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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA , SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1913.
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you with a look of mild bewilder- |
ment.
Yes, indeed, If I could have m> ;
way, the introducer who swallows
the name of the person he preaenU
you to, would be forced to swallow
the worst tasting: concoction a doctor
could devise.
• • •
J UST think of the lucky bride with
a $25,000 trousseau. How many i
of out charming Atlanta brides*
to-be will have wedding clothes which
will amount in value to thlB figure 1
am afraid t here will be none. But :
that is the price Miss Frances Sco-
vifle. the Kansas beauty, will pay for
the trousseau which she recently pur
chased in Paris for her wedding to
Walter De Munn. Mr. De Munn, you
know , is a acion of the famous French
champagne house But my readers 1
know, are more interested in the wed
ding dreas and the trousseau than
they are in the man who made Extra
Dry famous. Through a friend, who
happens to be an Intimate of Miss
Scoville, I learned some of the de
tails.
The wedding dress Is of a white
soft silk brocade, with small sliver
thread and a long train, and a long
panel of real old lace.
Her favorite evening gowns Include
a red one of tussor cloth, with a
heavy beaded top. Another of cit-
ronelle, colored with silver and a chif
fon with small ermine bands. Em h
has an evening coat to match. The
choicest gowns Include one In the new
collie cloth with a pleated pannier,
another is of tan chiffon cloth with
a Valenciennes and tulle waist and
a large blue sash. Tailored suits in
clude a blue serge, short coat with
red buttons, also a white corduroy,
being fashioned In the shape of a
Norfolk Jacket.
Isn't she the lucky girl?
• • •
A ATLANTA may put the seal of
approval on the tango and 1 see
that Mrs. Hugh M. Wille, for
mer president of the Georgia Feder
ation of Women’s Ulubs, declares that
the turkey trot and other ultra-mod
ern dances are perfectly correct, BUT
if (jueen Mary of England can
have her way. and she usually can.
these dances will soon be a thing of
the past In fashionable London hall
rooms. Queen Mary has intimated
her desire that none of the royal fam
ily attend any halls where such
dances are permitted. With this
royal uUaee. the freak steps hover on
the brink of total destruction; for
rather than lose the attendance ot
royalty, English society u’ould abol
ish anything—even tea.
• * •
The nightcap* which our grannieh
wore,
Jt seems, are cowing in once more,
And many ladies buy them.
Jn fad 90 many feel their need
That millinerx who fashions heed
And dre*9moker* supply them.
Yet strange indeed are fashion's
whims,
For lol the nightcap now she trims
And oft on cocktails may light.
Then there** another difference wide.
The nightcaps now art• worn inside—
They're stvulloiced—in the daylight!
Y ES, my dears, it is really said
to be the latest thing in New
York for the fashionable milliners
and modistes to carry in their shops
a full supply of liquors for their fair
customers Just Imagine going Into
one of our Whitehall Street shops,
asking to try on a creation in Nell
rose, and being asked whether you
prefer a Dubonnet cocktail, high ball
or even a paprika cocktail, with your
fitting.
I haven't any doubt that after an
afternoon of looking through milli
nery stores and dressmaking shops,
many a creation W’ould be disposed of
whjch otherwise would hang forever
in the shop. But I don’t think that
Atlanta merchants will find It a pop
ular innovation
WONDER if the innovation of a
pastor of a fashionable New Jer
sey Episcopal Church would be
popular in Atlanta. This enterpris
ing preacher, knowing that the hot
summer months are very destructive
to church attendance, has decided to
have phonographic records made of
his sermons and also of the choir
music. These he intend? to send to
those persons too susceptible to heat
to attend the aervlces. Can’t you
Just Imagine a messenger going to
the home of some of our ladies of
fashion who were too tired to go to
church on Sunday morning to deliver
a phonographic record with the sim
ple statement, “With the Rev. Mr.
Memminger’s compliments, here is the
sermon and church music of this
morning’s service.’’
A BAS the strawberry. Away w’ith
the luscious shortcake. Never,
never again 1 am told that my
favorite dish tends to make women
rheumaticallv ungraceful I cannot
stand for that as I have hard enough
time as it is to keep my figure within
bounds. As for the shortcake, that
delicious confection will never pass
my lips except perhaps in the pri
vacy of my own home. Why? Well,
the maitre d'hotel of one of the most
fashionable places in New’ York has
gone on record against the shortcake
with the following remark: “The
rulers of France never ate short
cake, because* it requires too large a
mouth.' Once more, I bar the straw
berry shortcake.
