Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-21
sIG RED CROSS BALL
PLANNED AT ATLANTIC
....bore Fashionables Hope to
Raise $4,000 at Affair on
Garden Pier
ATLANTIC CITY, June 21.

ATLANTIC CITY, June Il.
~. fashionables are planning TO
,,ooo for the American Red Cross as
...ult Of one Of the most unique balls
LA in this city. II is to be given
oo on the Garden Pier. a leading
'D uy,, be a series Of folk dances of
.,,,ors allied with the United States in
.r Many Of the dances, including
dances and the cakewalk, which
nosa,sd with the Seminole Indians Of
orlsnsa will be interpreted by girls from
Tior.s.isea and Ventnor cottage colony,
me .s wing with each other in perfect
vho nsser,selyes in the art of dancing.
w nsses for the dance will be announced
pttI' Atlantic City Country Club is also
In. I,ns, N do its bit for the Rer Cross
hHlssine tournament on the Fourth OF
under the auspices Of the United
tuy, ,oN Association, The last tourna-
Sates ted the club $3.50 for the Red Cross.
men' tbe club at Northfield. including a
: piea .ySamnionship, ~ and later a cross-coun-
epo ,,rrey The links are being newly
uysd and several extra bunkers are be-
upp, IN The latest alterations are maxi
ms pSoi.s more difficult and many pitfalls
w made for the unwary. Scores of rs
~ now considered good cards.
Tbe Atlantic City 1dCnl Clup anu tne
i".o Yacht Club are also arranging to
s cnsis sss Red Cross by having a series Of
ha..,ainments. ha including yachting parties.
eh,,icb the women will pass their time
m,,,ing for the soldiers. AS soon as hot
h",her arrives bridge parties aboard ship
S, ne a salient feature of life at the shore,
Nr,,ber of owners having pledged the use
!, ,heir craft for raising war funds in this
way.
The first big race of the season will be
..,d on July Z, when the two shore yacht
.,,hs will entertain together at the Atlantic
c,,,, Yacht Club in honor of visiting yachts
~ from the South Jersey seaside resorts.
ny elaborate affairs are scheduled for July
Vowing to the fact that the city is going
..bove a spectacular patriotic rally on that
..casion. a feature of which will be a
vorsde of all youths of conscription age
y the city. Every organization in the re.
.o-t will be represented in this patriotic
s.r,onstration to show that the nations
riavpround is united in upholdng the boys
rho NAV be called to the coors. Bathing
.,sls representing the thirteen original
states are to have a part in the celebra-
ton.
John McGlynn and family have leased
,hs cottage at los South Oakland avenue
tor the summer and will arrive in a few
days,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Henderson entertained
. supper party at the Shelburne, where
Judge John H. Patterson and Mrs. Patter-
Son we're also hosts
George Broadhurst is here for a month,
vorking on a new play Some of his most
noted successes, including Paid In Full"
were written here, George Arliss also finds
the sea air conducive to literary work. He
and Mrs Ariss have taken an apartment
AZ Delaware and Pacific avenues.
< Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Shisler have
opened their cottage, 3S South Plaza place,
Chelsea.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Laughran. Jr., are oc-
eupying their summer home on North
Carolina avenue.
lf Senator Clarence Wolf, of North Broad
street,' Philadelphia, has opened his cottage
i22 Kingston avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Walker have as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Allen, of
1912 Locust street Philadelphia, at their
Chelsea home.
Commodore and Mrs William F. Metzger
will give their annual dance at the Chelsea
Yacht Club, Saturday evening, which will
mark the opening OF the Saturday dances
at the club.
large charity dance will be given at the
Hotel Ostend Saturday evening, June 80,
for the benefit of the Seaside Home for In
valid Children. The pstronesses are Mrs.
Harry Bacharach, Mrs. Silas Shoemaker,
Mrs. George A. Bourgeois, Mrs. Leo S.
Conway, Mrs. Charles Y. Goodfelow and
Mrs. Jacob Weikel, assisted by Miss Ber-
tha Goodfelow, Miss Katherine Moore,
Miss Mabel Kirkpatrick, Miss Blanche
Yates and Miss Evelyn Brown.
Henry c. Schmidt and family are occupy
Ing their cottage at Chelsea and Pacific
avenues
Members of the Lafayette Chapter,
Daughters Of the American Revolution, will
sew for the Red Cross every Wednesday
throughout the summer.