Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

other country homes of AtlantanS
which bear names as quaint as these
homes The custom of naming the
summer home is popular, and much
ingenuity is exercised in the bestowal
of these names. ''Woodshack, you must
know, is the name of the country
place owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Woods
White, and was given by Mrs. White,
who comedies that the place is Woods
shack-though the word shack is
hardly applicable to the large and
comfortable residence where the
young daughter of the house, Dodo
White, is now entertaining a house
party of Sophie Newcomb girls, she
having recently come home from
years stay at the New Orleans col
lege for girls.
"Ashantee" is the name of the w. y.
Parkers' summer place in Clayton
County, and merry place it is-when
the jolly groups of girls and boys are
gathered there as guests of Louise
Parker Almost continuously these
house parties are entertained at
"Ashantee," and hear from every re-
turning guest paeans of praise for the
hospitality of "Ashantee."
l know of no form Of summer en-
pertaining which equals the house
party for the young girls and boys.
OF course, it is rather hard on moth
er" when the house party gathers, but
a regulated summer home is
equal to the simple demands of the
young girl and boy guest, these being
much easier to entertain and to ac-
commodate than older guests. I hear
of many delightful house parties.
Last week Marion Hodgson in Athens
had a jolly group of friends for the
week at her attractive home, among
them being Laura COwles and others
from Atlanta. This week a group OF
prominent girls, who Will soon be
debutantes, will be guests of Susie
Blackmar in Columbus. Miss Black
mar has just gotten home from The
Castle" Miss MasOn's school on the
Hudson, and her guests will be Gas
tie" girls-Misses Josephine MObley,
Glenne DiCkey of Augusta, who was a
much entertained guest here last
summer, you will recall, and Julia
Brock, of Montgomery, also we'll
known here through visits to her
cousin, Mary Jeter.
Some time this month another
house party will gather in Columbus,
which city seems to be favorite
place for house parties-I suppose be-
cause of the many stately old colonial
mansions that in the years before the
war" stood for Southern hospitality
and which spirit is still retained by
Of thnca old
families. This latter house party Is
to be given by Lyra Swift, and in
the group of girls there will, of
course, be an Atlanta representative
Mary Murphy, one of several Lucy
Cobb girls of the year Miss Swifts
other guests, l hear, Will be Wlnltred
Wadley. of Macon; India Young, of
Ouitman. and-yes, another Atlanta
girl Pattie McGehee. A progressive
house party" composed of a group of
Rrenau girls, each of whom Will act
as hostess for a week, will be enter
tanned during the summer by one OF
the members, Mary Andrews, and also
will be guests Of another Atlanta glrl.
Blanche Divine, at the family home CT
the Divines in Carriers.
n YOUNG man who Is seen fire.
IA quently on the terrace OF the
DIVING CluD Will CeIldli
prettv Atlanta girl took that engag-
ing young lady out to the ball game
at Poncey when the team came back
home last week.
They did not arrive until late in the
game-alOng about the fifth inning.
They seated themselves in the grand
stand and he Immediately became very
busy trying to find out how matters
stood on the diamond. She, In the
Ezy3r, hav~ nj
which had become rather dlsarranged
in reaching their seats.
whats the score?" the young cav
alier asked a nearby fan.
Nothing to nothing" replied the
fan. -,.
real baseball bug, clapped her daintily
gloved hands and squealed' on
gOodv. we haven't missed thing.
And she wondered why they
laughed.
4 T happened at BroOKhaven, and it
might be termed THE Adventure
of the Madcap Wind and Three
Fair Bathers."
1t also gave the more than 200
spectators on the veranda fair eX-
ample of the old saying that when
wind and woman join in revel, wom-
an fares but sadly 1t all happened
last Sunday afternoon and most Of
you have probably heard about 1t al
ready.
There were three Of them. three
lovely girls. all members of the smart
set of Atlanta. They mOtored out to
Brookhaven-I beg pardon-the Cap
ital City Country Club-and decided
to take a plunge in the lake. Now
as you all know, the ladies' bathhouse
at Brookhaven is a tentlike affair built
on platform Into this dressing
room went our three heroines, re-
splendent in lawns and laces and
youth and beauty, to emerge a few
minutes later clad in bathing suits
and more youth and beauty. One was
tan and dark, and one was short and
fair. while one was purely plump.
once in the water, they splashed
and gurgled with giee. ali unmindful
of the dark. threatening thunder