• • •
I CANNOT help telling of an instance
that I heard of a day or so ago
in which one of Atlanta’s most
stately dowagers whose dignity and
et&teliness are proverbial In the town,
was given a shock by a litle freckle-
faced youngster from which, she w ill
Dot recover for some time. The lady
Mpc Fmnb W/inPrnff One of the lovely brides of the season, whose wedding was an event of April. Mrs.
I II .. >. I I vJI II \ W II IV^vA/l I Winecoff was Miss Dess Wall before her marriage. The young couple have re
turned from their wedding journey, and sre at home in Analey Park, with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Winecoff.
Photo by Wealey l!lnihl*rg.
whose word Is law in a certain set
of Atlanta's swelldom, was visiting
in Druid Hills and while waiting for
hor friend to appear decided to make
friends with the young hopeful of the
house. This kiddle, after answering
a few questions, decided to ask a
few on his own account.
“How old are you," he demanded
abruptly. This somewhat staggered
Mrs. , but she answered as
sw’eetly as possible.
“Oh, I guess 1 am older than you
can count,” she said.
“Huh,’’ said the youngster, “I can
count up to a hundred.”
Milady nearly fainted and there is
no telling what would have happened
had not her friend Just then ap
peared on the scene.
• • •
W ILL you kindly pass the pansies,
or perhaps a candied violet
you’d like? No. the cauliflow
er is more to your tarte? The secret’s
out in that last suggestion, for the
remark which began like a bouquet
selection is really a luncheon choice.
The . fruitarian menu (which sounds
more like a floral menu) was the nov
elty of a dinner given by 30 girls of
the Garland School of Home-making
and several friends of Mrs. W. H
Henderson, president of the Anti-
Vivisection Association of New Eng
land. given at Mrs. Henderson’s home
in New York last week.
No animal flesh or product was
served at this dinner, and the meal
lasted two hours. My goodness, think
of sitting two hours at a dinner where
pansy salad was the picturesque but
unwholesome looking piece de resist
ance! Some of the girls, It is said,
refused to eat the pansies (wise girls.
I say). One of the pioneers in food
exploration said that she swallowed
the flowers, but didn’t taste anything.
A professor on food, who lectured all
the time the guests tried to eat, ex
plained that meat eating destroyed h
delicate sem*e of taste, hence the sub
tle flavor of the pansies was lost on
the deadened tongues of the guests.
This w ise professor advocates a daily
diet costing 15 cents per day for each
member of a family. I suppose pater
familias would advocate that diet, too,
provided a restaurant were conven
ient for him to slip into now and then
—meaning about three times a day.
on "pansy salad,” "composite of
prunes and bananas,” “pine nuts and
maple Juice,” their chances for getting
a husband to cook for are slim, I fear;
for men are ungrateful at best, and
despite their de*1re for economical
wives, they hanker after the flesh pots
of Egypt, In the way of good roast
beef and other old-time substantial
for the sustenance of the inner man,
and few would take kindly to a flow
ery menu, despite its comparative
cheapness.
• • •
I SUSPECT there will be something
in the nature of a summer festi
val to celebrate the regime of the
Capital City Club's ownership of the
Brookhaven Club. They tell me that
after raising the Capital City’s Club
limit of 600 members to 800, on as
suming a country club property, the
applications for new membership in
one w’eek were nearly as much ns the
increased membership. I predict a
gay and successful season for the
Brookhaven Club this year.
There is no reason that I can see
why this prediction should not be
verified. When the highway now un
der process of "improvement’’ is com
pleted, the automobile ride from the
city to Brookhaven will be fine. The
club house has ample grounds, a good
golf course, a beautiful place for
swimming and aquatic sports and
broad and spacious porches for sum
mer afternoon tea parties, to say
rotlilng of a spacious ballroom fo?
turkey trotting and tangoing Atlanta
society folks do not need to go away
for summer pastimes nor cool breezes.
The three clubs East Lake, Brook-
mer visits, and at all times during
the warm weather there will be num
bers of Interesting people "at home,”
and the social record will not be de
void of interest. For where two or
three are gathered together in their
best clothes there Is society—and
something interesting to tell about.
