Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
"Mrs; Temples Telegram" to Be Repeated for
Benefit OF Main Line Branch No. of the -'l
American Red Cross ''''

IN SUCCESSFUL was the recent pro-
Auction of Mrs. Temples Telegram"
-, bv a number of well.known men and
80, for the benefit of Main Line
praneh. No /, of the Southeastern Penn.
-,,,,ania Chapter of the American Red
c.oss II has been decided by the com
.,,,ee in charge to give two more per.
Iarr,ancos with the same cast and for the
same charity.
The first will he given at Mannheim on
,,,e G and the second at the Merton
cricket club on June Is. The play is
syen under the direction Of Edward
Grant
Tho leading role will he played by Mrs
p,ohard Norton, one of the most attrac.
1--WE Of the younger Main Line matrons
The others in the play include Dolly
Grant Eleanor L. McCawloy, Helen
vabirnie. Tom Mexican, Matthew Baird
T. Howard Ritter. Theodore Grayson
end Robert Meade Smith. The committee
IN charge Of the production consists ot
AIRS. Matthew Baird, Jr, Mrs Bartol
prazier. Mrs. Herbert Clark. Mrs Gren.
vile Montgomery. Mrs. Tom Newhan.
Mrs. Richard Norton, Mrs Meade Smith.
Mrs. Charlton Yarnall and Mrs. Tom
Mexican
A number Of young girls will sell pro-.
grams and flowers at both performances.
OF course Main Liners will be pressed
into service at Merton, and Germantown
girls will be found at Mannheim
THERE is a time for everything. but
La honeymoon is not the time to find
oneself arrested, now, is it? Wei. not
long ago a very new bridegroom spend.
ing a fortnight very happily in Atlantic
City was summonded to his home in a
nearby city by telegraph. When the
whole thing leaked out the story was
this: Our bridegroom was arrested be.
cause he had left his motor outside the
city hall over the prescribed length Of
time while getting his license and attend.
ing to a half dozen other little errands.
An appeal to his lawyer got him off
rather well, however, and he was heard
to make the remark TO a friend that he
did not propose to he arrested and have
his honeymoon spoiled, no matter what
ne had done in the past.
THEARD recently that fraternity for
girls or a sorority. as some call it.,
had adopted the U. S. S. destroyer Nc
Call, which sailed recently for some.
where on the ocean" The adoption
means that they made up boxes contain.
ing ninety-two pounds Of tobacco, pounds
and pounds of fudge and chewing gum, and
any quantity of books latest fiction, his.
tory, pamphlets and recent periodicals
To hear them tell of the ceremony and
red tape through which they went to get
into the Navy Yard with their packages
for their adopted brothers is a scream
They arrived there without their leader
and not a girl present knew the pass
word. The poor sentry was nearly fran
tic with the repeated guesses, until there
loomed on the horizon the leader of the
band, who gave the magic word and
passed in with her gay companions and
delivered the goods to the captain The
! boys on that boat will have some little
lgood time, believe me, when they are
not on duty. 1t was splendid thought
and much more practical than many
things which some of our hysterica
friends have undertaken for the cause.
NANCY WYNNE.