Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-29
NANCY WYNNE HEARS MORE ABOUT
DOINGS OF THE CHEVY cHAsERs
Examinations and Teas Hold Full Sway During the Last
Enioyed bv Marons snd u enforced Discipline

TusT imagine, the Lady Rockies actual.
81 Iy had fully equipped field kitchen
an the grounds and watched the ma.
zines put up the stove and knead $50
sounds Of flour into bread, which took
from a. m. till 3 p. m to do.
The greatest thing Of all was the de-
llcious buns the marines made, and
avery one was running round the place
making bandages, doing lessons, taking
axams and eating buns at the same time
Tea parties are all the rage and the vari.
o,is captains of the different companies
have been entertaining furiously every
afternoon during the last week at
Raucher's, the sweet store of washington.
lust imagine those supposedly dainty
girls sitting there eating onion sand
uiohes, and raw ones at that. Sophie
Rispham went down to the camp on
Thursday and left on Saturday to come
home again. She visited her grand
mother Mrs. Casey, while at the camp.
But of all the joys of that camp, there
have been none so great as lying on those
army cots with every possible covering
one could geti keeping on all of ones
clothes and adding top coats and all
other possible paraphernalia and after
finally getting warm enough to doze off,
hearing the snoring of ones four com.
panions in various keys. OF course
they will live to get over it, but the trial
has been a great one, let me say with
perfect franBness. My dears, do you
know that one fork, one spoon and one
knife is provided for each person and
each one has to reach out for ham or
potatoes or dessert with her one fork or
spoon. 1t must be choice, I'm thinking.
thinking.
On Wednesday the camp will break UP
and home will come the warriors with
their newly acquired knowledge of hello.
graphing, telegraphing wigwagging, ban
cooking and everything else, even to the
daging, cooking and everything else, even
to the Goose step, which they have also
learned.
Pauline Disston and her pretty mother |
Mrs. William Disston, will come over
from New York today, and this evening |
Mr. and Mrs Petey Roberts will give a |
dance in the ballroom of their beauti-
full new home, Bella VISTA" in Villanova,
for Pauline, who is their niece. Mrs. Rob-
erts was Mary Disston, sister of |
Paulines father, who died more than a
year ago. The guests tonight will be
chiefly of last years and this years
debutante set. Pauline came out in this
city but owing to her fathers death
many affairs which were to have been
given for her were of course given up.
This year she and her mother decided
to live in New York. Her brother and
his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. William Dunlop
Disston, live in Chestnut Hill, so now
and again she comes on to visit, and
she has many friends among the girls
who made their debut the same year.
Speaking of parties, my dears. such
hilarious little affair as 1 heard of lately.
It was just q little dance and it ended at
| o'clock and all the little girls and boys
went home save one little bunch OF five,
one girl and four attending swains. They
decided they were hungry, so it would be
Just as we'll to get some breakfast some
where, So straightway they hastened to
the home of a young matron who had
peen at the dance and had gone home,
and rousing her. from her slumbers they
made her dress and let them in and pro-
,eeded to visit the refrigerator, and such
eats! Well, they finally got home about
g. m. NANCY WYNNE.