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"HE social side of the Confederate
reunions seems to have reached
Its height In the Chattanooga
meeting last week. I thought that
last year, when Macon did herself
proud for the veterans, the brilliancy
of the affair would hardly be sur
passed at future reunions, but I really
think Chattanooga had more affairs
and more pretty women and girls
present to greet the old soldiers than
even Macon had. Brilliant balls and
grand receptions were given, and in
addition to these elaborate public ‘en
tertainments, were numerous smaller
affairs, luncheons, dinners, teas, for
house guests or special friends among
the thousands of visitors. Red and
white took the. place of the patriotic
red. white and blue in the floral deco
rations, but they tell ine that at all
the affairs of the week bright-hued
flags of the nation were entwined with
the faded and worn emblems of the
“Stars'and Bars.” Gathered together
from all parts of the South were so
ciety belles and women to do honors
to the veterans, all of these having,
in common, a historic Southern an
cestry, and all descendants of South
ern soldiers.
* * *
Among the Atlantans in attendance
were Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Connally,
who were guests of Mrs. Frances
Fort Brown. Mrs. Connally is a
daughter of the war Governor, of
Georgia. Miss Cora McCord Brown
daughter of the present Governor and
grand-daughter of the war Governor.
Joseph E. Brown, also attended the
reunion. Miss Hildreth Burton-Smith
grand-daughter of General John B.
Gordon, was to have been an honor
guest, but was unable to go to Chat
tanooga. ;i she had to be in Atlanta
to r■ he;irsM for her appearance in the
Players’ < iub performance this week
Miss Rambo was present, of
course. Miss Rambo is a very loyal
and enthusiastic Southerner and is
personal!;, known and loved by hun
dreds of the veterans. She makes it
a point to attend all the reunions,
if she possibly can. Miss Nina Gen
try was an Atlanta belle in atten
dance.
The list of sponsors and maids and
matrons of honor would cover a page
of The American. I can’t recall half
the girls- I know who were there, to
say nothing of the hundreds of others.
Among those I remember are: Nel
son Chambliss, who hurried home from
her visit to Miss' Lula Dean Jones, to
attend the reunion: Miss Horten?c
Herman, of Eastman, who was an
other recent visitor to Atlanta, forced
to curtail her stay in order to go to
Chattanooga; Sue Bowie, of Rome;
Elizabeth Atlee, a former Chatta-
noogan, who now lives here; Patti
Martin, a frequent guest of her kins
woman. Mrs. Charles Martin, of At
lanta: Emma May Rambo, who grad
uated recently from Wesleyan and
went directly from Macon to the re
union; Helen Watkins. Mary Lynn
Carter, Mary Scandrett, who was
queen at the Macon reunion; Mrs. J.
P. Norfleet, of Memphis, mother of
Mrs. T. B. Felder, and Mrs. James L.
Riley, of Atlanta. Of course many
prominent Chattanooga matrons held
official positions, among these Mrs.
Z. C. Patten. Mrs. George Lancaster,
Mrs. J. P. Smartt, Mrs. Garnett An
drews and others.
* i> •
V ISITORS returning from the re
union are eloquent of the social
affairs given, and highest praise
has been accorded all who arranged
these beautiful events. The opening
reception on Tuesday evening was
characterized by most elaborate dec
orations. The immense pavilion,
where 10,000 guests were received,
was draped overhead and on all sides
with United States and Confederate
flags intermingled. State seals, bat
tle flags, and patriotic emblems In
terspersed the draped banners.
Strands of electric lights outlined
great designs of the Stars and Bars,
and hundreds of palms and bay trees,
with ten or twelve table? massed
with red and white flowers added to
the scene. The many beautiful wom
en were gowned exquisitely for the
occasion. Over the scene floated the
strains of “Dixie’ and other melodies.
They tell me that old-fashioned
dances were the order of the evening
at several balls given. Turkey trotting
and other modern dances were
tabooed. Square dances and waltzes
were the leading favorites, I hear, and
these were greatly enjoyed by the
veterans looking on. 1 believe they
would have enjoyed the tango, too,
don’t you? There were balls on
Wednesday and Thursday nights. The
opening feature of Thursday night'3
balls, which was the last of the se
ries, was the grand march led by the
generals and leaders of the Sons of
Veterans, with their official sponsors
and maid?.
