Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-22
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Many Features Are in Readiness for the Sporting
Carnival to Be Held in Bryn Mawr Next
Friday and Saturday

f., ,oads ON the Main Line, from
a nI.,,on 70 Paoh. and including the
,.anev Forge section, will lead 10 bryh
,,.rr next week for the gigantic SPORT
carnival which is to be given on
NAV and Saturday In aid of the Main
,,.o branches OF the Red Cross.
,ost Of attractions, all different, and
sewing for their single object the
-.,s,ne of funds to buy bandages, VIII be
tailed on the Bryn Mewr polo field and
,he horse show oval, where In the day
.,.,o a real horse show, in which hun
,-.av NJ entries will be exhibited will be
,ne attraction and where, at night VIII
=, stased a most picturesque pageant.
Tho nageant is surrounded to great ex'
90, IN mystery. because each OF. the
Ato,n Line towns is going to be repre-
4 ,.,od and each, as far as possible is
.orcealing what IL intends TO do from
.verv other branch. The general commit
-. headed by Mrs. Otis Skinner, is main
l.,r,rp supervision and has taken care
,hst there will be no duplicates, SO that
,be pageant will be constant succession
Of surprises.
,s definitely known that Captain Ed
-.rd II. Cassatt will head the pageant
18th his four-in-hand coach filled with
-,.,,v girls who will throw confetti over
IN. spectators. The girls will be dressed
4. Pad Cross costumes and will all be
.,.r,bers Of prominent Main Line fam
ilies.
ATA meeting Of the executive commit
"A tee OF the carnival at Inver House,
U.vne. tho home Of Mrs. Archibald
Barklle, general chairman, recently, 1t
~as decided that every aide participating
IN the carnival will appear in Red Cross
.ort,rme. Tickets for tho affair have been
sod by the thousands, according to re-
norts which have been received. The
various branches which are to participate
m the proceeds will have the cards OF
admission on sale this week at. their
headquarters.
The horse show, which will be presided
aver by Mrs. David B. Sharp and Mrs.
ALBERT E. Strawbridge, will be the biggest
single event in connection with the car
pival. II will be held on both days from
sarly morning until sunset. Every box
has been taken and the show promises to
Ae almost as good in every way as the
Bryn Mawr show which it supplants this
season. SO far as dates are concerned, at
any rate.
A dog show, in which great interest Is
being taken by hundreds of dog owners
ir this vicinity, and many from other sec.
tons, will be a feature Of the carnival on
Friday. A, hound exhibition will be held
on Saturday. In connection with the dog
show Clarence II. Clark, 3d. will exhibit
the Radnor beagles, which are famous in
the annals of beagle trials and chases
along the Main Line.
ONE of the principal departments of
Othe affair will be the restaurant,
which Will be conducted by Mrs. John C.
Groome and a committee of prominent
women. and lunch counter, which will
be going from early morning until the
fete closes each night, and which will re-
heve every one of the necessity of leaving
the grounds after their arrival at the be-
ginning CT the day. The restaurant will
be set up around the picturesque club
house of the polo club. and the lunch
cyunter will be nearby. Mrs. Charles Gus
ts Harrison, Jr., vice chairman of the
restaurant committee, will be in direc
charge Of the lunch counter, and her ar
rngements for providing sandwiches
hardboiled eggs, ice cream, milk and
things like that would prove interesting
and instructive to the new Nationa
Army
The Main Line Citizens Association il
cooperating with the carnival and will
sendsr assistance In every way possible
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, numbering
200 each, will give drills each afternoon
Arrangements have been made for thu
installation Of a children's playground
where amusements will be provided ant
where there will be two experienced
women from the first-aid department ii
charge.
Much interest N being taken in tn
baby show, which was first announces
last week. From all over the Main Lin
qusries are arriving as to entries, prizes
&c. Mrs. Dobson Altemus will be one o
tho judges, ......
uHE frst-aid station will be one of tn
lA big departments OF the carnival.
will be directed by a large group O
~pmen, every one Of whom was graduate
tom first-aid course. A drug store wi
te operated. a trained nurse will be o
hand to render practical advice, and com
Tort kits for soldiers and sailors, contain
ing proper supplies for first-aid treat
ment, will also be sold.
The members of the hrst-aid depart
ment will include Mrs. Frank Croft, Mr.
z. Coiket Wilson, Mrs. w. S. Roney, Mr.
John A. Brown. Mrs. Frederick Embicl
Mrs William T. Hunter, Mrs. Murdoc
kendrick, Mrs. II. s. Brodhead, Mrs.
lsn Barr, Mrs. H. Roberts, Jr., Mrs. Fran
Dallett Miss Dorothy Badger. Mrs. Lou
y Palmer, Mrs. C. L. S. Tingley, Mi