Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

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and then, some girl rises above the
average by reason of a talent or
beauty. So far, the Southern girls
begin at the top, because the few who
become actresses do so, as l have
said, because they are really talented
The latest recruit to the stage, in
| which Atlanta society is interested,
is Rosa Coates, of Mobile, who will
dance in the Otis Skinner production
| of "Kismet" next season.
Miss Coates is a society girl and
| one of the most popular in Mobile
| She has visited in Atlanta often and
/ has been much entertained as the
guest of Mrs. H. Clay Moore. Her
dancing is really wonderful, and has
been accorded homage from the So
cial world ever since Miss Coates
entered society.
Last winter, when a Kirmess was
given in Mobile. Miss Coates, in the
role of the Merry Widow-the same
dance which was done so beautifully
in Atlantas Kirmess, you remember,
| by Nina Gentry-carried her audi
enCe by storm and with her individ-
ual work made the Kirmess one of
the best ever given.
! hear that Miss Coates went to
New York without any intention Of
going on the stage, but her dancing
was seen by Harrison Grey F1ske,
who FASTENED to make her an offer.
After some hesitation, Miss Coates
accepted and will be seen in the not
ed play managed by Fiske. An ova-
ton certainly awaits the young
dancer when she comes to Atlanta,
as they tell me, she will do, in the
autumn.
RECALL that last autumn, when so
many buds" were bursting forth
upon society, and all the talk Of
this debutante's clothes and that de-
butante's parties and the other debu-
tante's charms, a small little Atlanta
''kiddie" one day asked his mother
most seriously:
Mother, what are all these baby
pops l hear so much about now?"
And his mother replied, smilingly
that baby pops" was good for most
of the girls really were babies, as far
as age went.
Atlanta girls do come out at an
early age, and often they are not un-
known to the social world for several
years before they are introduced"
However, am not sure that this isn't
closely confined to home and mother
until suddenly she is launched into
society," with the handicap of timidity
and undeveloped social graces, as are
most Of the English debutantes of
high degree.
From what I read of little MurieI
Astor-I believe she is called Alice
Astor now-the heiress daughter of
Mrs. John Aston, that small girl will
be blase before she enters her teens
For instance. 1 CLEANED from cable
dispatches of recent date that "she
was" a lovely little figure in white
muslin, with pale blue sash and Leg
horn hat trimmed in forget -nots,"
at tea party given by her mother
for Princess Patricia, and that the
Princess was delighted with the child
and had her sit on the sofa by her
side.
The story naively added, THE lit
tie girl is said to be unspoiled so far"
However, If Alice has many birthday
parties like her last one-an event OF
last week it was-I am afraid she will
be spoiled" The papers said that
the big drawing room was done en-
tirely in lilies and roses-all white
and that the birthday gift of moth
err" was a string of pearls with a lock-
ct in which was a picture Of the
child's father, with her initials in
pearl and one large diamond set in
the back of the loCket. Square dances
and country jigs were the conserva-
tive dances INDUCED in at this won
derful birthday party, and one Of AL
ices partners was Lord Ivor Church
i'll, son of the Duke of Marlborough.
Q PEAKING of debutantes, 1 notice
a tendency to entertain the next
seasons bud with summer par
ties. This is rather novel for Atlanta.
but occasions some special affairs at
a season usually devoid of interesting
events.
A number of complimentary parties
have been given for Margaret Grant,
and several also for Adgate Ellis.
Many of these young girls are to have
gay summers, and by the time winter
comes they will have memories of CAV
times at seashOre or mountain to give
them poise at the debut dance.
Miss Grant is sure to be a belle at
the Greenbrier White, where she goes
with her parents next week. Adgate
Ellis is to entertain a series of house
parties at Tallulah. Katherine Ellis
is to have a gay summer at Nara
gansett. where he aunt, Mrs. Kenneth
Murcheson, is a popular "cottager."
In the lists of summer Sarties at
home l see many names Of the for
mer college set'-Margaret McCartv.
Virginia Lipscomb. Louise Riley. Lu-
Gle Kuhrt, Jeanette Lowndes are
some of these.
4 SOLENE CAMPBELL is a beautiful
Atlanta girl in whom many peo-
pie are interested. She will prob
ably be a debutante next year, and
although Mrs. Orme Campbell, her
mother. has made her home in the
East for a year or so, it is expected
bv all of her friends that she will
spend a part of next winter here,
where her lovely young daughter will
add to the brilliancy Of the debutante
parties.
Mrs. Campbell and Miss Campbell
are now at Culver, Ind, where the
son of the household is attending the
famous summer school for boys.
They have been at Sharbut Lake
since summer began until few days
ago. At Sharbut Lake pretty
yacht, the Madame Butterfly, owned
by the Campbells, is one of their
many summer pleasures.
Argyle" the summer home of Mrs.
Orme Campbell near Atlanta, will not