Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Garden Parties Prove Interesting in Two Suburbs
Today-Latham Park, at Oak Lane and Rad
nor Oenters for Outdoors Affairs


m pnow there is to be a garden
IT, ont on the grounds Of st. Mar
pc,yrch. at Radnor, this afternoon
tns It'll o'clock, and supper is to be
w., .,.a from until in the evening ana
:. ,hs benefit of the st. Martins Chapei'
" i =, the women on the Main Line
"O. .ot,v interested in the work, and
ne ,ove,y things have been prepared
nS. .,,s The fancy table will be In charge
Mrs. Frank Griswold. Mrs. Ben Chew'
" Iobn B. Townsend and Miss Eleanor
ME .u IN Mrs. Jack Kane and Mrs. Ed
c,hssa will have the flower table,
..o toys will be sold by Mrs. William
tu Mrs George Justice and Mrs. Ran.
.',nS Justice. Rummage will be sold by
..l",,,s oOpA Heckscher, Jane Hepburn, Lydia
c,.,n,sr and Florence Kane.
0,,,, IL 10 be q baby show, presided
.nar bv pretty little Mrs. Jacob Disston'
"a Mrs. Charlie Baily will have a
S ..s,. !, unusual and attractive articles.
A.. Tom Newhall and Mrs. Charlie
..'-.I.or will sell cakes, and soft drinks
~ ~ disposed Of by six delightful bar
w.. namely, Lawrence Smith. Ledyard
r,..v,cber. Frederick Baily, Campbell
y..hau blackwell Newhall and Isaac
Cothier Jr.
a., Morris Clothier is chairman of the
.an,s, committee, and she will be assisted
Nv Mrs. W. w. Atterbury, Mrs. Hayward
wv.rs Mrs. Lewis Nelson, Mrs. Paul
,nns Mrs. Edward A. Schmidt, Mrs.
palm wilbur, Mrs. Stanley Flagg, Sd,
NJ. Ledyard Heckscher, Mrs. Isaac
ro.bier Jr., Mrs. A. ]. Drexel Paul, Miss
rather Hare and Mrs. George w. Lamb,
rho q the wife Of the Rev. DIR. Lamb,
xho is rector Of st. Martins Church.
Among the aides at the various tables
rIn be Mrs. John F. Meigs, I'd, Marga-
rstta Myers, Sara Nelson, Margaret Ber.
Wind. Augusta Harrison, Ellen Harrison,
Muriel Hodge, Dorothy Hodge, Marie
Hepburn, Emily Clothier and Dorothy
cothier.
AND while all this excitement is going
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women out on the Reading will be carry.
ing on their splendid sale and garden
party for the benefit Of the Abingdon
Hospital And they certainly have got
wonderful attractions. told you of the
doll yesterday which Mrs. Wilson has
named after herself, and Of the wonderful
old samplers. Personally, I am very
anxious to see the weeny little Red Cross
nurses Of six. who are to sell black bread
and war cake. The things they have are
really miguel think, and I do hope for
both parties the day will be fair and cool,
for 1t never seems as fine to have to put
thing off, does it? This Abingdon Hos.
plal fete is to- be held at Latham Park,
out on the York road, and it really Is
quite delightful place. There is a great
deal Of open space before the houses be-
Gin, and II will be on these lawns and in
he adjacent woods that the attractive
bUths will be arranged.
WHILE motoring recently along the
''byways Of West Chester on a shady
wee house painted green and white, COW
cred with trellises and clinging vines and
having lovely window boxes filled with
flowers, before which was the cutest sign,
Garden Tea House." It looked good
enough to eat, so l decided to explore
Wrther, and on entering the door found
ne most attractive small tea room have
eer beheld. The decorations were in
green and yellow, and the chairs and
uoes so comfortable. There were tables
under the trees also, and really it was as
Nnlshlngly lovely to sit there and sip
's'u Tea and eat food that seemed to have
se'n cooked for the gods. Nectar and am.
VISA are not in it with the eats Of this
AAAh tearoom. The Randall Morgans
we're seated at one table, and a whole
r4V f'people from Wilmington stopped
= wnile 1 was there. Mr.. and Mrs. Has.
'u anu Mr. and Mrs. Yerkes and Lard
nOwell and his family came in, and
~ Neu lrasels, from Torresdale.
discovered that the small house had
as'ory; that many years ago a man
- Oult 1t to get away from the world
en'oy nature alone-a sort of den
sN,ol doors, away from the rest of
Wv m'nily He called it Nebraska, for
mat time Nebraska was considered
worlds end. Now the little house
i ! y qui'e central spot. and tourists are
sp"s tnere all the time. Mrs. James
''S mousht Of using it for teahouse,
saaishtway did so. and under her
sus management the undertaking,
M Onis few weeks old, has proved an
u5'sCsdented success.
i iorset the Art Alliance Pageant
n. OrroW out at the Polo Grounds,
sung to be perfectly beautiful! Elk.
y artistic and unusual in every
~'u us FOR the poor French artists.
NANCY WYNNR
4 Personals
vii sntau .u MRS, Isaac Starr, Of Wyncote.
mi ~ slsln at dinner tonight. There
~ Oe twelve guests. 's'''' i"ere
Lewis Sju ulnner-dance which Miss Emily
Auntlnra.u give on Saturday night al tbe
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