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ITEARST’S SUNDAY 'AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, 'AUGUST 3, 1313.
Mnmi ( \( ll ISP Charming young girl, who will bo in the
IVJl vj IV, II v. vJvJVIvJV^ debutante set this winter. The parties for
’ have already begun, with the dinner party given recently by her young kinswoman,
>T. IV oodside, Jr., at the Capital City Country Club. Miss Cause is unusually hand-
is sure to be popular. (Photograph by Ilirshburg & Phillips.)
their homes without a cordon of pri
vate detectives, in addition to the
usual retinue of nursemaids.
Little Alfred Gwyn Vanderbilt, Jr.,
the infant John Jacob Astor, the ir
repressible Vincent McLean, the little
son of Mrs. John Nicholas Brown,
who at the time of his birth was
known as the richest baby in the
world, are all constantly guarded.
Their play is watched over by armed
men, and their nurses never let them
out of their sight.
It is a terrible commentary on our
civilization that such a condition
could exist, and it does my heart
fm,w
TEACffingEE
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these clubs are held in the ballroom
of her home.
And with all her social activity,
Mrs. Murphy finds time to be inter
ested In many charitable projects,
and better than all her charitable
projects Is the unfailing kindness and
good humor and unaffected cordiality
of this charming woman to any and
all who happen along her pathway in
life.
“S'
HUN my brother, the long
tongue of the short woman;
beware the brunette’s bab-
bHng.’’
A celebrated Londoner was re
sponsible for this piece of advice,
which has been widely published.
I have heard it discussed several
times in Atlanta recently, and wher
ever it has (Topped up as a topic of
conversation, the argument has been
keen.
Now I am neither blonde nor bru
nette, short nor tall, and, while I
'chatter in these columns, I have nev
er been accused of having a long
tongue. liowever, since the quota
tion was brought to my attention I
have cast over in my mind my nu
merous acquaintances, with the re
sult that I came to some certain
conclusions. 1 wonder if you will
agree with me.
I found from my observations that
tall women are almost invariably
far more deliberate and more reserv
ed in their manner than short women,
and are rarely rapid speakers. Dark
women, I have noticed, speak with
greater speed than fair women; and
the suggestion was certainly sub
stantiated that short women speak
faster than tall women. I do not
mean by this, however, that the con
versation of the short woman or the
dark woman is any less entertaining
or less intellecutal than that of the
tall fair woman.
I must admit* that in the course of
my thought on this subject, 1 could
not get out of my mind the picture
of an Atlanta woman, who is both
abort and dark (also fat). The mo
ment I heard these lines she sprang
into my mind. She is a woman
whom I disliked intensely, because
of her malicious tongue, and her un
bridled use of it. 1 heard her de
scribed recently as being “as short
and dark as a midwinter’s day.”
But, of course, she does not prove
the rule. To my mind the women of
France and Spain are among the
most charming in the world, and, as
a general rule they are not tall, are
pronounced brunettes, and are very
vivacious in their talk and manner.
The subject has Interested me
strangely, and I# have introduced it
as a topic of conversation at several
gatherings in order to hear the va
ried expressions of opinion. Being a
sort of nondescript in the matter of
size and coloring, I was curious.
Now I am going to carry my
curiosity further. I am going to
make an offer to my readers, who
may also be interested in the sub
ject. Next Sunday I will publish in
these columns/ the two letters 1 re
ceive on the subject (I receive dozens
of letters daily on all subjects, some
of them laudatory and some of them
condemnatory), so if there are those
among you who wish to express an
opinion, I will be glad to hear from
you.
• • •
T HE baby of the White House,
Miss Esther Cleveland, is at
tracting a great deal of atten
tion these days because of a very ‘de
termined contest for her heart and
hand by two Princeton seniors.
Miss Cleveland has lived for a long
time at Princeton, and became ac
quainted there with Messrs. Herman
Stump and H. Gordon Ewing. These
young men, each about 21 years old,
are friends, but are just now engag
ing in a desperate rivalry to gain
Miss Esther.
The uncertainty as to the exact po
sition that each man occupies in Miss
Cleveland's favor makes the situa
tion very interesting. The rumors of
pending engagements are gaining
such wide circulation that it is said
the mothers of the young men lyive
been in consultation on the subject.
The disposition of both families is to
be friendly, although It Is admitted
that each would like to have its scion
win.
• • «
I N my chatter I have made it a
rule to avoid anything that savors
of ecandal. As a result I hesi
tated some time before deciding to
publish this story, but the ludicrous
side of it appealed to me so strongly
that I finally decided it was too good
to keep.
