Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-15
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brock Will Give a Dinner in
\ Honor of Their Niece, Miss Elizabeth Norris
Brock-Nancy Wynne Discusses Matters

n n - tbis evening, when ner uhcie anu
a.. and Mrs, Horace Brock, will
sun for her at a dance at their
~ 1920 Spruce street. Betty you
n0"e' =. the Youngest daughter of Mrs.
~" Brock, a sister of Mrs. william
A A,,.rv Mrs. Joe Du Barry, Sd, and
s.rah Brock. She was introuuoeu ,nis
.,.r at a dinner-dance which her
% ',ss, gave at the Ritz'Carlton on New
n,ght. and has attended pretty
s,v every party given so far this sea-
ror the Brooks are some pun
4 80. IN point of family, you know, and
80 pettv is very much liked, so there
us" The guests will be of the debu'
tante set.
4 ,r, second performance of the Junior
LEAGUE will be given tonight ana i
.,,v hone 1t will go off as well as last
4 80. There Is an amount OF orlgf
-, and wit among these gay young ex'
...rts of pantomime grace which GER
attracts the eye Of the beholder,
,,e,r quaint and brilliant costumes
.vor oueinter and more bizarre seen
Wv played no small part in the produc,
tion. s Ar.
..-,. Townsend 3d's dancing in the
-a.r scene was exquisite, and. OF
... Georgeanna Brown Harbeson
vas wonder.
r.,, time the aid of mere man was
.or.d bv the Leaguers, who had only
80 or three Of that sex In The Baiiet
!, - orlando" last year, but last nigh'
,..oues LIE Clera read the prologue with
..,ronr,ate acting, accompanied by the
-. muses.. Mrs. Theodore Paul, Chris
~. chambers and Valentine Mitchell,
"a there were no fewer than seventeen
an IN the pantomime. The prologue
=. for an Evening in Rocco" which,
~ the way, had been written and planned
4 Al, nv Katherine Chambers, but "Harle-
.,,rede" preceded the main performance.
mi, little fantasy was perfectly charm
~ To return to AN Evening in
4 pococo" the scenery, you know, was
,.,rted by Christine Chambers and Kath.
.r,ra Munoz Christine was responsible
Sbr the first act and Katherine FOR the
r.t while the middle was joint
production. -.
II was perfectly killing in the last
aet-the garden scene. There were three
r,llars which greatly resembled spiral
.t,cks of pinkish.gray candy, and, my
Assrs on the topmost tip, balanced by
an eyelash, so to speak, were Eugenia
Cassatt, Anna Ingersoll and Joe SIMS
On the program they were designated as
searden ornaments" How they ever
.taved there in those fearfully grotesque
attitudes all during the third act was
sne wonder to me. AS for Mrs Lloyd
= her green satin and velvet costume
and brilliant red wig she certainly was
wonder, so artistic and graceful.
OF course. the patronesses were the
martest ever; the list looked quite ike
AN Assembly one. But it was funny to
4 zee Mrs Charlotte Yarnall instead of
Charlton. Altogether, it was great, and
except for the rather extraordinary long
waits, the whole performance was most
unamateurish.
NHINGS are coming to a pretty pass
\ ! when young mother decides she can't
be bothered with looking after her son
and heir because she is hampered in en-
joying herself and cannot leave the house
3 the day the nurse is out, and therefore
must give up party or the theatre or
play bridge at home one night out OF
the seven in the week because sonny
has to be looked after. Two young ma
trohs of whom l have recently heard
have actually insisted that their mothers.
inlaw take care of their children for
the winter so they may have better
time, you know, fewer responsibilities,
and can go out more. Some idea for the
modern mother! Poor little kiddies, no
matter how much grandmother loves you
she can't replace mother" and hang it
oil, it's all wrong! What is going to hap
pen to the world If women so persistently
refuse to see their sacred duty. or course,
the mothers.in-law, who are old.fashioned
enough to love their little grandchildren
God bless them-are delighted, and in
the two cases I am citing the children
will be decidedly better off, for with
mothers who are willing to shift their
responsibilities so easily, the chidren's
characters would certainly suffer.
Frankly speaking, they don't deserve to
have them.
SHOULD think Effiingham Morris,
Jr., would have enough of weddings
heae days. An usher today at his
sisters marriage, one of the actors-in-
cmef at his own on Monday, and, II
you'll believe me, best man the day after
MS wedding for Aleck Yarnall and Elise
hopkins, who will be married on Tues
uay. Some one suggested that perhaps
he Morrises and Yarnalls contemplated
going Off on their wedding trips together.
y would be rather novel idea. wouldn't
y! NANCY WYNNE.
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