, far and near. Many of them graduate this summer and will be debutantes of the coming season. A few of these young girls will go abroad for a year, but most of them have planned to join the merry throng at next year’s debutante Nine oVlock Ball. Miss Adgate Ellis, who has been studying vocal music in New York for the past year or so, has returned home and will be a debutante next year. Miss Josephine Mobley will graduate this month from Miss Ma son's rchool, The Castle, on the Hud son. She will be the second Atlanta graduate, I believe, for. although many Atlanta girls go to The Castle, few remain through the entire course of study. Miss Mignon McCarty is the other Atlanta graduate, and the first to get her degree from this fine old institution. Miss Frances Clarke got* her diploma from Goucher last week, and comes home soon to spend the summer. She will he a debu tante next winter, and 1 think Misp Virginia Lipscomb will enter the so cial world formally next year. Miss Lipscomb and Miss Elizabeth Bus ier have been at Mary Baldwin. Staunton. Va., the past few years, Miss Cora McCord Brown is a mem ber of the graduating class at Lucy Cobb this week. I hear that Miss Brown was one of the most popular girls in college. She is the champion tennis player of Lucy Cobb and one of the cleverest as well as one of the most charming girls of that insti tution. Miss Brown gets her diploma Tuesday. Her parents, Governor and Mrs. Brown, left Friday for Athens to see their only daughter graduate. Miss Mary Brown, the young daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, is another prospective debutante of this family, being a cousin of Cora McCord Brown. She is at Walnut Hill, Mass., and is expected home soon for the summer. Miss Ruth Ros ser comes home Tuesday from Bre- nau. She will not return to that school, but expects to go off some where. instead of being a debutante next year. I hear that Louisa Hamil ton. the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and niece of Mrs. Guyton McLendon, was elected president of the Georgia Society at Lynchburg. Va., where she has spent her college life. Mis.-' Hamilton grad uates this month and enters society next season. * * * \ TLA NT A women are the mo.^t ** graceful In the world, and they can not be improved by the teach ings of any foreign artists. Nadu, the Frenchman, who is thought to be the finest Parisian delineator of the beautiful lines of women, has set forth six rules foV the cultivation of gra cefulness. “Grace,” he asserts, “is not merely a gift of nature. It is also a com plete science which every woman can and should study to do herself real justice. I do not recommend these rules ol Nada's for our Atlanta women, but I am going to put them down here anyway. Here they are: “First—When in company adopt rather a remote air. Don’t show too eager interest in what people say. Let it be thought that you are enig matic. Nothing succeeds so well as this. “Second—Speak ae little as possible than cat. East with studied gesture so as to show off the hand and arm. “Fourth—When receiving at home,! or when in a box at the theater, have • i a few roses with long stalks at hand. Inhale them from time to time. This movement of gathering up flowers close to the face is of never-fading grace. "Fifth—Study the sound of ycur voice. So many women lose part of their charm as s»oon as they open the mouth. A voice of half a pitch, low without being grave, may be obtained with very little trouble, and is in finitely seductive. “Sixth—Let the five foregoing rules be carried out in the most natural Way without the smallest effort per ceptible; for. if effort be revealed by your way of inhaling the flowers or putting a glass* to your lips, better give it up and go back to mother nature.” * * * t MUST tell something that I heard * an enfant terrible perpetrate at a dinner party given in honor of sev eral of the visiting Presbyierian celebrities the past week. Thie preco cious child had been looking at one of these ministers, who boasted of a magnificent hirsute adornment, and finally she got out a tablet and pen cil and started to draw. The minister watched her for a few moments and then s*aid: “What are you doing?” “I was drawing your picture.” said the little girl, “but 1 do not like it very much, so I guess 1 will put a tail onto it and call it a dog.” The minister left soon after. * * * A NEW card game called ‘Rum” has struck the popular fancy. A member of the younger set naive ly remarked that "the girls didn't like it so much, but the men do—probably