Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-09

FTyHF season may ut hdiu 10 nave
started in earnest with several debu-
ante affairs this past week anC impor-
..r, weddings, to say nothing OF me
.,oaIler doings. The coming week viii be
I. extremely gay one for the members
of the younger set
=, Monday Mr.. and Mrs ]. vaughan
,,srr,ck will introduce their daughters,
- Mary Harter Merrick and Miss Anne
ns.oryn Merrick, at large tea which
-. will give at their home, Denbigh, I'm
ensborouRh. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Horace
,iordlns will entertain house party on
Wcrdav for the members of the Dalo-
s5ort veddtng party. and on Tuesday The
nsaS,ng of Miss Pauline Hart and Mr..
vSward c. Ore will take place in RUM
son, n J.
,-.o aebutante affairs for Tuesday will
,..,nds a tea, at which Mr.. and Mrs, J.
pntherford McAllister win introduce
tss,r daughter. Miss Martha Thornton
.fcAIlister on that day also the we'd
sirs Of Miss Harriet Clay Leaf and MIR.
nsorre Upton Favorite will take place
N st Marks Church.
wsdnesday will have three interesting
.,,,rts Z, the little buds. Miss c.
rissnor Pepper will be honor guest at
i,ncheon which will be given by her
a.,snts Mr.. and Mrs. George Wharton
psrner. and Miss Elizabeth Wharton
nouns. daughter of Doctor and Mrs. Nor
an Downs, will be given luncheon by
Miss Jeannie II. Ingersoll, at her home
n Penllyn. In the afternoon, Mr. ana
wrs Howard S. Graham will give a
Srre reception at their home in Chest
m Hin. when their daughter, Miss Maria
Thaver Graham, will make her formal
ssbut Outside of the debutante set
.bsre will be a luncheon and musicale,
wbch Mrs. Robert Emott Hare will give
4 honor of Mrs. Buxton, of Providence,
Who is her guest for several days, and
MIss Elizabeth Cartwright of Chestnut
Hlll will entertain at luncheon at the
Whitemarsh Valley Hunt Club, in honor
~ Miss Mildred G. Patton, whose mar.
rage to Mr.. Henry Rogers Cartwright
will take place on October a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis I. Gowen will
Introduce their daughter. Miss Mariana
vi Gowen on Thursday afternoon at a
lea which will be given at their country
rlace in Chestnut HILL Then on Thurs
tay there will be the big out-of-doors
fete which will be held in St. Davids on
the handsome estate of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles s. Walton for the benefit of the
Nelghborhood League.
On Friday Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nelson
viii give a tea in honor of their daughter,
Miss Sarah Z. Nielsen.
Saturday will be an extremely busy
day for society folk. There will be the
wedding Of Miss Margaret Grocer Fox
and Mr.. Sidney Errington Martin, which
will take place at o'clock at st. Pauls
Episcopal Church in Ogontz, and Mr.. and
Mrs, Joseph +. Widener will hold a race
meet at Lynnewood Hall, Eikins Park,
that day.
There will be two debutante teas Mr..
and Mrs. William Gray Warden will in
troduce their daughter, Miss Agnes
Morgan Brockie at a large dansant,
and Miss Barbara NIiflin Boyd, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. Knickerbacker Boyd,
Of ST. Davids, will make her formal
debut at a tea TO be given by her parents. |
The engagement is announced of Mrs
J. Nelson Purviance. of 24O West School
House lane, to Mr.. Pere Wilmer, also of |
Germantown. Before her first marriage
Mrs. Purviance YVES Miss Helen Morgan.
She is the daughter of Mrs William Cole !
Morgan and a sister of Mrs. Charles |
Jones iWister Mrs. William Gray Warden, |
lir Reed Morgan. Mr.. William c. Nor |
gan and Mr.. George Earle Morgan.
Mr.. Wilmer formerly lived in Centre |
Vile, Md. He is the brother of DR. Harry |
Bond Wilmer and Mrs. Howard Wood, Jr |
The Cynwyd CLUB, which is the social |
centre of country life around Bala and |
Cynwyd, gave its first formal dance of |
the fall season last night. when more /
than one hundred members were present |
The hostesses of the evening were Mrs |
Robert Patricb and Mrs. Frederick c. |
Newbourg Jr
series of five dances has been
banned for the fall season by the mem
eers Of the House Committee, of which
Nr Robert Patrick Is chairman, the other
members of the committee being DR..
Theodore lie Boutiller Mr.. Arthur ID.
Boldly and Mr. +. w. Chambers. The
sther four dances will take place on the
blowing dates: Halloween costume
eance, October 20; Thanksgiving dance,
Wednesday,, November "a; fourth dance,
Friday. December 10. while the last dance
d the fall season will be the masque ball
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