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ble polo players to be here are Mil-
ton Wise, of New York; E. M. Lan
drum, of Pensacola, Fla., and S. J.
Tucker, of Lexington, Ky.
Ibout her business In life with una
bated fervor.
time at an Eastern coast resort,
seemingly entirely recovered from her
broken romance.
This may have been all right, you
say, and so did I, until I was horri
fied to hear another girl—a younger
girl of the college set—tell a friend
that she was going to elope and get
married soon. The friend. Inquiring
as to the fortunate man, was given
the name of the man who figured in
the romance of the other girl. It was
funny—to me, who knew both girls
and know they didn't know each oth
er—but it was a rather anxious time
for Polly Peachtree, who has a con
science despite appearances, and I
was relieved when I heard that one
romance had been broken up by the
family and the other girl had decided
to “change her mind,” as she ex
pressed it (still in ignorance, however,
of her narrow escape).
Now the young man has left for
New York—perhaps to seek more fer
tile fields for his amorous r ndeavors.
_ I have a strong suspicion that the
college girl, especially was just jok
ing, for she is a sad flirt, and is going
M RS. JOHN E. MURPHY believes
that a woman is as young as
she feels. So when she had a
birthday party the other evening the
beautifully embossed cake in the cen
ter of a most attractive table was
adorned with seventeen candles, a
S INCE the departure for his home
in New York of a young man
who became very popular in At
lanta during his residence here I have
heard several amusing little anecdotes
about his extraordinary talents for
love-making. They tell me that the
pathway of this clever young man
was strewn with girls’ hearts—only
the girls soon got back their hearts,
as they were adepts at the pastime of
flirtation as well as he.
One charming girl, noted for her
beauty and^xquisite toilets, fell a
victim to the New Yorker, I hear, and
planned to "run away and get mar
ried.” as she feared parental objec
tion should she announce her inten
tions.
That these fears were well grounded
was borne out when her family hap
pened to learn that her photograph
adorned the walls of the young man’s
handsome bachelor apartments. An
investigation followed and the conse
quences were the wedding trousseau
was turned into the pretty outfit of a
summer girl who is now having a fine
4 V /HO says that life in Atlanta
\\/ during the summer time is de
void of interest. I’ll back At
lanta’s social calendar for the month
jf August against any resort you can
mention—for variety and interesting
events. Right at the beginning of the
month we are to have a polo tourna
ment—well, perhaps tournament is
too big a word—but polo match is
lust an good as far as it goes.
And knowing Atlanta’s way of tak
ing on a good thing and pushing it
right up to the front, I am sure that
by next summer I can say tournament
without apology.
Everybody, by the way, wants to
Know what to wear at the polo tour
nament. Judging from the women I
have heard discussing this momen
tous subject, the polo match is' to ba
a one-day session of the Piping Rock
tournament or the Narragansett polo
tournament. Everybody is going, and
everybody wants to look right.
Several of the girls who attended
the big Piping Rock meet have been
called upon by my humble, self to
give accounts of some of the striking
costumes worn by the fashionables
there, and as I met with generous re
sponse, I’ll pass the information on
to you, so that no one need be at a
loss as to how to dress for next Wed
nesday’s tournament.
It seems that, as in most infor
mal affairs of summer life, personal
choice has a wide sway in the matte'’
of dressing for a polo game. The real
swagger girl wears a white ratine aft
ernoon frock, a polo coat and a small
tailored hat. The New York wom
en, these girls say, went out with
frock, and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
who was garbed in a symphony in
pink and white. Mrs. Ben Gatins, al
ways attractively attired, is described
as wearing at one of the polo matches
of last week a striking gown of
striped voile, with black hat trimmed
in tulle, and carrying a bright-hued
parasol. I guess from these descrip
tions one can nearly approach correct
costumes, especialy as it seems that
anything is correct, unless it be full
evening costume. They have some
real players, too, and the match is
sure to be of sporting interest as well
as social. The army officers are all
splendid riders and know how to play
polo, too. The Atlanta team is to be
captained by J. O. Seamans, a gal
lant figure on a horse and a member
of the Governor’s Horse Guard. Nota-
Their two or three annual parties of
large dimensions are among the
brightest social events of the year,
and the beautiful ballroom, which oc
cupies the entire third floor, has been
the scene of some mighty happy par
ties, with the young daughters of the
household. Julia and Katherine, act
ing as the nominal hostesses of the
evening.
Mrs. Murphy is an ardent mem
ber of the dancing clubs and many of
the informal parties of the period fo^ |
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perfectly proper proceeding for the
celebration of the birthday of a wom
an whose always youthful personality
makes her a congenial companion for
the friends of her pretty daughters.
Mrs. Murphy’s home is always fill
ed with youthful guests—those who
are young in years or young in spirits,
and she is always one of the youngest
of the party.
I suppose that is one of the secrets
i of the popularity of this well-known
woman, who would stand the best
chance of anyone I know to win a
popularity contest of Atlanta women
of any age. She would get all the
young folks’ votes, as well as most of
the older ones; for certainly no more
generally popular woman lives her?
than the mistress of the hospitable
and handsome home which crowns
one of the Peachtree hills.
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are always
ready for happy, informal hospitality.
their polo coats on—to lend atmos
phere to the meet, I suppose—but
quickly doffed them and thereafter
they were much in the way. Atlanta
women will hardly need polo coats,
according to my judgment. At the
Piping Rock tournament two of the
most striking costumea were worn by
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