because it is something played with chips.” I don't know much about the game, but its name is against it, ac cording to my way of thinking. They say who have played “Rum." that it is very fascinating when learned. It is almost as hard as auction bridge, and consequently, is more fascinat ing than a simpler game. I suppose it must have some resemblance to the great American game of poker, as it is sometimes played with chips. I do not care for cards, personally, and wonder how the younger set, espe cially, can sit around a card table, while the music is calling for a one- step or a tango whirl. I noticed a group of girls and young men were learning to play “Rum." at East Lake, a few evenings ago. Every now and then some one would stop by the table for a minute and then off to the ball room. The strains of the music drifted in, and by and by. the interest in “Rum" perceptibly les sened. Before an hour had passed, every one of the card-players had followed the crowd to the ball room and were dancing with much more enthusiasm than they had played “Rum." We may grow fond of “Rum.” later on. but now the tango has a stronger appeal. * * * npHE new Cubist hat has come to * town, or at least there was one In town Thursday afternoon when I s-'pled it. It was shaped in a perfect cube, and there was no trimming on it except a wide ribbon, with scores of polychromous cubes hand-painted and tightly drawn around the sharp angle sides. A Cubist pin fastened the curious headgear to the hair. It was of rich brown and bright yellow, and maoe altogether a startling com bination. The wearer disappeared in the Georgian Terrace and I lost signt of her. If we get the men wearing Bulgarian neckties and the women rearing Cubist hate, there will cer tainly be a curious jangle of colors on Peachtree. • * • Hr slip*. She slides— «Shr tripi. th strides— ti'he shambles lie stalks— she ambles. Hi walks— Hr prances. She hobbles— She dances. Hi wabbles— Hr hups. she dips— She flop*' Hr flips— Hr leaps. She bounds— Shr sweeps. He pounds— She bustles, Hr flings— He “rustics." She springs— 4s their paces thus we note H e mag surely wonder whether, When they each hare got a vote, They will march in step together. • * * THE verse above was written by the * dainty litle North Side girl who has contributed several other poetic bits to this column, and is very ex pressive of the tango dance. This step, which has caused so much dis cussion, seems Aiot to be diminishing one bit in its popularity in Atlanta. At every hop given except those at East Lake, where it is barred -the tango enthusiasts abound. In this respect, two cable dispatches from London the past week are in teresting. One of them is to the ef- fest that a prominent hostess, who had sent out cards for t splendid dance, telephoned to her guests short ly before the affair and told them that if the tango, the turkey trot, or any other freak dances should be at tempted. the orchestra would imme diately cease playing. The dispatch adds that many of the guests lost interest in the dance. The other item conferring rhe tan go was to the effect that the vice president of the Imperial Society of Dancing Masters declares tin* one step and tlie Boston are two of the most graceful fiances invented since the time of the minuet. And further he declares that the most exacting pet son »-an find absolutely no fault with them if they were properly danced. J ewelry Gifts for the Girl Who Graduates. M. RICH & BROS. CO. Furniture for «, Summer — All Sorts. 3* | Silk Prices Slashed to Shreds in o Final Clear away | i End of May draws near. We must be rid of all sale silks at its close. Hence we re-group the various lots, make deep slashing reductions, offer smart, fashionable silks at unheard of low prices. Whomsoever has a silk need, take heed: t '2 59c All-Silk Foulards, Now at All-silk foulards at less than cotton price. Not a few tag-ends, blit a full 1,000 yards or more in the neat pat terns favored by fashion. Chiefly in the staple navy blues, Copenhagens and black; 23 inches. $1 Soft Chiffon Taffetas at Half price for these soft, drossy taffetas. AH silk, free*, flowing quality, soft and pliant. Drapes delightfully. Solid colors and two-tone and changeable effects: 27 inches. 19 49 Many $1.50 Fashionable Silks Almost three yards for the usual price of one. Choose from yard-wide Tussah crepe de chines in leading colors, 36-inch silk chiffon taffetas in colors 44-inch suiting silks in neat patterns. $2.50 to $3.00 Silk Chiffons, Etc. Loveliest fabrics of the foreign looms; beautiful soft silk chiffon and silk voiles with deep chartneuse silk bor ders, some with stripes, others bestrewn with dainty flow ers. About all colors; 44 inches. (Ready at 8:30 A. M.