Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21

Francis ]. bOWSh' VIII bANS d1 the
Ritz Carlton.
Mariana is having lots of fun this
.,.,or She is such a wholesome,
s,naty sort of girl and very popu-
~ with both girls and men. She is
u, very tall, but exceedingly well
s,,ut and is a great lover of "out of
doors"
t1er sister, Allison Gowen, married
u,,liam Frazier Harrison several years
.so and is considered one of the pret-
,sst of Phlladelphia's younger matrons.
Yo,er in the season Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
.tsor will give a ball for Mariana
rhore will be a number of dinners be-
,.ro tonight's affair: the Howard Gra-
.ors will give one for Maize, Mrs. ].
Gardner Cassatt will entertain for Ell
a., Mary and Eugenia, and Mrs. Charles
pondolph Snowden will also entertain
.mv Robinson, of Baltimore; Barbara
provn. of Pittsburgh, and Emile Ford,
Of New York.
The proper place above all others to
20 for luncheon now is no longer the
Ritz, Bellevue, Acorn Club, st. James,
Adelphia, Kugler's or such, no indeed
Won 20 madly up Chestnut street
toward Kugler's and then dash across
,be street, numerous five-cent pieces
clasped tightly in your hand. and,
nlaclng your bundles and one hand
and one eye upon n table, you cast
your other eye and hand wildly around
the room. which is filed with queer
slots and little glass cases. The glass
cases do not indicate an undertaker's
Establishment, oh no, they herald
Food Eats of all kinds and descrip-
tions wink gaily at you from behind
their wee doors, and n nickel in the
slot works the necessary magic and
the orange, apple, potato salad, hard
boiled egg, whole wheat cheese,
graham bread tongue or ham sandwich,
cinnamon bun, cup custard, pie-all,
all is yours.
Nay, even more-but read this care
fully or you may make the same mis-
take the father of a fetching little deb
did when he decided he would have
some coffee. He looked until he found
"coffee, cents" then he put in his
nickel. Tableau The coffee and
the little stream of milk came pouring
out and, finding no waiting cup, 1t fell
neatly over Father" who was forth
with an object of beauty. He did not
know that a cup did not unfold and
stand ready to receive the falling bev-
erage Why not, it's all so nice and
automatic! Well, we live and learn:
but II you want to see fashionable So
ciety these days go to the Automat in
the Morris building One day last week
saw Mrs. Russell Johnson and her
laughter, Mrs. Marshall Scull supping
dalntlly at one table. and Mrs. Billie
Barclay also appeared and began her
luncheon nearby.
others whom l have seen there re-
Gently are Anna Ingersoll, Margaret
chrystie, Elise Hopkins, Alice McCabe, |
Margaret McCabe, Katherine Seeler |
and numerous others. There is alb
solutely no doubt about it. 1t is The |
Place to go now.
So many women are interested in |
the Philadelphia auxiliary of the |
American National Red Cross which
Mrs Charlemagne Tower has organ
lied to meet at her house, 1916 Locust |
street, every Friday morning from 10
until IL o'clock. The purpose of the
meetings is to sew for and aid in re-
leving the sufferers of all the nations
now at war. The contributor is al
loved to label her finished articles for
The foreign country in which she may
have special interest.
At first | think there was a slight
understanding as to the end of
Mrs. Towers work. Many persons
thought it was purely for Germany;
'ueh. however, is not the case by any
means. The Red Cross cannot be for
my one nation, it must be absolutely
leutral. The Red Cross Association
seemed to feel that Philadelphia was
lot doing very much for it, and Mrs.
fower and a number of other ladies
iecided to start this work aside from
he Emergency Aid.
Little labels are printed with the
Red Cross on them and underneath
Ire the words. For Belgium" For
Germany" For Italy" For Austria
hungary" For Russia" For France"
For Poland" For England" and For
serbia" These are attached to the
Ireat packing boxes and sent off to
ne war sufferers in the various coun-
ries to carry Christmas cheer to all.
While speaking of Christmas, my
wee bird friend told me the greatest
tory about one of our society women
Which is too good to keep. Last year
me was given a beautiful seal coat
Nth great wide collar of gray fur,
mich was the most becoming thing,
ma she looked too pretty in it for
lords. One inquisitive friend, who
sas much taken with the effect of the
Iay fur on the sealskin, asked OF
'nat fur was the collar fashioned, but
= did not know, all she knew was
was mighty pretty. But one fine
ay - and another woman stopped
AZ Huylers for hot chocolate, and
and behold! the Huyler cat. which
's all know well by sight. suddenly
ave a flying leap over the counter
Aa landed on the collar with such de-
'ued intent to kill that two attend