Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
!. .nrrv WYNNE WONDERS WHAT
'hi' SOCIETY WILL DO IN LENT
Dung Buds Who with Last %so Might Finished Their First
and Other Serious Things for Awhile

gAAAN
ara neelnning of Lent today
HUIth. of the younger set will turn
/. %ar, D,ore serious side of life as there there
ihs nor 10Y doing in the way of gaiety
u ee ~ ,,ne TO come. Perhaps 1t IS
. SOM ~ The knowledge of what our
var ,,,"gs a,,u on the other side are
sH'v p',,o anyhow, whatever it may be-
afsiins' J.. ,hat the wee debs are about
faln \ = = settle down to a quiet lie, 70
''g = Knitting, taking lessons in iirst,
Fins, .,ne A studying French ana
uiS o,ber languages, and doing all
nouI .'Ines which improve the mind one ,
Z ulns .h is great charity, and
I'm was started some time 49, ago py ',,o he
pl.s l.saola League girls, will probably oe
cIlnnv's J, hv the debutantes, nov that
slsn'', .one This is the making up
sncb packets for the various puplic %
iuOu l.,,aren Then, various sewing
i0ol ho,n the Emergency Aid have
~, ned :, Altogether they will be
,ittle bees through the coming
~ -,o,s and, too, there Will DC
4 :, oTairs, and Mrs. scott's supper
Z" I An keep up until April 1, SO the
" n.,re 49, will not entirely stop
o.,,0 TO the fact that the Bal
,o.no took place last night the
.s.rcp at the opera was less Drill
p,'. ~, usual. as virtually the entire
4. ~ ~ cot was absent and many OF
~ ,ss,o,dors are in the South. Some
!, 80 : .,ov.at.homes, however, attended,
certainly 1 have seldom seen Mrs.
s,r.w Wheeler look more beautiful
sbe did last night in a gown OF
u oo,or silk and chiffon. Anna
s.rsoll was talking with her aunt
\. Edgar Scott, between the acts;
:, tham are such charming types
. .,,tolv beauty. Mr.. and Mrs James
E-ncls Sullivan entertained in their
: Mrs Sullivan looking very well
~. colored tulle over a paler shade
,ut An unusual gown was worn
/, Mrs George McFadden, the bodice
40 of black chantilly lace cut square
N made with elbow sleeves. Some
the opera-goers left early and
I,,ried home to don fancy frocks and
\ 10 the Bal Masque, which was gay
a festive beyond words. 1 was
shIv amused to hear very young
|.,ron telling a debutante one day
!, week that she would chaperone her
sbe promised not to sit on the stairs
| IN dark corners at the ball. But"
"a vee deb. cant I go up in the
Ilcony and watch the ball from there"
Kesn responded the young matron, IF
IN will promise to hurry up those
Iekstairs I'll take you and chaperone
Bu. II you will just promise to keep
oylng; it does not do to stop except
the full limelight." Now what do
bu suppose she meant?
Society folk in city and suburbs are
eatly interested in the delightful Mi
Ireme entertainment which the men,
|ers Of the st. Nicholas Day Nursery
! colored children, 32S South 18th
rect. will give at Horticultural Hall
the afternoon and evening Of Mon
" April 8. The affair, which is es-
Icially under the direction of Mrs. AL
|H D. Whiting, one of the managers
the nursery, has been arranged with
UGH care. In the afternoon moving
ctures will be the attraction, when
usually interesting reels will be
own. Tables will also be arranged
/ bridge. Moving pictures will again
! shown at night, to be followed by
|neing. A large number of bridge par.
5 will be arranged by the friends of
e nursery, where more than so col
|ed children are daily cared for and
nused from early morning until dusk.
/ fact the nursery, situated as it Is
a congested colored neighborhood,
|s accomplished a world of good, not
ply for the children, but for many a
prried mother, who, relieved from
Hxiety as to the care of her children
bring her absence from home, is thus
|abledl to give her whole attention to
Z daily toll. And, to watch the young
RFs at their play, or to see the delight
N which wee colored infant takes
daily bath in a twentieth century
shtub is sufficient to awaken the inter
Oh a visitor to the nursery. The fol-
wing prominent women are connected
|in the work: President, Mrs. Charles
Howell; first vice president, Mrs.
|sodore Spencer; second vice presi-
pt Mrs Sydney Thayer; treasurer,
y henry Paul Baily; secretary, Mrs.
alllaem Aertsen, Jr.; managers, Mrs.
my H. Busch, Mrs. Henry Bartol
|azier' Mrs. William r. Chamberlain,
Z isaac Fl. Clothier. Jr., Mrs. N.
'sFs Filter, Mrs. Edwin H. Filter,
8 EDWARD d. Chase, Mrs. William H.
'ss Mrs John S. C. Harvey. Mrs.
'nahiel Knowles, Mrs. Walter S.
.s'sN Mrs. Sidney Mason, Mrs. C.
-4's' middleton, Mrs, Richard Evans
"n, Mrs ]. Ernest Richards, Mrs.
Assd Sellers, Mrs. Henry C. Thomp-
] srs' Paul Thompson and Mrs. AL
z D Whiting.
NANCY WYNNE.