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THE ATLANTA UEOKlilAN AND NEWS
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CHRISTMAS IN SOCIETY •
FEATURED BY GAY PARTIES
I'lie many parties arranged for
ristmas Day have given society |
* h diversion, and in addition to j
: :ft more formal affairs, there have
been dozens of smaller and more in
formal parties, which are none the
ess delightful.
The eggnCkff party given by Mr. and
William A. Speer was the largest
.ifair of the day.
Several hundred of their fiends
wore entertained. The Speer resi-
i, n ce was elaborately decorated, am'
e host and hostess received under
t n arch of smilax. starred with tiny
-ctric lights. Smilax formed a
mural decoration throughout the
muse, and above the arch was a
arge star, formed of bright red ap-
P os, outlined with tiny electric lights.
Blooming plants, flowers and foliage
plants were grouped about the room,
nd the mantel was banked with
poinsettia blossoms and ferns. In the
sun parlor the Japanese idea pre
vailed. festoons of Japanese lanterns
and Japanese umbrella* being used.
Punch was served in the breakfast
room from two bowls wreathed in
-milax and garlanded with polnset-
ia blossoms. The table in the dining
room had for a centerpiece a large
mirror, bordered in pink roses and
valley lilies, representing a lake,
'rom the centei 4 rose a silver epergne
rilled with pink roses and valley lilies,
starred with tiny electric lights, rep
resenting a miniature island in this
ike. All decorative details were in
pink and white. An orchestra played
ind there was dancing in the upper
hall.
Mrs. Speer wore black velvet with
mic of iridescent embroidery. 1 Mrs.
John Silver assisted, in gray satin.
The eggnog party at which Mrs.
John S. Clarke and Mrs. A. D. Adair,
Jr., entertained at Mrs. Clarke’s resi
dence was another delightfql affair.
Throughout the house the walls were
• imped with bamboo, and there were
quantities of poinsettia blossoms and
narcissi, and ferns, tied with red rib
bons. Assisting in entertaining were
Mrs. Stuart Stringfellow, Miss Louise
‘Law Bros. For Quality”■
We thank our
patrons for the
most successful
year ih the history
of our business,
and wish for you,
one and all, a
M erry
.Xmas
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Hawkins and the members of the Or
der of Olti-Fashioned Women, of
"li» Mrs. Adair is a member; Mrs.
Fh' (.(lock, Mfs. Lee Jordan, Mrs.
Wil.iam II. Glenn. Mrs. Marion Jack-
son. Mrs. J. G. Oglesby, Jr., Mrs.
Shepard Bryan. Mrs. H. F. West and
Miss Louise Black.
Following their annual custom, and
one which has given much pleasure
to their friends, Dr. and Mrs. McRae
were at home informally Christmas
morning at an eggnog party. The
handsome home was elaborately dec
orated in the holiday colors. In the
dining room there were festoons of
Christmas bells, and suspended above
the table was a shower of these bells.
A large crystal basket, filled with
poinsetti 1 blossoms, tied with red rib
bons and surrounded by red unshaded
tapers in silver candlesticks, graced
the beautifully appointed table. Red
unshaded tapers burned on the man
tel, and in the sun parlor there were
many blooming azaleas' and poinset
tia blossoms, with the usual hand
some house plants. In the living
room a gay Christmas tree was hung
with sparkling electric lights, and the
happiest spirit of hospitality was ex
tended by the host and hostess. Mrs.
McRae wore gray chiffon, with tunic
of cut steel beads.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raine, Jr., kept
open house during the day. and their
decorations were also of Christmas
bells and the greenery and poinsettia
blossoms of the holiday season.
The Piedmont Driving £lub is
keeping open house, and all club
members and their wives are expect
ed to call from 12 o’clock on. The
open house of the club is one of the
happiest observances of the day. De
licious holiday refreshments are
served, and the club Is elaborately
decorated with hol.iday decorations.