A 1
[.THOUGH the "home team" does
not do a great deal to Inspire
enthusiasm these days, loyal
fans among the girls, as well as
among the men of the city, have
crowded the grundstand at Poncey
every afternoon the past week. I no
ticed a half dozen members of the
younger set somewhat crouched to
gether on account of the chilly at
mosphere at a game the other day.
The girls knew when to "holler" for
joy, or moan for defeat, just as well
as the men who were with them. And
they did not "put on airs,” either, al
though those same men were not as
good at noting the fine points of
grand opera ns the girls were of the
baseball game.
As I sat watching the bright, en
thusiastic faces of these girl fans. 1
heard a shrill voice behind me. w hich
held no trace of the Atlanta accent,
ask of her companion, another girl:
"Do you understand this game?”
"No,” replied her friend, also speak
ing without the Atlanta accent. “I
don't understand much, except that
everything is settled by that little
man out there they call the vampire'”
* • •
A nnouncement has been made
that the Duchess de Chaulnes
is going abroad for the summer,
accompanied by her sister, Mi$.
haven and the Piedmont Driving Club
—all furnish amusement and interest, t », ... .. . ; -J
and nowhere can Atlantans And more S’ 1 that when the
attractive surroundings or greater di- to hess ca ™5 °' er
versions of amusement. ^ t ^ *** l t ft her
Of course, a change is desirable. ! Ih^ ^Te was in mve
and the mountain air and the moun-l ma £. but with France and especLuv
to 1 .'hlnr V kn a a S0 H "T' J !urt ! " ,,h Paris, that city where women
bathing and its will have QU<
If the Gariand Home-making girls their quota from Atlanta’s social dr- ! truth, for man
are going to advertise their intentions | c les. Still the fact that life hert* i« ! Icon tn
so pleasant will serve to curtail sum-
hassy is to be, I believe, under the
Page regime.
What the English aristocracy con
sidered the late Ambassador’s bril
liant home to be, I don’t know’; but
| I agree with them that the Page fam
ily is more typically American than
that of out late esteemed representa
tive at the Court of St. James. By the
way, the daughter of the Pago house
hold has announced that while she
will be interested and delighted with
her foreign residence and opportunity
to meet the men of other nations, she
is NEVER going to marry any but
an American—and one at least halt
ns nice as father,” Miss Page fondly
adds.
• • •
P ROSPECTIVE brides of the sea
son were much interested in the
cabled details of the wedding of
Princess Luise of Germany, as was
the remainder of the feminine world
also. I suppose. The wedding gown
of the Princess was too “regal” for
any but a royal bride, being of cloth
of silver, shot through with gold
threads. Silver embroidery executed
in the myrtle flower—sacred to Ger
man brides—bordered the gown, and
the corsage and wedding veil was of
rare and costly lace. The train was
lined with ermine, that rich fur of
royalty which rich Americans have
usurped to a certain extent.
The bridesmaids' costumes sound
like simplicity itself—“rose colored
satin, with trains,” the foreign re
porters told us. By the way, the l'oyal
bride w’ore elaborate jewels, chief of
which was a necklace, composed of
forty magnificent diamonds. For the
rest, the description of costumes
would have easily been appropriate to
an Atlanta wedding—"charmeuse,
veiled in chiffon, with shadow lace”—
the evening toilette of the season has
a sameness of material, but differs
each in its own glory of color combi
nations and that elusive "line,” of
which we hear so much and in which
the cachet of a costly garment mostly
lies.
• • •
W HILE on the subject of fashions
—a subject which Polly Peach
tree, in common with all other
women, can talk upon by the hour—
I will record the revival of a fad
which was at its height three or four
years ago—that of wearing handsome
colored beads and near-Jewels in long
necklaces, with white or light colored
blouses. I recall a gorgeous necklace
of vivid red beads, which lovely Loulie
Roper used to wear with her white
blouses, wound round and round
round her throat and hanging down
to Jier belt. The beautiful red beads
harmonized well with her glowing
beauty, and I remember that one day.
when I asked her where she got the
strange ornaments—different to any
I had seen—she laughingly told me
that one day in visiting an Indian
encampment with a party of friends,
as she stood by and watched the
others dicker with the Indians for
their bright-hued- beads, suddenly a
lithe old Indian with a fanciful head
dress that denoted his chieftanship
stepped up to her and threw’ the
gorgeous beads over her head, saying
in broken English that they looked
pretty on the pretty lady. And they
certainly did.
