Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-10

r.,vERY day gone new anair Tor
X obority crops up, and now the
,or League is hard at work on a
fs.,orr,ance TO be given on the after
and evening Of February 2 in the
,.snroom of the Bellevue-stratford 1t
M he called cThe Ballet of Orlando"
,,iiI he given for the beneht Of
~ afied Relief Of the Emergency
about 20 persons will take part
,ha entertainment. There will be
II. baiIets of 10 girls each, and
throughout the whole performance not
! yord will be spoken and sung. Pan
.,,,,o and dancing will be the only
.,,rss Georgeanna Brown will lead
~. ballet, and those of us who have
or her can expect treat, for she
esr,ainly can dance.
1ha costumes and effects are being
...nsu,,v planned, and will be more
s,.horate than anything seen here In
~. amateur line for some time. The
sosres which will be painted especially
- ,he occasion. will represent Floren-
.,.o gardens, soft italian skies and
s,,h,,s music will beguile the beholder
"a entrance him almost to the point
- rsturnlng in the evening should he
.av. ventured out for the afternoon.
orlte a number of the younger girls
have undertaken the affair, and 1t is
aho,,, sure TO be success. Rose
nolan Is busy as bee over the pub
,,.,tv and some of the others inter-
,.,sd are Eugenia Cassatt. Mrs. Arthur
: Newbold, Jr., Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd,
u,s r. Gilpln Erwin, Sylvia Barnes,
Gwen Martin, Emily Fox. Adeline Pep
~ Katharine Chambers, Nancy
scott. sydney Ellis. Gertrude Henry
and Miss Henrietta Ely.
iI number of very good-looking
casters for the show are being pre-
pared by number of local artists. In
ending Alice Biddle. Christine Cham
hers. Mrs. Frank Lloyd and various
others
No YOU know, in spite of all that has
been said this year about the man.
ners of the male creature, awful and
horrible are the tales which come to
NV ears of the rudeness of the younger
members of that kind in answering
their invitations. and not only that,
for some of them have mothers and
sisters who look after such things. but
when the dance does come to pass
they do not appear on the scene OF
action and never send word OF ex-
planation for excuse? II only the
various hosts and hostesses would give
them n lesson such as 1 heard was
given by the father of one of our
Charming debs not long since. He
waited until within 10 days of the
dance he was giving. the invitations
having been sent out two months be-
fore the party, and then he sent to
some dozen young men who had not
answered, a note which read, I'm view
of the fact that you have not answered
my invitation for a dinner-dance on
such a date your place has been
filed" This note was signed by the
gentleman In question, and I feel sure
the young men lin fact, they should be
reegated to the boy class, even II they
do go out with older people, were
taught a good lesson. Still, only the
other day heard of ball given at
hotel where no fewer than 14O guests
failed TO answer their invitations and
there were not enough men for part
ners, and the ball was a fearful frost.
However. in that last case l believe
the invitations themselves were mixed
up in the shuttle.
OF course. Mrs. Scott's Supper Club
At the Bellevue Stratford was it's usual
great success. Miss Fontaine. who
dances much at various New York af-
fairs, gave four speciality dances and
was greatly applauded. There were
more than 800 guests Saturday night.
The George D. Rosengartens gave a
party of 32 for Sarah Nelson and Mrs.
Edmund Mccullough entertained as
did the Sam Reeves and the Alfred e.
Norrises. The Craig Biddles who are
stopping with the G. W. Childs Drexels
came to the club. and Beth Scott gave
party Of 25 guests. The Plunkett
Stewards were there, and the Richard
Parkes also entertained. Mrs. Scott tells
me she will start her second series of
dances on January 20. understand
ihere is quite large waiting list, for
'hese dances are very exclusive and
only favored few may join.
NANCY wYNNE.