The appearance of the Yale Glee
Club at the Grand to-night will be a
happy occasion, when hundreds of the
younger set will be present. At the
close of the performance the visitors
will be tendered a dance at the Pied
mont Driving' Club.
The Capital City Country Club is
keeping open house for those who
care to motor out or to spend the day-
on the golf links, and light refresh
ments are being served.
There are dinner parties galore ar
ranged for to-nigdu. and many in
formal dances, etc. Mr. and Mrs.
John Kiser will have a dinner party
at their home, and Colonel and Mrs.
John J. Woodside will entertain at
dinner in honor of their guests. Mrs.
H. F. Thompson, of Cincinnati, and
Mrs. A. W. Kurkamp, of Louisville.
The party will include fifteen.
Mrs. Alice Muse Thomas gives a
dancing party Thursday evening for
her son, Julian Thomas. Miss Leslie
Weathers givfes a dancing party for
Miss Virginia Haugh and her guests.
Misses Mildred Wicks, of Spokane,
Wash., and Mary Howard.
Of course, there were children's
Christmas trees and children’s parties
galore, one of the happiest being that
Wishing Our Friends
a Very Merry Xmas
The Ozias National
Selling Corporation.
Empire Life Building.
“Vacuum Cleaners.”
It’s Over!
Thirty of the busiest days one store ever had.
We just know by the buying that this will be the
biggest Christmas Atlanta has ever known.
—And we wish that it will be your merriest
Christmas and happiest New Year.
McClure Ten-Ceni Co.
DRAMA LEAGUE HEAD
TO LIVE IN ATLANTA
MISS CAROLYN COBH.
Miss Carolyn Cobb, State organizer
for the Drama League of Georgia,
one of the most active women’s or
ganizations in the State, with a mem
bership of more than 400, has deter
mined to make her home permanently
in Atlanta.
This news will be welcomed by a
host of Atlanta’s best-known women
who have been greatly interested in
Miss Cobb’s efforts to promulgate the
best teachings of the drama.
Miss Cobl) comes of a distinguished
Georgia family. She is spending the
Christmas holidays in Athens at her
home but will take up her residence
here with the New Year. Miss Cobb
gave a charming interpretation re
cently' of the Pied Piper.
at which Miss Sue Bucknell enter
tained her little friends.
Another very happy- event*was the
eggnog party .given by Miss Clifford
West, when a number of friends were
entertained informally at her home on
Peachtree road. The house was pret
tily' decorated with Christmas colors.
A cordial hospitality' was dispensed
by the y-oung hostess.
Hyperion Club Dance.
The Christmas dance given by the
Hyperion Club at their clubrooms in
West End ushered in the festivities
of the holiday season. The hall was
beautifully and artistically decorated.
Crepe paper of various hues was sus
pended from the ceiling in graceful
festoons, and bunches of “mistletoe
dangled from the chandeliers. Tinv
electric lights studded the walls and
cast a mellow glow upon a back
ground of berry-covered holly.
At one end of the hall a miniature
Kris Kringle, seated in his toy-laden
sleigh, was shown driving his dashing
reindeer across a field of snow. In
one corner an old-fashioned fireplace,
filled with dying embers awaited the
arrival of Santa, and tin- hands o!
the old clock on the mant-’ stood at
midnight. In another corner a Christ
mas tree, beautifully' decorated, was
•laden with handsome souvenirs fo.*
the ladies. A number of electric
bulbs, blue, red and green, lined the
archway at the entrance to the hall.
Delicious punch was served and a
capable orchestra rendered the music.
The * chaperons were Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Disbro, .Mrs. W. R. Bean and
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Gathright, Mr. anl
Mrs. Ned McIntosh.
Those dancing were Misses Mary
Frances Bowden, Lucy Hlnman. Win
nie Wilson, Mary >isbro, Carrie Par
ish, Ed wins Harper. Ethel Hudson,
Lois Carroll. Lucile Beam. Nell Pace.
