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THE Atlanta girls back from the
Greenbrier White and Toxaway,
are dancing the Hesitation
Waltz just now. I understand that
the Hesitation Is almost old in the
East, but for some reason it has not
been a fad in Atlanta, like the tango.
Therefore, its introduction at present
has attracted quite a bit of attention.
The Hesitation glide was Invented.
I hear, to take the place of the turkey
trot, which has proved objectionable
to many, although it was such a fad.
The prediction is that the Hesitation
will supplant the other dances this
winter almost exclusively.
Newport has set the stamp of ap
proval on the Hesitation, and the
most conservative hostesses have
adopted it. As I saw a girl and her
partner dancing at the Capital City
Countrj’ Club the other night, the
Hesitation Is a graceful dance. As
nearly accurate as I could ascertain
from watching the dance, it goes
thusly: The man. leading with his
left foot, makes a long glide, posing
with righ foot back of left, slightly
raising toe from the floor when in
action. This Is done to three beats
of music, I think, allowing a rest
on each beat.
This sways his partner in a slight
turn to one side, and on the repeti
tion of the step, they will have
chang'd their position directly op
posite to the finish of the first move.
The figure is repeated four times,
after which a full turn is made to
the right, with a slight ’‘dip,” as in
the “Qllde Boston.”
The dance looks intricate, but is not
really hard for a trained dancer.
There was a time when a man could
take a dozen lessons and dance the
ballroom dances, but now it is only
the men who commenced early and
attended dancing school regularly for
a number of years who can do the
up-to-date dances well. Os course, the
turkey trot is as easy—ro easier—
than the two-step and the waltz, but
not so with the tango or the Hesita
tion Glide.
Among the young women who are
dancing the Hesitation Glide are Mar
garet Grant, Harriet Calhoun, Kath
erine Ellis, Helen Dargan and others.
• • •
WE have heard a great deal of
late about the unrest of wom
en—the reaching out for bet
ter things, the discontent with the
i old. I am not sure It this Is a good
thing or commendable, but it Isn’t
if' my business In life to pass judgment.
I only note and record the signs of
P the times. This unrest —if I may call
Spilt such —seems to have struck the
| younger generation, and in Atlanta
' society has exemplified itself in a
desire on the part of many young
women and girls to “do something."
to have a purpose in Ute, as well as
to be a social butterfly.
Now, Old Omar and other wise
ones have though that pleasure is the
I J chief aim of life and the most to
be desired of all "endeavors. lam in
clined to think the ancient Wise Men
are right, but girls who have opinions
will stand by them until they find
these opinions wrong, at any rate.
We've all read in the past week's
news of the St. Louis society belle
who has gone in for the shopgirl’s
life. She is selling wall paper, I be
lieve, and a regular boom has de
veloped in the store wherein she is
employed. St. Louis society, in fact,
seems to have struck it hard, for I
have heard of another prominent so
ciety girl who has opened up a
stenographic office, several who have
gone in for sociological work, two
or three who are studying to be
trained nurses —and so on.
Atlanta girls have not gone so far.
as yet. but a number of the younger
set have evinced signs of this reach
ing out for interests and accomplish
ments other than social charm and
social pleasure.
To be sure, Atlanta society was
deeply interested in the experiences
of a well-known young woman some
time back who went out West some
where, to Denver or another place,
which I’ve forgotten—and for sev
eral mouths lived as a maid in a
large hotel in order to get a natural
first-hand knowledge of the life of
the working girls.
But her experience has not been
imitated by others. Atlanta girls lean
toward the artistic, and their endeav
ors are mostly toward training a spe
cial talent or acquiring knowledge
and accomplishments. This fall, for
Instance, I have heard of at least a
half-dozen girls who expect to “spend
the winter in study"—girls who would
have a gay social season if they re
mained in Atlanta, but who prefer
New York or Philadelphia or Wash
ington and a season of work and
t Others, who are to remain at home
and participate in society's gayeties,
will devote part of their time to the
* study of a favorite topic or the cul
tivation of a special talent.
