Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-11
NANCY WYNNE TALKS GAILY OF
DOINGS AT THE VARIOUS RESORTS
Narragansett Pier, Newport and Other New England
Places in Full Swing of Activity-Jersey Coast
Towns Are Centres of Summer Gaiety

TT LOOKS as IL this season at Narragan-
i sett Pier and Newport would be and
IL already a pretty gay one. OF course,
now that most of the troops have passed
through Philadelphia and gone down
TO the border, and no war has as yet
developed, our splendid women who have
worked so hard and earnestly for their
division of National Preparedness, feel
that they can go to their homes in New
England and other places for the sum.
mer months and enjoy the good times pro.
vided IL things remain as they are.
At Narragansett, SO writes me,
dancing holds full sway and there are
weekly fox trots and one-step contests at
the Casino on Tuesday, Thursday and Fri
day nights of every week. and my dears,
!, these are to continue until September so
fond are the people there Of dancing.
On the 27th of this month there is to
be n Ball of Chapeaux" and on August
Is there will be Hawaiian ball, and from
fhe whispers heard of the costumes
; hlanned for this little episode in a sum-
mer's passing believe me, It will be some
little dance wonder what Dorothy
Norris has planned for that occasion?
Certainly her costumes have been hither-
to the most admired of any Of the fancy
dress affairs, for che has shown such
wonderful taste in the selection and com.
bination of colors in the various costumes
she has designed for herself. remem-
Der at 'The Gambol of the Gods" given
last season for some charity affair. Doro-
thy appeared in a sort of Eastern dance.
She had exquisite tulles and a peacock
feather IN her hair and the combination
Of gold. red, orange, rich blue, soft yell
low and rose in her costume was one Of
the most successful conglomerations of
color I have ever seen.
How little one realizes when safely un.
der tent and apparently far away from
the madding crowd, the voice carries far
ther than Is usual. Had this not been
the case, I would not have been able
TO tell you of this little incident which
seems to mo q rather sad little incident
as it shows the want of thought of the
entertainers of today and the entertained
There had been party over the Fourth
and two of the girls and several men were
discussing It. The thing had been given by
an older man and evidently there WAS
much of the flowing bowl that cheers"
for the delectation of the guests, for
said one Of the prettiest and most popu-
lar maidens at this resort, well, Two
been on many Fourth of July parties in
this small town, but, believe me, this was
the worst I ever knew; why went home
and attempted to write to --, but
am sure he never could have read it.
I never felt SO queer in all my life, 1t
actually took me hours to recover" To
which artless remark, one of the callow
youths replied, IT never saw anything to
beat 1t, why only had two tries at that
and knew nothing at all after
wards"
Haven't we come to rather serious
stage In our development when girls of
tender age and mere boys are entertained
by a man many years their senior with
such strong refreshment that they get to
be, in way politely intoxicated, and then
boast of it afterward? Where are the
girls of yesteryear?
NANCY WYNNE.