Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-21
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr., and Mrs, Hancock Will Entertain at Large
BaliIonlght In Honor of Their Debutante
Daughter-Other Matters

ugHE debutantes are once moro IN the
u foreground this week, though they
unnaged TO swim above water last week
=, epite Of the bazaar. Last night there
vas the dance In the foyer OF Hortloui.
tnral HAIL, which was given by the John
t5evbolds for Dorothy Nowboid and
patty Borie, who are their nleces. Doro-
Inv is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar.
thnr Emien Newbold and Patty's parents
sre Mr.. and Mrs. Beauveau Borla, Jr,
Mn. Boris having been Miss Mamie
reubold. Tonight tho Jamos Hancocks
r,iil give a ball &C the Bellevue.stratford
n honor OF their debutante daughter
katharine Hancock. Il II to be n very
beautiful affair, understand. and, as 10
usually the case, many persons will en-
turtnin at dinner before the ball Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart wurts will give a din.
n-r for Gainor Baird, and Dr. and Mrs
waitsr Freeman viii entertain for Eliza.
hoth Gribbell tho guests at this dinner
wdIl ho entirely from the debutante set.
With the exception. Of course OF Corinne,
fhouEh goodness knows she Is very little
more than debutante herself. as sho only
cuune out last year. The other guests
vii be Meta and Alice Janney, Marie
Iouise FAIRIES. Isabella wanamaker,
welghtnan FAIRIES, Clarence Freeman.
no Grub. Jr., William Paxton, Sd, Isaac
stnrr, Jr., George Boyd. Jr., and walter
Freeman, Jr. Mary and Elizabeth Pack.
ard win beehonor guests at a dinner given
by tho Alan Wilson's and Mr.. and Mrs
Gcorge Burton will entertain for Lorraine
Graham before the bail.
COMBINES one wonders what in tho
- world the mothers of the present day
arc thinking OF when they viii allow
ther daughters to appear on the stage in
the costumes, or lack of costumes, that
one sees In some of the amateur produc.
tons. Women with dignity. too, and who
are supposed to 1.-Two "reverently, soberly
and In tho fear OF God" as the marriage
service says. was utterly amazed at a
recent performance TO see girls who are
generally designated as "nloe girls" APP
pear on the stage with far fewer articles
OF apparel than one Is wont to wear even
10 the privacy of ones boudoir. And in
the rows of spectators sat smiling moth.
ers, who exclaimed. isn't she cute, SO
perfectly at ease. tool" with never n
thought that tho men who are dancing
with these girls dressed IA la Moulin
Rouge" or "Folies Bergere" have lost all
respect for them. why can't the modern
girl Of eighteen to twenty-five be modest2
There's something wrong and, to my
mind. it's largely the parents who are to
blame. They should keep their eyes and
ears open while they are so husily admir-
ing their daughters. and perhaps they
would hear what l did: one man explain.
ing to another. who was evidently
stranger here, "oh these girls are all
right; yes. their costumes are awfully i'm
modest. but. OF course you could not get
nice girls TO do these things"
LNRIENDs OF Mrs Tom Liggett will be
i mighty glad TO hear that she is able
TO be around again. after having been III
for some time In consequence OF very
bad fall. She was Edith Runli, you know,
and is an awfully popular girl. She and
Tom went TO live In Haverford, and one
day coming downstairs on the beautifully
polished floors there lay rug; she slipped
on 1t and fell, hurting herself very badly
and had to be kept in a darkened room,
suffering from shock and injuries, for
come time. Last week. however. l saw
her at several dances and parties, and
she is looking as blooming as ever.