Katherine Darby. .Mae Hall, Mildred
Sault, Lebie Ewing, Pauline Coulter,
Esther Hatchett, Margaret Wing
field, Adelaide Calloway, Margaret
Jester. Charlsie McClain. Eddie L-e
Terrell, Olga Freeman. Mamie M >r-
ris. Mabel Rock. ter Hollerman,
Irma Thurmond. Marie Roberson.
.Marie Oliver, Elizabeth Clayton and
Betty- Reeves. Messrs. William E.
Close, Paul Turner, Lacy Dalhous ,
Elbert Lively, Howard Parish, Cuy-
ler Trussell. John Baldwin, Mercer
Lee. L. L. Stroble. W. E. Franklin,
Pope Franklin. Lewis Pierson, Alvin
Lovingood, Theo Beam Ed. Pollard,
J. L. Almon. R. L. Ezell, Sapers An
drews, J. I. Murdock. G. T. Freeman,
Charles G. Cowan, Sam Dull, J. 13.
Jackson, Tye Sanders. Stacy Adams,
John R. Jordan. L. B. Hardy, Jr., R.
A. Garner. Aubrey Lindyn, Gord >n
Hill, Archibald Freman. A. M. Dim-
mock, Jones Ewir^ Horrle Andrews,
Lealis Law, Ernest Allen, Cliff
Brown. O. I. Freeman, Sam Swilling,
N. R. Collins, Mr Resor, Mr. Pasco,
M. S. Stephens and Casey Medlook.
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Reception at Fort McPherson.
The officers and ladies of the Sev
enteenth Fnlted States Infantry have
issued invitations to a dance on
Thursday evening. January I. at nine
o’clock, to meet Colonel and Mrs. John
T. Van Orsdale.
The dance will he. given at Fort
McPherson, and will be one of the
most brilliant affairs of the season,
and a pretty compliment to Colonel
Van Orsdale. the p» ular command
ing officer of the Fort, and his charm
ing wife. A number of friends from
the City will go to the Fort for the
occasion.
“The Dansant” at Driving Club.
Despite the fact that all Atlanta
seems to be either going to parties or
giving parties, the city being as gay
as possible, the “the dansants” being
giver for members of the Piedmont
Driving Club increase In popularity.
The two held this week have been
most delightful and have been largely-
attended, and the one to be held Fri
day will doubtless be as largely at
tended as those previously given.
For eacn dsfnsant a number of par
ties are given, this mode of enter
taining being particularly delightful.
Misses Nita and Louise Black enter
tained at “the dansant’’ in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Ringland F. Kilpatrick,
of New York, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Junius G. Oglesby, the party being
completed by Mrs. Junius G. Oglesby,
Jr., and Mrs. A. D. Adair. Jr. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Swift, of New York,
were guests in a small party.
Miss Aimee Hunnicutt, who has
just returned from an extended stay
in New York, was tendered a small
party by Mrs. L. L. Ferris. Mrs. Hin
ton Baker, of Augusta, was the cen
tral figure in a small party. Miss
Mary Rice entertained Tn honor of
Miss Mary Brown, who is at home
from Vassar for the holidays, and
Misses Laura Cole. Marie Dinkins and
Mamie Kirkpatrick, who are at home
from school in Washington, D. C.
Drama League Conference,
A special conference on Maurice
Maeterlinck and The Blue Bird will
be held at the Atlanta Theater De
cember 30 at 3:30 p. rn. After a
brief summary' of “The Literary in
fluences of Maeterlinck,” Mr. Charles
Hampden, stage director of “The Blue
Bird,” will tell of his visit to the
great poet last summer, and Miss Al
ice Butler, who plays ihe part of the
Fairy Berylune, will tell briefly about
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GREETINGS
That a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New
Year shall be the good fortune of the patrons of this bank
is the sinceres't wish of the
EMPIRE STATE BANK
19 South Broad Street.
H
Season s Greetings
To you and your friends
and your friends friends,
we extend our sincere
thanks for a very liberal
patronage and wish you,
one and all, a
Very Merry
Christmas
Eugene V. Haynes Co.