• * •
Let’* go for a lark!
Where? Out to sotpe park?
Grant? Piedmont? Brookhaven, or
where?
Bull Sluice is the place:
When the moon veil* her face.
That's the place of all places, 1
swear!
There, made in the shade,
Are dreams for a maid.
For a young man, for even an old;
So.cut out the park.
W hen you go for a lark.
Bull Sluice is the place, I've been
told.
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I have been told that Bull
Sluice is the very nicest place to
go for a good time in or around
Atlanta. It is exclusive, too. and un
less you get a permit from some one
high in authority you need not. try
to invade, the sacred grounds.
X!w« v» ® etat-aming little bungalow.
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out at Bull Sluice that is the homo
of the man who look? after the lights
and electricity of the city, and if you
are fortunate enough to get permis
sion to ride on the big body of willow-
fringed water that makes you think
vaguely of a bit of Italian water bed.
your happiness is complete, as far as
it goes.
Many private parties go out there
to fish, so if you are inclined towards
a real, high-class, but giddy little
lark, all shut In from the world by
willows and sunsets and things like
that, why. just get in voilr own, or
your neighbor’s car, and speed out the
Peachtree Road until you come to
where you must turn off to Bull
Sluice.
• * •
I HEAR that Tracy L’Engle, who
took part in the annual college
play at Wellesley College last
week, is one of the first girls in the
lower classes to be chosen for this
muchly-sought honor. Miss L’Engle
is in the Sophomore Class, and In two
plays wherein she previously appeared
—that of the Freshman and “Soph”
classes—she showed ?o much talent
that she was given a role in the col
lege play, wherein only Seniors or
Juniors, at most, compose the cast,
a? a usual thing.
By a coincidence, the college play
at Wellesley this year was Oscar
Wilde’? comedy, “The Importance of
Being Earnest,” which is to be given
by the Atlanta Players’ Club. Miss
L’Engle had the leading man's role,
and they tell me she made a very
handsome “matinee idol” in her gen
tlemanly garb. This talented college
girl returns soon to spend her vaca
tion at home and she comes to a
brand new home this time, her fam
ily having recently moved Into a most
attractive place on Peachtree Road.
The house is of the New England co
lonial style, built of red pressed brick,
and with white “shutters,” and other
details of the period. The hospitable
and charmingly furnished interior
will be the scene of much delightful
entertaining when Miss L’Engle
makes her debut—an event two or
three years in the future, however.
* * *
I HEAR that Callie Hoke Smith will
be one of Ruth Tribble’? brides
maids at her marriage to Samuel
Dick, of Atlanta. The Tribble-Dick
wedding, although taking place in
Athens, can be accounted one of At
lanta's most interesting ceremonies,
inasmuch as the guest? will include
many Atlantans, and the bridal party
as well. I have been told that Wim
berly Peters, James Harris and Frank
Martin will be members of the bridal
party, and I suppose Jackson Dick
will be hi? brother’s best man. L.
F. Montgomery will go over to Athens
for the wedding or for other reasons.
I am not sure of his reasons for
going. but I predict that ire will go.
Bi the way, and apropos of nothing
which has been mentioned, “they say”
that Lucy and Callie Hoke Smith
have so many admirers and friends
in the foreign diplomatic set with
titles and official “handles” to their
names, the young men going up from
Atlanta to see the girls are somewhat
discouraged, when Count So-and-So,
or Sir S.omebody-Else, or Ensign
This-and-That comes to call upon
the Misses Hoke Smith, and they
reflect ?adly upon the fact that they
can't claim the plain American title
of “Mister” among the majority of
their friends who think “Jim” and
“Joe” of sufficient dignity. But I
venture to say that neither of these
girls is in any way ‘set up” about
their titled friends. There is a very
charming and natural democracy
about the Hoke Smith girls, which
has had its value In making them
universally popular in Washington as
well as in Atlanta.
