Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-06

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Mrs. Ned d'Invllliers, li"i IL
IN Eaglesmere this week. Raymond is at
present in Fort Myer, I understand
having beerf transferred there from
Niagara quite early after the formation OF
the first training camps.
ANUCH excitement is going the rounds
W Of the younger set anent the engage
nent Of Leighton Dunning to Dorothy
pell OF New York. Leighton has not been
\ IN Philadelphia as much as Norman, as
aimee his graduation from Lehigh he has
heen employed by the Westinghouse and
I ether electrical companies as an efficiency
( engineer, and that means travel, you
4 know.
a He is a brother Of Mrs. Bill Drayton,
vho had so much attention when she
made her debut, and has been one of the
mostsought.after matrons of the younger
Ut She, by the way, is living at home
lthcw with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Dunning on Twenty-first street,
while Bill is In France with Base Hospi-
4 hi Unit No 10.
So many of the wives of these young
doctors have been more than generous
h letting them go, for it means cutting
n down Of their way of living and return
4 10 their girlhood homes. Janet Sims New
q IN Is another who broke up her home In
K order to put no obstacle in the way of
Arthur's going with this same unit to
& france to help the sick and wounded.
h ITO RETURN to the Dunning engage
ment Leighton is at present in the
United States army engineer corps, and
A bengaged in airplane work under Govern.
nent orders. The wedding is to take
place some time this month, but no date
> yet definitely set.
Miss Pell is the daughter of Mrs. Anna
Ogden Pendleton Pell, of Emerson Hill,
and Of Mr.. Duncan c. Pell, of New York.
bhe is a niece of Mr.. H. Archibald Pell
end granddaughter Of the late Colonel
Z. 9. Pell, Of Civil War fame, whose widow
VAS leader of the American colony in
Pars many years ago.
swully pretty. She was educated at the
hphcopal Convent Of St. Mary, at Peeks.
tlhonthe-Hudson, where SO many Phila-
sspnia girls have finished their education,
sao mas number of friends in this city
@fough knowing the girls there.
one Is quite musician, swims like a
srmaid and rides extremely well, so l
AAe y she Is rather athletic, and she has
.ssied extensively in Europe and Is
S''oughly conversant in various Ian
Duages
AVshton will receive his army commits
~ ~ hampton Roads, Va, and he and
sA2s
~r cassatt family are certainly much
'he fore in these wartimes, are
hoty Ellen Mary and Eugenia have
working very much, the former EN-
~ IN the Girl Scout movement and
s'o and Eugenia studying nursing
sne may go over soon and join thl
m France. Well, Gardner has
s>S 'or france already, and will run al
~. nce there for the Red Cross. He Is
M IN OF the late J. Gardner Cassatt
s mother was Miss Eugenia Carter
cassatt is one of the most arden,
80 Tor the Red Cross and the Nav,
ana all the other things thai
are giving their intelligent time
ention to these days. Gardner
z,z e Folly Dixon seven years ago. sh,
nsr sister, Mrs. Norris Vaux, VIII.
~ .onor Dixon, were and are consid
Iong the most beautiful womer
ne Quaker City.
Cassatt. head of the firm o.
~ . Co., Of which Gardner is a mem
~. - s'ven his large powerboat to tn,
~. Iment' and Captain Edward Cassat
mist at present buying horses fo
q. Am Eddie and Bob are cousins O
ana sons of the late A. ]. Cas-
psr une president of the Pennsylva
DO altogether, the famil,
= oe giving Of their best. Oh! an,
s'ewart, who married Elsie Cas-
ter OF Eddie and Bob, is also 1,
p.y'ns horses for the Govern
w only Mrs. A. j. Cassat