Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-27

--,yrRY ONE is muCh excited over
X ,be big spectacular performance
=, dance. THE Gambol of the Gods"
A Siob will be given for the beneft of
W. pennsylvania Museum and School
w rrdustrial Art on Thursday night,
,.,uary 1S. in the Bellevue ballroom.
:, ,s very interesting to learn that
49,, Mitchell and her inseparable
,I.rd Gretchen Clay, are actually
.,,ns some of the costumes for the
4 s.hntante set Of dancers at the Lit
Il. Shop" on 18th street which was
s,,ted last year in connection with
~. emergency Aid. This set will be
saaor the guidance of Valentine
w,cbell. and Frances Watts has de-
',.,sd the frocks. There are to be
s..,ous groups of dancers. and Judging
,rom previous affairs of the kind this
.r be very wonderful from an ar
,,,,c graceful and musical point Of
view.
The scene is laid in the Casino at
Monte Carlo, and among the choruscs
,In he is roulette girls. Marion Grant,
,ba dpbltante uuuE llJ'I VI NlIs w IL
liam Grant, will lead this group.
The girls who will take the part of
,,,ine nymphs will he headed by
rorinne Freeman, and their frocks
have n stencil design, done by Mildred
post who is a School of Design pupil.
Helen Ellis, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs struthers Ellis, will be in charge
AZ the actress group.
Another set will be a Rouge ct
Mir" one which will be most striking
and effective.
II will be on the order of a Cabaret
and already number of tables have
been engaged for the evening. Mrs.
Charlie Harrison, Jr., has one, so have
the Bob Logans, Mr.. and Mrs Henry S.
Grove, Mrs. John Harrison and Mrs.
Joseph F. Sinnott.
understand from 10 to 20 individ-
uaIy designed posters have been got
ten up by pupils of the Industrial Art
School, and they will be placed in vari-
Gus parts of the city.
These include one for which a prize
WAS glNtIs anu 81 iI'hlNtiblt arc NiitS
ALL 1t has been decided to collect them
after the "gambol' for an exhibition
at the school.
Did you know Joe and Ella Du Barry
are back from their honeymoon. They
tell me they had a wonderful trip.
They are going to spend the winter
At the Brock House, 2lOl Spruce
street. Mrs. Brock. Sarah and Eliza
beth are going to stay out in San
Francisco all winter, so the little
newlyweds will have plenty of time to
look around for a house of their own,
and in the meantime gain experience
In practice.
This week will be very gay There
will be the Frazier Harrison ball to-
night for Mariana Gowen, who is Mrs.
Harrison's sister; opera tomorrow
night and Benedicts' ball, Sarah Nell
pn's ball Wednesday night, the
Weidersheim dance Thursday, Friday
night the Boston Opera Company will
come back and give Madame Butter
fly" and then there will be the George
Wharton Peppers ball for Eleanor
and Gee Hecksher's party, too, and on
New Years Day there will be opera
again. wonder how it is we can
keep 1t up, for just think besides all
these dances, OF the lunCheons, teas,
tlnners theatre parties and suppers,
which are regular part of a society
SOman's daily life.
Can It be true that staid Quakerdom
% following in the wake of It's more
oh, much more-frivolous sister and is
even abandoning the fireside on Christ
mas Day for the lure of the bright
lights and the music of hotel life? For
certain It is that on Saturday night the
gayest and smartest of fashions fav-
ored forsook the home circle to attend
'ne Supper Club, which, under the
guidance and chaperonage of Mrs. ].
hutchinson Scott, has become a rare
success. Mrs. Scott brought over from
new York for the occasion the charm
ing little semi professional dancer,
eiadys Jackson, who, with Mr.. Fred
eneK Hamilton as a partner quite cap
'ured the hearts of Terpsichores dis
cples' Miss Jackson, who was not un-
Ahown to number of this city's fash
iohaoles, danced this autumn at the
ufeehnrier Hotel. at White Sulphur
springs and while there excited much
favorable comment. This winter 1t
seems she has been a feature of the
biltmore dansants.
But to return to Mrs. Scott's club.
" met In the Rose Garden instead of
ue ballroom, and so great was the
sfoWd that II was found necessary to
scat many latecomers outside in the
'oooy' The decorations were, of
course suggestive of the season, and
'"h the Meyer Davis orchestra quite
sulooing itself the occasion was a very
'estive one indeed.
very interesting party included Mr..
sno Mrs James Potter. who had with
nem their daughter, Mrs Frank Polk,
"New York; then Sam Reeves had a
-u'noer OF guests, also the Jay Lip
pineetts.
MI and Mrs. ]. r. Evans Roberts
so entertained, and another quite
seniai host was Gee" Heckscher.
airs. Scott herself had a large party
young people for her debutante
aaughter beth. f" a a she is affection