Among the girls who are going to
New York for the winter are Aimee
Hunnicutt, who will study art; Helen
Jones, who goes to study voice under
the best masters; Sarah Cowles, who
will study the drama, and possibly
Adrienne Battey. I understand that
Miss Battey, who is accounted one
of Atlanta's cleverest girls, expects to
write and study literature and mod
em journalism while living in New
York with her aunt.
Two .young women who are study
ing sociology with a serious purpose
are Miss Eleanor Raoul and Malzie
Thurston. They are both in New York
and attend Columbia University. Miss
Thurston plans to live and teach in
a settlement house this winter.
Another Atlanta girl who will study
dramatic art —a favorite with Atlan
tans, It seems —Is Frances Clarke, the
younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Clarke. Instead of making her
debut this winter, as friends expected.
Miss Clarke will leave early in Octo
ber for Philadelphia and will stud\
at the dramatic club there throughout
the winter.
Tracy L'Engle is a gifted Atlanta
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pirl whose histrionic successes at
Wellesley have aroused ambitions on
her part to do something along that
line. Miss L’Engle aas elected a
member of the “Barn Dramatic Club,”
of Wellesley, last spring and she will
take part In some pretentious dramas
this winter to be given by that or
ganization of clever women at Wel
lesley. *
• • •
SPEAKING of dancing, I have
heard recently that James H.
Nunnally, long noted as one of
the best dancers ever seen on the
floor of the Piedmont Driving Club,
has taken care that his prestige shall
not be threatened this winter by tak
ing several very’ expensive dancing
lessons on a recent stay in New York.
They tell me that each of these
lessons cost Mr. Nunnally $25, and,
as he was an apt pupil, he soon mas
tered the latest Innovations brought
over from Paris. I recall the pleas
ure of one afternoon this spring when
I sat and watched the president of
the Driving Club dancing with a
number of charming young women,
married and single, who were pres
ent for an afternoon “the dansant.”
He was easily the best dancer
among the men on the floor and his
turkey trot and tango had variations
and little steps of his own invention
which distinguished them from the
dancing of the others.
You know, of course, that “Jim”
Nunnally is always as busy as a debu
tante at the winter’s afAirs and is
accorded quite as much attention
from the fair sex as the prettiest of
the “buds” is given by the men pres
ent. I foresee that his popularity
will not diminish this season.
• • •
THE young men of a certain set
are all very’ much chagrined
over the beginning of a romance
in w’hich one of their number is con
cerned. Not that they envy his good
fortune, but they think that his start
wasn’t fair to the rest of ’em. The
girl in question is a “bud'’—a very
pretty and charming girl, not yet In
the debutante set—and she is, more
over, very wealthy.
At a social gathering recently, this
young girl was present with her fath
er. a prominent citizen and a mem
ber of one of Atlanta’s millionaire
Mrs S Wntson Who has been a
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admired guest at many of the social affairs of the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson have apartments at the Georgian Ter
race and will live in Atlanta, where they have made many
friends. (Photo by McCrary, with Stephenson.)
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class. These young men were also
“among those present,” all. of course,
hoping for an introduction to the
near-debutante. For some reason, not
yet understood by the group of
friends, one of their number was sin
gled out by the father of the "bud,”
and Introduced to her —none of the
others "getting a look-in.”
The fortunate man was deeply
smitten and has followed up his ad
vantages as well as he can—in fact,
he seems to be getting on fine with all
the family. In the meantime, the
other boy’s are trying to get an in
troduction—and haven’t succeeded.
Their friend, who knows the girl,
will not introduce a single man of
them —he’s wise in his generation—
and her father has shown no further
inclination to enlarge her acquaint
ance among the young men of the
city. So now, the society editors,
whose business it is to announce en
gagements, are becoming interested
in the monopoly.
* • •
JUST now, the talk which can be
spared from clothes and hats a
la mode is devoted to the au
tumn brides. We aren’t to have as
many this year as in former years,
but the girls who are to be married
make up in social prominence and
popularity the lack of numbers.
I have heard definitely of at least
six of the prettiest and most promi
nent belles of the city who are to
wear the orange blossoms this sea
son. Some of the engagements have
been announced, but most of them
will come along the latter part of
September and the first of October.
