Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
NANCY WYNNE TELLS OF OPENING
OF sSHAKESPEAREANAA AT ACADEMY
Shakespeare Tercentenary to Be Celebrated by an Exh
bition of Famous Books Paintings and Other OBJ
jects Relating to the Poet and Playwright

no YOU suppose any one thinks there
~ are not enough As or Es in Shake
speare's name and so has added a few
extra AS and called the exhibit of things
that are curious pertaining to the i'm
mortal William; Shakespeare with ana
attached. Be that as 1t may, of course
we all know 1t is the proper thing to
refer thusly to the exhibit, and that the
ana is just what tells us what it is; but
remembering my struggles in my school
days to know whether it was Shakspere,
Shakspear, Shakespeare or what in the
world was the correct way of spelling
his name, / wondered, you know. Now,
it seems, 1t has been decided once for
all and It has two AS and three Es
After this long dissertation it might be
well to say that the exhibition starts
this evening at 40 o'clock at the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Broad and Cherry streets, and lasts un-
I'll May 81.
So everything pertaining to Shake.
speare that it has been possible to bor-
row from the various treasure troves of
our many collectors has been loaned
and rare treat is in store for us all.
The hostesses this evening will include
Mrs. F. w. Abbott, Miss Katherine
Bergy Mrs. James Francis Cooke, Mrs.
Horace Howard Furness, Jr., Mrs. John
p. CARRIER, Mrs. John Gribbel, Mrs. Fran
els 3. Gummere Mrs. Helen Pulaski
Innes, Mrs. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Mrs.
Helen La Barre Jayne, Mrs. John Fred
erick Lewis, Mrs. A. Edward Newton,
Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. Eli
Kirk Price, Mrs. John c. Rolfe, Mrs.
Felix e. Schelling and Mrs. w. Yorke
Stevenson.
Did you ever hear of such year of
engagements, andI actually in the last
two weeks we are hearing of them at
the rate of two day? Yesterday the
Jack Carpenters announced Elizabeth's
engagement to Lieutenant Freeman
Bowley, of the ordnance department, u.
s. A. Elizabeth is the elder of the two
girls, you know, and very attractive.
She, has had varied experience in the
last year. Do you remember In the
summer time what a terrible fall she
had from her motorcycle, which left her
unconscious for many days? Then,
after she regained her strength, she
entered the University Hospital and took
UP trained nursing, but, as is often the
case, 1t proved too strenuous-at least
so heard-and she was obliged to give
up after months trial. Her mother
was the eldest of three sisters. She was
Miss May Fuller and heU sisters are
Mrs George Bower, who was Miss
Agnes Fuller, and Mrs. Rob Griffiths,
who was Miss Bessie Fuller.
Eizabeth's younger sister, Eleanor
Carpenter, has been teaching dancing
this winter and with great success, for
she is light as a little fairy and every
one wants to take lessons from her |
Young Jack Carpenter, who has been
such a pretty girl in the Mask and Wig
this week, Is a younger brother. / be-
lieve no date has been settled on for the
wedding as yet.
The Plays and Players are to give one
of their delightful teas tomorrow after.
noon in the clubrooms on 18th street. |
Members of the profession generally |
are the invited guests. There will be |
music and other entertaining and most |
of the star performers of the club will |
be there, for 1t is the usual camping |
ground for members on Sunday after |
Moons. NANCY WYNNE,