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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1916
Page
23
A committee of ladies from the Church of the Immaculate Conception and from the Sacred Heart Church will organize a bazaar. The event aims to raise funds for church activities and community outreach, with details to follow.
A promotional piece touts merro tled wax as a natural facial rejuvenator to remove faded skin and wrinkles. It also advertises a salon event at the Atlanta National Bank on April 7 and 8 to benefit the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, with sales of crafts, cakes, trelches, preserves, and a luncheon.
A vivid sale notice from High's highlights silk dresses priced at 15.95 with a wide range of styles from Georgette crepe to foulards. It paints party ball to promenade wear, noting white Georgette, lavender taffeta trimmings, striped taffeta robes, and check patterns. The item promises “below cost” bargains with a large selection on the third floor.
Mrs Spencer R Atkinson, chairman of Legislation for the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, calls on Georgia clubwomen to mobilize schoolchildren to petition the legislature for adopting the Cherokee rose as the state flower. She outlines a June session push, civic education links, and Georgia Day as future observance.
Mrs John B A Howe hosted a Monday luncheon at her Ansley Park home for Mrs John C Latham of Louisville. Guests wore spring outfits and the decor featured azaleas, Dorothy Perkins roses, violets, dogwood, and tropical fruit centerpieces with molded fruit ices.
A long table in the center hosted officers and doctors of the Capital City Club and the Atlanta Musical Association, with about forty guests including Mrs Inman and Mrs Slaton as hosts. Numerous parties followed with guests from New York, Chicago, Buffalo and Knoxville among others, featuring elegant lilies and roses, varied host lists, and a Georgian Terrace supper after the opera with a decorated ballroom and dance program.
A luncheon hosted by Mrs William Schroeder honored Misa Nelle Phinizy of Athens now visiting Miss Isolene Campbell. Attendees included Miss Allie Hood Ridley Miss Isolene Campbell Miss Margaret Hawkins Miss Isabel Robinson Miss Dorothy Arkwright Miss Julia Murphy Milas Marjorie Brown Mrs Marian Atchison and others. Pink decor featured throughout with roses lilies and pink candles. Tea Dance Planned at Piedmont Driving Club to Allow Opera Attire. Arrowood Cannon Wedding Quietly Celebrated Then Left for Florida. Public activities include the Atlanta Woman's Suffrage League and Woman's Study Club joint meeting with remarks by Alice Burke and Miss Nell Richardson on suffrage work and tenement district campaigns. Atlanta Woman's Club hosts meeting with Mrs Nellie Peters Black discussing Southern education efforts.
The Southern Educational association program featured Frank Stanton’s views on the Armond Carroll scenario presented by Miss Carolyn Cobb and Miss Bertham Johnson. A leper mission official urged permanent leprosy hospitals while Mrs Harry Osgood gave an art talk on Botticelli. Miss Frances Stovall performed piano pieces, and Mrs Frederick Hodgson spoke on kindergartens. Edwina Wood from Columbus discussed kindergarten value to schoolchildren. A social half hour followed. Miss Sara Bell hosted a bridge party for visitors Miss Louise Van Dyke and Miss Dorothy Snodgrass at Peach Street.
Guests enjoyed a spring party with azaleas and embroidered prizes while Mrs Bell hosted relatives. An afternoon tea at Capital City club welcomed Macon and Savannah guests for opera affairs. Dr and Mrs Goss announce the engagement of Willie Goss Ram apech to James Martin Gardner of Newark with a June wedding planned. Swift & Co reports Atlanta sales for the week ending April 22, 1916 averaged 11.68 cents per pound.
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