Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

Miss Lyndon will interest her friends
and Phi Mu sisters" in Atlanta.
"They sag that Cupid strikes the
match that sets the loorId GgIolo
But 1oherc does Cupid strike the
match-th0fs achat I'd like ia
kROlC!"
In ESPITE the joke about the sum
~ mer fiirtation-as numerous and
as innocuous as that about our
mother -law-the fact remains that
many June weddings have their be-
ginnings in July and August jaunts-
of the year before. The summer girl,
heart-whole and fancy free, leaving
for mountain, seashore or spring
comes back with a young mans heart
in tow, and a brand-new diamond
ring. OF course, there are many
summer widows" at these resorts,
and girls have to work hard for what
they get-but most girls can do that,
all right. Anyway, those who wish
to be June brides, have to hustle, "
nowadays. If you dent believe it,
ask George Bernard Shaw.
| l have been given details of many
| delightful summer trips. for Atlantis
/ maids and matrons. AS usua,
| Wrightsville Beach will claim a good
| ly portion of these, for the months
of July and August. while all over
the mountains of. North Carolina,
] summer wanderers will be scattered
| The Greenbriar White. Narragansett,
! and Canada will claim some of the
| tourists. An Atlanta colony of sum-
mer cottages has been established at
| TOxaway this year. among the build
| ers being Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Rich
| ardson, Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Wood, and
! Mr. and Mrs. James H. Nunnally.
| Mrs. w. ID. Ellis, Jr., will probably
! spend a part of the summer at Tai
| lulah. where she has a cottage.
| suppose Miss Ellis, who is to be a
| debutan-e next year, will have some
| house parties during the summer.
| Mrs. Tom Paine will go to the Green
| briar White, as usual And by the
way, hear Of many interesting Geor7
gia beauties who are going to spend
| the summer at the historic old Vir-
ginia resort. Mrs. Billups Phinizy
and her charming daughters, of Ath
ems, and Mrs. Florence Wadley Cole
man, of Macon, are among these.
Mrs. Marshall Johnston, is to spend
| the summer at South Hampton, Long
| Island, with her daughter, Mrs De-
Lancey Kountze, of New York. Mrs.
Minter Wimberly, of Macon, plans to
make summer visit to her niece.
Mrs. Edward A. Alsop, at Beverly
Farms the country estate OF the
A IL
lis and Miss Katherine Ellis will be
at Narragansett for one month
probably, July. and Miss Ellis then
goes to the Greenbriar White, for Au-
gust
HE latest fad in Washington, !
read, is the dog stick. 1t is ear
ried as walking stick by So
ciety women. and the slender cane is
topped by the replica Of a favorite
dog or horse, done in ivory or silver.
Perhaps some of the more eXtrava-
giant use golden images of their pets.
| noticed a smartly gOwned young
woman going down West Peachtree,
the other day. carrying a slender cane.
! didn't see If the head was made
in the image of a dog or a horse, but
would not be surprised II II were,
as Atlanta girls are about as quick
as others, to catch on to a popular
fancy.
The live lizards or chameleons
which We're hawked about the streets
some time ago, Signally failed to i'm
press Atlanta girls as being desirable
''shirtwaist pins" and ] am not sur
prised. / would as soon make a pet
of a mOuse-that most abhorrent of
all living things-as to allow wrig-
gly Gravity lizard to sprawl over my
white blouse And other girls here
We're of the same opinion, ! suppose,
for the lizard fad did not flourish So
far as / saw
The dogstick Is rather cute" u
think. And lots of Atlanta girls have
pets-eitheT dogs, horses or cats
which would look fine in miniature
head pieces. Mrs. Winship Nunnal-
ly's fine bull dog would be "beauti-
full" (using poetic LICENSED, done in
heavy silver; Miss Katherine Rich
ardson's dear little Pomeranian would
reproduce in sterling or gold, and
Miss Bessie Jones white collie would
be lust grand" in snow white ivory
And what do you think of Mrs. Har-
~ English's cat done in ebony with
topaz eyes-wouldn't that cane be
stunning!
THEY tell me that male wall
flowers" are disappearing. Owing
in all probability to the much
criticised new dances, men who dance
are no longer scarce, and it is now
no unusual thing to find more men
than women in a ballroom. At some
Of the dances for the younger con-
tingent here. l have seen the proper
ton of five men to one girl. and for
that reason the habit of breaking
in" prevails here TO an extent that
is annoying. especially to men who
are not accustomed to it.
A man starts out with a pretty
girl and after two or three steps anG
a turn. another man whirls off with
her. and when he finds another part
ner. ne loses her too, just as he gets
her. and the dance becomes a sue
cession Of taking and losing partners.
have heard rumOTs of protests, more
or less vigorous. on the part OF
strangers or men unaCCustOmed 10
this habit. at some Of the dances for
the younger set. At a large ball given
here during the course Of a fraterni-
ty convention some time ago, the
dance committee took precautions
against raising a rough house" by