Evening star., 1917-04-01
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I will take it of seeing a home that is
famed for its beauty from one end OF
the state to the other.
| Mrs. Charles Templeton Crocker, who,
since she has been a member of the
auxiliary board, has been most active
in furthering the cause of the hospital
and who year ago was the queen OF
the mardi graS ball. an annual bene-
fit for the institution. has volunteered
the grounds of her beautiful home for
the fete. which will take place on the
afternoon of April IA. The place, com
pleted last year. is one of the most
magnificent residences of the PENN
Sula, where beautiful homes are to be
Iseen every hand.
The stage will be the terrace of the
home with Towering shrubs to form
the back ground for the handsomely
gowned women who will act mod
els. There in the latest of Dame Fash
ions whimS, gowns and hats of a low
llness to make even the most hardened
fashion seeker enyious, this group OF
the bellies and young matronS OF the
smart set will stroll for the admiration
Of the throng of spectators. The on
lockers will present quite as gay and
festive an appearance as those on the
stage, for society is determined to
honor the occasion with its most at
tractive frocks and chapeauX, says the
San Francisco Chronicle.
The guests will be seated under gay
ly colored canopies. the terraces in con-
sequence presenting an unusually at
tractive appearance, with every color
of the rainbow noted not only in the
awnings, but repeated in the gowns of
the women. Under these canopies. for
those who desire them (the desire i'm
plying an additional $40 in excess OF
the entrance fee of So tables for six
will he placed that throughout the
fashion show tea may be enjoyed there.
For those who do not secure tables for
the fashion show there will neverthe-
less be ample seating room. and tea
will be served later for them in a huge
tent that fashioned of the same bril-
liant colors the canopies set before
the garden stage. will be arranged
with attra ctive little tables within,
where one can entertain groups of
friends.
It needed only one or two of Phil
adelphia's future debutantes to select
the dates of their coming out" parties,
far off next autumn. to spur many
others to select the remaining de-
sirable dates for entertaining. and now
a large percentage of the future buds
have. definitely decided upon the time
for their Introduction.
Among the recently announced dates
are those made by Mrs. John b. Thayer,
jr., who viii introduce her daughter
on October 6. and Mrs. Eli Kirk Price.
who will present Miss Rachel Price on
November 16. This same date has been
selected by Miss Frances Trenchard
Leaf. whose mother. Mrs. Edward Bow
man Leaf, Will introduce her at her
home, No. 2027 Walnut street. October
II has been selected by Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel +. Ewing of Bryn Mawr, their
daughter, Miss Fanny n. Ewing, be-
ing also among the seasons debutantes.
William H. Vanderbilt. aged fifteen.
has enlisted in the naval reserves as
midship pman. He is the son of the
late Alfred Vanderbilt and his wife,
who divorced him. Mrs. Elsie French
Vanderbilt. The boy will be the young
est of his rank in the reserves. He
has desired for a long time to go to
but has been under age. He
signed his papers at the naval station
at Newport last week.
Many of the hoys of the smart set
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