I have noticed a discriminating
wearer of colored beads in Atlanta’s
younger set recently, Miss Helen
Dargan’s pale amber necklace of large
cut stones according as well with her
blonde coloring as did Miss Roper’s
gay string with her dark eyes and
hair. A bit of pleasing color intro
duced in the light color 1 summer
costume with discrimination is alto
gether desirable—a string of coral,
amethyst, amber or pearl, with the
day toilette, and a purple dahlia, a
red rose or a pink gardenia with the
evening gow’n. Upon such small de
tails does the effectiveness of a cos
tume often depend.
* * *
A ILDRED BOBB, of New r Orleans,
I is receiving a warm welcome in
Atlanta, even as did her elder
sister, Marjorie, who was one of the
past winter’s extensively entertained
guests. The two girls are charming
types of Southern beauty, and are
popular in New Orleans. Mildred
still a schoolgirl, and has come all the
way to Georgia to attend Lucy Cobb
this year. She came to Atlanta di
rectly after commencement to spend
awhile with Ruth Reid, an Atlanta
representative at Lucy Cobb. Of
course, the girls will go back for
"Georgia” commencement—no Lucy
Cobb girl ever misses that event.
Between the 13th, w’hen "Georgia”
commencement begins, and the clos
ing of Lucy Cobb, Miss Bobb will have
a good time in Atlanta. Miss Mar
jorie Bobb Is a debutante of a year's
standing, and took a conspicuous part
in the carnival galties this year, an
honor to which all New Orleans
debuntates aspire. • When in Atlanta
she was the guest of Miss Jennie D.
Harris, who returned to New Orleans
tor the carnival season as Miss Bobb’*
guest.
mance of the Duke and Duchess de
Chaulnes cast an added glamour over
the young and charming American
widow In the eyes of the gallant
Frenchmen, and an adulation was ac
corded her such as no American wom
an ever receives. It is natural that
she should prefer Paris to New York,
where, despite all that is written on
the subject of American women's In
dependence, where is never the same
ceremonious attention, and—let it be
whispered—where women as women
never attain the same importance in
the estimation of men as in Paris.
Now. the Duchess is going back for
a happy summer, I hope, after spend
ing two years here, in accordance
with her father’s wdshes. Marguerite
Shonts. the younger of the two sis
ters, prefers London and English so
ciety to Paris, I have heard. Her par
ticular best friend is the Duchess of
Manchester, who is the very happy
and contented American wife of a ti
tled Englishman. The Duchess and
her sister are making their annual
visit In Washington at present as
guests of Mrs. Clarence Moore. Last
year they spent part of their summer
at the Shonts home near Mobile, and
I suppose the recent destruction of
that place by fire may have influenced
their decision to go abroad this sum
mer.
I T Is amusing to note the social im
portance attached to the Ameri
can Embassy in London by Eng
lish society. One would think that
the Ambassador had no other duties
than wearing knee breeches or at
tending afternoon teas. Perhaps he
hasn’t, but some of us w r ho know the
manner of man that Walter Page hap
pens to be wonder if he will not And
something more to do. at any rate.
Some of the Londoners express pleas
ure at the fact that “a man of brains”
Is going to London, where, of all
places in the world, brains are most
appreciated.” I wonder! Others say
that the simple, plain manner in which
the Walter Pages are expected to live
and entertain will help to stem the
tide of extravagant entertaining and
gay amusements, like the tango and
the turkey trot, American importa-
N
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
Monday— Our Great
est June Sale of
Undermuslins
Every piece of Muslin Underwear in
this whole great stock priced at extreme re
duction for Monday.
