Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-30
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Has Much to Chat About-Plays and
Players to Hold Thirty-ffth Club Night.
Other Matters Discussed

|nHERE being nothing on earth to do ON
i uonday afternoon. with even the trains
.o,yed up so one could not 90 out and
-.s,t ones friends. | hied me with a kin.
|x.a soul to the theatre--for thanks be,
4 n. fuel administration has allowed them
!. teep open on heatless Mondays, though
~ may not buy peanuts to take along.
,,oweyer. as inc and the X. s." were II bit
|x,e we nearly tainted when we found
E.,at not only could we get seats. but we
f-o, them right in the third row in the very
s.r,er of the orchestra. and otherwise the
|so,se was full That was fine, YOU will
.dmit, and certainly the singing and dane.
|4ng in "Ilave Heart we're quite worth
{ustening to- Besides. toward the end it
became very interesting indeed, FOR the
hero suddenly remarked Hello" and dim.
|red deep into his cheeks at a small boy
II, the front row and even waved his hand.
cons at him. And the small boy | per.
reiyed was none other than the son Of
7Ar. and Mrs, Edgar NJ. Church. who, seated
|Aetween his father and mother, was having
HE time of his young life with Mr.. Beebe.
| xho evidently knew them all and was de-
Itermined to let them see he knew they
we're there. Mrs. James NJ. Reed was one
In the party, and J should say "a good
.lime was had by all" CeCily Barnes was
. INST in front OF me and the kindred soul"
| and the k. s. had lit over CeCily's voice.
which is deep and vibrant; and her hair,
| which is soft and brown and arranged in
. 1 simple and most attractive way; and
| her uniform. which was navy blue, and
. had tan leather collar and various other
| odd treatments. | dol't know Just what
Uniform it is Mrs Reed had ON her
Emergency Aid suit and hat and looked
Every well in it; she is AN r. \. who wears
' the uniform constantly. | wonder what
Cecily's is
|THE Treble Clef concert will take place
tonight in the ballroom of the Bellevue
Istiatford and the proceeds derived there.
.fom Il like to say thcrefrom will he de.
|yoted to the United Service Club, which is
BONE worthy cause. believe me.
ITHE Plays and Players are going to hold
their thirty-fifth club night on Thurs.
nfhere are to he three plays. all of which
bound decidedly interesting to me. The
IArst, "AIrs Pat and the Law" by Mary
Aldis, will be directed by Mr.. Henry i.
Echafler, 1r., and the cast will include Mr..
Schaffer Mrs, Sophie l'arr Gcddes, Master
1Elwood Altmaier, Mrs. Louise Loughran
|and Mr.. Ralph Melville.
The second play will he "Rosalc" by
Nary MaureN, and again Mr.. Schaffcr will
be the director. and the characters will he
nken by Phil Castner, Mrs. Samuel Cooper
nd Helena Balbcrnie. THE Impertineuce
the Creature" a dialogue by Cosmo
gordon Lennon, will be the third onc.act
Day, when Mrs. Phil Castuer will take the
Dart of Lady Milicent and An Unknawn
Gentleman will be portrayed by Mr.. Mel.
&Fille
Certainly they sound good. though one
}fnisses the names Of Joe Deering. Leon
downing, Reggie Oates, Sophie Norris and
parious other members of the club who
pre- away doing their bit" Joe Deering
p with base hospital "over there" Leon
Downing is in the navy, if / am not mis-.
FaKen; Reggie Oates is an officer at one
Pr our camps here. and Sophie Norris Is
poing canteen work for the Red Cross in
rance. There are a great many other
nembers of the Plays and Players who are
working for their country directly, but
Fhese names came to me first in thinking
fhem over; perhaps it is because | know
ne owners Of the names pcrsonally--such
thmgs do happen.
NMAl.l. daughter was talking to father
lately and small daughter has attained
'Fhe exalted age of five winters. She spoke
in rather "A bored manner of her admirers,
or In fact she asserted she had many.
ather began to be Interested: he foresaw