Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-24
SOCIETY

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MOTHER week Of many and varied dolngc
~ for the debutante will begin on Monday with
,he toa which MIR. and Mrs. Ellis Ames Ballard
rill give for their daughter, Miss Mary Ballard
., their home In Chestnut IIill and on that
anne day Mrs. J. Harrison Smith wilt give a
6sbutante luncheon at the Bellevue-Stratford
FOR Miss Margaret Berwnd, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs Henry Augustus Berwind.
tuesday there will be two large teas-Mr. and
ure Henry Chapman Thompson, of Merton,
uvr present their daughter Miss Alice Chap
man Thompson, and further up the road at
Haverford Mr.. and Mrs. Herman F. Oberteuf-
for will give tea for their daughter, Miss
I)orothea ObertouTer. There will be a luncheon
that day also for debutantes which will be given
nv Mrs Fisher Boyd at her home in Haver-
ford and that evening Mrs. Percy Simpson will
Give n dance at the Merton Golf Club for Miss
Alice Thompson and Miss Jean Newbold
Thompson.
The next day Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Clayton will
Introduce their daughter Miss Mary E. Clay
ton, at a tea in Haverford, and at Jenkintown
Doctor and Mrs. Henry Middleton Fisher will
present their daughter, Miss Mary Frances
Fisher. In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. Barclay
II. Warburton will give dance at their place
Rosemary for their daughter and niece, Miss
Mary Brown Warburton and Miss Marie Louise
wanamaker; and on that same night Andrew
Gray will give his annual Rabbit party, this
year in honor of Miss Susan B. Ingersoll, Miss
Katherine Ashhurst Bowie and Miss Helen
Ellis
Thursday Mr. and Mrs, ]. B. Browder will
give tea for their daughter Miss Huberta
Potter, which will be followed by a dinner
and informal dancing at the Philadelphia
Cricket Club. second dinner dance will be
given that evening by Mrs. Henry Edward
Drayton at the Cedars, Penllyn in honor OF her
niece, Miss Anna Massey Heckscher.
on Friday, two Germantown buds will make
their bows to the world of society, Miss Eleanor
Edmonds at a tea which will be given by her
parents Mr. and Mrs. John Edmonds. and Miss
Josephine Banes Closson will be given n dance
at the Germantown Cricket Club by her par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. James Harwood Closson.
In the evening Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Chllds Drexel will give large dinner dance
at their beautiful country place, Wootton, in
Bryn Mawr in honor of Miss Cordela Bidde,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel
Biddle.
Saturday will be Halloween and on this aus
pcious day DR.. and Mrs. l.. Foster Jack will
introduce their daughter, Miss Mildred Marston
Jack, at a tea, which viii be followed by a din
ner and dance at the Merton Cricket Club. An
other debutante Halloween affair will be the
country supper which Judge and Mrs. ]. Willis
Martin will give at their home Edgecombe in
Chestnut Hill in honor OF Miss Margaret Handy
Burton.
Miss Sarah Beecher Finck the daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Edward Beecher Finck. OF 112O
rar1 Ity,n he
two teas, to be given in her home on the after
Moons of November 10 and 20.
over one thousand invitations have been sent
out, and guests from several States will be
present.
The receiving party will include several cou-
sins OF the debutante: Miss Lilah Wells, of
Miss Partie Tlnsley Miller and Miss
Sae Rutherford Miller, of Huntingdon, West
Va; Miss Thelma Butt. of Davis. West Va.
Miss Lucille Engle and Miss Ethel Engle Will
llams. OF Piedmont, West Va; Miss Truth
Madeline Bnnf. OF Pittsburgh. and Miss Eean-
or McFadden. of this city. In addition to
these, Dr. and Mrs. Finck and their daughter
will be assisted in receiving by Miss Margaret
Higgins Miss Rosale McMchen. Miss Marie
Camblos Mss Margaret Cooper, Miss Margaret
Ann May. Miss Deronda Fibert, Miss Florence
Rambo, Miss Florence Walsh and Miss Esther
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Mrs. William Robert Bawter. of Richmond,
Va. and Mrs. Frank Cooper. of Somerset. Pa.
will preside at the tea tables the first after
noon. and Mrs. Richard P. White and Mrs. j.
Craig Miller of Huntingdon, West Va, the
afternoon Of the second reception.
Miss Finck, who has been making a speciality
NJ the study Of languages had intended spend
Ing the winter in Rome to complete her course.
but the war troubles caused her to change her
plans, and to decide to make her debut instead.
There will oe four dances at the Philadelphia
Cricket Club, st. Martins. during the month of
November. The first will be held on Saturday.
November T. and the other three dances will
take place Friday, November 12; Saturday,
November e. and Friday. November 27.
The sedgeley Club luncheons, which have
been extremely popular each spring and fall.
will be held as usual on Thursdays in November
with the exception of Thanksgiving Day
Luncheon will be served at 1880 Among the
hostesses this fall will be Mrs, William Ellis
gnia Springs to her home. leighton Place
oyerbrook. Mrs. sculrs daughter Miss Margot
r. scull will be among the years debutantes
The first meeting of Mrs. Edward Troth's
dancing class will be held on Friday night.
December 4, at the Germantown Cricket Club.
Mannheim. Other dates for the class meetings
during the season will be December II and IS, |
january I, l5 22 and 90. February 5, March 5, |
April 3. l6, 23 and 80, and May and IA.
Miss Josephine Streatfeild, OF London, has re- |
'rned from England. where she spent the sum
ner' and has taken studio at 2O32 Chestnut
street Miss streatfelld is a cousin OF Colonel
henry streatfeid. who. until the outbreak OF
me war was military attache to Dowager
queen Alexandra, He is reputed to he one of
me oraYest as well as one OF the handsomest
men In the English army. Miss Streatfeild
was engaged In painting a portralt Of her dis