But here are the Saving Facts Straight-
ly Put:
Night Gowns
•
Beginning as low as 37c for regular 50c gowns and rising
gradually to $7.50 for regular $10 garments—there is every
style and price that goes between as simple or elaborate as
one could wish. Various materials to select from—nainsook,
checked muslin, lingerie cloth and crepe, variously trimmed
with fine laces, medallions, sheer embroideries, headings and
ribbons. Note these pricings:
j of feeding their prospective famillei
tlons to which Londoners have fallen
been queens, in deed and in easy and willing victims. It is agreed
years before Xapo- that London society will be interested
? nis famous :emark on the: and pleased to see "a typical Ameri
an home,” which the American Em
"JbjecL The tragic end of the ro-
RS. LEIGH PALMER, of Wash
ington, D. C„ is a former popu
lar Atlanta woman, who is hav
ing an interesting time in Washing
ton this year. Mrs. Palmer, as the
wife of the aide to the Secretary of
the Navy, accompanies the Secre
tary’s party to many naval reviews
and other public ceremonies. On Fri
day a party of Washington people,
among whom were Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Daniels. Lieut. Com
mander Leigh Palmer and Mrs. Palm
er, Miss Ethel Bagley and Josephus
Daniels, Jr., were present at the Me
morial Day exercises in honor of the
heroes of the Maine disaster when
the mast of that ill-fated ship was
erected In their honor at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard.
The Washington party was on
board the U. S. S. Dolphin, and cruis
ed over the week-end. Saturday they
attended the annual baseball game
between the Army and Navy at West
Point. They return to Washington
to-day.
• • •
Mrs. Dunbar Roy has returned
home after an absence of several
weeks, and is being cordially wel
comed. Dr. and Mrs. Roy went first
to Washington, D. C., to attend the
National Convention of Physicians
and Surgeons, and they participated
in the round of gayeties incident upon
the convention. Upon the return of
Dr. Roy to Atlanta, Mrs. Roy at
tended a house party entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Williams, at their
country estate on the James River.
The Williams home is a typical Vir
ginia estate, and among the many
pleasures arranged for the house
party guests were boating, sailing
and fishing parties, canoeing, and
many outdoor pleasures, in addition
to the usual round of informal sum
mer entertainments. Other members
of the house party were Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Willis. Mr. R. L. Montague, Mr. R.
C. Wortham, and Mr. and Mrs. Ash
ton Starke, of Richmond, Va., the lat
ter a sister of Mrs. John D. Little, of
Atlanta.
* * •
Mrs. John J. Woodside. Jr., who I
has been ill with appendicitis for ten \
days, is improving, and expects to j
return home the latter part of next,
week. Mrs. Woodside is being great
ly missed from the social affairs or
ithe season.
50c Gowns at
37c
75c Gowns at
59c
$1.25 and $1.50 Gowns at ..
79c
$2.00 and $2.50 Gowns at .
$1.49
$3.50 and $4.00 Gowns at .
$2.98
$5.00 Gowns at
$3.75
$6.50 and $7.50 Gowns at ..
..$5.00
$8.50 and $10.00 Gowns at .
$7.50
Combinations
75c Combinations at 49c
$1.25 Combinations at 79c
$2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 Combinations at . $1.49
$3.50 and $4.00 Combinations at $2.98
Observe This---
Combinations Up to $10
at $3.49
Here Is a little lot of beautiful garments, which, on ac
count of being soiled from window and counter display, have
been marked at this extremely low price for immediate
clearance.
Another Assortment—
$12 to $15 Combinations
and Princess Slips at $6.98
Only a dozen of these garments for fortunate first
choosers—they are exquisitely made and trimmed and their
slightly soiled condition is a very small objection when the
price is considered.
All $1.50 Muslins
Are Priced at $1.00
This will he one of the chief attractions of this sale, as
$1.00 is a price so many want to pay for undergarments, but
it is a rare thing that $1.50 garments can be had at $1.00—
especially when, as in this instance, they are all new and" per
fectly fresh styles almost without limit to choose from.
$1.50 Gowns at
$1.50 Combinations at
$1.50 Princess Slips at
$1.50 Petticoats at
$2.50 and $3 Q O
Garments at V'
Gowns, Combinations, Petticoats,
Princess Slips, Drawers
This is an assortment of beautiful, snowy muslins,
every garment fresh, new and immaculate—their materials
and lines gaining special distinction through their exqui
site trimming effects, which are varied and truly delight
ful.
Drawers
25e and 35c Drawers at 21c. Circular or straight styles,
made of cambric or nainsook, lace or embroidery trimmed
or with tucked ruffle.
Other Drawers in Dorothy, Marcella and Knickerbocker
styles are priced as follows:
50c Drawers at 37c
75c and $1.00 Drawers at 59c
$1.25 Drawers at 79c
$1.50 Drawers at $1.00
$2.50 Drawers at $1.98