Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-08
pANCY WYNNJE CHATS ABOUT MORE
OUTDOOR AFFAIRS FOR CHARITY
shern Home for Destitute Children and Lincoln Edu4
cational Institution Will Be Benefciaries of Fete
des Fleurs to Be Given in June

=. - the largest events OF tne sea
FFe .,,u be the "Fete des Fleurs'
hi be given June and 10 al
VT T,.. Rosemont, the country place
QH o' - Mrs George Fales Baker.
affair will be given In aid OF
p .s,fk institutions in the southern
~ .he city, both of which have
~ . ~ fashionable women as man
rqeps The beneflciaries will be the
..harn Home for Destitute Children
ad and Morris streets, and the
,..aln educational institution at S24
s.ath 18th street
=. robert c. H. Brook is president
~ lincoln Institution and Mrs. l.
s.ssrts : NewlSlrk president OF the South
sn Home.
..,ss Of interesting events will be
during the county fair, which
ps.I !. one Of the big features of the
w = A supper, with a cafeteria
go -. and general dancing, In addi-
ssl'yss !. competitive dancing, will be the
uoa .,o diversions of the entertain
msnt. IN. .,o aanc,ry will,
nontests. which will be in charge
-. Francis A. Lewis, Sd, Mary
a...,u Harriet Frazier and Brownie
y.rburton. Mrs. James Starr VIII oe
J. charge Of the supper.
Z wrs re charles Stewart Wurts is chair
- !, the general committee in charge
w y. fete. Among the features Will
aust plain dog, show, Fencing
.sr,ests and boxing match II is eN.
80 that a well.known aviator VIII
series of flights, and other at
,..,,,vs features are on the program
~, of the county fair will be
a.r department, with, various tools
IA plants for sale. In addition there
an bs contests for prizes for fruits
and vegetables.
Tho committee in charge of the fete
i A,,,, Includes the boards of managers
4 !, ,ha beneficiaries, and few other
w.n.tnown members of society, Is
! urs Francis King Wainwright MISS
u,rrlst Frazier, Mrs. Joseph Baldwin
uu,obinson, Miss Mary NJ. Mitchell, Mrs
psn,amin Coates, Mrs. Eli Kirk Price,
4 NJ. Joseph L. woolston, Mrs d. Bra
/. dsn Kyle, Mrs. Francis A. Lewis 3d.
/ .nd Miss Mary Brown Warburton.
u0nbers of the committee represent
NJ the Southern Home include Mrs.
c.srse Fales Baker, Mrs. Howard W.
isr,s Miss Emily Earnshaw, Mrs. Gus
.sus w. Knowles, Mrs. William L.
carter. Mrs. Charles H. Howell, Mrs.
j A. Caldwell, Mrs. Nathaniel Knowles
Misa NJ. C. Penrose, Mrs. Charles Stew
Az Wurts, Mrs. Henry j. Maris, Mrs
Tbomas w. Rudderow, Mrs. G. Ham
Iltor cclket, Mrs. Pope Yeatman, MISS
Mathilde Potter, Mrs. William t. Plum
mer, Mrs George H. Ross and Mrs. A.
G. Pennington.
Among those representing the Lin
coM Institution are Miss Eleanor B.
Hopkins, Miss Eliza Fox, Mrs. Daniel
Baueh, Mrs. George w. B: Roberts, Mrs.
John G. Eustis, Mrs. Francis Halle
1 hurst Miss Emily DeCoursey, Mrs. Jo-
/ ssph !. Dimond, Mrs, Caleb Horne MIS-
1ohn Coates Browne, Mrs. j. g. Sulli-
van, Mrs. George Mason Chichester
Mrs Elisha Hancock, Mrs. James Starr,
Miss Edith Weber, Miss Mary K. Gibson
and,Miss Mary s. Montgomery.
The twenty-seventh club night Of the
Pays and Players will be celebrated
tonight at the Little Theatre, when the
msmbers will present the three best
plays selected by the committee in the
prize play competition. They are
-Dregs," "Affinities" and Death Walks"
It will really be very exciting, as the
eutlre membership of the club present
It the performance is to vote on the
three plays, and the prizes are to be
awarded according to their verdict, or
course subject to the conditions OF the
eampetitiop. No one rs supposed to
know who wrote which, so imagine the
issings of the playwrights at the vari-
Gus comments which will be made. Mem
bsrs Of the club who will appear In
-Dregs" are Mr.. Henry Sheppard, Mrs.
Fsank Dade. Miss Emma Fegley
Nearns. Mr.. Guy Jones and Mr.. How
ard Brinton. In "Affinities" the actors
and actresses will be Mrs. Maurice Fa-
gan Mrs. Geddes. Mrs. Walter Steel,
krs. Charles Mclean, Miss Katharine
6ssler, Mr.. Joe Deering and Mr.. Henry
schaffer.
Mrs. Joseph Scholes, Jr., Mr.. Bennett
Felesberry, Mr.. Henry Schaffer and
II Frank shellenberger will appear
N Death Walks"
can't say the names of the three
Plays sound especially salubrious nor
= L they were the quintessence of JOY.
However. Of one thing we can be sure,
tasY will be clever and well acted.
psegs' sounds slightly sordid, "AffiAi-
nas naughty and death Walks lu-
zahFious- The truth about them all re-
aalns TO be seen.
NANCY WYNNE.