Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-16

Thayer, Mr.. Edmund Thayer and MIR, ],
Trevanion Thayer will give n dinner Of
30 covers at the Ritz-Carlton in honor of
tneir sister, Miss Mary Dixon Thayer.
prior TO l)r. and Mrs. Norton Downs bali
at the Bellevue-Stratford on the evening
Of Friday January 2l
Miss Edith A. Baily will give a dinner
of l6 covers, on Saturday, at "Cloverton,"
her home in Ardmore. in honor of Miss
Margaret E. Atlee and Mr.. A. Wayne
Robinson, whose wedding Will take place
on January s. The guests will include
Miss Eleanor Bispham, Miss Marie B
Robinson. Miss Sbyl II. Wright, Miss
Frances l.. Stoughton, MIR. A p. Robin
son, Mr.. Edwin I. Atlee. Jr., Mr. Thomas
iirst, Mr. Robert Hunter, MIR Thomas
Robinson, Mr.. John Smuckcr and Mr.
Rowland Melor
Among the guests at the dance to be
given by Mr.. William a. Wiederseim, I'd,
of st. Davids, in honor of his debutante
niece, Miss Mary Scull daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. William Carmalt Scull, at the
| Mask and Wig Club, on Thursday,
December 30, will be Miss Helen Norton,
Miss Christine II. Stockton Miss Sarah
! Nelson, Miss Margaret Davis, Miss
Rachel Filter, Miss S. Uytendale Baird,
Miss Louise Grey, Miss Eleanor Werner,
| Miss Edith Earle. Miss Theodore Lille,
Boyd, Miss Clyde Brodhead, Miss NJ.
Claire Spenser, Miss Sarah Franklin Miss
| Mary Norris Cerboni. Miss Sarah penrose,
| Miss Marion Button, Miss Carolyn Shep-
, pard. Miss Mildred Sheppard, Mr. Edward
II. Morris, Mr.. Apln Sparks. Mr.. Alfred
Norris, Mr.. Aldin Lee, Mr.. George B.
Kneass Mr.. Alfred Il. Hunter. Mr.. John
Heyl, Mr.. Charles Fox, Mr.. Holstein Fox,
Mr. Jacob S. Disston. Jr., Mr.. de BEN
neville Bell, Mr.. Samuel Bispham, MIR.
Bryce Bynn. Mr.. William Wright, MIR.
James b. Wharton, Jr., Mr.. Henry II.
Wharton, Jr., Mr.. George Tood, Mr.
Frank Roger Mr.. Weaver Marston, Mr..
ElistOn j. Morris, Jr, Mr.. Willard
Spenser Jr., and Mr.. Clayton McElroy.
Captain Charles Bryant Drake, L. S. A,
and Mrs Drake will entertain this eve
ming at an informal bridge party at their
home. 1885 South 2lst street. Their guests
will include Major Rolfe, L S. A., and
Mrs. Rolfe; Captain King, L. S A., and
Mrs King; Captain Welsh, Z s. A. and
Mrs Welsh; Lieutenant Commander Guy
A. Bissett u. $. N, and Mrs Bissett;
Lieutenant Commander William Lee
Pryor, t. $. ~, and Mrs Pryor; Lieu
tenant Charles T. Blackburn, u. S. ~,
and Mrs. Blackburn; Lieutenant Homer
II. Norton, T. 5. N, and Mrs. Norton;
Paymaster Il. d. Ryan, L. S. N, and
Mrs. Ryan; Mrs. Alexander S. williams.
Mr.. and Mrs John Handy Hall, Captain
Yates Sterling, U. s. N, and Mr.. Dudley
Webb,
Mrs. Annette Cornish Boone, of $3.50
Chestnut street, entertained informally
at dinner last night. Her guests included
Mr.. and Mrs Camille Zeckwer Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry r. Rittenberg, DR.. and Mrs.
Isaac Hantshur Jones' Miss Clara Wood
ward, Miss Miriam Partridge, Signor
EpgArA NIr
Clarence Is. Bawden.
Miss Gladys A. Mackay-Smith and
Miss Virginia G. Mackay-Smith have is
sued invitations for dinner to be given
on December q at their home in Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Megargee Wright will
entertain tonight at a small dance at the
Ritz Carlton, when they will formally in
troduce their daughter, Miss Hannah
Chapman Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred f., Norris will give
dinner in honor of Miss Wright before
the dance and her sister. Miss Margaret
Wright will also entertain at dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb +. Fox will give a
large dansant this afternoon In honor OF
their three daughters, Mrs. George w.
Elkins, Jr.. Mrs. Sydney Errington Mar
tin and Mrs. Caleb f. Fox, Jr. The dams
ant will be held at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford.
Mrs. Samuel Price Wetherill will enter
tain at luncheon today at her home. 251
South 18th street. Covers will be laid for
rs guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Marshall Scull viii en-
tertain at dinner tonight at their home,
Egerton House. Overlook.
The Patrons, an ancient literary society
of Philadelphia. attended the opera on
Tuesday night in body.
Miss Katharine NJ Thompson. OF
Montgomery avenue, Cynwyd, will enter
tain Miss Margaret Davies, of German
town, over the weekend,
Mrs. Edward N. Wright Jr.. of 5O7
West Chelten avenue. Germantown. left
yesterday for New York where she will
be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sturgis, OF Riverside drive. for several
days. The engagement of Mrs. Wrlght's
son. Mr. Edward n. Wright, Sd, was re-
Gently announced to Miss Anna Louise
Sturgis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Sturgis. Several luncheons and din
ners are being arranged in honor Of Mrs.
Wright by her many New York friends.
Mrs. John 1. Rogers, of 22Ol ST. James
place. wifi have as her guest next week
her sister, Mrs. Hullett Desbarats and her
small son, Hullett Desbarats, Jr, OF
Montreal, Can. Mrs. Desbarats and her
son will also be the guests for several
weeks of Mrs. A. E. Henkels. of l712
Jefferson street.
DIR. Robert G. lie Conte. of 1925 Spruce
street, has returned from Augusta, Ga.
where he has been spending several days
at the Partridge Inn and where he sue
ceeded in finding very good shooting.
Mrs e. Burd Grubb, of THE Cottage"
Burlington, N. j.. is spending several days
this week at Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Janney, of
Lancaster avenue, Bryn Mawr, have left
for New York, where they have taken |
apartments at the st. Regis Hotel for
the winter months.
Mrs. Frederick Taylor. OF the Lincoln. |
18th and Locust streets, has left for New |
York, where she will remain for several |
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Harris. OF Mermaid |
lane, Chestnut Hill, are being congratu- |
lated on the birth of a daughter on De- |
cember IA. Mrs. Harris was Miss Mary |
Ursula Dempsey.