Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Society Leaders Angered
By Charge That GirlsDrink
Mrs. w. L.Peel and Mrs. Robert F. Maddox
Vigorously Defend Atlanta Young Women.

lanta society girls since the Civil
the country at resorts and other
places, and am in a position to speak.
I always have Lad young people
around Iue and have never seen auv
Of the debauchery charged to them.
1t is impossible for me TO believe that
the persons making these charges are
acquainted with Atlanta society, and
ara acquainted in any way with the
girls whom they accuse"
Mrs. Robert F. Maddox, whose So
cial life has brought her in contact
with every phase of Atlanta society.
emphatically declared that the speak
ers at the Christian Citizens League
meeting were not acquainted with
Atlanta society girls or they would
not make such charges
1t is impossible to believe that the
people making these charges are real
" acquainted with Atlanta society
girls declared Mrs. Maddox. eff
they knew them it would be impossi-
BILE to make such a charge and speak
the truth.
4 think am in a position to know
as much about Atlanta girls as any
one else and ] have yet to see any Of
them guilty of such a thing. ! doubt
very seriously II these people are even
acquainted by sight with the girls
they accuse Of drunkenness. 1t is "A
base charge and Is sufficient to create
Indignation among the girls Of At
lanta.
Have you ever compared Atlanta
girls with those from other parts of
the country? Do it and you will dis
cover that the very finest are to be
found here. I have associated with
them for many years and have never
known them to be guilty of any such
indiscretion. ! think It a shame that
people can get up and talk like this
when there is no foundation for their
remarks, and any man or woman who
has ever associated with Atlanta So
ciety knows these charges are base
less"
Mrs. Robert Lowry Indignant.
Equally indignant was Mrs Robert
J. Lowry, who has always been popu-
lar among Atlanta society people and
who is noted for the great number OF
friends she has among the younger
element.
TO one who always has been as
ISOLATED with Atlanta society, the
charge that our society girls drink
brings righteous Indignation" said
Mrs. Lowry. I always have had
young people around me, and | think
If there is any person who is in a
position to know just what the young
er people in Atlanta society are doing
that | am the one to know. In the
first place, the parents of the girls
would not allow It: In the next, the
matrons who entertain would not al
low of such a thing. There is no
ground for such a charge. Atlanta
society girls are modest and refined
They are the most lovable girls in
the world and the beauty of their
character is shown by the willingness
| with which they are willing to forego
| their own pleasure to assist In any
work that VIII help others.
LAS for drinking, while I am not
strait-laced. | would most certainly
deny that Atlanta girls are guilty OF
| the charge. Even among the men
| there Is not near as much drinking as
there was a few years ago, and, in
my opinion, the drinking fad is fast
dying out. l do not think that any
person acquainted with Atlanta so
ciety girls would make such a
charge"