Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-23

left there on Saturday for Maine, where
they will stay during Mr.. Carter's vaca-
tion. Dorothea Oberteuffer, who lives in
Haverford, is visiting now in Hyannisport.
Mass, but she is going to Kennebunk-
port, Me-, to join her parents some time
this week.
nR. L. WEBSTER FOX is going west to
- Estes Park, near Colorado Springs,
Col, for complete rest. His health
broke down recently, and his physician
colleagues have ordered him to get away
from work for while. Mrs. Fox is going
with him and Beatrice. Bea is quite
famous for her skill in sculpture, and is
a member Of the Art Alliance, you know.
CPEAKING Of Beatrice's skill in sculp-
~ ture. heard a rather delicious story
recently. She was making a bust of a
certain society girl in town and an artist
was watching the performance. After she
had attained quite some resemblance to
her subject she rested and invited the
criticism OF the poseuse and the visitor.
The poseuse gazed at it earnestly las
we all would, for no matter how unselfish
and generous we are or sef.effacing and
| everything else, each and every one of us
| is interested in ourselves to a more or
| less degree). Then she said, "I think it's
| pretty good, but you have not got my
eyebrows straight, one is higher than the
| other"
1
OF course, Beatrice could not well de.
| fend herself at the expense of her sub
| ject's pride, so she said nothing, but Mr..
| Artist, nothing daunted and of a most in
quiring mind proceeded to approach the
lady in question and examine her from
every angle He walked around her and
looked her FULL in the face, then side.
ways and every which way; then he re-
marked: my dear young lady, see you
don't know it. but your eyebrows are
crooked and Miss Fox has made a very
clever and very exact reproduction OF
them" For once, the poseuse was
sauelched. She's nursing the sick and
wounded now, or will be soon.
ITO YOU remember line from Gilbert
| - ana opCi Ahi'so ~
seldom what they seem, SKINNED milk
masquerades as cream"
I was reminded of this the other day
when heard of rather an awkward sit
uation in which a perfectly good Lord
Chesterfield found himself. The afore
said gentleman, Immediately groomet
and wearing heavily trimmed eyeglasse:
.., - t,,oox cord alta ched WAS thorolIgh
" enjoying the musical comedy hit o
the season.
He and his wife were entertaining sew
eral friends, and during the intermissior
the trim blond usher approached oul
friend and in an audible voice said, "Yoi
are a physician, are you not?"
Our friend of the bone-rimmed glasses
looked through them bit quizzioally, ant
said 'Why?" WELL" replied the usher
zone of the chorus girls has sprained he
ankle and'-of course she got no farther
The entire party burst forth into gales o
, laughter, as the man In question was
stern and serious professor of chemistr.
ard would not have known a chorus gir
from a traffic cop, in all probability. Th
bone.rimmed glasses did the trick.
Why is 1t that to the average human
the villain in the play must needs wear
:. long. black curling mustache. such a
"pa,sntless Rudolph; the adventures
: sn,oke a cigarette, and invariably tn
: doctor add greatly to our already grow
= ,ns terror of him by wearing bonerimme
n,ss.ss. NANCY wYNNE.
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