Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-12

L BellevueStratford called over Here"
which has been gotten up by the Marn,s
with the aid of Elizabeth Latta and several
other girls and the splendid opera singer,
Henri Scott for the Medico-Chi Hospital
Social Service Bureau. Then at the Acad.
emy of Music the women OF the Social
Service Bureau of the Hahnemann Hospital
are having the joint concert given by. Miss
Louise Homer and Mr.. Reinald Werren.
rath for the benefit of that hospital
And so 1t goes; when it is not one charity
IT'S another. and we dig into our pockets
and purses and, instead of begrudging it or
complaining thank God that we havo
little something to help with.
NEXT Monday evening unique and in
IN teresting concert will be given at the
League Island Navy Yard. Under the
leadership of Miss Martha Barry n chorus
of seventy women. composed of the chorus
Of the women's Club of Swarthmore, the
New Century Chorus and the chorus of
Presbyterian deaconesses, will bring much
pleasure to their sailor audience by their
wellchosen selections.
Assisting this largo chorus will be two
small ones made up OF the following girls,
who will give bit of frivolty to the pro-
. gram by singing several Of tho popular
song hits. In one group will be Helen
Dando. Eleanor McCawey, Mrs. Danen-
baum, Miss Champion. Mrs. Hiram Eliason
and Miss Potter. In the other group will
be Dorothy Fagan. Sidney Lear. Georgiana
Pitfleld. Dorothy Dinsmore, Helen Pitfeld,
and Margaretta Dixon. Mrs. Arthur La
Roche, Mrs. Thaw Mllington and Mr.. Glen
Staples will be soloists. Mrs Millington
you'll remember as Miss Elizabeth McClos-
key; she is going to sing a number Of
French songs.
Mr.. Staples, who is n distinguished con.
cert singer from Chicago, enlisted last
spring in the Radio School at League
Island before completing the course at Eiar.
ward. His voice and singing have great
charm and will add much to the evenings
enjoyment.
IT'S funny thing when you go to the
L opera all keyed up to enjoy it, as in the
case of Faust" last week. you're apt to get
disappointed; and when you go to one such
as the Daughter Of the Regiment" you cx-
pect fairly pleasant evening and you are
surprised to hear Hempel in perfect voice,
SCOttl HldTNel us iiohi
Donizettis little breath of tunefulness an
almost perfect performance. for they were
all at their best. There were not as many
in attendance last night and 1t is a funny
thing to me that some Americans can't
stand quiet during the playing of one
stanza of the national air. All through
the audience officers were standing at
salute, and in the grand tier the women
stood like statues in their colorful gowns.
but in the orchestra there were some who
had to talk the enduring time and remark
the officers at salute. And there was one
woman who insisted on singing, or rather
thinking she was singing all through the
soprano parts thereby almost spelling
Hempels exquisite work. What ! think
Of her! 4!
Flo Rivinus was in the Van Rensselaer,
box looking very smart with his newly
acquired stripes; the Stotesburys had an
English officer with them and a real
United States captain on crutches was in
one of the boxes also. Mrs. Charles Coke
knitted industriously all through the per-
formance. Margot Scull Biddle looked very
we'll in a pale pink frock and Frances Gamble
had her hair arranged in the most wonder
full way. She and Eleanor both looked per-
fectly stunning. The Dewitt Cuylers had
the Dick Elliots and Sydney Keiths in
their box. and Mrs. Craig Biddle, looking
like a queen. was in the Drexel box.
There was one moment in the perform
ance when the matter Of factness Of Ger.
tain young woman Of quality came out to
the full. though no one would have suspect
ed her Of such "goings on" at home. Two
lackeys came on tho stage to light the
chandeliers during the last act, and the
lights refused to light Good night"
whispered the small person; somebody for
got to put a quarter in the SLOT
MYTH most of the parties called off this
w year 1t was good to go to the opening
dance Of the three which are to be given
by Mrs. Edward Troth at the Germantown
Cricket Club Really, don't know Of any
dancing class that is more popular than
Mrs. Troth's, and I'm go glad she decided
to keep up three meetings anyhow. It's
such a relaxation to get away for two or
three nights in the year from the sorrows
and sufferings of the world. 1t makes one
more ready to help and sympathize after a
little recreation.
Such = crowd as there was on Saturday
night! You never saw so many!
Uniforms to front of you. uniforms to
left of you, uniforms to right or you-and
on danced the six hundred! 1t really was
quito thrilling, and tho variety of uniforms
/ tended to keep them from becoming mo-
notonous, IL such could possibly be the
case. OF course, the class is always great
fnp but eyeryhody seemed 10 he ha wing n
particularly good time the other evening.