Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
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W. Jolly
REAGHTIREE
I EMGHII3IEE
AIDES end gentlemen. be seated,


while I, Polly Peachtree, rise
and report progress. l desire
10 say that We are making Roadway
no, not Roadway, legway. And
what l have to report is, that they
are here. They" are socks. They
are worn by young girls and some
women. know it. for have seen
them. They come in blacks and
whites. And the reason I am 90
positive is that when the aforesaid
young girls and women. wearing
tight slit skirts, attempt to get into
automobiles or trolley cars-there is
nothing left for the imagination.
Maybe they are all right. I do not
know But l do know that some
very foolish young men, who ogle
women in front Of Peacntree Street
soda water shops. are making bets
every afternoon as the cars start and
stop, as to whether the lady passen-
gers are wearing them or not
Smart women of Paris have been
wearing socks for a long time, and
at Longchamps, with the tight fitting
slit skirts and socks. take it from
me. dearly beloved. the shrinking
little girl has no charm for men.
20 F.
dawn upon me that perhaps we may
go even a bit further. ana return 20
the days Of sockless Jerry Simp-
son.
Won't ii be fun to write society
news when that time comes around!
r HERE are two more dress novel;
ties which now have Atlanta
by the ears. I hear talk of
them everywhere I go. One OF them
may be seen almost any time On
Pea htree. This Is a costume worn
by an exceedingly handsome young
woman, and is perhaps more adj
mired by the men than by the wom-
en- 1t is white ratine gown, with
about a twelve inch slit on the side.
So far so good. The thing that
makes it startling is the fact that
the young lady wears hosiery and
slippers of the most vivid shade of
green. The effect when getting on
a trolley car can be ina gined.
The other novelty was seen last
week at one of the informal after
noon dances at the Driving Club. il
was worn by young woman who is
visiting Atlanta; and take my word
for it. il certainly started a buzz of
comment. The costume consisted of
a very clinging crepe de chine gown
of white. and there was a noticeable
lack of drop skirts. OF course. you
can imagine that such a clinging
costume would make dancing ex-
ceedingly difficult The young lady
overcame the difficulty, however, IN
a very novel manner. Underneath
the crepe de chine gown, on each
knee, was a huge rosette of pink rib
bon. This held the skirt far enough
away from the knee as to give free
action in dancing. But the effect
certainly was startling.
TT LETTER from New York tells
"A me that Bonnie Gatins and the
buxom Dorothy were stunning
figures at the polo games. Bonnie
still has a stable with one horse, and
he still calls him Live WIRE Also
he is often seen wearing the Gatins'
colors. yellow and chocolate.
Polo may be unknown TO the aver
age man and woman, but it certainly
has made some hit with New York
ers. The gate receipts for the two
DAYS at the international game was
$201, 600 The total expenses were
about $25 1000 leaving $4,000 of net
profit This latter sum Is much
larger than has ever been taken in
during any two days of the greatest
games of baseball in the worlds Sc
ries
think we ought to start a polo
club in Atlanta!
G PLIT skirts are becoming more
and more common every day
on our streets and more OF the
young girls ase demanding them. l
heard a story the other day of an
Atlanta mother whose daughter in
sisted on having a split skirt and
whose demand became so pressing
that the mother, in desperation, call
ed up Chief Beavers and protested
that thu. present dress of young girls
and women was outrageous. She de-
manded that the Chief use the po-
slice power of the city to put a stop
TO Il.
You would not allow a woman to
walk the streets clad in trousers, "
was her argument TO the Chief 80
uby d. ~ allow Young girls to pa