In the chatter anent bridal trous
seaux, the man in the case, and so
forth, I have gleaned a number of
romances which show that Atlanta
girls marry for love, whatever others
may
I heard a pretty tale concerning a
popular couple whose marriage will
unite two prominent and wealthy
families this autumn. They were
both at Toxaway (which was a wise
provision on the part of the groom,
I suspect). An acclde’it which threat
ened serious consequences to him,
brought out the latent tenderness and
devotion of his bride-to-be, who de
nied herself all the gayeties of the
fceasc-n fur several weeks, spending
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1913.
most of the day with her betrothed,
reading to him and taking a hand in
nursing him, until he was again able
to go out.
This same young woman, I under
stand, is to have a magnificent trous
seau. Her evening gowns will be
made by "Lucille,” and her tailored
suits—and she is a tailor-made girl
in the daytime always—will be fash
ioned by a London tailor.
A romance which exemplifies the
axiom of true love’s never running
smooth concerns Julia Meador, who
became the brifie of Thomas Waller
Palmer, of Miami, Fla., last evening.
Young Palmer is a famous athlete,
and among the silver "things" with
which the couple will begin house
keeping are 32 handsome cups, won
by him in golf and tennis tourna
ments.
Five years ago, on his way to one
of these tournaments, he stopped over
in Atlanta to see his brother. A
Jacksonville girl had given him a let
ter of Introduction to Miss Meador,
but the young athlete was not in
terested in girls, so he didn’t call.
But Fate took a hand in the game,
and as he sat on the porch with his
brother on the last afternoon of his
stay, a pretty, dark-eyed girl in a yel
low frock passed by and spoke to
his brother.
Interested in her looks, young Pal
mt'T asked for an introduction and
found she was the girl to whom hid
letter was addressed. He waived that
tennis tournament and spent the time
here, their engagement being agreed
upon three weeks later. But his
bride-to-be was too young to marry
at the time, acivrding to her moth
er’s judgment, and the engagement
was not sanctioned by Miss Meadors
parents.
She made her debut later and has
had a very happy social career.* Both
young people had almost forgotten
their youthful romance, when last
spring young Palmer happened to be
passing through Atlanta on his way
to Tennessee again this time to
visit a charming girl instead of a
tennis tournament. A whim or a
chance thought prompted a telephone
message to his former friend—a call
was made, and the romance began
again, to be carried to a happier ter
mination.
See them.
New Silks
and Velvets.
$5 to $6.50 Silk
Umbrellas $3.98
Success breeds success. In last
Monday's sale we sold over 200
umbrellas. Struck by our ac
tivity, a visiting merchant
wanted us to handle his line. As
an inducement, he would favor
us with certain odd numbers at
a price. Ho wired for the um
brellas; to-morrow they go on
sale.
The umbrellas are spick and
span new with fine silk or union
taffeta covers. Mission, natural and
ebony wood handles trimmed with
silver or gold. Also some han
dles entirely of silver or gold. Not
an umbrella worth less than |5;
manv worth $5.75 to $6.50. .Just
127 in all, choice $3.98.
(Umbrellas —Main Floor, Right)
50c All-Linen
Centerpieces
No, it is not a mis- ■■ /"be
print. These are ac- I
tual 50c all-linen *
white eenterpices, stamped for
French, eyelet and heavy em
broidery. 2&inch size.
(Main Floor, Center)
Sumptuous Display of New Woolens
Strangers from across seas--- Stunning Novelties---
Tier upon tier of Staples the showing of Fashion’s
Favored Fabrics is unusually extensive and complete
Out from their cases, and fresh from their wrappings, come the
NEW DRESS GOODS7-'the fashionable fabrics that every Paris letter tells about.
From France they come, and England and Germany, and ease
load after case load from America. They show every rich tone of the ntjw autumn
shades; they are absolute indexes of the fashionable weaves.
Brocades Combined with
Plain Weaves
are hijrh in fashion’s favor. Brocaded
Melrose and Brocaded ratines at $1.75 are
matched with same materials in plain
weaves at $1.50.
