Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-04

Mrs. Fisher VIII be Mrs. george II.
Meade. Mrs. James w. Cooke, Mrs.
william f. Norris, Mrs. Charles p.
Fox, Mrs Horace II. Francine and
Miss Elizabeth Fisher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher and their
daughter are spending the winter at
22s South Broad street.
The second tea this afternoon will be
given by Mr.. and Mrs. c. Wendell
Woodward. of the Clinton Apartments,
In honor of their niece, Mollie Cerboni,
who is another attractive debutante.
A great many of the debutantes will
receive with her among them Mar
garct Perot, Marion Button, Louise
Grey, Mary Dercum, Corinne Freeman.
Margaret Castle, Jane and Katherine
Everett Rachel Filter. Julia Hamp,
Helen Marshall, Agnes Allen and Lu-
cille Lusson.
Scarcely a day passes that some in
teresting people are not to he found
lunching in the exquisite rose and gold
room Of the Ritz-Carlton. At noon
yesterday a number of fashionables
were noticed among them Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Kearsley Mitchell, Sd, who were
with the George f. Tylers and the
Billy Elkins. Kitty Smith and Harry
Tucker lunched together, and in one
corner Katherine Kremer was having
an interesting tete-a-tete with Roddy,
Others lunching together were Mrs.
Paul Denckla Mills and her little
daughter, Mr. Arturo de Heeren, Mrs,
Isaac H. Schlicter, Jr.. Mrs William
Gray Warden. Mrs. Randall Morgan,
Mrs. Howard Clark and Mrs Jack Hol-
lingsworth, Mr. Harry McMichael,
Mrs. Lawrence T. Paul and Mrs. Alex
ander Brinton Coke; Edwina Weth
erill with several friends; John c. Bell
with Doctor Thomas; the William Ellis
Sculls, Mrs. Tilghman and Miss Hop
kins and the James Spears, whose mar
riage, as you will remember, took place
Just a little more than year ago in
New York.
was quite edited the other day
when young woman tripped into the
dressing room at the Ritz and with
great precision opened her exquisite
little handbag and drew therefrom the
usual vanity case, powder, lip stick
and so on; but that wasn't all. To my
surprise a tiny toothbrush. with its
accompanying cleanser emerged, and
the little lady applied herself diligent-
H 70 her molars. This is surely the
day of the careful toilette,
A visit TO the smart hotels during the
luncheon hour cannot fail to prove a
liberal education in what the smartly
dressed woman is wearing. Evidently
the charming alliance of velvet and fur
Is lure which few women can resist
Mrs. Jimmie Potter has succumbed
to its charm, for / encountered her in
the Bellevue the other day wearing a
charming black velvet model of the
fashionable fiaring coat. over a blouse
OF crepe strapped with ribbon. Lunch
ing with her were the Princess Trou-
betzskoy Mrs. Marion Dougherty and
Mrs. Horace Allen. Mrs. Dougherty,
who is another devotee at the shrine
OF velvet and fur, was stunning in a
tailored suit of black velvet, which had
the collar and cuffs outlined with
beaver. The little toque carried out
this idea, the beaver being fashioned
at the side into a prim, straight bow,
The Princess was ultra-smart in
long coat OF sealskin. which fiared in
the most graceful lines. 1t had very
high collar Of skunk, into which her
head sunk in luxurious manner, while
her cuffs were OF the same fur. CO.
auettish in the extreme was the little
toque of American Beauty yelvet-self-
trimmed about the brim, TO form a
wreath of petals. Mrs. Allen wore an
interesting looking piece costume
OF bottle green broadclOth and a large
nat adorned with gold braid.
Miss Margaret L. Corlies, Of Phila-
delphia, who has spent much time here
and at the North Shore. Boston's most
famous social resort of the summer
season, has undertaken a new line OF
relief work which is attracting much
attention. Miss COrlies. who is at
Hotel Yendome for some time with
her mother. who is being attended by
well-known physician. has been
ueepiy stirred by the reports which
nave reached her from friends in Eu-
rope. telling Of the great need for warm
materials for making clothing for the
women and children in Belgium,
France and Poland. so she has just
announced that she will organize a
committee OF prominent Boston women
70 carry on the work.
Miss corlies has Travelled extensively
Europe and has several friends
there with whom she corresponds. ami
'nes are keeping her IN close touch
With conditions. From her knowledge