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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
11
Festival at Snap Bean Farm hosted by Uncle Remus society marks the May Queen coronation with Katherine Vickers and a retinue. Public school children will perform songs, drill, and dance, while attendees enjoy refreshments and festive booths along with parades and guided pathways.
A social afternoon at the Woolley home on Spring Road featured tea in honor of Mrs. Seydel of New York and Miss Mildred Woolley. Displays included Paul Neyron roses and violets, with pink candles and sweet peas. Guests included Mrs. Wealley and numerous local ladies. A separate event noted Miss Boyd and Miss Carolyn King visiting Miss Boyd, with elaborate decorations and refreshments after a bridge game. A Country Fair planned for May 22 promises country booths, art displays, and refreshments, led by Mrs. Pardee, Mrs. Fray Ier, and Mrs. H W Hurt, while Miss Hennie Franklin hosts a bridge party for Mrs. Wheeler of Birmingham at East Lake Country Club. An All Day Sewing event is set for May 28 at Trinity Church to benefit the Orphans' Home.
Visiting members of the Presbyterian assemblies in convention in Atlanta, many Phi Delta Theta alumni hosted a luncheon at the Piedmont. About twenty five to thirty Phis attended from across the country, with several notable ministers among the guests.
In spite of rain a fall audience enjoyed a Night at the Woman's Club building with floral backdrops and a pink rambler rose hedge. Performers Hallie Crossland Irene White Margaret Engis Edith Couch Annie Laurie Langford Berenice Horton Elizabeth Swaffield and Miss Horton gave readings and a Ceely Took the Cake impersonation. Also listed are Mrs Starbuck’s Bridge Tea for Mira Grady Estes and other social teas and entertainments hosted by Mrs Selden Mrs Nearsley Selden and guests, plus a peanut hunt at 668 West Peachtree Street and a recital by Edith Dawson and Elizabeth Hanvock at the Burli School of Music executive meeting and a cake sale for St Anthony’s church.
Warcross Ga May 22 Special 1 Despite late announcement, Miss Eupha Tomlinson of Americas and Mr J Fred Darman of Richmond were married yesterday at Americus by Rev Bivins. The couple, members of a baseball trip, wed before their return home amid parental objections. Tomlinson is a 384 daughter of Mr and Mrs T M Tomlinson and a prominent Americus social figure.
Local showers hit Atlanta in the evening with a ten minute downpour flooding streets, while heat remained high through the day. Weatherman notes humidity fuels the uncomfortable conditions and predicts cooler air by tonight. Georgia areas report strong rains aiding crops after a scorching spell, with the cotton belt also receiving relief and planters rejoicing over a break in the drought.
The Deep Purple will be shown at the Atlanta tonight with Miss Billy Long and associates and again in tomorrow's matinees and evening show. The program has drawn strong talk in Atlanta ahead of next week’s At- lantana presentation of St. Elmo, touted as stock theater’s greatest play. Seats are on sale for the week. Keith Vaudeville at the Forsyth offers two days of varied acts including Gallagher and Fields, John Geiger, Gillette's monkeys, Josephine Dunfee, Maggie Cline, Madden and Fitzpatrick in The Wanderer, Howard the Scotch ventriloquist, and Caesar Ness the American Caruso among the featured acts.
The Bijonia meeting hosts Tabloid Musical Comedy week one with Joyville drawing strong crowds. The wholesome, spontaneous show features catchy musical numbers and a chorus of young, attractive performers.
Tips for complexion care and hair removal from a 19th century style column. It promotes magatons dissolved in witch hazel as a monthly beautifier, Mother's Shampoo to remove parasites causing hair loss, Delatone paste for painless hair removal, and Mother's Salve to treat pimples eruptions eczema and minor wounds with cooling antiseptic effects.
The United Presbyterian assembly adopted resolutions appreciating Southern hospitality shown in Atlanta. They praised warm welcomes, home life access, fireside hospitality, hotel service, and courtesies from officials. Special thanks went to J X Orr, Dr Dunbar TH Ogden, and Dr Robert M Russell. Also notes popular excursions to Warm Springs begin May 25 with a $1 round trip, leaving Union Station at 8 a.m.
In Webster Springs West Virginia a letter from Miss Agnes Duf lauds Cardul as a remedy for three years of womanly trouble. After three bottles she reports renewed health and weight gain, urging others to try it. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advisory department offers instructions and a four page home treatment booklet.
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