It is a true story, and undoubtedly
many of my readers know the princi
pals very well. They are well known
in Atlanta and are married, but not
to each other. However, I am not
going to publish any names We will
call the man Mr. A. and the woman
Mrs. B.
It happened in New York in the Ho
tel Martinique diningroom How they
happened to meet in New York is be
side the question, but meet they did.
Another Atlantan, who knew both the
man and the woman by name and
fame, but was unknown to them, hap
pened to be seated in the dining room
when he saw Mr. A. and Mrs. B. en
ter. They were ushered to a secluded
comer, where a tempting repast was
soon served them
My friend watched and wondered.
Then he had an inspiration. He al
lowed the pair to finish their meal
and then he called a bellboy and gave
him certain explicit instructions The
pair were in an earnest and, as my
friend expressed it, a soulful conver
sation. The boy took his position a
few feet behind the woman’s chair,
and. In a loud voice, cried, “Tele
phone call for Mr. B., of Atlanta.”
^The woman was in the act of rais-
a of w'ater to her lips when
rude sound broke on her ears.
S'
A startled look passed over her face
and she sat stone still. The page re
peated his call, ‘Mr. B., of Atlanta.”
With a crash the woman’s glass
dropped from her nerveles fingers
and shattered on her plate She be
came panicstricken and he was al
most in the same state. Both leaped
to their feet, and in doing so the ta
ble, with its accumulation of dishes,
W’as overturned. Pandemonium reign
ed, and the last my friend saw of Mr.
A. and Mrs. B., each one was trying
to see which could get to the door
first.
OCIETY women of Washington
and Chicago are having groat
times these days riding among
the clouds. In fact, it might he said
that society is “up In the air.”
At Washington Miss Gladys Hinck
ley, Miss Margaret Draper, Miss
Beatrice Clover and the four daugh
ters of Representative and Mrs. Ba
ker, of New- Jersey, are present every
day at Wildwood, where the flying
takes place, and overlook no oppor
tunity to go joy riding in the clouds.
I am told that the fiance of Miss
Draper objec ts to the young'Tady’s Hy
ing. but that Miss Margaret has given
him to understand that until the
wedding bells have actually rung he
has nothing to say.
Up in Chicago Harold F. McCor
mick has done much to make flying
a fad. He has a magnificent hydro
aeroplane. which he has named
“Edith” after' his wife, who is the
daughter of John D. Rockefeller. Mrs.
McCormick does not fly herself, but
Mrs. John Warde Thome and Mrs.
Morris Johnston, both of whom, by
the way, have visited in Atlanta, have
made numerous flights.
Mrs. McCormick, I am told, is plan
ning some magnificent entertainments
for Chicago society this winter. Mrs.
McCormick, who bears a striking re
semblance to her father, and. there
fore, is no beauty, shares with Mrs.
Potter Palmer the social leadership
of the Windy City.
Although Mrs. McCormick is not
blessed with physical beauty, she has
a beauty of mind and a vivaciousness
which I have never before seen in any
other woman. She is a lovely hostess,
and with plenty of money at her dis
posal, she has planned some of the
most unique affairs ever given in this
country. She personally directed the
Arabian Nights ball in Chicago last
winter, and the ensemble was the
most wonderful vision I have ev
seen.
Mrs. McCormick is a patron of the
opera and there, ore few nights of th*'
ten-week season of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company that she and hi
good-natured young husband are not
seen In their box.
Harold McCormick is an all-round
sportsman. For several seasons h
held the amateur racquet champion
ship, and .he is bringing up his young
son, Fowler, to be an athlete. One
of his great ambitions is to fit Fowler
to become a great baseball pitch*
for Princeton Mr. McCormick’s alma
mater. To that end he engaged a
professional baseball pitcher to givo
the youngster lessons.
I was in Chicago during the opera
season last winter and saw quite a bit
of young Fowler, who is only 18 years
old. At that time he had a “calf”
love affair with Rosina Galli, the
beautiful little premiere danseuse of
the opera company, who is only 1
years old. This dainty little lady and
her mother were often the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. McCormick at after
the-opera suppers at the Congres
Hotel, and the boy’s admiration was
evident to all who cared to see.
* * *
The Summer Maid beside the stream
Sits hour on hour to dream and
dream;
Her face so fair.
Her smile so rare,
Such sun-kissed cheeks, such sun-
kissed hair—
What sees she, heats she, feels she
theref
In pensive thrall among the flowers.
Hour after hour through sunlit
hours;
Such witching spell.
