Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-19
NANCY WYNNE is INTERESTED IN
PYTHIAN GAMES ON JUNE 8
enendid Festival of Apollo to Be Given on tho tro, f
the Lowering Place on West School House Tano IN
Germantown in the First Week of June
nEb1GHTFuL festival will be Civ

nrr1GHTFUB festival will be given
n =. the Lowering Place on West
,,.,,oi House lane, Germantown, on Satur-
- ofternoon, June 3. A procession of
ss....t youths and maidens will assist the
a,ss,s and priestesses of Apollo, and
~. nNtasoue of Persephone" will be pre-
s.nted by the children of the Southwark
ssa,gbborhood House. Besides all this, the
.,,,iatic contests will be under the direo-
~, NJ Michael Dorizas. The contests will
s.as,st of running and wrestling matches
80 throwing the discus and javelih.
,.s;des this, the Delphic Oracle will
,hosv the future The festival Is to
Z. oiven for the benefit of the South
-, Neiehborhood House and South
ort nav Nursery. In case of rain, as
IN most Of these out-of-door affairs the
narty will be held, not in this case on the
sav following, but on the Saturday fol-
iowing, namely, June 10.
The committee In charge of the whole
.ra,r includes Mrs. Samuel b. Jarden,
.hoIrman: Miss Marguerite Dautenbach,
s.cretary: Mrs. r. Marshall Trutt, treas
,rsr. Mrs. M. NJ. Adams, Miss Josephine
FOX. Miss Marion Grant, Miss Rosamond
tJovt. Mrs Edward Hacker, Mrs. Walter
= Hancock, Mrs. Edward Farnum Lavell,
Mrs. James f. Lea, Mrs. James Mona
gban. Mrs. F.. j. Morris Mrs. Robert
1 &, McCracken, Mrs j. Howard Reber
Mrs. w. G.. Rhoads, Mrs. Wendell Reber,
Mrs Frederick Hart Shelton, Mrs. Mar
.hall e. Smith Miss Wuanita Smith,
Mrs Carroll r. Williams and Mrs. Thomas
Wlstar, Jr.
Resides all the out-of-door games and
athletics there will be a music contest
~ flutes and harps, arranged by Johan
crolle of the Settlement Music School,
Then there will be a poetry contest and
reading of the prize poem, which is to
be written on any Greek subject. Greek
msidens will sell nectar, alias lemonade
md ambrosia, in other words, ice cream
Altogether it Will be decidedly unique and
tremendously interesting. Best of all it
will be a bit different from the thousand
and one charity affairs that all do the
same thing year in and year out. The
aNIasuue of Persephone," given by the wee
kiddies of the settlement, will be especial
" interesting Mrs. Lavell has been work.
ing on this for weeks and certainly those
of us VIII, have seen her act in the Vari-
GUS amateur things which she used to
be in so much before she married, may
anticipate an enjoyable performance, for
she not only can act, but can impart
her knowledge to others.
NY dears, the very cutest Junior Musi-
cal Club has been organized out on the
Main Line by Mrs. Carroll Hodge and
Mrs. Burton Chance. The end in view is
10 arouse the children's interest in things
musical They really are working in
earnest on the subject and they intend
to give about three musicales year
in the spring, fall and winter--and, mind
YOU they will take up a different school
each time The spring musicale was given
very recently at Deepdale, in Strafford,
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward +.
Beale, the parents of Mrs. Chance. There
were about 60 in the audience and the
concert was wildly applauded. The pro-
gram included Russian music only. The
little artists who took part were Maisie
and Helen Chance, Dorothy and Murial
Hart, Alice and Robert Benedict Polly
Thayer and that small lamb, Jack Wheel
er. The club boasts a quartet and trio,
besides individual soloists already.
NANCY WYNNE.