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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913,
pv’v/cxp C/^\/^|pi| I jf/^* Miss Lucile Kuhrt, "on left,
I I Id »3v_Jv-lvJI Lllv^ a c ii arI Diug member of the
been very pay this summer. On the right is Mrs. Frederick
the pleasures of the married set, at the week-end dinner-dances
,f the summer season. (Photo of Mrs. Paxon by nirshburp &
E CHOES of the gayety at the fa
mous old Greenbrier White con
tinue to reach my ears, and
the latest and most Interesting thing
I’ve heard concerning the brilliant
season there is that “a prominent
society leader” of Atlanta gave his
daughter and the girls from Georgia
an entertainment last week, to the
tune of $1,000 an hour.
There is no use in concealing the
name of this prominent society leader
—for all of you will know, of course,
that it was John W. Grant, a genial
and generous host at all times.
The cost of the affair aroused won
der even in the wealthy company as
sembled at the White. Mr. and Mrs.
Grant have been among the most ac
tive and popular people there this
season and their lovely daughter,
Margaret, has been the center of at
tention, she and Alice Wilkes Pres
ton, daughter of the Mayor of Bal
timore being known as “the White’s
debutantes.” ,
This affair which aroused so much
admiration was given by the Grants
for the Georgia girls, a bevy of beau
ties such as I have never seen ex
celled by the belles of the Greenbrier
White. Among them, beside Miss
Grant, are Katherine Ellis and Har
riet Calhoun of Atlanta. Margaret
Wright of Augusta, Martina Burke of
Macon and Nell and Martha Sue
Phlnizy of Athens.
The costly hours which went by on
golden wings (surely I will be par
doned the metaphor In view of the
cost) began with a lawn fete and fin
ished with a tango contest in the ball
room. after a cotillion, favors for
which were platinum Jewels set in
*n'o.istones, and Paris novelties.
Hundreds of American Beauty roses
and banked palms completely hid the
walls of the ballroom.
It Is said that Baltimore and At
lanta are running a close contest as
to which shall lead the social life in
brilliancy and pleasure at the White
this season, which is the gayest in
years. They tell me that even the
people who have been going to the
White regularly were surprised at the
season’^ magnificence, and new
comers have marveled at the gor
geousness of society’s career in this
historic old Southern resort.
The Tom Paines have been very
popular leaders at the White for sev
eral years. In fact, they say the sea
son does not formally open there un
til Tom Paine arrives, a like honor
being accorded Mrs. Samuel Inman at
Poland Springs, Maine, and Miss
Jennie Mobley at Tate Spring, so pop
ular are these Atlantans at their fa
vored resorts.
I hear that Mr. and Mrs. Paine are
coming home soon, though I see no
signs of abatement of social activity
at the White for several weeks yet.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maddox shared
in the pleasures of life there for a
short time recently, on their way to
Kineo, Maine, where they will spend
September.
Mrs. Leigh C. Palmer, of Washing
ton, D. C., a former Atlanta belle, has
been a conspicuous hostess at the
White this summer. Mrs. H. M.
Flager, a Southern woman well
known to Atlantans, has just arrived
there, though she will, of course, take
no part in social life this season be
cause of her mourning.
I understand that the Grants will
remain in Virginia until the early fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Doughty Manley re
turned last week. Mrs. A. W. Cal
houn and Miss Harriet are popular in
social life of the White just now.
pecially when the owner of the coupe
found out that suspicion had fastened
on her, until the identity of the fair
and loving usurper was fixed—and
then two more guests of the dance
departed suddenly.
ws against the rules of the game
Pretty soon the four of them be
gan on variations of the new dances,
and after a while they succeeded in
showing the young people present
just why these dances have fallen
into disrepute. The two couples mon
had the floor to themselves, but they
didn’t keep it long, for an appeal to
members of the faculty resulted in
their expulsion from the hall, and Joy
reigned supreme again—for a time.
The second untoward incident of
the evening resulted from a couple’s
too ardent adoption of a favored pas
time—the electric coupe courtship,
one might call it. The electric was
drawn up near a light, and the neigh
bors watched the free show with in
terest—until they began to be shocked
at the progress of the affair. Then
they sent word to the now perturbed
faculty members that there was ur
gent need of Interference in this par
ticular courtship.
Quite a bit of excitement was gen
erated by the affair, it seems, es-
an aversion to the word debut, heno#
the girls do not make their debuts In
a very formal way. It is true that
Mary Brent Smith (now Mrs. Ran-
some) was tendered a large party on
the eve of her social career in Atlanta,
but it was not called a debut partj%
and Lucy also had a brilliant affair—
not a debut party, though. Of course,
a rose by any other name—etc.
The girls are devoted to their far*
ther, and as they are always given
every opportunity to have a good time
socially, they do not feel any dep-»
rivation from the lack of a debut
party. Anyway, the youngest d&ugh-*
ter of the household will go to th*
affairs this season, both
S OMETHING of sentiment and
more of sadness attaches to a
wedding gift which graced the
table glittering with cut glass and
silver at the Hull-Weltner wedding
last Thursday evening. I saw tears
suspiciously brightening the eyes of
several tender-hearted women when
they bent over to read the names—
quite a long list, too, and written
tremulously at times—of a number of
convicts who bad sent a beautiful
cut glass bowl to the bridegroom and
his charming bride “with their best
wishes.”