Matelasses, heavily brocaded silk and
plaid silk and wool weaves at $3 to $5
are matched with broadcloths and Ben
galines.
The Hard Twisted Weaves
for Suits
and street dresses include a marvelous
showing of serges, whipcords, wool cor
duroys, pencil cords, Bedford cords, Epln
gles. Empress Cloths in every wanted
shade. 75c to $3.50.
The new shades run the gamut of the color card
Mahogany, raven, midnight and petrol blues, new navy tones,
the ilarji soft tones of gobelin, terracotta, dregs of wine, burgundy, plum, prune,
Russian greens, all the shades of brown and tan, taupe, the favored greys. No
matter how difficult you have found it to get just the exact tone of color you have
in mind, yon are almost sure to find it here and in a wide range of the new ma
terials and weaves. (Woolen* —Main Floor, Left)
Holes will not appear
in School Stockings
if “Holeproof ed”
Holes have such a bad habit of ap
pearing in the stockings of small folk
that mothers are usually glad to know
of hose built to withstand wear. “Hole
proof” stockings are particularly
strong and satisfactory from the
standpoint of service.
A box of six pairs is guaranteed to
wear for six months. Black only.
Light or heavy ribbed. The box $2.
Pony Stockings at 25c
are also guaranteed to wear to your satis
faction. Light, medium and heavy weight,
ribbed in black, white or tan.
P. S.—Holeproof Guaranteed
Hose also for Men and Women.
(Stockings—Main Floor. Right)
Shadow Lace Flouncings at Half-Price
Chantilly and shadow lace flouncings are in high vogue
for dancing frocks, tunics and all manner of dress trim
mings. These bewitching patterns are in black, cream and
white. Priced at half and less:
$3.50 to $4.50 27-inch Flouncings $1.89
$5.00 to SB.OO 45-inch Flouncings $2.50 to $3.75.
(Ready at 8:30. Laces—Main Floor, Right)
This Sale of Oriental Rugs
It comes every year at about this time. It is
.planned months ahead, to profit by whatever cir
cumstance trade winds blow our way. This year
we co-operate with the largest importers in Ameri
ca. Seeking a larger outlet for their merchandise, they made
us decisive price concessions which we pass on to you. We
are foregoing part of our own profits also—satisfied that the
larger volume of trade thus gained will compensate for any
profits sacrificed on individual rugs. In variety of assort
ments and completeness of stocks, this sale surpasses any
Oriental Rug Sale held heretofore.
Savings range from S2O to S3O in every SIOO spent.
(Oriental Rugs—Third Floor)
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i U. S. POSTAL SUB STATION IN FAMOUS CENTER AISLE.
M. RICH & BROS. CO.
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A Notable Sale of Real Laces
at Slightly Above the Bare Cost to Import
More Real Laces than we have ever owned
at lower prices than we have ever asked
A Remarkable Event worthy the earnest atten
tion of every woman interested in Real Laces
Real laces, like real pearls, are an investment—they never go out of fash
ion. And like other real and worthy things, real pearls and laces are seldom
to be had underprice. That we have assembled upward of
$27,000 of Real Laces to Sell for About SIB,OOO
is significant of this store’s achievements in the commercial world. Import
ers burdened with heavy stocks have learned to look to Rich’s to lighten their
loads. There, in a nutshell, is why we can sell real laces at just slight
ly above the bare cost to import. Compared with usual prices, savings av
erage a third.
Since few stores seldom carry more than SI,OOO worth of real laces, our
present lavish assortments permit us to make a display, probably unprecedented in the
South. We have at least from ten to twenty times the stock usually carried in any Southern
store. See window display.
The showing includes Princess, Lierre, Carrickmacross, Rose Point,
Bruge. Filet, Duchess, Applique and many other real laces. Choose from
Edges, flouncings, galloons and motifs at $1.75 to $l5O a yard. Neck
wear. including collar and cuff sets, berthas and yoke pieces at $7.50 to SIOO.
Bridal veils $75 to $225. (Main Floar, Right Alala)
The Novelty Weaves Include
striped serges and ratines, checker
board novelties, mannish suitings, and
some plaids. Specially notable are the
Peau de Souris—wonderfully satiny close
clipped zibeline effects in stripes and
plain.
