Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

On IL nTe IHS nov
started up again out at the Philadel'
phia Country Club on Saturday nights?
Really, you know, slowly but surely
little of the gay life has begun again since
the war. 1t will take time. Of course, and
there will be very few who will not do real
things as we'll as have good times, but the
good times are coming closer and closer
and it's good thing, too, don't you thlnk!
Jack" needs to play now and again. as
Nancy has always said. And Nancy likes
to play, too, incidentally.
The Clayton Dixons gave party OF
twelve on Saturday night. She was Estelle
willoughby, you know, and has been doing
splendid Red Cross work during the last
two or three years. She and her husband
entertained a number of English officers
here during the last year.
The Beau Thomsons gave dinner at the
/ club before the dance and so did the u.
Heide Norrises and the Sidney Masons also
entertained
It was like the good old times dining
and dancing on the good old club hoor. A
wee bird told me they would start up the
Saturday dances out at the Philadelphla
Cricket Club soon. 1 wonderland very
much hope they will. They were stopped
last year on account of coal shortage.
TTANNAH RANDOLPH is to be honor
IL guest at a dinner at the Ritz-Carlton
tonight, given by her sister, Dorothy feh
She's to be married tomorrow afternoon
YOU know, down at the Charles Penrose
I<eith's House. 321 South Fourth street.
Dorothy is going to be the matron OF
honor at the wedding. I think it's going
To be extremely interesting. All the ushers
with the exception of Emlen Randolph are
r,sr,hers Of the British embassy at Wash.
ineton. Bob Hudson is one Of the secre
taries Of the embassy, you Know Inc
little Fell and Stevenson and DeVereuN
kiddies are to be in the bridal party. Inc
Fells and Stevensons are Hannahs nleces
and nephews and the small DevereuN boy
ia a nephew of Mrs. Fell, though no rela'
ton to the bride herself.
Monsignor Kieren, of st. Patrlcks )
Church, Is to perform the ceremony. Mon
signor Kieren, by the way, is to celeprate
his golden jubilee on December 22' Fifty
wears, That's some length Of time, isn't
II? I had an idea that he had marrleu
rannah's mother to Mr.. Randolph, but
those of that generation tell me it was
Archbishop Ryan Of happy memory VINO
performed that ceremony. Mrs. Randolph
has been dead for many years now. It's
going to be a very pretty wedding tomor'
row I feel sure, and the quaint ola nome
on Fourth street will certainly add 10 tne
! artistic effect of the bridal party. Theres
to be quite a good-sized reception AFTER the
wedding.
rrAyE you heard about the Philadelphia
11Food Army? Oh, yes. we have all xmas
of armies in this town. It's quite wide-
spread thing, and out in Germantown MIS-
Ernest Toogood and Mrs. Carl Williams
are very much interested in 1t. A numper
of girls have been made Federal ofhcers-
get the Federal, because they nave peen
appointed and everything-and they traVei
around explaining the bulletins the 1000
Administrator publishes, With the newest
rules In conservation - like quarterly
style book You may think all your con-
seryation Is over because you can get any
amount of sugar and now that you've
heard that your soldier was we'll and happy
on the 18th Of November; lut you are all
he is happy, and If you eat too much ne
won't have any. Hence conservation
hence rules, hence bulletins, hence these
feminine Federal officers. The two Brew
sters. Grace and Elizabeth enjoy this title
and Genevieve Dillenbeck and Elizaoeth
Van Dusen and several others. SO II
there's anything you don't understand, call
on them and they will explain 1t all to YOU
vNHERE was a smoker out at Mannheim
Lon Saturday night. given by the MEM
bers Of the club in honor OF the German
town Cricket Club Military organization
who appeared in uniform. There were
sneeches by Mr.. Z. w. Clark, president OF
the club: Colonel Sheldon Potter and Cap
tain John Blakely, captain OF the mill
tary." The speakers were introduced by
Mr.. Joseph Wayne. Mr.. Wayne, by the
way is the father of some awfully at.
tractive daughters, and Elizabeth, the old
est is almost deb. She's member or
the National League. and the uniform Is
most becoming. foresee good time Tor
her ~ things ever come back to the old
customs and we have debutantes, and teas
and dances and such again. But to go back
10 the smoker-it was quite an affair, and
thew tell me that every man in German
town was there. They had professional
talent" too some of which came out and
sang national anthems, dressed as ma
tional emblems.
NANCY WYNNE. =