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ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1913
Y ES, we will all be out at East
Lake next Saturday—at least,
all of us fortunate enough to
have the entree to this beautiful club.
And we will all be there in our best
bib and tucker and with our ears and
eyes—especially our eyes—wide open.
It is a great treat that Eugene Kel
ley and his committee on water sports
has in store for Atlanta’s swelldom—
none other than a water carnival at
which all the fairest of Atlanta’s mer-
^aiden will disport themselves. Of
course, the mermen will also be in
evidence ; but who wants to look at a
merman—all the time?
I don’t know when I have been so
excited about anything as I am about
this event. I was present last year,
and I will never forget the graceful,
pretty appearance of some of our ath
letic girls. I don’t know what my
readers think about it, but I can’t im
agine anything more attractive than
the sight of beautiful Regina Rambo
in her splendidly daring high dives:
of Lyda Nash, Helen O’Keefe, Helen
Thorn, the Misses Duncan and little,
athletic, wholesome Alexa ^Stirling dis
porting themselves in the water in
their charming bathing cbstumes.
They will all take part this year,
and there will be many others. The
men? Oh, what charming, athletic
manly figures they make. I always
feel proud of Atlanta’s manhood when
I see them.
Of course, the water carnival—
which, I understand, is to be made an
annual event—will be only one fea
ture of this great day. There will be
dinner parties galore on the veranda,
and in the natural course of the even
ing’s events the inevitable dance. I’ll
be there and I hope all the rest of
you will, too.
man’s ardor but made him so thor
oughly ridiculous that I don’t think
he will try to repeat his impertinence.
It happened at a dancing party on
one of these recent warm nights. The
young man and the girl had just fin
ished a particularly strenuous turkey
trot and strolled out to cool off. H,
was the possessor of a fine big tour
ing car which was standing close by,
and he suggested that they take a
short spin to further the cooling-off
process. She consented and they
started out. They soon got beyond
bottle of something to drink and the
card of one of the several men she
had met the evening before.
Astonished and doubtful of the pro
priety of accepting the gift upon so
slight an acquaintance, the young
woman asked the boy if he hadn’t
made a mistake.
“No, ma’m, he said ‘Room 104,’ ’’ the
boy replied. Tentatively reaching for
the bottle, she changed her mind and
told the boy to take it back for more
definite instructions “I think you
must have made a mistake,” she
said, with the idea that even if a mis*
take had not been made this was £
good way to refuse the young man’*
premature attentions.
When she went down to breafcfaslv
she soon found out that she had
played in luck, for the morning ofPei^
ing had been tendered two girls who
had vacated her room the day before*
and the bellboy had only been canryw
ing out instructions of a week’s stands
ing by carrying up the bottle of ice#
refreshment every moniing to Roon*
104.
into the car—but in the tonneau this
time—and they went back to the
party, the young man still begging
for forgiveness, and the girl silent
with all the dignity of an offended
queen. Reaching the ballroom she
marched in and then and there pro
ceeded to tell the whole story, not
falling, either, to express her opinion
of the caddishness of her escort. The
young man was the picture of hu
miliation and shamefacedness and
quickly made his escape. I venture
I HAVE seen some pretty cloth
my life, and being strongly ad
dicted to the habit of admlrterf
pretty things. I hare memories of
many charming toilets stored awa.3%
But I do not recall that I ever sar/
one girl with as many pretty gownd
and hats, et cetera, as Mildred Ha sen,
a lovely visitor in Atlanta, has been
wearing at the many social affair*
given in her honor the past twq
weeks.
She is Just back from Parts, fo*
one thing, and every lovely froott
bears a magic name sewed In the
lining—not that I have any of 'em,
but I have seen the frocks, and I
know a good thing when I see it.
This charming young visitor, slen
der and graceful, and with a piquant
beauty, is Just the type to set off the
wonderful French creations of the
day to the best advantage. A fad
which I have noticed in Miss Hazen’s
costumes is the wearing of gold-col
ored hose and gold slippers with
most of her evening gowns and with
some of her dressiest afternoon toi
lets.
A particularly charming effect is
gained with a costume she wore at
a afternoon affair last week. The
S WIMMING parties are lots of fun
but sometimes there is a heart
ache or two mixed in. Pretty
Gladys LeVin, who is one of the con
stant and splendid swimmers regu
larly seen at East Lake, had all h^t
pleasure spoiled the other day by an
unfortunate accident while she was
bathing.
She noticed that the diamond in a
beautiful solitaire that she was wear
ing had become loose, so she gave it
to a young man in attendance (there
is always one or more young men in
attendance on Gladys) to take to a
friend on shore. The young man
started shoreward, but was violently
bumped into and upset by a small
boy who dived at his feet. There wa3
a flash and Miss LeVin’s ring disap
peared under the water.
Search as they would, nothing
could be found of the jewel, and Miss
LeVin was heartbroken. I don’t know
anything about it, but from her man
ner I rather suspect there was a great
sentimental interest attached to It.
I sympathize with her, but I am sure
that it will be replaced soon if not
found.
skirt of this costume was of black
charmeuse, draped in the soft folds
that only deft French fingers could
achieve, and w'orn with a coat of
black and gold stripes, the gold slip
pers and gold stockings being of the
same color as the stripe of the char
meuse coatee, as the fashionable
bodice of the season is called. The
hat worn with this toilet was , of
black tagal, with a trimming of gold
tulle.
One of the attractions of the toi*
let was its completeness—the artistid
blending of hat, gown, slippers, and
all details of the costume. A par*
ticularly charming evening toilef
worn by Miss Hazen at one of the
Country Club dinner dances was of
shadow lace—the sheerest, finest laud
that can be made, mounted on a fourH
dation of net, and caught with tinf
clusters of flowers, distinction being
given by a very wide belt of sail*
the lighted places out on Pace’s Fer
ry road and then the youth lost his
head. He tried to kiss her and when
she repulsed him made the threat
stated above.
Without a word the young lady
leaped from the machine and started
to trudge back to town. He was
nonplussed as he sat and watched
her go. Of course, he had not really
intended to carry* out his threat. Af
ter she had walked about a mile he
followed her and was profuse in hit
apologies.
,/Without a word, the girl got back
W HAT would you do if you were
in an automobile with a
young man, out on a lonely
road far away from ary where, and
he told you that if you did not kiss
him you would have to get out and
walk home?
That was the situation that con
fronted a charming girl visitor to
Atlanta a few nights ago. This young
lady, who has been a central figure
in the gav parties at the club^. met
the situation in a manner that com
mands my admiration. She not only
threw an icy chill over the young
to say. however, that he never threat
ens another girl as long as he lives.
A WELL-KNOWN young married
woman of Atlanta, who has re
cently visited Wrightsville
Beach, was forced, soon after her ar
rival. into a situation which required
quick decision, and she came off with
flying colors.
Her first evening there she met a
number of men, and early *he next
morning, responding to a knock on
her door, she was greeted by a suave
ly smiling “boy,” who bore a cold
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