Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-26

nNE of the most attractive dances Of
" the season will be that given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Harrison in the
ballroom of the RitzCarlton Hotels to-
night There will he quite a number Of
dinners beforehand. The Gerald Hols'
mans will entertain at their home, 2OlS
Locust street and Mrs. Betty Madeira
will give dinner at the Ritz before the
dance. Another dinner will be given
by the Ned Robinettes at the Ritz. Mrs
Robinette was Meta Biddle Robinson, it
will be remembered. Still another din.
ner will be given by the Isaac III. Cloth
Ter, Jrs. Mrs. Harrison is q charming
hostess and quite one Of our most beau.
tiful matrons, as Marie Lemoine she
was considered one of the very prettiest
girls here at the time of her debut
The preparedness luncheon which was
held yesterday at the Adelphia was ex.
ceptionally we'll attended, and TONY"
was busy welcoming every one with his
usual hospitality. | noted Mrs. Biddle,
of course. present. What splendid
helpmate she is to her fine husband
There is not a thing in which he is in
terested that she is not interested, too;
and she was so fond of society when she
first came here as a young bride. She
is quite n striking example OF what
wife should he. other women who were
present and who gave their attention to
the really fine speeches were Mrs.
George w. Childs DreXel Mrs. Hollster
Sturges, Mrs. Allan II. Harris. Mrs.
Henry b. Patton, Mrs. Harold Yarnall,
Mrs. Il. c. S. Lewis Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Gazzam, Mrs. o. ]. de Rousse, Mrs. Her
bert Taylor and many others. Tonight
the campaign for preparedness will be
initiated at a dinner given by repre-
sentative committee of men and women
at the same hotel. 1t will be exceed.
ingly interesting, as Major General
Wood, U. S. A, and Major General Bar
nett, U. S. NJ c., will address the guests
1t was frightfully exciting at the
Mask and Wig, you know because l
simply had to find out who the man
was l saw being fitted in a Chestnut
street store last week. 1t was a scream,
my dears, as ] went into one fitting
room, the door of the next was
ajar and there stood creature with
short hair, neatly parted, and pedal
extremities not of the smallest, being
fitted into frock of white crepe
de chine made with an accordion-pleated
skirt and Russian blouse, the peplum of
the blouse being edged with stripes of
rainbow silk. Well, when Ann Ba-
laam's' friends began to arrive in the
first act suddenly I saw the frock and
said, "There he ISL but alas! how could
one be sure? For he kept coming in
until there were six of him, and all with
white shoes and high heels and such
splendiferous wigs topped with green
straw hats and widespread wings of
green. The shoes looked small, and as
for the ankles. they were simmer than
many a real girls, and then with yellow,
brown and even red wigs 1t was lmpos.
sible to tell If 1t had been Jack Carpen-
ter, Charlie Service, A. II, Weisbach, c.
NJ. King A. NJ Nord or II. ]. Hayden.
Most of all l liked the donkey, though.
for Phoebe proved to be neither maid
nor horse, Jest a plain, pesky. onerous
ole mule" but such a beautiful one and
with so charming a voice. thought
dreamily of the verse:
"Sweetly sings the donkey as he goes to
grass,
He can sing no better, because he's such
an ass.
He haw, he haw, he haw, haw haw, |
haw, haw!"
NANCY WYNNE.