* • •
D O you remember what good times
you hftd last year at Warm
Springs, with the motor ride
which ended with a pUinge into the
nice warm water of the spring, then
a fine old Southern supper of fried
chicken and. afterward, a rocking
chair on the porch followed by a
dance in the ball-room nearby or
perhaps another dip in the spring be
fore going to one’s downy couch?
(There are doubts about that downy
couch, but one can’t expect every
thing at a summer hotel.) Well, the
season for Warm Springs is on again,
and I hear of numerous motoring
tours to that historic old place, which
has been rejuvenated since the auto
mobile highway has been made be
tween Atlanta and Warm Springs.
The week-end dances will be jolly
events there, as of yore, the stay-a-
while guests being augmented by nu
merous stag-parties from Atlanta,
Columbus and other places.
I hear that a number of Atlanta
women will accompany their fathers
and husband? to the Bar Association
meeting at Warm Springs next week,
which is probably the beginning of a
regular series of motoring trips to
that spot. Already, a number of At
lantans are spending Sundays on pic
nic parties or motor tours. I have
heard of a very congenial group of
friends who have been to different
nearby places for the past several
Sundays, carrying in their cars both
dinner and ?upper and spending the
day in the open, to return by the light
of the moon, if there is one, and if
not, by the light of their acetylene or
electric automobile lights—possibly
lighted on moonlight nights as well.
This party, which includes, usually,
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ransome, Mr.
and Mrs Clarence Haverty, Miss Sa
rah Rawson, Mr. Marion Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Simmons, spent
one Sunday at Powder Spring? and
another a* Stone Mountain. This i.\
an ideal tinrfe for such outings, for
the woods are full of all sorts of wild
flower?, and (chief reason) the resorts
are not yet in full swing for the sum
mer girl, and, therefore, there isn’t
must else to do these days in the
way of an outing except a motor
tour and a picnic lunch.
A large party. I have been told, i?
going over to Warm Springs for a
week-end stay, among the prospective
members of this party being Misses
Mary Butler, Louise Riley, Jeannette
Lowndes. Lucile Kuhrt, Agnes Jones,
Messrs. Frank O’Keefe. L. F. Mont
gomery, Ernest Armistead, Philip
L’Engle. Robin Adair and others. Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Adair, Jr . will be
a married couple in the party.
In April 'fix, that young girls’ fancies
Turn to thoughts of bridal "things,”
And the thimbles on their fingers.
Glitter like little diamond rings.
Forking, chatting, o’er their sewing.
The hours pass on golden wings;
Tennis, motors, golf’s forgotten,
In the glory that is spring’s.
* * *
D ESPITE the relapse into winter
which came upon the city last
week, the summertime enter
taining went along merrily. By the
way, the sewing party has made its
appearance, Mrs. Frank Pearson giv
ing one of the first of the season last
Thursday, In honor of her charming
guest. Miss Edith Bowron, of Bir
mingham. Ala. There is nothing
prettier than a group of girls, indus
triously sewing and chatting on a
sunny porch, partially screened from
the street by vines and potted green
ery. However the sewing party is of
ten a “give-away” for the future
brides. I hoard one girl say the oth
er day, anent a June bride of this
year:
“The first time I suspected Court
ney of getting ready to be married
was when I saw h«r jewing so indus
triously at a little sewing party. I
never had seen her sew before!” 1
suspect that at Mrs. Pearson’s party,
there w’^re quite a number of future
brides, for the company was compos
ed of the charming contingent, which
is drawn upon for the June bride
supply. The pretty guest of honor
had to confess that she was not an
ad^pt at sewing, her slender fingers
being more accustomed to twinkling
over the piano keys or swinging a
golf club, for Miss Bowron is a very
gifted musician, and a typical out-of-
door girl as well. Her hostess could
make up for her deficiency in sewing
however. Many of Mrs. Pearson’s
friends have received gifts, beautifully
hand-made or embroidered by her
clever fingers, for she is fond of mak
ing these lovely personal gifts, th**
work of her own hands.
