Verdi Aida Matinee Draws Atlanta's Fashionable Crowd
The Piedmont Driving Club hosted a lavish Verdi Aida matinee with an audience of Atlanta's social set. Barbara Kemp, Julia Claussen, and Scotti drew praise as Egyptian-styled costumes and jewelry lit up the hall, with attendees in chic afternoon gowns and wide hats showcasing summer colors.
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Piedmont
Audiorium
Dudienses
la Atlanta
Cairo
Pyramids
Atlanta
Barabara Kemp
Martinetti
Celeste Aida
Julia Claussen
Aida
Rhodames
Scott
Scotti
Opera and social season notes from Atlanta society
A Met Opera performance at the Auditorium is noted alongside a bustling social calendar. Luncheons, teas, and bridge teas are hosted by Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Lee, and others for guests from Birmingham to Knoxville. A Marian Woolley wedding is planned at the bride’s West Peachtree home, with Theta Kappa Omega and D A R events scheduled, plus a Georgian Terrace supper dance after the opera.
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Howard G. Davidson Wi
Gear Terrace
Karl Tutt
J. A. Schoder
Birmingham
Miss Marian Woolley
Augustus Holmes Alston
West Peachtree
Driving Club Dinner Dazzles Atlanta Society
A grand King’s-hospitality dinner dance at the Piedmont Driving Club marked the opening of the spring season. Notables and Atlantans filled the long white and gold ballroom with opera season motifs, music, and floral decor as Mrs. Nunnally and other dignitaries hosted a mass of guests, including Mrs. Hughes Spalding, Mrs. Floyd McRae, Judge and Mrs. Alexander Campbell King, and many out-of-town visitors.
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Piedmont
Pladimant Park
James H. Nunnally
Atlanta
Iflughes Spalding
Foyd McRae
Mud. Black
Ray
Eve Gay
Virginia Bowman
Marion
George Street
Alexander Campbell King
Migs Nia Bowman
Edward King
J. N. Harper
Frank.o. Walsh
Mire
Ienry Oscar Ellis
Union Springs
Ala
Louis Grege
Ales
James Ragan
Walter Colquitt
Joel Hurt
Donald McClain
Cartersville
Mary Anne Linscomb
George Harrison
Charter Worter
Columbia
John E. Smith
John Burley
Hilliard Spalding
Ivan Allan
Phillip McDuffie
Berry Collins
BR. Hockadar
W. E. B. Davis
Birmingham
Alabama
Kilby
George Mitchell
Tucksonville
Fla
Elkin
Walter Weltborn
Buckey
Erekine Jarnigan
Josephine Williford
Milfred Smathers
I” Ti, Tolmaton
Otey Mitchell
General Winans
Migs
Emmie Nixon
Rueste
Misa Ada Cummer
Jacksonville
Migs Family
Mayne
Virginia Downman
Misa Sarah Orme
Nil Misa Annie Grant
Milas Margaret Carr
Marham
N.C
Mirtha Boynton
Mrs. Westerille
Tuliette Moseley
Edward Barnett
Vtelen Johnson
Cleveland
Arthur ‘Trubby
James Warris
Tindeau Hopking
C. W. Martin
Arthur Vowell
Hall Miller
Robert Gregg
John Morris
Phillip Alston
John Denton
Strother Fleming
Joseph Blount
Ernest Dallin
Norman Sharp
Garland Jones
Newnan
James T. Willams
Alonzo Richardson
Jack Sharp
Junius Oglesby
Bates Block
Edgard Paulin
Shepard Bryan
Hammond Johnson
Athens
L. W. Grove
Thomas Tift
C.P. Hodge
Harry English
Jand
Andrew Calhoun
Cobb Caldwell
Charles Nunnally
Frank Owens
Albert Tritchard
Lester Shivers
Frederic Pager
A Powell
Mel Wilson
Charles P. B
W. H. White
Armin Maier
Ami Mra
Philip Wilcox
Catherine Montford
New York
Lampkin
Cator Woolford
Ni Cooledge
Julian Robinson
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Eloise
Addison
Mes
Wiliam C
South Carolina
Ivan
Adams
Mia
Albert
Bona
Tuford
Ehviatt
Harkerepe
Wright
Preston
Andrews
Walter
Arnold
Teuben
Tear
Fay Wesles
Frances
Brown
Ten Eyek
Roger
Williams
Georgette Crene
Ber Nat
Firehanan
Eugenia
Matehy Ss
Brumby
Thomas
Marietta
Hirean
Shenard
Dryan
Blount
Joseph
Sage
Bowman
Virginia
Broyles
Arnolt
Hiss Cora
Vrarnwell
Water
Booth
Clark W
Milan
I. Howard
Bell
Bridges
Musaeil
Bates
Elizabeth
Burnett
Gordon
Britenbacher
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Beumby
Mary Louise
Beckham
Theodosia
Bloodworth
Mary Hill
Boykin
Florence
Barres
E. H
Brooks
Paul Bailey
Paul Batten
Thomas Hicof
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Son
Brine
George
Darrett
Homas
Sedell
William
Bailey
Jeanette
Bancker
Matel
Black
Charles
Susan
Joseph G
Bishop
Edward E
Bray
Sims
James J
Metropolitan Opera Company
Richard Orme Campbell
Lucy Candler
Elizabeth Owens
Louise Inman
Theondora Owens
William C. Roger
Campbell
Owens
Francis E. Price
Walton Reeves
Metropolitan Opera
Georgian Terrace
Druid Hills Golf Club
Mary Shedden
Peachtree
Emily Hayne
Ada Cummer
Margaret Carr
Virginia Dowman
Edward Jackson Lee
The
Captivity Club
Frank Woodruff
Peyton Jones
J. N. Katish
Edgar Alexander
Arthur G. Seville
Margaret Nelson
Piedmont Driving Club
Margaret ‘Carr
E. M. Horiie
Atlanta Woman’s Club
James W. Estes
J. J. Philippe
Henry Parkhurst
Walter D. Wellborn
Thomas E. Kilby
Anniston, Sr
Willette Matthews
Hugh Ormne Connally
Theta Kappa Omega Fraternity of Tech High
Brookhaven
Frank Feagle
Homer Park
Virgil Shepard
Springdale Road
D. A. R. House
East Fifteenth Street
Robert L. Cooney
Brown Wallace
Tampa, Fla
E. R. Gunby
John Wright
Ralph E. Talley
Knoxville, Tenn
W. C. Hill
Sanford, Fla
E. L. LeGette
T. S. Herbert
Robert Caldwell
Gamble
Morris
Nashville, Tenn
Atlanta Woman's Club
Ovid Bush
Moore
Birmingham, Ala
Richard Bliss
Harry Lucas
Catherine Slaughter
Starksville
Miss
R. T. Gibson
Robert Camp
Brenau Bridge Club
House
Childs
LeRoy
Cummer
Ada
Calhoun
Andrew
Conklin
Cone
Earl
Coffee
Frank
Cohen
John
Anne
Candler
Miss Lies
Collier
Jessie
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Cain
Lillian
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Berry
Chambers
Ross
Macon
Candier
Capeheart
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Cooledge
Harold
Norman
Clarke
Arthur
Ouch
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Cramer
Stuart
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Catherine
Coles
Carolyn
Garr
Margaret
Durham
Coleman
Edythe
Cowledge
Mary Frances
Casington
Percy Smedley
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