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

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heads that were approaching so swift
ly. A sudden dazzling streak of
lightning and a deafening peal of
thunder sent the three maidens sour
rying in fright for the tent. Once in
they seemed safe from the windstorm
which broke in fury over the grounds.
About five minutes elapsed, then all
at once those on the veranda beheld
the tent suddenly torn from its moor
ings, amid shrieks of horror from our
three heroines. There they stood,
locked in a frenzied embrace, for all
the world like a cluster of September
Morns.
There were a few moments of
tenseness, of which there is no dis
tinct record, and tben-oh, how CRATE
full are the three maidens to the
friendly bearers of linen busters and
other life saving garmentsl A deluge
of rama few short moments pre-
vious a thing to be deplored-came
now as a welcome intruder, for 1t
drove the spectators indoors, and
served as a protecting curtain for the
escape of the three mermaids.
N LADY of my acquaintance gave
IA luncheon recently and intend
ed to serve her guests with ham,
for which she is famous She ex-
planned that she always cooked ham
by the recipe used by Thomas JEFF
ferson, which had been handed down
in her family for years.
This recipe required that the ham
be cooked for about two hours by
simmering, but under no condition
must it be allowed to boil
A ham was on the stove, its desti-
mics presided over by a young colored
woman from up in the mountains.
Jane" called the mistress of the
house, don't let that ham boil"
Noun" replied Jane. 81 amt er
gwine to boil no ham. It's on the
stove now just a simpering!"
The FIRST contains t,oo gro,oing
plants;
The second holds her pickles:
The third, her letters; fourth, per.
chance,
Odd pencils, dimes and nickels;
The NTH, potatoes yet unpeeIed:
Ihe StTth contains some chOtCder
Within the SeUenth lie, concealed,
Some cold cream and some pOlrder.
"WhU iChdt receptGcles are these"
You ASK, 'i0ith use so UdricdY"
Just cut glass dishes, if non please.
For she t0GS lately married.
GN /ES, heard she got 1,4O0 pickle
dishes and over 1000 berry
spoons" l turned in amaze
ment to the speaker whose astonish-
ing remark l overheard, as we both
stood near the door of the library in
(which the tables of wedding presents
were on display.
Surely, thought l. the girl didn't
have such a misfortune as this to
fall upon heF-sO sweet and pretty a
bride as she was, too! But no! The
speaker went on: Yes, a FRIEND of
mine, who was in Berlin, said the
wedding was certainly a grand at
fair!" And l turned away, relieved.
OF course, the Atlanta brides get
duplicate presents at times, but }
have really wondered how the thing
is avoided so often, in a city of this
size. too, where the shops are not
many.
l understand that many Of the zap
propriate" and matching" wedding
presents Of silver and cut glass are
chosen with discriminating knOwl-
edge of what everybody is going to
give, by one or two of the leading
shops of the city, the clerks being
given full liberty with a check limit,
of course) in the selection of most of
the presents. There may not be
much sentiment in choosing a pres
ent this way, but the result is more
satisfactory-you know, Sentiment
has a very ''wabbly'' judgment, at
best.
c PEAKING of sentiment in the be-
stowal of bridal gifts, happened
to note at the Oliver Ellis we'd
ding the other night a really senti-
mental gift-this being a quaint lit
tie old fashioned case of red plush,
containing six heavily engraved tea
spoons and on an accompanying card
the names of four bridal couples in
the family of the bridegroom, reach
ing back to as many generations.
upon whose wedding gift table this
little red case of teaspoons had been
placed.
And this re-giving was not the re-
suit of dissatisfaction with the
spoons on the part of the recipients,
but just a bit of odd sentiment, which
has waxed with repetition, and has
now grown so strong that the spoons
are sure to go down the ages as heir
looms to the brides of the family.
OF course, If the heirloom were a
string of pearls they might be more
valued by each of the brides, but a
string of pearls would wrench the
heart of each owner at parting, so l
suppose for practical purposes as a
continual wedding gift silver tea
spoons in a red plush case constitute
the wiser selection.
F there is any real aristocracy of
birth in the United States, the
81. F. VS." with their pedigrees
going back in an unbroken line to
Cavalier ancestors. have the best
claim to this distinction. For a long
long time the famous resorts of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia have been
the gathering places for Southern
aristocracy in the summer time.
The Greenbriar White, the White
Sulphur Springs and Old Point Com
fort are redolent of old time aristoc-
racy. Since the days when Madame
Bonaparte, the American wife Of the
famous Napoleon's gay young brother,
reigned as a belle at the Greenbriar
White and for many years after her