Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-07
NANCY WYNNE CHATS ABOUT MANY
THINGS OF SOCIAL INTEREST
atting Is Craze at Cape May These Davs-Devotee Of
Bicycle Riding Attends Church on Wheel
Various Other Subjects Discussed

sv,o KNIT or not to knit the latter, in
doed is not the question, with apollo,
.os 10 william; for knitting is the
s.rest rage at all the resorts. When
...s down at Cape May recently every
hare turned were women with very
,orse and ornate knitting bags filled to
.he top with worsted, knitting, knitting,
sri,ting Just as hard at II as they were
:, the beginning of the war, and yet
,hs garments which shape under the fast
av,np fingers are not the socks or woolen
hsnds which delighted (O the hearts,
.hol, I say (hearts are sometimes in
oreer places, you know, so I'll let it go at
,hop of the Belgians and others of the
s,,1srers abroad; no, indeed the zephyrs
,r,,lch peep out from the cavernous
Aooths of the bags are of the palest hues.
Nv dears, those women at Cape May
Init on the golf and yacht and hotel
,orches they knit on the beach; further
more. they knit on the Stockton bath.
ho,se porches, and even in Arnolds and
TnllnRer's restaurants, In fact, they
.ven take their knitting to their bridge
o,ubs. because, you know, when you play
dummy you Cdll hlliN' e'hN WIG biiiiib At
rresent is to have as many sweaters with
sneora collars and cuffs and belts as 1t
"a possible to make in one season. Why,
this last week one woman In Cape May
has appeared in sweater of different
hue every day! And every one Is won.
derlng what color she will choose next
Even the kidets are knitting, some look
ing exceeding grave and serious about
I. and most of them wearing heavy shell.
rimmed spectacles.
There are two girls of the younger set
Sown there who knit so fast they are be.
sieged with orders from their non.
knitting "sistern" and may be seen every
afternoon on the beach knitting away
surrounded by an admiring group of men.
There is one thing about the fad: the
sweaters are mighty pretty and becom-
ing so why not?
Time was when our grandmothers,
dressed in their very best bib and tucker,
used to drive to church on Sundays in
their open victorias or landaus, and most
Of our fashionables motor to their places
Of worship now. Not so with one at
tractive matron at the shore. And it is
hard to say whether it is an advance or
a setback, for this same lady rides every
Sunday to the church door on bike.
oh, yes, it's quite true. She prefers this
mode Of conveyance and, gowned in a
skirt of black velvet, with a black-and-
white striped sweater and a stunning hat
trimmed with a tulle bow she goes on
her bike, dismounts and leaves the ma
chine at the door and goes in looking
quite as we'll groomed as any of her mo-
tored friends. Afterward she takes a
spin up the beach and enjoys 1t, too. You
see, It is very good exercise, and there
certainly is no improperly In 1t, so why
the old gossips must talk of 1t no one
knows.
From Bar Harbor comes the news that
Edgar Scott Is getting up an entertain
ment for the benefit of the Bar Harbor
Hospital to be held at the Casino
on August 21. 1 suppose this will take
the place of the annual fair which
Frances Mears used to get up for the
hospital each summer. Frances, you
know, is spending the summer out in |
Wyoming with her brother on a ranch |
near Jackson's Hole.
NANCY WYNNE.