You know, most of you, that I^iilip
Weltner is very much interested in
bettering the condition of the song of
"grown-up’
here and in Washington.
• • •
a N annual affair at Elat Rock, *
favored mountain resort for At*
lantans, is the fancy dress ball
which closes the season. These af*
fairs ar© taken part In hv the summed
colony of hotel guests and by. the cot
tagers, and as everybody knows er*
erybody, by the time the last ball of
the season comes off there Is much
pleasure, as well as difficulty. In get*
ting up a baffling disguise.
Contrary to most fancy dress bail*
the custom at the Flat Rock dance !*
for all to wear the same kind of dis
guise, and this year they chosa th*
Turkish national costume. I have
heard that the turkey trot was es
pecially effective, with all dancers
garbed In Turkish trousers, Turkish
fezes, Turkish blouses and Turkish
slippers.
The men say the gins eclipsed any
Turkish Delight they had previously
encountered ^ilong life’s pathway.
Last year, if you remember, the cos*
tume worn transformed the girts into
winsome Highland lassies and the
men into Harry Laudera.
These costume dances were intogiM
rated the first year that. Flat Roc*
became a social resort of prominency
and every seaeon they grow in pop*
ularlty and charm. Among the *Ab<
lantans who go regularly every yeo#
for the season at Flat Rock are My
and Mrs. Alex King. Mr. and Mry
Lloyd Parks and the Hallman family
Many others spend weeks or month*
at the hotels there.
Y, that gay college set is
! I hear that the
1 I going some
dance last week at which the
Tech boys entertained their friends
was marked by several appeals to the
faculty from more conservative mem
bers of the company. Two bqys
brought out girls who were unknown
to the company, and that in itself
Mm
W HY, yes, indeed, ths debutante*
are coming out at tango tea*
this winter. You didn't thin#
for a minute that the “buds’* would
be behind in adopting the latest form
of entertainment for their social ad*
vent did you? I read that a number
of the debutantes of New York**
wealthy circles are to maks their
bows at tango tea parties—that \\
they will stand by “mothert* a while
and receive their callers, then they
will slip off to the ballroom w4th ths
rest of the girls and boys and enjoy
themselves.
I suppose Atlanta debutantes wQf
do the same thing, some of them at
any rate. I hear that a number of
young married women are taking lea*
sons in the one-step unknown *#
their husbands and other friends,
young married woman of my aoe
qualntance told me of a half dosotf*
who were practicing in secret ever#,
day, getting ready to renew tfcefl*-
belledom this winter. For certain Iflj
Is the good dancer will be the on#
who receives most attention from eo*
ciety the coming season.
There was & time when the ctw#
and witty woman or man who wae si
good dinner guest had therein the keji
to entrance into social popularity. Bit*
that time is no more. To be In de*
mand one must dance the one-eta*
and all Its variations. "Tanguee*
vous?“ asks the social arbiter* an*
an affirmative answer 1* the pass*
word into the gayest society.
T HAT romance «■ not deed 1*
proven by a number of the wed*
dings of prominent young coo*
pies this season. In fact, Z think it
noteworthy that so many of th#
young women and men, who belong
to that fortunate set which Is gea*
•rally supposed to .nake marriage#
da conveyance Instead of lore
matches, have demonstrated that they
are Cupid's follower! In one wiay o#
another.
Of course, the brides and their fu*.
tore husbands are often dieonsse*
Juet now, for never was a truer res
mark made than “all the world love*
a lover."
Of the romance which vtn resist#
soon in the wedding of Ellen Meek, a
Nashville beauty, and Inman GraX
rather long eardrops, which fad was
prevalent here some time ago, but Is
not so popular now. The fashion was
very becoming, and I predict that,
now that Miss Callle has re-intro-
duced the fad. it will again bo taken
up with vigor by the younger eet.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, I under
stand, has also arrived in the city,
and the two girls are with their mar
ried sister, Mrs. Ronald Ransom*.
The family expect to go into their
own home on West Peachtree in Oc
tober, and both Lucy and Callle will
have a share in social activities of
the early season, later, of course, go
ing to Washington for the winter.
They tell me that Senator Smith ha*
not detract from the impressiveness
of the “card” which came wrlth the
wedding present *
and spent a week living with them
and ljving as they did exactly, with
no favors shown.
It was for his kindness and inter
est that this gift of cut glass was
procured in some way by his “fel
low-convicts,” and sent with their
best wishes. All of them had writ
ten their names and, with queer sen
timent, had attached the sentence
they were to pay after their signa
tures. The fact that some of these
bore the grim word* “for Ufa” did
C OMING downtown the other day,
I chanced to glimpse Callle
Hoke Smith driving an electric
up Peachtree. The younger daugh
ter of Senator and Mrs. Hoke Smith
was looking particularly well after
a pleasant summer in Magnolia,
Mass., with visits to Atlantic City
and Toxaway.
X noticed that she wore a pair of
'amm;
misfortune who inhabit the awful
convict camps over the State. Some
time ago, in order to learn how they
really live, he donned convict garo
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