Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-24
NANCY WYNNE GOSSIPS ABOUT
ONE OF THE LAST DEB AFFAIRS
Mr.. and Mrs A. Maxwell Sheppard Will Entertain at a
Dance rms Evening at the Merton Cricket Club
Various Other Affairs of Interest

nHR AND MRS. A. MAXWELL
lW SHEPPARD will give a dance
,b,s evening at the Merton Cricket
o1ub for their attractive debutante
S,p0hters, Carolyn and Mildred, and
ar Eleanor Werner, who is the daugh.
,er Of Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Werner
Hhese little debs are among the great
sst favorltes this year, and have been
having a perfectly splendid time. There
Aova been no end of entertainments for
,hsm. and this one will be particularly
delishtful for the ballroom of the club
house Ia particularly well adapted as a
oroner background for private dance.
rbere will be a good many dinners be.
,oro the dance. Mrs. Robert Sayre
prodhead will give one of 20 covers at
,ba cricket club in honor of her daugh.
,sr Frances. Dr. and Mrs. Perry Allen
unl entertain for Agnes, the Willard
snsnsers will give a dinner for Claire
and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman oberteuffer
vj,l entertain for Dorothea.
hear that Donald Jones, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lowering Jones, who was a
member of the Ford peace party, will
mt like the other members, come
home to roost, but has decided to pro-
ong his stay at The Hague. Perhaps
ba will be a little peace party all to
himself. AS for me, / prefer the wide
and mighty ocean between me and the
o,ber side of the world just now.
Mrs Walter Jackson Freeman is en-
tertaining at a theatre party and tea
afterward at the Bellevue-Stratford for
Mary Laird whose wedding to Jack
MYERS will take place on Wednesday
OF next week. Mary is pretty little
maiden, with light fluffy hair and hazel
eyes. She came out last year and was
one Of the first of last seasons debs to
announce her engagement this year.
The members of her bridal party will
be guests at the luncheon. They are
Corlnne Freeman, Catherine Newbold,
Janet FAIRIES, Elizabeth Kennedy, Re-
becca Lycett, Anne Myers. of WASH
ington and Frances Iredell, of Plain
field
Mrs. William Simpson. Jr., who has
that beautiful place in Overlook, will
give luncheon to Mary and her
bridesmaids on Tuesday the goth.
Does your husband know you're out?
Or II out, does he know where you are?
This momentous question Is due to q
sad, sad incident which took place re-
Gently. I was dining out at a friends |
home and the bell rang loudly. We |
heard a very nice voice inquiring in |
quite an audible tone, "Is my wife |
here?" On receiving a negative reply |
the voice became lower and rather con-
fdentlal: "Well, can you tell us where
our wives are? There are three of us,
you see, and we are all in the same
boat" The poor things We're in a
dreadful state of confusion. Their
wives had gone out to sewing circle
which is in existence along the Read
ing way, and each had told hubby to
on their quest and not a one of them
knew where to go. They had forgotten
to ask them where they would be. so
they wandered about the country
searching. The story ends there, for
we heard no more. I only hope they
finally discovered them, for they
sounded most forlorn and, too. have
not seen any ads in the lost and found
apartment. One wife lost was bad
'nough, but heavens, think of three
Il. NANCY WYNNE