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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1912
Page
13
The Atlanta Daughters of the American Revolution chapter schedules a reception on April 15 at Wilmer Moore to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday. Mrs. Frank Inman and others are named as assistants with the regent Mrs. D. Jones to head the receiving party. Leaders from neighboring chapters will attend.
Hosts Harvie Jordan and Mrs A H Eldon entertain brides elect Florence Dennis Howard Trimpt Katherine Boothe Kate Pause with bridge and luncheon decor featuring crabapple and peach blossoms. Miss Nina Gentry hosts a bridge party for Miss Isabel Wright. Mrs William T Newman hosts tea for her daughter Mrs John L Patterson. Miss Gladys Levin hosts Easter week bridge tea for Caroline Muse at the Capital City Club.
A large debutante gathering was hosted with Miss Levin as gracious hostess. Guests included Emma Kate Amorous Isabel Wright of New York Isabel Euhrt Emily May Winship Anne Orme Fassle May Ottley and many others. The event featured a bridge game in the gold salon followed by afternoon tea and prizes of boudoir caps and silk stockings.
A six month report from the Young Women’s Christian Association in Atlanta details social efforts, religious classes, and educational programs. It praises boarding home care for 200 girls, gym progress, and new first aid plans while urging deeper church support and equipment upgrades. Dr. Hugh Walker commends the work and cites Los Angeles as a model.
Mrs Elizabeth Wims hip Bates gave a afternoon reception at the Piedmont Driving Club honoring Mrs Lena K Covington of Bowling Green Kentucky. Guests greeted in the living room as a small orchestra played a bright program with Easter lilies palms and ferns decorating the apartment. Refreshments were served after the viewing.
There is no need to pay exorbitant prices for high quality dental work or risk health with incompetence. The Atlanta Dental Parlors at Peach Tree and Decatur streets offer top work at prices low enough for the modest purse.
New York reports from Bremen state the North German Lloyd orders a 64 000 ton liner larger than the Olympic and Titanic to launch and lead a fleet replacing Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse class. The ship, costing about 10 million dollars, will offer unmatched luxury with suites and berths for all, and may serve New York to San Francisco via the Panama Canal.
New York reports the elopement of Misa Dorothy Waters and Benjamin Gatins, a young broker, opposed by her parents. Waters, linked to New York and Philadelphia society, reportedly wed after a winter overseas romance. The couple, on honeymoon, were said to be in Atlanta later, but The Constitution notes they were still eastward and not yet in Atlanta.
Washington April 12 The senate likely will amend its rules to permit less than a majority to constitute a quorum. The move stems from the interstate commerce committee's need to act on anti trust bills where a majority attendance was rare. A Clarke resolution to allow one third of members faced Curtin’s objection, but conference yielded a modification allowing fewer than a majority to do business provided no bill is reported without a majority of a majority.
Bufaule Alabama April 22. Special notice: Company G known as the Hufaula Rifles recently mustered out after annual inspection will be reorganized. A preliminary meeting will be held at the armory with music by the regimental band and speeches. Young local men and National Guard officers lead the effort toward reorganization.
Fragmented OCR notes reference a Senate hearing on a sugar bill led by a committee. Mentions BG Lowry and refiners, with unclear dates and details of tests or profits. Non-specific, partial statements suggest financial impacts and industry responses.
Washington April 12 Clara Barton founder of the American Red Cross died at her Glen Echo home at 9 this morning from chronic pneumonia. Born 1821 in Oxford Massachusetts she led Red Cross from 1881 to 1904 and influenced relief work from Johnstown to Galveston. Her work spanned Civil War battles famine relief in Russia and the Armenian aftermath. Her death ends a lifetime of humanitarian service marked by frontier field hospitals and international conferences.
The National Good Citizenship League formerly of Washington D C has changed to the Civic League of America and is now in Atlanta Dr A R Holder is president and 8 T Nicholson secretary The league aims to promote good citizenship educate the public and support public service efforts It plans conferences conventions bulletins and a research bureau to boost civic betterment in Atlanta and the surrounding region
A taxi explosion in Paris on Rue de Lyon injured the chauffeur and several pedestrians. Authorities suspect that striking chauffeurs, active for over two months, staged the blast as the taxi passed from Place de la Bastille toward Lyons depot. Nearby windows were shattered.
A battered old violin bought for a few dollars by a young German violinist at a city sale is now believed by experts to be a rare Grand Amati. The purchaser refuses a $1,000 offer for the instrument.
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