Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07
SEVERAL PARTIES
IN LANSDOWNE
Members of Sorority Guests at
Small Masquerade Party Held
on Friday Evening


lately, for, even though the times are
so terribly serious, there must be a little
fun now and then TO make the work seem
lighter. on Friday night Miss Emma Love
had a small masquerade at her home. The
girls who went to the affair are all mem-
bers of the Omega Delta Sorority OF the
Lansdowne High School The guests were
Miss Harriet Dolbier. Miss Helen Wilson
Miss Katherine Landes. Miss Helen Adler
Miss Mayrie Hood Miss Evangeline Drew
Miss Lillian Gurney Miss Mary Bishop
Miss Emily Johnson, Miss Helen Whiteman'
Miss Helen Douglas, Miss Alice GOODWIN
Miss Marie Helen Kean, Miss Elizaoeth
Clark, Mr. Edgar Paul, Mr. Lewis Wiles
Mr. Arthur Marls, Mr. Charles Adler, Mr
Fred Milliken, Mr. Gilroy Damon, Mr.. David
Chambers Mr. Paul MacCausland, MT
Fred Bonsall, Mr.. Howard Bonsall' MT
Ernest McKenna, Mr.. James Kohane' MT
Joseph Glovor and Mr. Louis Gallagher
Last Saturday afternoon Miss Alma wal
lace gave a linen shower for Miss Eleanor
Conway, who is to be married TINS mohth
to Mr. Malcolm Robertson. First OF al
the guests played 800" and then very
plump crepe paper pumpkin was presented
TO the brlde-to-be And, of course, II was
filled with many showery things. Ihe
guests at the affair were Miss Eleanor Con-
way, Miss Florence Conway, Miss Mildreo
Donaghy. Miss Bullen. Miss Isabel Gal
brath, Miss Laura Willis, Miss Marguerite
Irving Miss Ruth Decker, Miss Ruth
Wunderlich, Miss Mabel l.. Wallace Mrs
John Phillips Mrs George Williams, Mrs
Arthur Brereton, Mrs II. p Babbitt, Mrs,
Clifford Ware, Mrs. Howard Busler and
Mrs. George Hooper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emlin c. Paul gave card
party at their home on Saturday evening
to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
There were sixteen guests present.
The Lansdowne branch Of the Needle
work Guild of America held its annual
meeting at the Twentieth Century Club last
Friday. This branch was organized In
1894 and ever since that time has been
doing a great deal of good work. Gar
ments are made for hospitals and charitable
institutions and although most of the
women who are interested in this organi-
cation are working hard for the Red Cross.
they still devote some of their time to
making these garments, for there is always
a great need for them. Mrs Walter
Lorine Webb Is the president of the branch
out there. The directors are Mrs. A. s, M.
Young, Miss NJ S. Beatty, Mrs. Edgar
Beatty, Miss Mary Balns Miss Lydia Bid
die, Mrs. Culver Boyd, Mrs. S. c. Boileau.
Mrs william Conway. Mrs. Garretson Cook,
Mrs Robert w. Click, Mrs. William 1. Roller,
Miss Katherine Jones, Mrs Robert d. Tay-
lor, Mrs G.. Victor Janvler, Mrs. H. c.
Hunter Mrs. Jesse II, Brown, Mrs. Wilfred
Conard, Mrs. Theodore Evans Mrs j. d,
Carter Mrs. j. B. Crawford, Mrs. A. j.
Davis, Mrs. Harry NJ Davis, Mrs. George
Elder, Mrs. T. NJ. Fitzgerald Mrs. w.
Fisher, Mrs. Howard S. Goodwin. Mrs. o.
NJ. HokiansOn, Mrs. S. H. Guilford Mrs
Frank +. johnson, Miss Eleanor Laurer,
nN.io Mru
Horace Long, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Roberts,
Mrs. Hillary Marion, Mrs Francis n.
Maxwell, Mrs. John w. Moon, Miss Dora
Pearson, Miss Helen A. Reed Mrs B. II.
Shoemaker Miss Ethel A. Shrigey. Mrs.
John M. Shrigley, Mrs. A. II. Votaw, Mrs.
John Way, Mrs. Barclay White. Mrs A.
G. Steer Mrs. A. c. Swayne, Mrs. T. s.
Thompson, Mrs. ]. w. Warren and Mrs.
l.. r. Hyde.
The social committee of St Johns Epis-
copal Church met at Mrs w w Hawke s
home on Friday afternoon. These meetings
have no special object, except the forming
of a delightful friendliness between the
churchwomen, and how can this be better
accomplished than by chat and a cup of
tea every once in a while? And, of course
It goes without saying that each person
brings her knitting.
|. The Girls Guild of the Episcopal Church
met on Thursday afternoon, November l,
and officers for the year were elected. Miss
Dorothy McEwen is president, Mrs. George
Hooper is vice president, Miss olive Mason
is treasurer and Miss Florence Conway,
! secretary. The guild meets twice a month
| and the members have made a number of
| hospital garments. They have also given
| some very successful entertainments for
| the benefit Of various charities.
| meeting of the Americanizaton Fedora
tion of Lansdowne was held on Monday
| morning at the Century Club. These meet
| ings are held once a month.
| A group of men in the town are greatly
| interested in the work the Young Mems
| Christian Association is doing in this war
| These men met on Friday evening. Novem-
| Der g in the high school building. They
| are Mr. ]. Eugene Baker, Mr.. +. II. Bon.
| sail, Jr., Mr. William Boyd, Mr.. Thomas
| c. Cooper, Mr.. Hugh Dunlap. Mr.. w. O
Easton, Mr.. William G. Landes, Mr. j
Milton Lutz, Mr.. Grosswell McBee Mr.
Barton Masters, Mr. Walter L. Phillips, Mr.
| Elwood B. Revell. Mr.. v. Gilpn Robinson
Mr.. Edwin b. Saylor, Mr.. Charles Hay
| Spayd Mr.. James T. Stewart. Mr. Walter
| Ludlow Taylor, Mr.. Frederick s. Underhill
| Mr.. L. Wager-Smith, Mr.. Carl Lewis Alt
| maier and Mr.. Claude A. Simpler.
| A subscription costume dance was giver
| at the Century Club on Thursday evening
| November /.
| Miss Elizabeth Shaffner gave a small
| dance at her home on Saturday evening
| Mr., and Mrs. James T. Taylor left re
| Gently to visit their son at Camp Hancock