Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Social News of Here, There and Everywhere as
Seen Through the Eyes of Nancy Wynne.
An Incident or Two

Tho George Dallas Dixons ana the
r" Keatings are going to .Southamp-
7 today for the rest Of the sum.
- Mrs. Heating was Miss Katherine
-, n sister of Mr.. Dixon, and the two
,,,,.s have been spending the last week
! together at st. Martins
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hunter, Jr', expect
no to Upper Saranac in the Adiron.
...Ss n spend the month. Mrs. Hunter
Arabella Scott and quite one of the
..,,,est little recent brides of this town.
r. younger sister, Pansy, whose Chris
.,., name is Martha, is coming out next
Jason: that is, she's due to-but you
,now what question II all is. We may
q. ,.orv independent OF the male creature,
~ think we are; but, after all, II one is
aobutante. II depends largely on whether
4, ,s about in number or not whether
,re has a good time or not; so 1t Is
.ro.,,on. as I have hitherto and often
said.
arr. DALE BENSON and his daughter,
WlMiss Bertha Benson, are going down
N Cape May this week. as Dale Benson,
T. "a with the Naval Coast Reserve
Aovn there, and the family naturally
want to see him.
rsAREL PAGE, daughter of the William
i Hvrd Pages, Of Chestnut Hill, left to-
day for Clark County, Virginia, to visit
AIRS. Harrison Taylor, who is spending
the summer there. Mrs. Taylor is one
A. the innumerable nieces and cousins
Of Mr.. s. Davis Page who have come up
here from time to time to visit, and most
of them have met their husbands right
here in this town. There was Mrs. David
pepper who was Celcstine Bowie, and
sbe and her sister, Pauline, lived with
Mr.. Page and hisS charming daughter,
Mrs. James Large, for number Of years.
Then Mrs Harrison Taylor, who was
Edith Harrison, and her younger sister,
Isabel Harrison, both made their debut
IN this city, though Isabella did not fol-
low her sisters and cousins example, but
married southern man.
After Mr.. Page had finished bringing
out his nieces and cousins he had his
grandchildren to turn to, and two years
ago saw Isabel's debut at the lovely old
Page place on Gravers lane. in Chestnut
Hill, and year before last Edith Page
was introduced by her grandfather and
aunt.
mo RETURN to the goings-away. Mrs.
1 Mahlon Hutchinson and her daughter
Edith will go this month to Northeast
Harbor to remain until September any
how. II not longer, and the Lloyd Coates
of Ardmore expect to spend a part of
this month in the Adirondacks. Mrs
Coates was Theodate Baily you know, a
sister Of Mrs. Mitchell Hastings and of
Edith Baily
MRS. ALECK HENRY, Jr., will return
NA within a few days from Northeast
sHarbor, where she has been the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman Freeman.
The Freemans spent the early summer
their home outside of Lebanon, but
went up to Maine last month. l wonder
they will go into town again next win
ter They had the Norris home on Twen.
, V-second street, you know, but Emily
/, spent lot Of time out West during the
early winter.
usT In passing. I heard last week that
Mrs. Walter Clark's surgical dressing
class, which meets at the Women's
League for National Service headquar.
Nrs on Germantown avenue Chestnut
niii' mad received an urgent call for
io'ooo dressings, and that Mrs Clark, who
must be wonderful executive, had
quickly called a meeting and nearly 1000
snscai pads were made at that very time.
aaik about efficiency! This surely shows
Una. every woman of that particular or
sah~auon puts duty before pleasure
'nese not days, with the result that things
are really accomplished and not just
"arted In half-hearted way.
NJ Hs, WILLIAM ROTCH wISTER and
Miss Frances Wister of Clarkson
shu Wister streets, Germantown. have
gone to New London for the remainder
he summer. Poor Miss Wister had a
pe'ty hard time Of 1t last season when
.ne went to the North Shore. No sooner
!. .''u she arrived than she became Ill with
80 aho did not sufficiently recover till
' A'e autumn. Her splendid work as
.na'rman of the women's committee of
ne Philadelphia Orchestra is known
throughout the city. let us hope she has
sood summer this time.
NJ AND MRS. ELLIS AMES BAL
nj, LAIRD, of St. Martins lane, Chestnut
, aye occupying their summer home
Sheoeague, Me. They will have with
49, .heir son and daughter-in- law Mr..
u mrs Frederick Ballard, during the
'noer OF the season The younger
s ballard was Frances stoughton. of
Y....' Yah'own' Both she and her sister
ns' s,aoel' who married Hatherly Foster. of
q ,.0, were always mighty popular, and
~,' VoNs as IT young Nancy, their sister,
'oiiow in their footsteps Quite nobly.
iLADELPHIANs will all be sorry to
esrh OF the death Of Mr.. Horace
H.. which took place on Saturday of
weeK' Mr.. Brock had been III only
.h ~" Gays and his death was a great
49,. 70 his family and friends. He
nv. ses a widow. who was Deborah Cole.