Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-07

,.,,rbter today at a large tea to be
,.'a, u,,a9 Of their home, 1919 walnut street
ghoir elder daughter, Elizabeth, came
49,, two seasons ago and was a great
smocess. Mary is a very pretty girl
oiso and is having a mighty good time.
s.o yfl have a number of debutantes
~ receive with her, among them Fran
c6s Scott, Narjory Taylor, Edith
pace Josephine Foster, Corinne Free
n,on Marion Button, Helen Marshall,
o,i,,,a Gazzam, Mary Scull, Molly Ger
hori rrytendale Baird. Margaret Davis
rioonor Werner, Katherine Everett and
Jane Everett.
,s.or the tea Doctor and Mrs. Der
ann will take the receiving party and
sxtra men to the opera.
The Russian Prazdnilk, although
,oorl,ed by the sameness of last year.
sod several very interesting new
oomers on the program. probably the
,oost diyerting being Madame Gamma
y,o,eco whose wonderfully fascinat-
,ng personality, combined with her
charming voice. made her the hit of
,ho evening. Mrs. Marion Dougherty
,ybo arrived late with her guests, the
prince and Princess Troubetskoy
eIinped "behind the scenes to see the
diva. and seemed much disappointed
,hat she could not join them at sup
nor in the Little Cafe" as the trans
formed Glover Room was known, for
as one of the lions of the evening, of
course. she sat at Mrs. William Ellis
sculrs table. His EXCellency the Rus
s,an Ambassador and Madame Bahk-
meteff. the Edgar SCOTS and the Ed
ward f. Beales were also among the
ruests at Mrs. SculPs table. A jolly
little party occupying table in one
corner of the room consisted of Susie
Ingersoll, Margot Scull, Cornelia
1eidy. Charlotte Rush. Geoffrey Tower
and the Thayer boys.
Quite the most exciting feature of
the late evening was the, to say the
least, sensational dancing of Marion
Dougherty and her gray-haired but
energetic partner. Whether it was the
Slavic atmosphere that had given them
the inspiration or whether they were
merely introducing a new step into
our staid midst, certain it Is that they
dashed madly across the floor, poising
for Just n second to recover their
equilibrium before making a fresh
onslaught, and you may be sure that
all timid dancers made haste to crawl
out from under.
Among others noticed were Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel d. Riddle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Earle White, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlemagne Tower, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Platt, Jr.; Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley j. Flagg, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Maybin Mart, Miss Alberta Brinton,
Miss Kitty Brinton, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Sydenham Page, Mr.. and Mrs
A. ]. Drexel Biddle, DR.. and Mrs.
Henry X. billiard. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Eaton Cromwell and Miss Lisa Norris
The third performance of the Metro
politan Opera Company, "Lohengrin''
will take place tonight. Society re-
CARDS the opera as one of the most
important things in its round of doings,
and the grand tier will be filled as
usual with beautiful women wearing
gorgeous jewels.
The James Francis Sullivans will
entertain tonight in their box and the
Henry Pratt McKeans will give din
ner at the Bellevue -Stratford and en-
tertain afterward at the opera The
Nicholas Riddles will give a box party
in Mrs. Biddle's parents box, the j.
Bertram Lippincotts, and host OF
others will be there.
Struthers Burt and his wife seem to
keep up a continual house party on
their ranch out in Jackson's Hole,
Wyo. 1t must be a splendid life. So
many outdoor sports. The winter has
we'll set in out there and skating and
coasting are the chief pastimes, as we'll
as skiing. The guests who are there
now are Jean Burt, DR.. Howard Carn-
cross, Frances Mears. Francis Biddle,
Florence Stieff, of Baltimore, and
Charles Miller, of Huntingdon.
The use of confetti instead of rice
has grown quite the rage at all the
fashionable weddings of late. It is true
1t is far less dangerous, but the trouble
Is the principals in the affair are not
the only ones who suffer, and 1t is
awful to get rid of. l went TO a we'd
ding at least 10 days ago and I am
still picking small pieces OF paper out
or my cuffs and the few trimmings on
my hat. But a chauffeur about ex-
pressed 1t the other day when he
looked solemnly at a wedding guest
and said, MY goodness, ma'am, but
your hair is just full of that spaghetti"
Valentine Mitchelrs second at home
Will come off this afternoon. She is
certainly stunning girl. am sure II
her grandfather, the late DR.. S. Weir
Mitchell, could see her he would have
righteous feeling OF pride. AS I said
last week, she is as clever as she Is
pretty.
Margot scull. Katherine Bowie and
agnes Brockie viii receive with her