Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-30
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOP7F
Re Can Oh tle mountains Is Heard in the Land
Nancy Wynne's Remarks Are Various ''''''
and Multiple

<E-,-~ nm to their camp, Tip-Top Cabin,
~ ,hs william verners. of Wayne, are
[-.-- "a Lake Placid for the rest Of the
-.,sr Eleanor Verners engagement
! a u.rbert Casey was announced just a
] ...,t time ago. She is a very attractive
q, nv the way with a great deal Of
~ hair, and her dark eyes make a very
usual contrast. The combination of
s.,or,ne is always attractive because out
4 . The ordinary. Mrs. Albert Rosengar.
=, "a an awfully smartlooking woman,
~ has this wonderful coloring, and
- Ned Benson, who was Ethel Weight
~sn. Mrs Rosengarten was Mary jeff
- daughter of the Tom Jeffries and a
sster of Amanda Jeffries Rosengarten
.end Florence Jeffries Pierce.
the Adrondacks, the James Francis
nnivans are going up this week to their
.mp there for this month, and prob
shly most of September. Frances has
zen down in Washington visiting several
tipues this last winter and she and Leta
n
Have you ever seen Frances ride? She
ssrtainly can manage a horse, and 1 have
heard a number of men say that they
oonsidered her one of the best horse
women about the Main Line. She rides
aIde-saddle, which is a bit unusual these
6ays when most women go astride.
Leta does not seem to have taken to
he outdoors as Frances has. She goes
b for the esthetic dances and such.
| making about Leta, you know she al.
y ways gives big party for one or two
hundred little I,oor children at Christ,
mas, and there Is a huge tree filled with
fifts and ice cream and everything you
an imagine to fill the young idea and
young "tummy,' too, incidentally, with
N
At one Of these parties one of the women
Who was asked to go and help them
ntertain the kiddies tells a delightful
story of a small Dutch child, who stood
n the middle of all the gayety and hap
piness about her, absolutely unmoved,
stolid, Indifferent. The lady approached
her and said why, Gretchen, what is
the matter, dear; aren't you having
good time? Don't you like the party?'
Gretchen turned her large and solemn
gray orbs upon her questioner and re.
marked slowly and without the least sign
M expression in voice or countenance,
10ch, no. l wish I was to home and the
party was to hell!'
That's true one, for the woman to
whom the child made answer told it her.
eef 1t shows how much some of the
sccially worked appreciate the social
workers.
QACK to the mountains again, my fair
- Nancy, If you must stop your narra-
tves with a tale or two. Well. pretty
Margaret LaRue left on Saturday for
lake Placid, to remain for the rest of
ue summer with her parents.
Henry Wharton, Jr., the son of DR..
md Mrs. Henry Wharton. of Seventeenth
md Spruce streets and Berwyn, is also
scing up, so If any one of them all get
bst In the woods all they will have to do
to hold up a blue and gold flag and
plenty Of Philadelphians will rush to the
rescue.
Now, don't ask me where he or she is
get the flag to hold up, for it's too hot
= be bothered about anything so trivial.
Although, on second thought, you might
larry your flag in your chest, as did
Mary Pickford"
Do you remember when she was res.
sued from the Veritania in "The Little
american" she stood on a raft dressed
u life-preserver and a few remaining
craps of the evening dress she had on
wnen the boat went down, and suddenly
nom the chest of her life-preserver she
rev forth the American flag?
HAVE you ever been up to Magnolia?
- 1t is a wonderful spot, high rocks
md much verdure. OF course, the Red
cross has hit there, too and most of the
people spend their time making bandages,
knitting and packing boxes for the SOL
|uers. There are some wonderful private
PAGES by the sea, and some Of the gar
-~-NS arc quite tne most Dedutllul III
he new world. 1t was suggested by
.ome person to the owners Of these won
yer places that they open them to the
public at certain hours in the afternoon,
.sssnarging so rouch admission and turning
ever the proceeds to the Red Cross. This
Yea took root. and now it is quite the
Mlng In Magnolia to pay fifty cents to
III on your acquaintances in the after
noon. Miss Margaret Corlies is there
nls summer, and on Saturday night gave
delightful concert for the benefit of
ne French wounded.
speaking Of the French wounded,
pHrty In the form Of a cabaret and dance
.As given that same night at the Ostend
n Chelsea.
i n COURSE, II is disappointment to
some people that the Bryn Mawr
Sorse Show has been called off, owing to
re war. You know it was scheduled to
= neld on the grounds of the Bryn Mawr
v'o Club, as heretofore, from Septem-
~ 20 to 20. But how could they hold
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