Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-20
Fhliadelphia colony there, so it's quite
some jolly little party at present.

"o'9 July nltie party aL present.
NANCY SMYTI is travelling again. Now
" she Is going to Fredericksburg, Va,
where she will visit Tommy Mles's par.
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Miles,
They are spending the summer there to
be near Tommy, who is in camp at GUAM
tico, Va. and as they are veiy fond of
Nancy and she is very fond of Tommy
they Thought she might as well be near
him, too, for awhile, at least Nancy's
cousin, Lee Shipley, has gone down to At.
lantic City to visit Elizabeth Van Dusen,
who is there with her father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Van Dusen.
Isabel Howell is spending few weeks
with Mrs. Elgin Gould at Bay Shore, l.. l.,
where Mrs. Goulds son, Earl Gould. has
just been made an instructor in aviation.
Isabel Is engaged. you remember to Lyt-
tleton Gould, and he is away now travel.
ing all through Japan, Korea and China
In the interests of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Mary Frances Fisher, Of Jenkintown, Is
going to Saunderstown, r. l., this week
to visit Mrs. Henry Wharton at Lockwood
cottage. Her engagement has recently
been announced to Jimmy Drinker. son of
DR.. Henry S. Drinker, president of lie.
high University and Mrs. Drinker.
TNHE Edward Clarks, who have been liv-
L ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Clark. expect to move into their new
house on Lincoln drive. st. Martins, this
week. They have just come back from
visiting in Manchester, VT. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Willing, Jr., of Bells Mill road,
Chestnut Hill. leave this week for York
Harbor, Me-, to stay for the rest OF the
season. The George Packards, OF Villa.
nova, are going to Newport for the re-
mainder of August.
hid you hear that the Atee Burpees
- have a SOM. should say so; just the
other day, Mrs Burpee was Jeannetta
Lee, as no doubt you remember, Atlee's
father was w. Atlee Burpee, who had the
seed farm, Fordhook. and I believe the
two sons, David and Atlee, have gone on
with the business since their fathers
DEATH and have done very we'll At any
rate, I still see the catalogues of Burpee's
seeds and the hothouses and huge fields of
scarlet sage and wonderful arbors of
roses are still in evidence when you go
past the farm, so I guess it's just as sue.
cessful as ever.
NNE cannot help wondering what they
" will do next; not the children. not the
Allies, not the Germans none OF these, no
matter how startling they may be. but
the butler and his wife, the cook.
Mr. and Mrs. P are occupying their
house at the shore, and as they are pretty
constantly having weekend guests and
midweek guests. too, for that matter,
Madame and Monsieur said that James
and Psarl> might take the Ford and run
down into town to get some extra gro
ceries and incidentally go to q movie
So saying, Madame and Monsieur
played rubber or two of bridge with
some neighbors, and went to bed about 10
o'clock. Hours afterward wifey shook
hubby by the shoulder and said. Ned,
dear, do get up. something awful has hap.
pened; there are at least nifty people In
,he street and there Is the most dsafening
noise have ever heard going on" Non.
ssnss," replied the husband. you're al.
,yays bearing things, and I'm tired getting
nm in the middle Of the night to look for
imsssusry burg-t--" Bang Bang! and .
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