Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-13
Elaborate Gowns
Worn at Club
Dance

There was a time when the women
guests at the Piedmont Driving club
did not consider it smart to wear their
handsome evening toilets, but that time
is past. This season some of the most
elaborate and beautiful social functions
have been given at this charming lit
tie club house, the elaborateness Of
which compelled handsome toilets.
Gradually the old custom has fallen
away, and now the Driving club events
are graced by some of the most beau
tiful costumes of the season.
At the weekend dinner-dance on
Saturday evening notably well
dressed assemblage crowded the at
tractive club house apartments. A
number of visitors, smartly gowned
We'd with the Atlanta women, who
are always beautifully and tastefully
costumed. Among the charming Wis
itOrs was Mrs. Charles A. Dana. OF
New York, who wore a lovely costume
of white charmeuse. with draperies OF
crystal embellished chiffon.
Mrs. Boykin Robinson, of New York,
was attractively gowned in white satin
also, variety being lent by tunic of
smoke colored chiffon deliberately en-
broidered in silver.
Mrs. Joseph Brown Whitehead wore
Callot gown Of pink satin, the skirt
and corsage hand embroidered in crys-
tails, the costume beautifed by a cor
sage of violets and valley lilies.
Mrs. e. Z. Lamb, q newcomer to
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honor guest at one of the largest dinner
parties of the evening, wore a black
lace evening gown over soft satin. Her
two young daughters, both of whom
| have made many friends since coming
to Atlanta, were nresent at the dinner
dance, Miss Matte Lamb wearing
dainty dancing frock, fashioned of pale
blue satin, with overdress of shadow
lace festooned In garlands of pale pink
and blue rosebuds, and Miss Lucy Lamb
wearing black crepe meteor embellished
in rhinestones.
The smartest Of the new styles were
displayed in the gowns of two of the
seasons brides, who are noted as being
among the best gowned young women
Of the city. These were Mrs Albert
Thornton, who wore a French gown of
white chiffon over white satin, with
an embroidery of green and of rhine
stones, and Mrs. Clarence Haverty,
gowned in ciel blue satin with over
drapery of white net which was EN-
broidered in bugles.
Other pretty toilets at the dance
were noted. Mrs. Winship Nunnally
wore ciel blue satin bordered in black
fur, with a tunic of white chiffon en-
broidered in bugles. Mrs. Alex Smith,
Jr., was gowned in white charmeuse
satin with overdrapery OF cerise chif
! fon embroidered in bugles. Mrs. Chas.
E. Sciple's beautiful gown of blue bro
cade satin had a drapery of chiffon and
finish of lace. Mrs. Erwin Dickey
was gowned in strawberry chiffon en-
broidered in self tones with a touch of
silver. Mrs Emily Carter Divine wore
gray charmeuse satin with overdress of
cut steel Miss Rebekah Divine wore
shell pink charmeuse satin yelled in
pink chiffon. Miss Anne Lee McKen-
zie was gowned in gold brocade satin.
Miss Sarah Rawson's gown of pale pink
chiffon was embroidered in pink rose
| buds. Miss Anne Orme wore pink en-
broidered chiffon over pink satin. Miss
Katherine Ellis was gowned in white
satin with overdrapery of white tulle
embroidered in silver.