Throughout the summer, the sew
ing parties will be a feature of social
life. A number of Atlanta girls are
exceedingly clever at sewing, making
S PEAKING of sewing. 1 am re
minded that the Study Club, a
group of young women who meet
every week for serious study of his
tory and literature, have become de
moralized (if that’s the word—some
folks might choose to use elevated)
at the fact that so many of their
number are deserting the ranks to
become June brides. At their last
meeting, they actually sewed wed
ding garments, laughed and chatted
and acted like ordinary girls, Instead
of listening to a “high-brow,’’ lecture
on Famous Women or German Lit
erature!
This meeting was held at the pic
turesque home of Miss Alice Hentz in
West End, and of course w as a porch
party, the young women sitting in
groups on the vine-clad, flower-
adomed porch for sewing and for
luncheon. The brides of this Btudy
Club are Misses Muriel Hall, Cour
tenay Harrison and Minnie VanEpps.
all to be married in June. Other
members of the Study Club which
really is a most Inspiring and inter
esting club of import are: Misses
Marie Sciple, Marion Woodward.
Kathleen Calley, Lucy Harrison, Alice
Hentz, Frances Connally. Ella May
Thornton, Martha Boynton, Mary
Robinson, Eleanor Raoul, Clara Wlm-1
berley, Frances New man, and several i
young married women.
• • •
^ JRS. Joseph B. Whitehead had i
j I planned a delightful trip abroad i
this summer, having sailed ear- |
ly in the spring with Miss Mary
Wheat for the Old World. Her plans
included a trip to the Orient and
perhaps a winter in some picturesque
far-away city. Now she has been
called home, by the illness of one of
her handsome young sons, Joseph B.
Whitehead, Jr. who had an attack of
appendicitis, at the school in Law-
renceville. N. J., where he and his
brother, Conkey, were to have re
mained while their mother was travel
ing. The summon? came in Italy, and i
Mrs. Whitehead returned as fast as
she could travel, to find her young j
son better. Her friends here, I am
sure, hope that the boy will soon be
convalescent.
Whether or not. Mrs. Whitehead
will resume her trip. I have not heard,
but I suspect she will not go away
scon, as she is a very devoted mother,
and will certainly stay with the |
youthful invalid until he is complete- I
ly well again. Mrs. Whitehead is one
of Georgia’s wealthiest women and i
very popular in Atlanta. The past I
several years, she has spent much of
her time in New York and “on the |
wing.” being fond of travel and j
change. However, she makes annual j
visits “home.” as she calls Atlanta,
and is always much entertained while
here.
• • •
I HAVE the pleasure and opportu
nity. my young friends, to an
nounce a series of most delightful j
tffairs, for next week. The prospects I
for this week are bright for the “col- i
lege set,” too, and I am sure that fori
several weeks to come, youth and ;
gayety will reign supreme in the so- j
rial world. This is the season of the I
“sweet girl graduate,” and her gal- j
l int “frat” brother.
No series of social events for the
college girls and boys is of greater in- !
terest than the affairs which come;
along with “Tech” commencement
And of all this series, no event I? !
looked forward too with the same |
keen appreciation as the annual re- |
reption which President Matheson and (
Mrs. Matheson give at their home j
for the members of the senior class, |
the visiting alumni and their friends!
among the younger girls of the city, j
Both President Matheson and his |
charming wife are personal friends;
of all the “Tech” boys, and few’ there
are who. in after life, forget the cor-
oial and friendly interest which the
head of the college and Mrs. Mathe
son has given him In happy college
days.
'Phis year, the reception at the home
of the president is set for Monday af
ternoon, June 9, from 5 to 7 o’clock.
Another “treat” in the way of extra
reception is in store for the boys and
their friends this year, for Governor
and Mrs. Brown are going to give
them a reception on Tuesday evening,
the 10th. Other delightful affairs of
Commencement week which are an
nual events will be the senior, and
“Soph” dances, dances by the Cotil
lion Club and by the “Bull-dog Club,’
and always a crowning event—the
Pan-Hellenic dance when all the fra
ternities unite to give a grand ball.
The junior “Prom.’’ as usual will be
a happy event of Tech Commence
ment. Now, altogether, girls—
HURRAH, HURRAH, for Georgia
Tech,
And the gallant “Engineers!**
rfnWV Special Lace Sale Planned for Monday. '««iViff■W'dWtd
RICH & BROS. CO.