—Silk Annex, Main Floor, Left) 59 95 Sale of Makers’ Surplus Stocks “A Let-Go” of Laces New Arrivals in Summer’s Approved Fashions at Notably Low Prices Last week the buyer returned from his New York trip. His return signalized an inflow of new suits and dressesjJ)y almost every express. All week we've been busily unpacking them; now we re ready to sell. $10 to $12.50 Lingerie Dresses at $5.85 White embroidered voile and lingerie flouncings have been developed into very stylish dresses, Other while dresses are trimmed in laces, adorned with crystal buttons, crushed silk girdles, etc. In the same lot are '‘composed" one-piece dresses—the skirt of white linen; the coat of colored linene. $5.95 to $8.50 Summer Dresses $3.85 The little price wouldn’t pay for the materials. Made of soft white lingeries and voiles, prettily developed in laces and embroideries. $18.75 to $27.50 Ratine Dresses $11.95 It's a pleasant surprise to get the popular ratine dresses so much under price. Some are trimmed in Bulgarian colors. some are In the "coatee” one-piece styles, embroidery trimmed. White and colors. some are lace or $15 Ratine Suits $7.85 Smartly tailored ratine suits that will give service the entire summer at sea shore. mountain or in city streets. White, pink or grey. $6.50 Coats $4.95 These short Norfolk coats are just the garment for cool nights or mornings. Made of soft English flannel in bright red or Copenhagen blue. All sizes to 36. Loosen Your Purse-Strings, for Lovely Laces Are Priced Irresistibly Low. There’s a big story behind this sale of fine laces, but who cares for causes when one can share such results as $3.50 Allover Crepe Embroideries at $1.98 The material is a soft, sheer, crinkly crepe. It is em broidered all over with a neat spray design. 45 inches wide— charming for dresses, etc. 35c Laces 19c Shadow laces in bands and edges. Widths 4 to 12 inches, (’ream and white. Not a yard worth less than 25c, many worth 50c; average being easily 35c. Choice 19c. 10c to 20c Laces 6c Pretty val laces in matched sets of ( edges and insertings, 2 to 4 inch es wide. All white and real tints. Choose a plenty at the little price] of 6c. $3 Embroidered Flouncings $1.19 Sheer white voiles and batiste variously embroidered in charming eyelet and shadow patterns. 45 inches wide. 'il 1 ; Lace Bands 69c $1 to $1.50 venise and macrame cream and white lace bands. 4 to H inches wide. Allover Laces 39c 50c t« R9c shadow all-over laces In cream and white. Popular for waists, dresses, etc. $25 to $35 Wool Suits Only $12.85 It s a little price to pay for such suits of such superior quality. One particularly striking style is of Bedford cord, tailored, in cutaway fashion, lined throughout with messaline silk. Tans, blues or greys. Other soils include white Bedford cords with black or colored stripes, solid blue or black serges, neat whipcords, ratines, etc. An unrivaled assortment. Of our old suits none for merly sold for less than $23.50; the uew arrivals are worth from $27.50 to $35. Choice $12.85. A Little Disposal of Summer Waists rf* a Q f - for waists worth $6 to $8.50. Made of white voiles. * lingeries and marquisettes and embroidered crepes. Some with high neck and long sleeves; some with round Dutch necks; .some with the new baby collars. Ali smart styles. Choice $4.95. rf* Fy j** for silk shirts formerly X , a) $2.50 to $3.50. Mannish styles, ~ coat models with attached French cuffs. All while or white with colored stripes. Also $2.50 lingerie waists with Bulga rian embroidered collars, and white nursing waists at $1.95. (Ready-to-Wear—2nd Floor) Linen & Lingerie Robes Reduced i-3 All our white batiste and voile robes and all our white and colored linens now one-third less than the usual prices. Variously embroidered in eyelet, shadow, and Were $15 to $60; now $10 to $40. (Laces—Main Floor, Right) $45 Rugs Are Now $27.50 and the rug chief says “announce the news in big type." For these are the fa mous Bundhar Wilton rugs that have a national reputation for being “Durable as Iron.” They will wear almost forever, and the colorings and the pat terns will last just as long. 12 rugs and 12 different ! patterns in Persian, Oriental, All-over and Conven- > tional designs. Combinations to harmonize with any color scheme. The Bundhar Wilton people have dropped these pat terns, hence we have dropped the price from 45 to $27.50. Sale for Monday only. (Rugs—Third Floor) % 'Ml £ I sil i | $7.50 Linen Cloths at $4.90 These $7.50 cloths for $4.90 are in cluded in nn odd lot of all linen cloths that formerly sold at $6.50 to $8.50 each. The May Linen Sale groups them and offers choice at $4.1)0. Sizes are 2x2 yards, 2x2%. 