Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-28

.oripht will be the Benedicks' Ball.
-.,,cb will be given at Horticultural
t,oii This ball is always one of the
.,ost enjoyable affairs of the year and
= ,oolsed forward to by old and young,
"a the debutante who Is lucky enough
. roceive an invitation is the envied of
all others.
rhere will be number of large din
ors before hand. Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
.noene Tower will entertain in honor
- uelen and Gertrude, and the John
tIomnton Barnes will entertain for
Morv Rohlen, who is one of the lucky"
debs.
Among those who will receive at the
hall will be Mrs. Alexander Van Rens-
sslaer. Mrs. Edward Lowber Welsh and
Mrs. Tower.
II ia a strange thing and a rather
ssr,ous one to say the least, how story
rises out of very trivial occurrence, is
to,d from mouth to mouth and l am
afraid each one enlarges tiny bit and
che first thing you know some one is
,,t,red by an absolutely untrue tale.
There has been one going the rounds
lately about one of our little debu
tantes. which though by no means
riclsed. still made her seem decidedly
raov and which turns out to be the
manufacture of many imaginative
breins, 1t was said that this same
little girl attended a party lately on the
Main Line and when in the conserva-
( tory of this private home accepted n
dare from two young men to pose in
the fountain, which she did and the
Young men are supposed to have turned
on the water and half drowned the
ANAL girl. Now l think it is rather
interesting to know that the same little
lady did not remove her shoes and
stockings and jump into any fountain
IN any private house, nor even think
OF so doing.
The true story is this: The deb in
question was walking through Ritten-
house Square with certain young
mitor and when they came to the foun-
tain or rather pond there, said suitor
dared the wee girl to walk around the
edge on the broad border and straight
way they both proceeded to do so. 1t
IA such an innocent little story and just
plain fun and it does seem pity that
Z such story grew out of 1t, just be-
cause the small girl is full of life. OF
course, do not mean to advocate run
ming around the curbs or fountains and
ponds, but surely the worst that could
be said about it is that it was not very
dignified and there it ends. Unfortu-
nately they both thought 1t was fun
and told different friends, who in turn
repeated it to others and so it grew.
That this is indeed the day of delight
full democracy was brought home to my
astonished gaze the other morning
when l beheld one of the most attract
I've of our younger matrons, swathed
X In furs, hurrying in the direction of her
home on South 18th street a glorious
morning for the constitutional l con-
ceded; but there was a vastly diff
ferent object in that early morning
stroll, for fate decreed at that juncture,
or perhaps 1t was a capriciOus wind,
a that the package which she carried be-
hind her huge muff should slip it's
moorings and 10! i ! the twinkling of
an eyelash, the sidewalk was Uttered
with nice, crisp breakfast rolls. Her
embarrassment, when a passerby Of
fered to restore the broken bag and its
former contents, was pretty to behold,
but I'm wondering If "dejeuner" was
disposed of that morning, for the lady
hurried on toward her home with only
the remnant of a smile as an indication
Of the mornings adventure.
{ The engagement of Agnes Kennedy,
the older daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Edward Kennedy, to young
Caspar Townsend has been announced.
The secret has not really been a secret
to those "in the know" for some time,
although many people thought they
had decided to wait until the spring
to make any formal acknowledgment.
Agnes, who is smaller than her
debutante sister Emile and much
more of a brunette type, possesses
much charm of manner and wears the
most ultra clothes with verve that
makes them extremely becoming. AT
the recent Page-Kremer wedding she
costumes seen for some time. Her
trotteur, of deep brick-red broadcloth.
had short coat which fiared out from
the skirt at the waist line and was
trimmed with a deep, square collar
and wide cuffs of sable fur. Her hat
was the oldest shape conceivable-of
gold lace in a scoop. the peak taper
Ing almost to a point at the crown
where 1t had band of sable. Miss
Kennedy has won quite reputation
Tor herself on the courts, and gem
orally succeeds in carrying off some
honors in the spring and fall tennis
tournaments. Her finance is a son OF
Mr. ]. Barton Townsend, of Over
brook, and a brother of Miss Marjorie
townsend and of little Anne Town
send, who will probably spend several
more years at school,
NANCY wYNNE.