73 Suits Respond to this
Last Call at $ 16.85
Former Prices Were Up to $39.50
The final call for 37 suits. They will surely march at
this little price. For more than 50 were formerly priced
at $35 to $39.50. Of the rest not one was less than $29.75.
Among them you will find
Bedford oords, m pm
Ratines, Jk Tj
Shepherd Cheeks, ■■
Serges,
Poplins,
Cutaway and
Straight Coats,
Novelties and Blouses,
Plain or draped skirts,
black and colors.
order Big Sale of Summer Dresses
More than 500—sample lines and makers’ reserve stocks.
! Linens and lingeries, lawns and linenes, ratines and Bedford |
cords—white and colors. Plain one-piece dresses, “com-,'
posed” dresses; dresses with the new “coatee” effect—,■
whatever has been pronounced smart and right is almost
sure to be in the collection.
Silk Stockings
in All Shades
With pumps and short skirts
one is almost required to wear
silk stockings. Colors need not
clash, for here we have a full
assortment of the popular and
even many of the odd shades.
$1 to $2.50.
The Stockings at $1
are better than you can match at
the price. Full fashioned, made
of medium weight silk, with lisle
feet and tops, or silk top lined
with lisle. About all shades.
(Main Floor, Right)
$3.85
For $5 to $8
Dresses
$5.85
For $8 to $12
Dresses
$9.85
For $15 to $23
Dresses
June Sale of Lace Curtains
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Every Curtain in Stock
Reduced a Fourth
to a Half
Gift Fans for
Graduates
A specially assembled assort
ment. Single and double weight
gauze, white and colors, plain
and hand-painted, ivory or
pearl sticks. 50c to $10.
(Main Floor, Right)
Sale of Royal
Society Goods
Sample pieces from which
the Royal Society Co. took
orders. Beautiful specimens
of the needleworker's art.
Variously in finished pillow tops,
centerpieces, table and library
pieces, baby pillows, etc.
$7.50 to $10 d*0 QQ
pieces at
m t« $17 $5>98
Society Package
pieces
R oyal
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threads sufficient for each piece.
Includes centerpieces, pillow tops,
fancy bags, work bags, tie racks,
laundry lists, scarfs, etc.
All Half-Price
Were 25c to $1.25
Now 13c to 63c
(Main Floor, Center)
Planned this June
curtain sale to stimulate
business during an otherwise
dull month. Captured mak
er’s surplus stocks of cur
tains considerably under
price. Dropped the prices
on all our own good cur
tains a fourth to a half.
Every curtain in stock
included—Arabian, Oluny, Irish Point, Madras, Cable Net,
Scrim, Marquisettes, Swiss, Muslin and Novelty Nets.
These are some typical reductions. All curtains
that
Were $1.50 $2.00 $2.75 $3.25 $5.00 $6.00
Now $1.15 $1.50 $1.85 $2.25 $3.75 $4.50. |
All Curtains from $7 to $25 a Pair
Now at About a Full Third Less
Odd Lots of Curtains at Half-Price. j
These are the odds and ends, the one and two,;
pairs of a kind. All at just half-price.
Were $2.50 to $10 a pair; now $1.25 to $5.
P. S. All curtains displayed in cozy, inviting parlors. !
Electric fans to keep you cool. |
(Third Floor) i
Stylish $1.50 Ratines 49c
The pen leaps to such news! Beautiful wash . j
fabrics—the most popular weaves of the season at half- ,
price and less. Good assortments, too, and colors. |
Just what the people want—there is sure to be a rally; j
come early.
$1.50 bordered ratines, 12 pieces, 50 in.
$1 open mesh macrame, 2 pieces, 40 in. 8 ■( !
75e white French linen, 3 pieces, 45 in. / U m. W C
75c new blue French linen, 4 pieces, 45 in.
$1 finest French Bedford cords, all colors
(Ready at 8:30. Wash Goods—Main Floor, Left).
40 Is a Woman*s
When a woman realizes that her
youth is slipping by! Almost 40!
