Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

the rest went into the water. 1t helped
to make them cooler to see the clea,
water and the happy sprites therein.
uANE you ever seen anything quite so
IL popular in the way Of dress material
as ginghan this year? very stunning
dark-haired girl, who lives in Chestnut
Hill and who always has an eye for the
artistic when 1t comes to selecting her
clothes. dropped into the Ritz one day
last week for luncheon with a very hand.
some naval officer. By the way, I notice
the girl in question Is very popular with
all branches Of the service and I wonder
IL we won't be hearing some interesting
news before longJ Well. to return to the
tzCarlton, the girl was wearing smart
trock OF checked pink and white gingham,
which was most becoming to her dark
beauty, and she looked perfectly sweet.
After luncheon that fascinating COM
bination of white linen, brass buttons and
happy smile betook itself off to find it's
car. And as he left the dining room a
sweet-looking woman. quite beautifully
gowned came and sat by shall We say
Eleanor? eh. bien, Eleanor it isl.
In soft and melting voice the older
woman said: my dear may ask you q
very personal question. Oh. a very per.
sonal question indeedY' Eleanor in a
moment conjured up in her mind all the
dreadful things she had done In her
short and really quite peaceful life Then
she thought perhaps some dreadful thing
had been discovered in the past life of the
handsome naval officer who was then
hunting his car out of all the various
and sundry makes reposing in the middle
Of Broad street.
She found herself saying in a weak
voice. "Oh, yes. do"
Well" said the lovely lady quite sheep.
ishly, Wont you tell me where in the
world you got that piece of gingham? I've
secured the town for it in any color,
| but there was not an inch to be found.
| You might think our men had been com.
manded to wear uniforms Of Anderson
| gingham instead of khaki. I simply
cannot imagine why there is so little
| on the market"
Poor Eleanor wilted utterly under the
the fact that her back hair was hanging
down her back to the discovery that she
had been lunching with a man whose past
was filled with dreadful doings. 1t was
| too much She managed to mention the
name of the store where the material had
been purchased, and fled in haste to the
gallant young officer who awaited her,
his unblemlsped and shining past fairly
sticking out all over him.
DOB HUNTER is at the Niagara training
- camp, and it would never surprise me
to hear of another hastened wedding
within the next few days, would 1t you!
Bob is engaged to Tippy Spencer, you
know, and it seems scarcely likely that
those who have weathered the storms OF
the training camp till now will not re-
ceive commissions, so IL they should decide
TO marry before he goes off to France
Christine's name will be added to the al
ready long list OF charming Philadelphia
girls who have given up quite cheerfuiiy
a big church wedding with lots OF pretty
bridesmaids and all that because OF the
war and It's demands upon u.s. MIS- Hun
ter and Katherine are at one OF the hoteis
in Cape May for the summer.
MIR. AND MRS. NED WATERS have
1N1 taken the house formerly occupied py
Mrs. William Williamson on Highiahd
avenue. Mrs. Williamson has moved 10
anartments on Main street and rented
her house to this young bridegroom anu
bride. Mrs. Waters was Margaret Whi'o'
OF Boston. Her marriage to Ned waters
took place several months ago. she Is a
fascinating young woman and bids fair
to be as popular on this part OF the map
as she was in Cambridge where she was
greatly sought after >r