Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-13

no,nrD concert will be given
Monday evening at the Metro
~ 2" o.ara House under the patron
l'An ,hs,r excellencies the Royal
Sc y s,hassador and the Countess
I'apan T, cetlere and the Royel Con-
!, italy and Mrs. Gaetano poccaral, ,.
= !. .Tslr will be given for the benefit
1s S. ,sa,,on Red Cross work and many
4 'ns 1,o.t prominent citizens are in
...ssssd in 1t. -,..,,..
,,,,ttee. of course, Is perfectly
fhe sa over the fact Of the Ambassa-
''s''',.s aor,Ius as it is not usual thing
s'fs ~ least. and Philadelphia is
S 2 = -, his visit here. Mrs. Poccardi,
pa'vsS .s.rIninE wife of the Royal ltalian
y I'M, ~ this city, is deeply interested
c0s'Ss sas done splendid work In encour-
.rng the affair
~ ,soln with, the ever-popular and
italian baritone, Pasquale
l'n.ss' will sing several arias, the prin-
ANA, 20 20 be the Prologue from Il
epo ep,,.oc,e which is quite the faVorite
4,0ns .s, aria of the music-lovins world
= ,ss sinsers who will appear are ital-
~ - ,Todame Gina Viafora, the we'll
~. sonrano, will be heard in various
and ISuca Botta, tenor OF SIN
s .,.r sweetness, also a member OF the
Ss.,ropolItan opera Company, VIII sing
In Aurelio Giorni, n noted pianist
Will play -,
the Martini symphony Orchestra OF
!. .,s,nbers, under the direction OF Et-
,ors Martini, will furnish the string
Altogether it bids fair to be q
s,ost M brilliant performance.
rumber of prominent persons have
..s.n boxes, among them Mr.. and MRS
.,.vander Van Rensselaer,, Mr.. and Mrs
- r'~~ra w Childs Drexel, Mr.. and Mrs.
c.sr,os eustis Harrison, Miss A. *.
rrisbt, Mr.. and Mrs. George Quintard
uorvitz Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs
psniamin Miller chairman of the ltai-
!. pelef Committee of the Emergency
"a Mrs. Miller, by the way. will have
q her guests Judge j. Willis Martin
"A Mrs Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard
u.pry Then the italian Relief Commit
4 =. has taken no less than four boxes
II three others have been subscribed
! hv Mr.. Francis Rawle, Mrs. William
4 q Greene and Mrs. Alexander Brinton
coxs. Among others greatly interested
are Mr.. and Mrs. William Ellis scull'
" and Mrs. Charles B. Wright, Miss
Nary Mitchell, Mrs. Julian Story, Mrs.
/ Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. ]. Sellers Ban
croft Miss Beatrice Wilson, Miss Mabel
Price. Mr. Joseph G. Rosengarten and
Miss Nina Lea.
don't know what is to be done about
,hs New York modistes--the way they
% IN IA something scandalous. Remem-
/. bsr last year the awful moment when
! Mrs Sullivan ana Mrs. Megargee
Wright met out at Memorial Hall at the
opening Of the Amerieanization exhibit,
each Wearing identical. hats. Well, my
dear worse than that happened out at
he Whitemarsh races lately, for no less
than three smart women met on that
: say sward in Identical frocks. Mrs. Billie
oothier, who is. quite one of the pretc
asst Of our young matrons and one of
be best dressed as well, was one; Mrs
hartman, of New York, another, and
Mrs. George Willing, Jr.. the third. Now
cuuld anything make one feel more dis
nuntled, even with the sweetest disposi-
tion in the world, than to see oneself
IN various sizes walking about at
party, especially after having paid an
enormous sum for supposedly exclu-
sye model gown?
am afraid New York couturieres
are rather up against 1t in both cities,
the special one anyhow who did this
special thing. To be sure one was blue,
and the others q different hue; but they
we're so distinctive in style. with rather
levere lines and little capes between the
shoulders. 1t really quite annoyed me,
simple onlooker, and the way these
three women behaved about it was more
than admirable, for 1t was trying, you
will admit. NANCY WYNNE.