She looks back and sees that first
white hair over her ear. She jerked
it out, and laughed! Then she re
members combing her hair each
morning and carefully looking and
picking out tw’o or three glistening 1
white threads. And the next year!
The white hairs pulled out one day
were replaced by twice as many the
next. And she drifted on.
Are you Just drifting toward a
gray-haired old age at 40, the age that
should be the glorious prime of a
woman's life?
We wish you would get our book
let. “Charm/* and read it (At any
of our stores, or sent by mail upon
request.) It explains why you can
safely use Robinnalre’s Hair Dye. It
is not an ordinary vulgar bleach or
artificial coloring We should have
named it a Restorative, because it is
a pure, scientific compound that sim
ply restores the hair to its own origi
nal color and beautiful, healthy con
dition. If you have but a few white ;
hairs, don't pull them out. Restore |
them to their original vigorous color,
and at the same time put your hair
in a healthy condition and stop Its
fading. The hair responds quickly to
the proper care and treatment, and
the woman who wants to keep its
beautiful color and fine texture can
Ido so.
Robinnaire Hair Dye is made in
our own laboratory, and we person
ally guarantee it to be absolutely
pure and harmless. Non-sticky, and
does not stain skin or scalp. Use it
immediately if your hair is fading and
losing vitality. Trial size 25c, post
paid 31c; regular large size 75c, post
paid 83c. Prepared for light, medium
and dark brown and black hair. For
sale by all Jacobs’ Pharmacy Stores
and druggists generally.
: June Jewelry Clearance
507 Pieces of High Grade Jewelry,
5 Most of It Much Below Half-Price
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3J The annual June event wherein we clear stocks with-
out regard to former prices. Stock sheets show 507 pieces
pS of Sterling Silver and solid 10-kt. gold jewelry pieces. Ap-
3 propriate for graduation and confirmation gifts.
tS 18 sterling silve r lavallieres with pendants en-
^2 riched with brilliants, baroque pearls and
Imitation stones. Formerly $4.50, $5, $6 and
pm $7.50. Now at
'■I 8 Lavallieres—1 0-karat, solid gold pendants set
with diamonds or stones. Formerly $12.50 and
5 $15, now at
brooches—10-karat solid gold, polished or Ro
man finish, real and semi-precions stone set
tings. Formerly $1.98, $2.98 and $3.98, now at
brooches—10-karat solid gold, heart shapes,
crescent, etc. Formerly $1 48 and $1.98, now at
5
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or embossed. Were 89c, 98c and $1.25 a pair,
now at
scarf pins—10 -karat solid gold, plain or filigree,
set with real or semiprecious stones. Were
$198, now
pairs cuff lin ks—10 karat solid gold. Styles for
men or women, formerly $1.98 and $2.48, now
at
diamond rings—10-karat solid gold. Real cut
stone, Tiffany settings. Value $10, at
tie clasps—10 -karat solid gold, oval or oblong
Were
shapes, some set with rose diamonds
$1.48 and $1.98, now at
ockets—10-karat solid gold, chains attached.
Heart shaped, plain or beaded edge. Were
$3.98, now
Sterling Silver Mesh Bags—formerly $20 to
$27.50, now at
9 Sterling Silver Mesh Bags—Formerly $30 to $40,
now at
(Ready at 8:30. Jewelry—Main Floor, Center)
$2.98
$7.98
$1.00
50c
50c
98c
$1.48
$5.95
$1.19
$2.98
$14.95
$18.95
Women Who Wish
Cilks for any
^purpose can
doubtless find that silk
here for about half of what
they had intended to pay. For
we have many tables filled with
solid colored and fancy taf
fetas and messalines, Tnssah
crepe de chines, foulards, silk
voiles, impressionistic chiffons,
kimono silk, silk serges, suiting
silks, etc. Some are solid col
ors, others are in floral pat
terns, stripes, etc. Black and
colors and all widths. Too
many different kinds and val
ues to classify, but generally I
prices run like this:
49c; values to $1.25
59c; values to $1.50
98c; values to $3.00
Tuesday the
Annual June
Trunk and
Leather Goods
Sale
M m. rich & bros. co. m. rich & bros. co.
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