Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
NANCY WYNNE'S DAILY GOSSIP
OF THE BUSY SOCIAL WORLD
mr. and Mrs. Charles Bingham Penrose Will Give q
Ball for Their Daughter at the Beevue-stratford
This Evening-Several Affairs Are Sched-
uled for the School Set

r,HE first ball of the season will be
.i,.on tonight in the large ballroom
-. Rellevue- Stratford by DR.. and
~. Charles B. Penrose for their
.Ihter sarah, who is one of the best
ma debs Of the year.
Tbere will be a number OF people
nom out of town.
p M. Dahlgrens, Madeleine and Kath-
..,,s will come over with their mother,
,,.s Drexel Dahlgren, who Is a SIS
- Mrs. Penrose, you know, and
". pristed girls, for whom the Alfred
morrlses will give dinner. 1t will be
vary brilliant affair, and am getting
.,ta exoited over the prospect.
,,aoe and Mrs. William wilkins Carr
:. oivine a dinner before the ball for
a.,r daughter, Helene Martin, and
..,tr niece. Catharine Robinson. The
.,bsr guests will be Sarah Franklin,
p..smonde Fisher, Helena Robinson, a
.,.,er of Catharine, Elizabeth Wheeler
wn1lam Robinson, Dicky Harte, Rod
..,ct Tower, Jarrett Ingersoll, Colket
r.,er and William Mackie. And, too,
uslen Marshall will be given dinner
Nv DR. and Mrs. Dercum.
excitement has been very intense
,s,elv about the story which has been
circulated about one of our popular
.es buds, who, on being dared to re-
rove her shoes and stockings and take
mo mart of an ancient goddess in the
,.r,re of a fountain in the conserv-
story of a private house recently, took
,ho dare. and with dire consequences,
sor one of the perpetrators of that dare
,nrned the fountain on full tilt, and
from all hear the tableau was unique
IN the extreme, and the deb amost lost
10 our fond view forever. BE that as
Il may, this same young person seems
AZ an extremely venturesome DISPOSE
ton. and one evening was seized with
the desire to visit one of her friends
IN Chestnut Hill at the early hour of
II D, M. when all good little children
are usually in "beddy bye" and so
our young heroine persuaded some of
her numerous suitors to motor her
over from her home or. the Main Line
to Chestnut Hill. Arrived at the point
Of her desire, the said small girl, who
Il evidently of a romantic disposition
As well as n venturesome one, pro-
eeeded with the able assistance of her
chosen escorts to fire small pebbles
at the window of her friend. Alack
and also alas, the tale does not end
here.
In the dark the house did not seem so
familiar as usual, but finally they de-
cided on the proper window and the at
tack was on, with the result that 1t was
not little friends window, but Fathers,
ard Father proceeded to appear in a
wrothy manner, with such evident in
tent to make inquiries it was very
hard for the small deb and her gay
young friends to make a good get
away.
The Triangle performances yester-
day afternoon and evening were splen-
did. | think it is wonderful how well
those men act and dance and sing, and
the best part of the whole thing is
that it is all home talent. Even the
scene shifters are members of the
club, and the large orchestra is
made up also of Princeton students.
The words and music were written by
Students, and the only outside aid at
all was the master who taught the
dancing. | was crazy about the song
Nn1ag tl ,lAt
the Ford factory being obliged to close.
as Ford had taken all the Nuts on the
Peace Expedition with him.
But the thing | like most of all was
the general singing at the end of the
play of "Old Nassau" 1t is rather
remarkable thing to see the men stand
ing with hats raised in the air, way
Ing time as they sing I'm Praise of Old
Nassau, My Boys, Hurrah, Hurrah,
hurrah." with the most earnest eX-
PRESTON on their faces. just as If it
brought out the best that is in them.
All over the room as l looked about
were older men with gray hair, many
paid and bewhiskered, as well as the
Younger ones, singing Justify. 1t is
BEAUTIFUL tribute to their Alma Mater.
hear that Mrs. Jimmy Sullivan has
gone over to New York to await the
arrival of her son and daughter from
England, where they have been for
some time, Frances Joined her brother
N London some months ago and,
Judging from the letters she has been
writing home, has had a most inter-
ssung experience, visiting the numer-
Gus hospitals in and around London
ana lodging zeppelins between
"n'ies' Their homecoming at this
season Is particularly fortunate.
Mrs. sullivan's second daughter,
le'a, is having her Christmas tree
party again this year for the children
u those less fortunate than them
sslyes 1t is nice to hear of these lit
V kindly acts being performed when
SITS are as busy as they are just at
Hesent, particularly Leta. who is en-
sssed IN preparing for the Gambol of
.hs Gods, on January Is. when she will
nave solo dance.
NANCY WYNNE-
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