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ATLANTA, QA.. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1914
Society is fortunate this season in having so many attractive girls figuring in its activities. Below, on the left, is Miss Helen Barnes, of Macon, a popular
debutante, who is entertained extensively. She has frequently been the guest of Mrs. John Marshall Slaton, Miss Northen and Miss Jennie I). Harris. She has just
returned from a very exciting trip abroad. In the center is Miss Louise Jones, who, although she does not count herself among the debutantes, is seen at all the
Miss Lucile, second daughter
of Mrs. Henry Kuhrt, who y „
made her debut several weeks
ago at a large bridge party. !;
opposed to spotted gray as a color for
evening clothes is Increasing with
every dance.”
I have a horribly guilty feeling that
maybe It is some of my own powder
that is helping to spoil that dress
suit, except that I don’t think there
is anything about me that even re
motely resembles a New England
conscience. Do you suppose he ex
pects us to give up powdering? We
might Just as well suggest that he
give up dancing, and if you knew who
he is, I know you would agree with
me that that would be a calamity
from every point of view'. There re
main only two alternatives that I can
see—either he can go back to the old
dress suit for dances and save the
new one for weddings and other oc
casions where there will not be any
dancing, or he can marry one of the
worst offenders and let her do the
necessary brushing for him. Rather
neat Idea, don’t you think? Though I
confess that it would be rather hard
on the rest of us. There Is one other
suggestion I might make—but, on
second thought, I won’t. Those dread
ful second thoughts spoil some aw
fully good ideas. As a killjoy they
are almost as bad as the much-men-
O NCEJ more I have been called
upon to cure the woes of the
human race, and this time it is
onet of our very most popular beaus
who does the calling. He has written
a most pitiful letter that would bring
tears to the eyes of almost anyone,
registering a protest—but here is the
letter:
"Dear Polly—Some time ago you
called the attention of the girls to the
ancient and honorable dress suits
■tforn by some of the men ” of
course, he starts by putting it all off
on me. That’s just like a man. Sup
pose I did mention the green old age
attained by some of the evening
clothes displayed at the dinner-
dances, what then? Just that he was
so much affected by the criticism
that he has purchased some new
ones, and that In these troublous
times of war! It is a sign of un
dreamed of prosperity. But he con
tinues:
"Being a society man, naturally I
am impecunious, and a new dress suit
is an event, hence this protest to you.
Is it absolutely necessary for a girl to
cover her arms completely with a
brand of powder which eats in like a
New England conscience?”-
I don’t know much about a New
England conscience, but I confess
that it sounds horrible. And then:
"Said dress suit is now a light gray
in spots, my clothes brush Is a wTeck,
and my partiality to solid green as
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where we ahouM feel Tmraay about
them all the time.
I WAS talking- to a friend of my
mother at the Driving Club the
other afternoon, when a man I
know passed by.
“Hello, roily," he said as he went
on.
"How long have you known that
young man?’’ asked my mother’s
friend.
“Oh. I don’t know." I answered!
"about two weeks, I think."
"And he calls you Polly!" gasped
my mother's friend. "Why. my dear,
when I was your age if a young man
had called me by my first name I
would have expected him to follow It
by a proposal. Otherwise, It would
have been almost insulting.”
"Even If you knew him awfully
well” X Inquired, Incredulously.
"We never knew them well enough
for that,” she replied, severely. "1
don’t know what young people ar»
coming to. Mon had some respect fur
women when I was young."
And, although I told her that they
still have, only they show It different,
ly now, she wouldn’t believe a word
I said, and site left me feeling down
right depraved. So when I got horns
I told my mother all about It,
"Well, there Is some truth In what
she said," agreed my mother, "Who
did you say It was told you?"
X told her and she laughed,
“I suppose she has forgotten some
of her youthful escapades," she said.
"I Temember that she was onoe en
gaged to four men at one time."
I wonder if we will forget things
that easily when we get older.
when he and Mrs. Burnside went
down to the dock about 10 o'clock
In the morning to go aboard they
found that 1 o'clock In the morning
had been meant, and that the liner
had sailed without them. That de
layed their getting back to Paris about
two weeks, and they found things In
a pretty exciting condition when they
arrived. Now they are located at
Concarneau on the west coast of
France, where quite a colony of
American artists has gathered, and
they expect to remain there through
the winter. Mrs. Burnside Is In charge
of the commissariat at this point, and
distributes food three times a day to
the French children of the village.
Meanwhile Mr. Burnside and a num
ber of the other artists are helping
(he women and the old men In the
Helds. They ought to get the Inspira
tion for a lot of masterpieces from
these scenes that are now a part of
their daily Uvea. It is good to know
that they have not stayed in Par's,
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and they were really the biggest,
brownest eyes he ever paw—JuRt there
he remembered that they had been
blue that morning, and then the truth
came out. They were twins, and Rhe
or they, or whatever you want to call
them, had been stringing him all alonj;
about that awfully hard work from 6
to 12. He is much more careful about
giving his sympathy now, :><id I think
he Is temporarily out with both brown
and blue eyes. Gray probably will be
his favorite color for quite two weeks
to come,
and after she had pathetically con
fessed that she worked from 6 in the
morning until 12 at night, the same
confession being made while she
showed off her long black lashes
against the curve of a soft pink cheek,
he appointed himself consoler In chief
of the poor little downtrodden thing.
It was a tine job, and he made the
most of it. He went In three or four
times a day to Impart a few words
of sympathy and encouragement to
her, but I am not going to try to
make you believe that his words were
limited to this. One morning, as he
leaned across the counter, he noticed
what very lovely big blue eyes she
had. He had never seen anything
quite so blue in all his life, and he
very seldom got a glimpse of them, on
account of the length of the aforesaid
lashes. He was so interested in this
new discovery that he went back again
late in the afternoon to see if he could
tioned New England conscience, but
not quite.
Y OU remember that I lectured yon
girls last week on the kind of
clothes you wear In this eo^d
winter weather, and now I find that
some American designer has already
come forward with a new style to
keep the ankles warm even in the
most biting breezes. The new cos
tume is called the “La Boheme,** fcnd
it is developed in velvet and fur. Not
C OMES now a most interesting
tale of the adventures of our
good friends, the Cameron Burn
sides, of Paris, who spent the spring
and part of the summer with Mrs.
Burnside’s mother, Mrs. Virginius
HUt. Their adventures started almost
as soon as they left Atlanta. Mr.
Burnside was told that their boat
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O NE of our gay young beaus who
is noted for his sympathetic
heart whenever there is a pretty
girl in the case became very much
exercised not long ago over the sad
case of a girl who w orked at the cash
register of a certain prominent drug
store. She w f as such a very pretty
girl that almost anybody would have
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