Where fairies dwell,
Xo other tale but one can tell—
She dream8 she hears a wedding
bell!
Y
OtJ see the summer girl who
goes a-fishing is not really after
the fish. She is after the man
who goes with her, who is after the
fish. See th^* point?—the statement
is involved, but It carries a truth.
I never knew a woman who really
and truly liked to fish—for fish, tha’t
is. The bait is generally unpleasant,
and it is not a very cheering >*ight
to a tender-hearted person to see the
flashing little fish, so full of life and
movement, brought up to his death,
for a momentary thrill in the heart’of
the fisherman.
But a girl, when fishing for a man.
will pretend that she likes whatever
he likes and so will even go fishing
with him. At Wrightsville Beach I
have knowin girls even to go deep-
sea-fishing with a man she liked. And
that it the limit—I know. A few
Atlanta women who are able to hold
their own in a dancing little boat
anchored out in the ocean for deep-
sea fishing are. I hear, making rec
ords up at Wrightsville, and some
others, who do not like that kind of
fishing so well, are making records In
the other kind.
There are more men at Wrights
vil e, you know, than at most summer
reports—and, of course, the summer
girl who is fishing for big bait get
more chance.
A NICE
youn
but not particularly clever
ng man went to an evening
party in Druid Hills the other
nieht and was introduced to several
pretty girls.
The young man showed decided
preference for one of these—a young
miss w ho was one of this year’s grad
uates of Agnes Scott. He led her to
supper and his admiration for her
showed clearly in his countenance.
Finally he got her in a corner, and
stammered forth his admiration thus
“I like you a lot.”
“Why do you like me?”
■'You're the only college girl I ever
liked.”
"But w hy am I?”
“Aw—all the other college girls
seem to know so much.”
• • •
O NE of the most interesting tours
I have heard of this year has
just been completed by Mr. and
Mrs 1 . Calvin M. McClung, who have
just returned from \ trip around the
world. The McClungs live in Knox
ville. but came direct to Atlanta after
landing and are now visiting Mrs. Me-
Clung’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Adair.
Their tour around the world was
made in the “Cleveland,” and 480
people were in the party, among those
being Lee McClung. former United
States Treasury and brother of Calvin
McClung.
The McClungs were accorded special
attention all along thne route. In Hon
olulu. the members of the Yale Club
there entertained them, the Yale men
remembering the days when Lee Mc
Clung was captain of a victorious
football team. In Manila, other
friends entertained the travelers at
dinners, luncheor s, interesting rido3
and so forth.
Mrs. McClung has been entertaining
.all her friends with accounts of the
interesting experience* the party had
on their travels. She is a charming
talker and of course has much ma
terial to draw on. so that'her lightest
wa>rd on the subject is of interest.
Mrs. M:Cluug tells us ol a Parses
wedding feast she witnessed in Bom
bay, which was a wonderful affair.
Of India also she tells of the temper
ature of 156, which greeted the trav
elers, and in Japan, of the plum trees
a-bloom. with their roots' resting snug
under the snow of March. A flv^-
hour trip across the desert, gave the
party a fleeting glimpse of the Garden
of Allah, although I hear they did
not consider that five-hour trip
“fleeting.” Mrs. McClung thinks the
ride she took on a huge elephant in
India was much more comfortable
than that taken on the awkward
camel’s back, swaying to and fro to
the movement of his padded feet oa
the hot sands.
After visiting the Orient the Mc
Clungs traveled over the Tyrole so,
Alps and toured Austria, Germany and
Italy.
• • •
WAS very much grieved to learn
the other day that the German
Ambassador, Count von Bern-
storff, had sailed for his home in
Germany, and might not return as
envoy to th e United States.
Count von Bernstorff is one of the
most charming men I have ever met.
Bright, witty, W’ith unfailing cour
tesy, he has been sought by society
hostesses of the Eastern elect. He is
one of those men. so rare, who can
pay a lady a beautiful compliment
in such a manner that the recipient
simply tingles with pleasure and
has no doubt of its sincerity.
If there is anything I detest it is
the society flatterer. We have sev
eral of them here in Atlanta, and if
they only knew’ how little attention
my sex pays to anything said by
those of this habit, they would soon
cease their foolish compliments.
The German Embassy has been
very prominent in all the social af
fairs at Newport, this summer. In
addition to Count von Bernstorff, the
Baron Kurt von Lersner and his
brother. Baron Horst von Lersner.
have taken a great part in the so
cial affairs of society’s favorite play
ground.
