Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

paid her Sometimes she hears them
with her own ears and sometimes
someone else tells her. Polly has a
lot of gossipy friends and what would
she do without them! Sometimes she
wants so much to tell you something
very risque she learned at a bridge
party. Oh, that is the place to hear
things, all right For after the game
is over there is nothing else to do but
to discuss people while the hot rolls
and salads are being passed.
They say that when Polly tells a
story everybody is going to know
about it before Sunday is~over. Real
izing this, and wishing for great sue
cess In their undertakings. some
women write me letters like this:
please boost this in your most
fascinating style"
1t is from no other person than the
chairman Of woman's guild Of some
church, wanting me to advertise her
recital at this place or that. be-
lieve firmly in advertising, but not in
advertising others. There is quite
difference, you know AS you have
probably noticed l am always adver-
Using myself. l love TO do that Be-
cause think no one knows just whom
l am boosting.
N FUNNY little thing happened
~ at the Lyric the other after
Ap inv
friends" was there and seated in
front Of her was clever little girl
who received a note during the in
PERMISSION from someone back of her.
She turned around and looked al my
friend. | don't know why, but Miss
Gossip had an intuition that the note
said something about Polly Peach
tree and that she was suspected of
being she. Finally the Clever Little
Girl turned to her and entered into
conversation with her. 1t was only
few minutes before she was asking,
Who Is Polly Peachtree?" She re-
ceived no satisfactory answer as the
lady really didn't know. She has been
told the truth many times, but she
terings with me are always being
repeated; yet she is still in the dark
about me. And, meanwhile, the Clev-
err Little Girl doesn't know any more
than she did before. so what's the
use asking? Unless / tell you myself
you never will know, and | never will
tell, for that might be my execution
If l did. Not for met | can keep
secret. and now l know you are going
to say, Well / guess you are not
woman" But I am. and that is how
l am different from other girls.
r HERE is some constancy left in
this old world after all. Here's
story which proves it,
Many years ago in a far-away city
lived a little girl of 6. OF course,
there was another little chap of near
ly that same age living there, too,
and his name was--well, can't tell.
for / promised that wouldn't. He
was in love with her then, but he was
too young to know 1t. Her family
moved to Atlanta a few years ago,
and he went away to college Then
the great realization came
dress, thinking he didn't care. In
vain did he enquire No one else
knew. 1t has been exactly four years
since he first began to search for her,
and only last week came the letter
to her, begging her to let him know
about herself during these years they
had not known each other. Inciden-
tally he hoped she still remained I'M
married, SO that he might come to
claim her as his bride.
As far as l know she is unattached
and / trust that such faithfulness will
be rewarded. She tells me she doesn't
know what reply she will make to him
as she is rather afraid he will change
his mind when he sees her, and that
would be shock indeed. Then, too.
she would hate to encourage him to
come a long distance on such uncer-
tainties. What would you do? Aid
Cupid?
CATHERINE WHARTON is going
IL to be the leading lady in Officer
sec" this week Perhaps you
don't know just who Catherine Whar-
ton is. so / will tell you. You may
have known her years ago and for
gotten all about her. OF course, you
remember handsome Morton Whar-
ton, son of DIR. NJ r. Wharton. the
noted divine. Well, Catherine is his
only daughter, and her mother was
Miss Kitty Holt, the grandniece of
former Governor Holt OF North Caro-
lima. However, Mrs. Wharton mar
ried again after Morton's death, and
she is now Mrs. John Drewry, of Ra-
leigh. There she is leader OF So
ciety, as she has every right to be-
The last time | saw Catherine was
years ago. She was only tiny tot, a
dainty girl of the Spanish type, with
her sparkling black eyes and long
dark curls. She was here on visit
to her aunt. Mrs. John Moore. Sew
eral times since she has visited At
lanta, but / didn't see her I'm told
she is just as pretty and piquant as
she was then, but she has the poise
now that comes only from culture
and travel abroad. After graduating
from Gunston Hall in Washington
she spent year at the Dramatic Art
School in New York, and it was quite
compliment that she was chosen
for so important a role her first sea-
son. Last week she received an ova-
ton at Raleigh, her home town, and
as she is so closely related to some
OF our people, being a niece OF Mrs.
Paul Norcross and Mrs, John Moore,
q cousin Of Mrs. l. S. Mitchell, Jr,