Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-21

many ., he the question which was de-
seemeo . large AYE" last night. Music
cdeo ar more particularly speaking
kver', ars heaved a sigh Of relief when
sssv Sp found that Philadelphia was, a'.e, ,
'ne' ling to have its well'loVed opera on
ALL ,ay nights. For otherwise "nat
TuesoA. do on Tuesday nights? we
wou'u 90 get out of our ruts, and we
do nav bandages all the time. Those
Can duty it is to write about events
wnCs wSs.,etv spelling it with a capi,ai
oVe ..ev dearly love to roll such
-hoN os diamond horseshoe bril-
p p.., assemblage,' and so torth' u',ue'
na tongues! But these uSetui ola p,o'
men ., was shown last night must DC
n.a nioe.' IN tissue paper and laid away
Wspp for the duration OF the war
10 'a" ,rooeine the house dull and drao'
poh. osn,t There were many beautitul
ie en nd many more beautiful women
pN., FOR the most part have, with
Ou' -, oood taste for which Philadei'
the us ars noted, decided to forgo any
p~ ipN'.h displays-sartorial displays one
M n'.S, call them-while their men iolN
m adopted khaki and woolen sweaters
,beir regulation evening dress
/ opEAKING of women ana inueeu' o"e
hardly speak of the male contin-
....., Il is for the most part non
s'as oent when represented by navy
@' IA cold braid or khaki. The box
o ust looks virtually the same LOT
a' Wv Rensselaers. the DreXels, the
S,0,esburys % the Mitchells' the HafriSohs,
wv rarles. the CoXes, the Mcheans anu
NV more still retain their places on tne
'- Mrs Van Rensselaer, had iamiiy
..,,v including Mrs. Cassatt ana Mrs'
..oux Mrs. Alexander Brinton Coxe'
Ting extremely we'll in black SATIN
'.,o,,ed Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence 1.
'', ard the Hobart Hares. Mr.. and Mrs
..,,ry had Mrs. Stotesbury's daugh-
,,r Louise Brooks, with them' also Eui'n
v,,h,r and Mrs Barclay Warburton' Mrs.
s,s,.sbury wore an exquisite gown OF
s.,aed white satin with pearl orna'
80 Mrs. Warburtons unusual mead
...ss q dark green quill rising, straight
w.. Tho air from her hair, which was
,...,.a high. caused much comment she
wearing an awfully goodlooklns
,ovn OF white satin trimmed WIN pF'''
nants. Gov,
,,,,hsr unusual headdress, a ran
.s.n.d ornament of black tulle' was
~ bv Mrs. G. Hamilton Colket, VINO
-, ,aten a box this season. Win her
-.rs the William Drayton Oranges
Mrs John Frederick Lewis had on
.,.rr,ng gown of turquoise blue satin
with a large Dresden figure IN procaoe'
CONSPICUOUS among the younger
u wonen whose husbands, instead OF
,r,,nv III, usual attractive b.acK'and'
vhi,s background for their wives
,ovns. are now off somewhere ciad IN
thaki were Mrs. Craig Biddle, who was
With her husbands aunt, Mrs George w.
ChIlds Drexel, in the latter's box ana
Mrs Harry Vain Harrison.
And speaking of Frances Harrison, she
did look fascinating in gown OF shim-
mering black sequins which, cut on cling
ins lines, caught the light with every
movement and gave her most gracetui
appearance. Mrs. Harrison is wearing
her hair dressed quite high; in fact the
pompadour seems to be decidedly coming
into its own again among many smart
women.
And not the pompadour OF ten years
back, puffed out like a halo all around
the face, but the real high dressing al
tected by the famous beauty OF the
French court from whom the name was
derived.
QUITE one of the sweetest "debs' OF
Va none.toofestive season for these
Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur Paddock Klapp, en-
tsrtained in their box for her and hei
cousin Gladys Williams. The two girls
made charming contrast, the former lr
rose pink chiffon and satin.trimmed witt
silver lace, Just one of those fluffy little
dsbutante frocks. and Gladys in sof
blue satin and chiffon. They later wen
to the Bellevue for supper and dancing
AMONG other regular operagoers
"a saw Mrs Donner, who was visior
IN royal purple velvet; Mrs. Randall Nor
gan, Mrs. Howell, with her daughters
Mrs Aertsen, Mrs. Rowland and Mis-
josephine Howell; the Stewart Wurts
The Struthers Ellises, Mrs. Harrison
smith, who had boxful Of navy peopl
With her; the Eli Kirk Prices, the Henr!
Groves, the Fales Bakers, Mrs. Boch
man and her daughter, Jean Bochmar
hs Sam Woodwards, the Riddles, tn
karsley Mitchells. the Sydney Emlei
hutchinsons and Mrs. Clyde. in who's
Oox was Mrs. Charles Edward Ingersol
" course, the house went crazy whe
ms Star Spangled Banner" was sung b
ue artists CMatzenauer doing it all b
nsart and Martinelli reading from hi
wperl and the great chorus joining in i
We refrain. There were tears in man
eyes,
HAVE you ever done some foolish littl
thing just on the spur Of the mo
IsnI and then been. oh, ever and eve
sorry that you did it?' Well. it's NOR
uan likely you have, and II SO, perhap
IVY wo.t laugh quite so gl,efully at ou
o young friends. You seq 1t happene
Iusy: They were walking down tn
1ss' Just as joyfully as could be. fo