49 Whitehall St.
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The Blue Bird’ - ns seen by an actor
behind the scene*.
This meeting is open not only to
members of the Drama League, but
to the public generally without fee,
and as “The Blue Bird” is the first
play of Maeterlinck to be brought to
Atlanta, it is hoped that the occa
sion will be of especial interest to
members.
Beginning- Monday, January 5. and
continuing every afternoon through
Saturday, Monsieur Benedict Papot
will give to the Drama League a se
ries of lecture readings on “Great
Contemporary French Dramatists.”
The six dramatists treated will be
Eugene Brleux, Paul Hervieu. Mau
rice Donnay, Henry Batallle, Henry
Bernstein, and Henry Klstermaekers,
probably in the order named. The
lectures will all be given in English,
which Monsieur Papot speaks ido-
matically ami fluently. They will be
given at Cable Hall each afternoon at
3:30 o’clock.
A nominal fee of $1 for the entire
series must be paid by members. To
non-members the fee will be $2; sin
gle tickets, 50 cents each.
Mr. and Mrs. Wellhouse at Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wellhouse will
be at home Sunday from 4 to 0 in the
afternoon, and from 8:30 until 10:30
in the evening, in honor of their
daughter, Miss Corrinne Wellhouse.
and her fiance, Ely Meyer, Jr., n r
Rochester. N. Y.
For Mrs. Blosser's Guests.
Miss Eloise Walker will entertain a
few friends informally at tea Fri
day afternoon- at the Georgian Ter
race, in compliment to the guests of
Mi s. Clarence Blosser, w ho are Misses
Mollle Holland, of New Orleans, and
Lillian Best, of Buffalo.
Mrfc. Block's Christmas Party.
Mrs. Bates Block entertained the
Order of Old-Fashioned Women at a
Christmas tree party Wednesday aft
ernoon at her home on Peachtree
road. The gifts to each guest were
silver picture frames holding the pic
ture of the order, which includes Mrs.
A. D. Adair, Jr., Mrs. Shepherd Bryan,
Mrs. William Glenn, Mrs. Lee M. Jor
dan, Mrs. Marion Jackson, Mrs. H. F.
West, Mrs. Junius G. Oglesby, Jr.,
and Miss Ivouise Black.
Now Year’s Party.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raine will en
tertain on New Year s Eve at their
home on Juniper street.
For Miss Robinson.
Miss Marion Stearns will give an
informal dinner party Tuesday even
ing in compliment to Miss Eloise Rob
inson, who is home from school in
Baltimore for the holidays. There
will be 24 guests, and dancing wf!1
follow' dinner.
Mrs. Albert Howell, Jr , will give a
bridge-luncheon for Miss Robinson
on Tuesday evening.
Dancing Party.
Miss Jan Robinson will entertain 50
of her friends at an informal dancing
party Friday evening at her home in
Analey Park
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A Merry, Merry Xmas
and a Successful Year
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THANK YOU!
By your liberal patronage
you have shown your con-
fid ence and friendship.
We wish you a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
MASON BROS.
54 W. MitcheSI, Near Terminal
Cheapest Furniture House in (Georgia
Claude C. and Conie S. Mason
are associated with this firm.
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We Start
Invoicing
To morrow.
Many
Things
Will Be Sold
Out at Once.
Our Fast
Mail Order
Department
Will Fill
Every Over
looked Want.
After-Christmas
Sales!
We always hold them in many departments
to clear away lots left over from the Christmas
sales, previous to invoicing, also for those who
may desire to make RETURN GIFTS to many
who were not remembered, and also those ab
solutely overlooked in the rush. We are always
willing to make marked concessions in the
prices in preference to invoicing or packing
away.
Maybe you saw something you’d like to
buy for yourself. Why not get it and Save
Considerable?
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