2x3, 2x3%, 2 Vgx 2 Vi. Other odd lots, including and regulation cloths in al from 2x2 yards to 2 l /»x‘S l /a are grouped thus: $2.90; were $4 to $5. $5.90; were $8.50 to $11. $3.90; were $5 to $7.50. $6.90; were $9 to $12.50. Round Scalloped Linen Table Cloths Handsome linens in tine old-fashioned German weaves, Scotch round sizes vards, $3 Work Basket The third sav- /t» ■* q ing because J l.^O (v e l m port t these direct, saving the job ber’s profit. Made of wicker with red moire lining and red leather top. Fitted with scissors, bodkin, needles and thread. An at tractive basket; and most convenient. (Center Aisle—Main Floor) The Best Maker of Mesh Bags i in America. Formerly--- §j £ damask and the elegant Moravian damask, this: Reductions run like Size. Were. Now. 68x68. $4.00 $2.48 81x81 6.00 4.90 69x69 8.50 5.90 90x90 10.00 6.80 Size. Were. Now. 88x88 $12.50 $ 8.50 88x88 15.00 9.69 90x90 18.50 12.50 Napkins to match. Great reductions throughout the rest of the linen stock, in sheets and cases, bedding and white goods. (Main Floor, Left Aisle,) Also £ fee 2 B 7** $7.50 Fine Switches $5 Fine wavy hair, soft uniform texture, 30 inches long, 3 ounces in weight. To match about every con ceivable shade save grey. $7.50 transformations $5.95 $5 transformations ...$3.95 $6 transformations ...$4.95 $2 transformations . $1.50 Sale of Grey Hair Switches Wofnen who have had trouble in set tin?; an -exact match in grey are invited to attend this sale. New shipments make the stock unusually complete these special price concessions to interest you. $10 switches $7.95 $o switches $3.95 $7.50 switches $5.95 $3.50 switches $2.95 All these goods arc on sale in the Hair Goods and Beauty Parlors, where expert service is given in manicuring, hair dressing, and scalp and face mas sage. These treatments are 50c each, or 15 for $5. (2nd Floor) Hand-Made Lingerie •J list over on the last French stea me r—fresh ' from the Customs House. A little late for the Ma y Sale, but none- theless welcome. Va- riously in combinations, gowns, chemise, corset covers and drawers. Every garment hand- sewed and hand-em- broider ed throughout. And in each lot we offer one “ SPECIAL” for Monday. (Second Floor) sold only to jobbers. Now he has enlarged his factory and is selling direct. Knowing the value of our ac count. he made us a special price concession to secure an opening or der. The hags are here for to-mor row's selling. They will all be priced $2.98, Though Values Are $3.50 to $5 We're certain about the values be cause we have sold similar hags (bought through a jobber) at $3.50 to $5. Mesh hags are all 5%, 6 and 7 inch frames, rounded andisquare corners, plain, embossed or chased designs. Oxidized or pol ished. Long link chain, soldered links. Bag proper is made of the round breakless mesh. About a dozen different styles; the majority shown here or anywhere for the first time. Choice $2.98. (Center Aisle—Main Floor) ECONOMY BASEMENT % Neckwear Sale R a t b e r Ilian (fo -| fx Q have brok e n J) | . Jj Q lines cluttering “ up stock we hurry them out Monday at $1.98 — former prices $2.50 to $6. Flesh, attractive styles, all new this season. A few may he slightly mussed, most of them spick and span. Hand-em broidered collars, coat set, jabots, etc. Choice, $1.98. (Main Floor, Right) Up to 18c Ginghams J Standard ginghams, every woman knows these qualities—Bates’ dress ginghams, nurse stripes and solid colors, Red Seal dresses, ginghams in light and dark colors and fancy dress ginghams in mill lengths of 10 to 20 yards. 27-in. All-Linene Suiting at| Firm and flaxful all linene suiting in just the weight, texture and natural oqlor so desired for ladies’ and children's suits and dresses. White India Linon Only Fine, sheer white India Linon with a iirni uni for III finish. For waists, dresses and linings. 30 inches. 18c Real Serpentine Crepe 12J C 3 he genuine Serpentine crepe, soft and 2 crinkly for kimonos, house dresses, etc. In a fine range of new patterns. Mill lengths 10 to 20 yds. $2.50 Scalloped Tablecloths 1 /?Q 150 round table cloths. 72-inch size. t * .Made of heavy t'nion linen damask. Finely finished with rich permanent lustre. Choice of three patterns. m. RICH & BROS. CO. ORDER BY MAIL M. RICH & BROS. CO. MMWt