Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-13

rapidly. She was seriously i'll,
troubled with indigestion. She
is now on the road to recov-
cry. l am sure l voice the
sentiment of all the people OF
the South when l say l hope
her recovery will be quick and per-
manent. Among all my acquaintance.
/ know of no more lovely Christian
character than Mrs. Smith.
ny the way, l hear that Miss Mar
- garet Wilson, daughter of the
President, and Miss Lucy Hoke Smith,
daughter of Senator Smith, have
struck up a great personal friendship.
They are almost inseparable. Mar
garet is going in a great deal for
society, although she is a very brainy
girl and devotes much of her time
to education and philanthropic mat
tiers. She is a very good public speak
er and she finds great pleasure in
the society of Lucy Hoke Smith. Miss
Smith likes outdoor life, teas, dim
ners and dancing, and as she has
a wide circle of friends among the
, young women of Washington, she has
taken Margaret Wilson into the inter-
most circles and has given her
thoroughly good time. 1t will also
interest you to know that Miss VIII
son can do all the latest dances, and
of course Lucy Hoke Smith has had
these dances at the point of her pref
" Foot for so long time that the
novelty has been kicked off. Miss
Wilson frequently goes to New York
where she s deeply Interested in the
work of social centers.
+ STHER and Marion Cleveland,
l. daughters Of the late President
cleveland, are having the time OF
their young lives in Washington this
season. They go everywhere. are
dressed superbly, can do all the lat
est dances and there is not an enter
tainment given for young people at
the National Capitol at which they
ere not present radiantly gay and
gushinely happy
MISS Jessie Wilson, is, to my mind,
vi the prettiest Of the Presidents
daughters. She goes out in society.
but not to the extent that her sis
ter. Margaret, does She is rather
"bookish," and is regarded as more
Of companion by her father than
his other daughters.
Just one more paragraph from
j Washington that may interest
YOU. The latest fad among the So
4 ciety girls of the Capitol is to carry
\the Alpine walking stick. saw
Ahe Countess Gizycks, an American
girl who lives in Chicago, swinging
dawn the Avenue the other morning
are ssed in a wonderful Vienna walk
ingA suit and carrying an Alpine cane.
Ii Has very smart. I wonder if that
fed will extend to Atlanta?
xxyHlAT / said last week about SEN
w sational "danses de Pheure' be-
ing denloralizing occasioned some
comment among my young friends
= IN Atlanta. feel sure that l am
right in Tiny position. ] do not ap-
prove of(the Turkey Trot, the Tango,
the Horse, Trot and Chicken Flip /
consider them low and degrading, and
there is no. reason for their contin-
uance. 1 observe that New York has
pronounced an official ban against
the Tango at afternoon teas and in
public restaurants.
But the dancing fever seems to be
worldwide. From London, ] hear
that even Queen Mary has fallen un-
der the spell of ia danse." Prim and
puritan as she is, she was seen to
pirouette at the court ball, at the
recently Small and Early" 1t is
reported, she is practicing all sorts
Of fancy steps in private.
London and Paris are just as crazy
over the Tango and Chicken Flip as
washington and New York.
a NOTE from the University Club
u brings the information that
young Joe Gatins is still intent on
securing a secretaryship to either the
French or London Embassy. The
writer Of this note tells me that MI
Gatins is perfectly ready to spend
$4,000 a year in entertaining for
eigners" If he is appointed to office:
and that he has never spent "a sum
mer at Wrightsville Beach.
1 am glad to hear that Mr. Gatins
has $4,000 a year to spend abroad
land am sorry to hear that he has
ever been to Wrightsviile Beach.