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ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913,
\ j k p/o. | x Mrs. William F. Spalding (on the left) r's one 0/ (he noted beauties of the city, having a striding brunette beauty and a
If III I l| I S charming and vivacious manner. Mrs. Harry Harman, Jr. (on the right), u)as formerly Miss Sophie Luttrclle, of Knoxville.
^ a Southern belle, well known in the East and over the South. She is tall and handsome and Wears exquisite French
She was Alice Stewart, of Athens, before her marriage, which was an event of last October, and one of the Autumn's brilliant weddings in Athens.
gowns. Mrs. Hilliard Spi tiding fin the center) is a petite beauty. With blue eyes and golden hair
replied when questioned. “But %
don't know TVhat In the world we
would do to keep up social gayetyj
If we did not have ‘something’ to
help us along at times."
Photo by McCrary.
dering for a number of days about
the dinner that my very good friend,
Col. Walter Andrews, was to have
given to the Secretary of State at
the Capital City Club to-morrow
night.
All who know Col. Andrews’ hos
pitable disposition looked forward to
quite a treat. It was not only a feast
of reason, but a feast to tempt an
epicure, in prospect,—BUT—and here
is where I was most interested, what
would the wine list have looked like?
I suppose there would have been no
help for it. Grape juice would have
usurped the cocktails at the begin
ning of the feast; grape juice would
have been used instead of Burgundy
with the fish; grape juice would have
filled the champagne glasses; and
along with the coffee instead of char
treuse, grape juice would have been
used.
1 am just wondering how a dinner
of this sort would have affected some
of the men who draw from extensive
draughts much of their wit and hu
mor. All of which reminds me of a
remark I heard one of Atlanta’s most
prominent hostesses make sometime
ago when she had just entertained a
world renowned lecturer on temper
ance in her home.
“Yes, I believe in temperance” she
is not. The Dukes could have a great
doal more pleasure for a great deal
less money in Atlanta than in Lon
don, and I dislike to see our good
American dollars being poured out in
the tight little isle.
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Sometime, somewhere, in my career,
I've heard of other drinks,
Of whisky, wine,
And brandy flue.
And cocktails, too, mcfhinks.
But grape juice is the best of all—
Three drinks is right for me;
If I could get
The third, you bet
Most happy would I be I
R IGHT now I want to register a
protest against what I hava
heard termed “The Society
Mumbler.” There ia nothing that
makes me any more furious than ta
iiave somebody Introduce me to some;
one else and slur tha person's name.
"Let me introduce Mr. B—r—rm,"
they say; and you don’t get the namd
at all. And then, ilyou want to know
it, you say:
"Er—r, I didn’t Just get the nam*.
Is it Mr. Brooaleton?" And mayba
the party says: "No, It’s Mr. Bug!**
hum.” And then you say! "Oh, yea,
Mr. Buglehum. I am glad to mee#
you, Mr. Buglehum. ,
That is what you do sometimes.
But more often you get the name as
near as you can. and let it go at
that; and then when it is time foif
you to make your adieu when you
come to the gentleman whose name
you didn’t catch when he was intro
duced to you, you repeat it as closely
as you can in the manner in whletl
it was speken to you.
"Well, I’ve got to be going now/*
you say to him. "Glad to have met
Good day, Mr. Br—r—rm,’*
while, jfcs you turn away, he follows
Photo by Lenney.
borne in mind that the performance
is for charity, and that covers a mul
titude of social as well as commercial
•ins.
( ■'OME one. come all, and shake the
moth bajls out of ytour prettiest
gowns, and no mattfer what else
you may have to do. go*to the per
formance at the Grand; Theater on
Tuesday night given by> the Players’
Club. I feel reasonably sure that the
play will be worth seeing. Oscar
Wilde never wrote anything dull or
stupid. “The Importance of Being
Earnest” is old enough to be new to
e great many people.
Besides the players on the stage,
*ou will get your money’s worth from
t 'p audience. Those who are in so-
ck'ty. those who are trying to get
into ty, who are in society
and are being pushed out. those who
are not “reciprocal” in entertaining
when they have been entertained,
those who love to bask in the sun
shine of social success—all will be
there, a gathering of the sheep and
goat^s, if I may use such an expres
sion, with the goats carefully herded,
so that they may not jar upon the.
sensibilities of the most sensitive;
ewes.
I am looking forward to a greatj
deal more fun by observing the audi-i
ence than I am by observing the play-*
ers. It will be a great night, and l
hope none of my readers will miss be
ing present. B^sir* ?• it should ha
Chorus—
Then laugh, lads, quaff, lads t
Cut out the other stuff!
Of grape juice dear,
1 muchly fear.
I'll never get enough !
S AD news, dearly beloved, reaches
me from England. It is noth
ing more nor less than that the
J. B. Dukes intend to make England
their permanent home, and that they
are negotiating with realty' firms for
both a London house and a country
estate.
I am told that the Dukes have been
having a great time in entertaining
and being entertained in England
They have given many elaborate par-
1 d■ -• and h-iv<- been the guests at some
\ /OU cannot imagine how disap-
pointed I was when I heard that
Col. William Jennings Bryan had
been forced to cancel his trip to At
lanta. Of course, I was interested in
the speech he was to make as a part
of the Quarter-centennial celebration
of Georgia Tech, but I will confess
that that Vas not my greatest in
terest in Col. Bryan.
To tell the truth, I have been won-
you.
Photo by Marceau, N. Y
■*the best houses. I is true or not that the Dukes intend
I do not know whether the report | to remain in England, but I hope it
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