Ambassador and Madam Bakh-
meteff, of the Rusisan diplomatic
staff, are also stellar social lights.
Madam B&khmeteff is one of the most
charming women that ever graced
a diplomatic post. She is a hostess
par excellence, and one of the most
cultivated women it has ever been
my pleasure to meet.
I SN’T it terrible that the evil in
| the human race makes it neces
sary to hedge about innocent
children with such severe guards that
the joy of living is lost to them.
It seems to have become absolutely
necessary these days so closely to
guard the children of our millionaires
that they are never allowed to leave
good to know that the parents of
future belles and beaux of Atlanta
need have no fear that their chil
dren’s growth of mind and body will
be stilled because of these deplorable
things.
• • •
S EVERAL weeks ago I told you of
a rumor that Lieutenant Com
mander Hayne Ellis, of the
United States Navy, would probably
get the command of the President’s
yacht, the Mayflower. This bit of
news was Interesting to Atlanta
friends of Mr. Ellis, and they would
certainly be disappointed in knowing
that Hayne did not get get this espe
cial appointment were it not for the
fact that he got one just as good.
Hayne will go as navigator to his for
mer battleship, the Connecticut,
where he made a brilliant record with
“Fighting Bob” Evans, with whom he
was a favorite.
Mr. Ellis, though but 19 years old at
the time of the Spanish-American
War. was one of the volunteers from
Annapolis, and was stationed on th#
Minneapolis. After the war he re
turned to Annapolis and graduated in
a class of 65, making one of the
highest records in the class. Later
he was sent to Australia, on the
Brooklyn, to represent the United
States at the Commonwealth Parlia
ment, and there met the present King
of England.
Mr. Ellis has traveled all over the
world and has made a brilliant rec
ord in his chosen profession. He
married Miss Long, of Kansas City,
several vears ago. and has two beau
tiful children, who are heirs to on$
of the largest fortunes in the West.
Mr. Ellis is descended from some of
the leading families of South Caro
lina and Georgia, and has many rel
atives and friends in Atlanta.
• • *
D OWN by the «ea they're doing the
fish walk now. If you are going
to any seashore resort, you must
learn the fish walk. It’s the very
newest of the new dances. I hear It
was devised for those who found the
turkey trot too Intricate, and there
are some who do, dq$plte the sim
plicity of the one-step.
The fish walk is even easier than
the turkey trot, and when danced at
the breezy casinos, Luminas and so
forth, by the seashore, is Just as ef
fective. It is, of all the dances that
have become popular this year, the
easiest to master.
The tango and the Boston, of course
are for experts; the Texas tommy
and the horse trot only for those who
can lead their partners through a
maze of dancing.
Even the turkey trot and the one-
step, as Its more refined version Is
called, require some skill. But the
fish walk—well, if you can keep time
to music, you can dance It with only
one lesson. Like most of the dances,
it is danced to ragtime, but, unlike
the others, it has no sudden twists or
turns. Thus the popularity of the fish
walk.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
This Vital News for Monday in
The Down-Stairs Section
Mens $1.00 Shirts at 6Sc
Sizes 14 1-2, 15, 15 1-2, 16, 16 1-2, 17 and 171-2
White Negligee Shirts of English Madras; also colored
shirts of good woven madras in striped effects. Regular $1.00
shirts—priced for Monday at 65c each.
A Feast of Saving Op
portunities in the Wash
Goods Section
Long White Lisle Gloves—
16-button length—at 25c pair.
All sizes.
Certain Garments That
Women Will Be Glad
to Know About
A Q _ for dainty initial Night Gowns.
***7o They are made of soft nainsook;
embroidered scallop round neck and
sleeves, and initial in front yoke.
*7E(% for Women’s $1.00 Petticoats—
• *7 o white lingerie petticoats with 18-
inch embroidery flounce; some ribbon rnn.
$1
IQ for beautiful Silk Petticoats;
•**7 in all desirable color tones.
Colored Petticoats of halcyon cloth;
American beauty, navy, brown, green and
black; practical, serviceable garments, at
79c each.
Good Kitchen Aprons that cover the
entire dress, made of percales, low neck,
short sleeves, red band trimming; 49c
each.
Muslin Drawers; plain hemstitched
ruffle; 25c value at 19c pair Monday.
35c Drawers at 25c pair; made of good
nainsook; lace or embroidery trimmed.
OQf% for Women’s Night Gowns of
*7 *70 na i ngoo k, high or low neck, long
or short sleeves; trimmed with
lace or embroidery, and beading
run with ribbon; regular 65c
value.
