Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-15

ru he a busy one in the
VD world. not that there will be
~ big balls or affairs oil tnat ,. kl,lu'
shs ..eeral - smaller parties Will be given
pusss ss vii be most interesting the
FpN rnv Cotillon will meet in Hor-
fes., .so, Hall, and there will be sew
pe.'s, ,'.nors before that event. Fore
~. s among them will be that given by
NJ .nd Mrs walter Jackson Freeman
" az a. NJ trytendale Baird, the very
y ny .a,ive debutante daughter of Mr.,
e'e ssrs william Baird, and who is
~ - ,be most gifted of the younger
@ s,i, she will dance tomorrow night
.s,ss st. Rita concert at the Bellevue
s,atford, by the way.
. ,r,eresting affair also will be the
,,as,ro party which Mrs. Thomas
.u,,ne will give for Valentine Nit
sn another debutante, daughter of
Nd Mrs, Langdon Il. Mitchell, and
,srv gifted person also. Miss Nit
~. music is her great forte. She
- ..s, very prettily and plays extremely
.g and has had the perseverance In
W.. .ors which marks the successful
musician -
,ova had occasion several times
,.,,,v 10 HE me to an obscure little
..,.rer's shop, located on the main
80, of one of our older suburban
'..,,ons. the place having become a
,.vsn for those who are weary Of wres-
,,Irr with the servant problem, and
,horofore temporarily minus cook.
rbe restaurant boasts of Victrola, so
"a, one can be regaled with Luculllan
,.,sts and grand operG at one and the
,,me time, and 1 have slipped my soup
.loVly and meditatively to the strains
a the Hilda waltz, struggled vigor-
ous,v over a steak with the stimulus
.Sorded by the anvil Chorus" and
eallcped through the salad and dessert
course to make room for the next conner
With fox-trot record on; but one night
a strangely familiar yet odd tune as
,ailed my ears, and when this had been
rsneated three times 1 recalled it as
rood old revival hymn, but was at
loss 10 understand it's popularity until
that one can be regaled with Lucullean
Iespied the rector of one of our we'll
Known parishes seated in q quiet corner
with his daughter. The rector looked
sppreclative as the record repeated and
repeated, and we were all very much in
terested, but have dined at that same
cafe three times since, and each time
the rectors appearance was the signal
for putting on the same old hymn, and
each time he bears it with a resigned
smile and tries his best not to look
bored. But one cannot help think
Ing that even a minister, be he ever so
sincere, sometimes grows just a little
tired of shop"
The Ritz Carlton ballroom was
crowded to the doors yesterday morn
Ing for the charity musicale arranged
by Mrs. David Lewis, Mrs. Frank
Granger Kennedy and Mrs. Robert
EmOtt Hare, and number of persons
remained for luncheon. Among these
were Mrs. ]. Harrison Smith, Mrs.
Horace Petit, Mrs. sohn S. Muckle,
Mrs Albert Rosenthal, Mrs. Theodore
Armstrong, who entertained two of the
artists; Miss Elizabeth Latta and Mr..
Robert Armbruster, Mrs. Edward
Schmidt, Mrs. Hare and Mrs. c. Theo-
dore We-nwag. Others who were pres
snt for the music were Mrs. Joseph M.
Gazzam, Miss olivia Gazzam, Mrs.
Thomas E, Dunn, Mrs. Charles Francis
Bochman, Mrs. Harold e. Yarnall, Mrs.
Dobson Altemus, Mrs. PaXson
Deter, Mrs. Edwin G. Close, Mrs. Jo-
Hph W. Shannon, Miss Caroline Porter
and Miss Katherine Hare.
NANTV WINNIE