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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
15
Long list of social events, teas, dances, and entertainments across Atlanta society pages. Officers and guests at club gatherings, debuts for Miss Katherine Trill and Miss Helen Payne, multiple bridge and tea parties, and plans for Miss Brewster’s forthcoming June wedding. Includes outfits, hostesses, and attendees from prominent families and local firms.
Madame Rachelle asserts freckles can be removed quickly with Wilson's Freckle Cream sold at drug stores or Charleston firm. She promises harmless, guaranteed results and suggests skin foods and exercise for nourishment. A druggist Coursey & Munn at 29 Market Street handles the product.
Mrs E C Coram of 2905 Highland Ave recounts a health testimonial claiming Cardus tonic eased long standing female troubles. She says after two bottles her head cleared and she felt like a new woman, noting improvement from the first days of use.
A formal reception featured a rich display of crimson roses and Neyron-rasge decor in the drawing and dining rooms. Guests included Mrs. Rauschenberg and host family with a court of relatives, Dr A R Holderby, Mrs RW Hay, Miss Rosa Rauschenberg, and more. An orchestra provided music while refreshments and punch were served by Mrs G B Byrd and Mrs EB J Walker.
Atlantans may view master paintings through a weekly series at the Montgomery theater arranged by Mrs. Samuel M. Inman of the Atlanta Art Association. The first film airs this afternoon with works from Reynolds Gainsborough Millais Turnet Burne-Jones Rossetti Watts Hunt Landseer Leighton Alma-Tadema and Walter Crane among others.
The annual choir festival at St Philip's Cathedral will be held next Sunday at 11 am. Communion services feature Gounod and Barnby anthems, Panis Angelicus hymn, and a corporate communion for choir members, inviting all past St Philip's singers to attend.
The Tifton Board of Trade held a large enthusiastic weekly meeting at the Chamber of Commerce last night. President W. Myars led talks by L. Skeen on The Americas Tifton and Atlantic Railroad and other speakers urged harmony and action to advance public enterprise in Tifton Georgia urging members to unite and contribute.
Tifton Georgia May 16 A cotton compress factory will be built this fall to handle the season's crop. The plant costs about 2000 with local capital largely subscribed. The Webb Company is the principal representative in the agreement reached by a chamber of commerce committee. A site will be chosen tomorrow. A separate committee is securing funds for another cotton ginnery to be completed in time for this fall's crop.
Kinemacolor motion pictures depicting civic improvement and welfare will be shown free at the Atlanta theater next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday afternoon and evening under the auspices of the National Cash Register Company. Women's clubs in the city expect large attendance as the pictures promise striking lessons on beautifying bare and unsightly spaces and backyards, plus stereopticon views of Atlanta backyards.
Washington May 16 The house committee on expenditures in the agricultural department postponed indefinitely action on the Nelson resolution to investigate the meat inspection service. At hearings this and last week various charges were made against the service.
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