Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-06
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Many Phlddepans Seek White Sulphur Springs for Change
of Air-Miss Baily Engaged to Lieutenant Dent
! Mary Helps Her Counrymen

iyTTHEN the warmer weather dawns one
w always thinks of people as going north,
but lot of them go south, you know. and
for that matter it is cool in the mountains
whether north or south The Aleghanies
are mighty popular and there are mum.
ber of Phladelphians at present down at
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Glasgow, Jr.,
are there and intend spending the summer.
Mr.. Glasgow. you know, is counsel for the
United States food administration. Last
week Mr.. Glasgow spoke at a war-savings
stamp meeting in Lewisburg and lot of
people from White Sulphur motored over.
Howard Slocum introduced Mr.. Glasgow
Mrs George Dallas Dixon has gone to the
Springs for the summer and Mrs A. j.
Drexel Paul is there. too.
A little bride and bridegroom of week
ago have gone there too the John C. Bell
Jrs. She was Sarah Baker you know, and
was married to Jack Bell out at Bala on
June 80. They are both awfully good tennis
players and are out on the courts every
day, I'm told Sarah, who is a member of
the Merton, is considered one of the best
women players. and Jack is member of
cracker jack. Oh Nancy! How can you?
That's simply awful Such pun!
Miss Josephine McCulloh is at White
Sulphur Springs. too. She is going to spend
the summer there as the guest of Mrs.
Henry Rutledge Buist, Of Charleston, S. c..
who has a cottage in what is known as
the Baltimore row.
And Mrs. Charles Newbold Welsh has
gone down to the Springs and has taken
cottage at the Pines, Sunset Farms. The
Pines commands one of the most beautiful
views in that section and whole parties of
people motor up there through the summer
for the chicken and waffle dinners.
ISN'T it interesting about Edith Baiy's
engagement? Did you ever see such a
family for marrying? All the cousins and
sisters married in no time and now Edith
The lucky man is Lieutenant Magruder
Dent and he's in the aviation section OF
the army
Edith is the younger daughter of Mr.
Frederick Baily, of Cloverton, Ardmore
Her older sisters, Carolyn and Theodate
married Theodore Mitchell Hastings and
J. Lloyd Coates, respectively; that is, Caro-
Coates. Fisher Baily, who is now sta.
toned in Washington, is a brother.
Ediths cousin Molly married Brewster
Rooms and Frances, another cousin, mar.
ried Joe Keene about two years ago. Edit
made her debut some three years ago ant
has been very popular in the younger set
Lieutenant Dent is the son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Magruder Dent. of Alexan
dra, Va. The wedding, I understand, will
take place in the near future.
noN'T you love to hear of all the things
~ the children are doing for their owl
dear soldiers and sailors? Little Mary
aged tenN has a big brother in the al
service and is nightly interested in every
thing pertaining to the army or navy
The youngsters were planning musicale
for the benefit of the Department Of Nav,
Recreation and big sister told it over tn
phone
Then Mary came TO the telephone ant
this is what she said:
"Oh, yes, Ethel and I are going to hav
a play or musicale. We give one ever
year, you know, at our house, and it's t
be for the Navy Recreation and the ticket
are ten cents, and for thirty cents you ca
be a patroness, and that means you ca
have a front seat!
"The first thing on the program will b
a solo by Tom; he's fourteen and a yer
good singer. Then Anne will recite Pete
Pan and then l do dance by myself"
What kind of dance?" l asked
"Oh-er-a Spanish dance" very tr
umphantly. And then little Marie Louis
who is only five, you know, recites L hav
little pony, his name is Dapple Gray
She's rather shy and always pulls up lie
socks; but it's very cute
Then Ethel, dressed up in a boys sailo
suit, reads about a comfort kit, and the
we both do a dance together, an--er-a-
athletic dance. Il think she meant estheti
but that is rather hard) And it ends wit
patriotic tableau that we made UP oul
selves, called 'Saluting the Flag Eth
and 1 wear Red Cross costumes and no
the American flag, and the other girls al
knitting, and Tom and Joe wear their Bo
Scout uniforms and salute.
II must go now and sell tickets to SON
of Daddy's friends, so -by-but-whs
night will it be in the paper"
NANCY WYNNE.