Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-01

cottRsE the event Of the day
~ rather night will be the Riddles
!, the Rltz-Carlton for Lisa NOR
Mrs Riddle you know was MISS
,s.botb Dobson, first cousin oil
p,'A ,s ,notber who was Miss Maria
g,,-N.nn Lisa is greatly liked by her
..r,ous relations who seem to be 90
y. an they can to make her first WIN
~ ,n society happy one, and from all
- ~ has been. Lisa is extremely
aN.oiive and a general favorite, so
go entertainments are by no means
oseded to help her have good time'
~ she would have one any how' out
T. oIvavs nice for debutante to
80. number Of things given for her
Ia an we are all going tonight to en-
10y q with her. 1 hear there have
!Vy ,,ore than n thousand invites is
s,,.d and music and "eats' PROVIDED
Il, ages and conditions, so that II
Aon,t want to dance you have only
,.ove the ballroom for another
Ian, nearby. where you'll be enter
,s,,od with a buffet supper and special
.rchestra. And as for the eats them
s.,yos thev are to be wonderful, so
nano Rumor has It. Mr.. and Mrs.
piddle are charming hosts and 1t Will
surely be good party.
rbere will be a number of dinners
befpre the ball. The Tom Ashtons
will give one for Emma Dorr, who Is
mr. Ashton's niece. She came out last
winter and is very charming. Then
the ]. r. Evans Roberts will also en-
,ertain at dinner and so will Mrs. j.
Gardner Cassatt and the George Nc
Faddens.
met Brooke Edwards yesterday
afternoon, and was quite startled as L
thought he was already on the briny
deep. His boat was to have sailed on
Saturday, he told me, but was held up
and now it Is scheduled to depart on
Wednesday afternoon. Gray Dayton
Is going from here also. 1t is mighty
fine thing to do and will certainly make
strong men of them. The sight of such
suffering and the bravery of those
plucky soldiers must surely have
great effect upon young America.
Brooke you know lived in Paris for
several years and was at school in
Switzerland, so he has long ago mas
tered the French language and that
will make him useful at once. They
are to sail on the Rochambeau which
docks at Boulogne and then they will
me; they expect to stay in Paris about
month to get into practice with the
Ambulance Corps and then they will be
sent out to do active work on the
front. Brooke says he will probably
stay at least a year, and Ted, his
brother, is talking of going over to join
him in the summer. They are the
sons of the late Richard S. Edwards
Their mother was Miss Lucy Nelson.
1t really is funny how much a
simple childish play affects people, and
/ could not help being amused last
night at "Pollyanna" to see so many
people wiping their eyes, and at one
time several sobbed out loud; and aft |
erward, when we were going home the
comments and the searchings for some
hing for each one to be ,glad about.
We are an impresslonable nation with
put doubt and sometimes a fresh, |
simple little play hits just the right |
pot, There We're lots of people I knew !
here last night. The Joe Du Barrys |
haperoned a box party in which were |
iargot Scull, Gertrude Heckscher,
iatty Geyelin, Saunders Meade and |
everal others l could not recognize
rom where l was; then others in the
udience were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pep
er Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Foullle,
irs Charles West Churchman, Emily
aXton, Emily Saunders, Mr.. and Mrs
ones Wister and ever so many others
The Alliance Francaise was very
last night, and never have
here been so many debutantes at any
ieeting, many of them having reports
nd recitations to make. Olivia Gaz-
am was as cute as could be- she was
opposed to recite a poem, and evil
emily got scared or really forgot; any
ay she wabbled through the begin
ing and then snapped her small
ngers despairingly and was about to
I down, but not bit of it. NJ. Giroud
'uelly remarked. "You must do it,"
nd handed her the poem which she
len proceeded to read very well.
NANCY WYNNE.