<1*1 QE for $4.50 pique and Ottoman
*P ■*• c i 0 th Dresses; they have pique
collar and cuffs, button trimmed; white
and colors. Misses’ and out sizes for
stout women.
Cl QE f° r $3.00 Silk Kimonos. They
%P±.%7kJ are ma de 0 f Japonica silk in
plain colors or floral designs; light and
dark shades.
QQf% for long Kimonos of Serpentine
*7*70 Crepe; plain colors or figured ef
fects, with Persian band trimming.
<t* O QE for $7.50 Ramie Linen Suits;
*P ** * *7*7 cutaway coat, with satin col
lar and tie of contrasting color; suits in
light blue, brown, pink, Copenhagen and
white.
Q0« for Misses’ $2.50 Middy Blouse
•7*71. Suits; made of good quality lin-
ene, trimmed with contrasting color;
plain skirt.
75c Balkan Blouses, sizes 14 to 20—
white with red or blue band trimming;
special for Monday at 49c each.
89c ^° r M * sses ’ $1-50 Norfolk Suits—
'7*70 0 f w hite linene with blue or red
collar and cuffs; black patent
leather belt.
Cl Qf\ f° r $3.00 Rain Coats for wo-
*p x. *J men . tan color on i y . absolute
ly rain-proof.
A Sale of Corsets at
$1.00--- Values
to $2.00
They are new, stylish models and
in good, fresh condition; not old,
“out-of-date” or “shelf-worn”
Corsets—the size range is broken,
but there is good choosing and a
good opportunity for those who are
fortunate enough to find the size
wanted.
Children*s Apparel at
Small Cost
Girls’ Linen Dresses in natural
shade, with red pipings and red lac
ing cord; 6 to 14-year sizes; $1.50
dresses, priced for special selling
at 98c.
Children’s Dresses of Linene,
Chambray, Ginghams or Madras,
well made, neatly trimmed; 2 to 5-
year sizes; regular 60c dresses at
39c.
Women*s Hose
“Economy” gauze-lisle Hose; double
hem top; black only; 15c pair.
Colored silk-lisle Hose; green, laven
der, gray and rose; priced for Monday
at 15c instead of 25c pair.
Note the pricing of these pretty
dress fabrics and good materials
for children’s clothes.
10c yard ^ or ^ ress crepes; all popu-
7 lar colors, exceedingly de
sirable for cool, dainty
frocks.
7 J.2c yard f° r sheer, pretty dress
7 Swisses. Some all white
with various size dots,
some with black stripes
and colored border; a
regular 15c fabric.
I Sc yard for re £f n l ar 25c dress Swiss;
7 pin dots and stripes; 40
inches wide.
19c yard f° r 25c Ratines; these colors
7 only: lavender, blue and
brown.
7 l-2c yard for sheer white check-
7 ed lawns; small and
medium checks.
6 1.2c vard f° r white Dimity, small
7 checks; regular 10c
value.
9c yard for good? Blouse Linene; nat
ural shade; 36 inches wide.
for Pajama checks; 36
inches wide; regular
1214 c value.
for Chambray; fast
colors, staple shades.
for cotton twilled
crash, bleached, good
weight.
10c yard f° r K°°d dress or shirting
Percales; 36 inches wide;
regular 12%c value.
8 l-2c yard
6 l-2c yard
6 l-2c yard
A Sale of Laces at 5c
and 10c yard
5c yard ^ or Shadow Lace Edge
u and Insertion, 2 inches
‘ wide.
10c yard for Shadow Lace Edge
J' and Insertion, 4 inches
wide.
Eg* A)nYfl ^ or Torchon Laces and
•7 Embroideries, up to 3
inches wide.
Women’s Sailor Collars to
wear with blouses—white and
colored, soft or laundered; a
large assortment to select
from, specially priced for
Monday at 10c each.
Infants’ 19c Vests at 10c—low
neck; sizes 3 and 6 months only.
Boys’ 50c .Union Suits at 35c—
three for $1.00—knee length, no
sleeves.
Miscellaneous
Economies
Ironing Wax—makes ironing easy;
worth 3c each—special, 5 for 5c.
Nye’s Machine Oil; cleans, lubricates
and prevents rust; 5c bottle.
White Cotton Tape, 10-yard rolls, reg
ularly priced at 10c—Special at 6c roll
Collar Foundations; white only—all
sizes at 5c each.
Featherstitched Braids—4 and 5-yard
bunches; white and colors; 6c bunch.
Steel Scissors, various sizes, at 10c
pair.