Soft Crepey Weaves for Dresses
are here in silk and wool poplins, wool
crepes, wool challles and batistes, etc. 59c
to $1.50.
The Woolens for Coatings
consist chiefly of smart plaids, and
bright red or Kelly green, heavy wool cor
> duroys and chinchilla cloths. $1.75 to $3.50.
Shirts for Women
Voted the Best
Ever at $1
ELECTED!—Women have over
whelmingly expressed their preference
for these mannish shirt waists at sl.
There’s a reason for their choice—in
fact these several reasons:
—The shirts fit as they should.
—The materials are fresh and attractive.
—The workmanship is perfect to the last
buttonhole stitch.
—Madras and Solsette are all white or with
blue, black or lavender stripes. Also a
solsette In the pongee shade. Shirt styles,
attached cuffs, detachable turn-over col
lars. sl.
—Linene Shirts are all white, plain nnd
tucked, the plain with pocket at side. Tai
lored or soft attached cuffs. Collarless.
Also white linene with attached soft flat
collar. sl.
(Shirtwaists—Second Floor)
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No. 2 1 f No. 1
at $25 a .-<6, at $25 1
Sale of 1,000 Sample Sweaters at
Savings of an Average Third S’
Since these are the sweaters from which the manufac
turer took orders, you may be sure he made them as well *;
as he knew how. 2?
The sweaters include a few of every style the manufacturer
stocked. Some have sailor collars, some have “V” collars, some
roiling collars. Jersey sweaters, also, and Norfolks, and straight
coat styles. Plain and fancy weaves: white and solid colors and
white combined with colors. Sizes and styles for men, misses,
women and boys and girls. These are the savings: •f*
98c; values to $1.50. $3.98; values to $5.75. 5=
$1.98; values to $3.00. $4.98; values to $7.00.
$2.98; values to $4.00. (Ready at Ba. m.) ju
2-Pound 40c House Broom 25c
This house broom is made of well-selected, uniform broom
com. Full, compact head, five-string tied. Polished handle, tin
Jacket, wire-wrapped. A fair 40c to 50c value for 25c. Only one
to a customer. No phone orders.
15c to 35c Laces at 8c
Since he is giving up handling laces, the Economy Basement J*
buyer intends to clear the stock on hand In a hurry. He pays no
regard to losses. Just says take your choice of this big table at Bc.
There are shadow laces, macrames, clunys, vals, etc., in the
bands and edges from 3to 9 inches wide. Formerly 15c to 35c;
choose at Bc.
Women’s Raincoats 98c **
Just 11 left, blue only, hence the ciearaway price. Made of JJU
a heavy mercerized sateen, rubber-lined. Coat style, mannish
notch collar, strapped sleeves. A snap for the first 11 women. 5?
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New Trim
mings Are
Here.
Two of the New
Suits at $25
Because -many women like to pay
about $25 for their new suit, we have
taken special pains to assemble suits of
unusually high character at that price.
The stock affords choice of almost
a score of different styles, each an
swering fully the four-fold test of style,
material, fit and workmanship. All are
fitted with silk shields. Two of the
models are pictured.
No. lat $25 —A superior quality of chiffon
broadcloth, trimmed with velvet hands and
frogs to match. Brown, blue, black. Mes
saline silk lined.
No. 2 at $25 —All-wool whipcord, velvet col
lar, trimmed with silk braid, silk frogs.
White Messallne silk lined.
Other suits of Bedford Cords, Nov
elty Ratines, Serges, Epingles, Wool
Failles, Novelties and Mannish Suit
ings. In the accepted short, medium
and long cutaway models.
New Sport Coats $25
Arrived too late to be pictured. As
easy fitting as a man’s coat, but essen
tially feminine. Rather loose fitting in
slightly cutaway models. About three
quarter length. Developed in chinchil
las, boucle and diagonal cheviots. Large
velvet or bone buttons, velvet trim
mings, silk linings. Gray, blue, black.
(Ready-to-Wear—Second Floor)
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