Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-12
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Spends the Day Watching Pmades BeOeen
Pmagraphs-She attends the Monday Musicale
at the Belleuue-Sraford

nID you ev.r see anything like It in your
~ life? No. and those who lived through
the Civil War say there was never an
excitement then such that after the
Armistice was signed. Why honestly you
couldn't hear yourself think My expert
ences started about when the whistles
started early in the wee sma' hours. The
telephone rang and staggered wearily
to the phone half dead with sleep, to hear
rs this Tioga -" and to answer indlg-
nantly NO" when suddenly awoke to the
fact that the whistles were blowing, and
blowing like sixty, and then knew that the
final news had come, that not only had the
Kaiser and his bunch beaten it, to Hol.
land, but that Germany had agreed to all
that Foch had demanded. Still was so
sleepy l scarcely realized 1t and crept
back to sleep some more when the phone
rang loudly again and this time voice
from afar asked If was awake. They
wanted to be sure had heard the whistles;
and SO the day went on. Everybody having
the time of their lives and every minute
another parade passing by, and about
Thousand Kaisers in cofiins being buried,
and another thousand being hanged on
poles. Till began to wish they'd hang
the Clown Prince" And oh! II I could
only have been there to. hear the Belgians
remark quietly "En voyage a Paris?" My,
but thetis swe-eet! Revengeful Nancy.
Well, not exactly revengeful, but It was so
witty, now wasn't 1t?
uOW the, conventions go to the winds
IL in these times! 1 saw women who had
scarcely bowed to each other before, talk
ing and laughing together, and men and
women who had never met were laughing
and joking like old friends. For any ex-
cuse, parade was gotten up-Good night,
there comes another. AS I heard one
happy gentleman remark to another why
ev'y body's hyster.rerious, aren't they?"-
There's the Star Spangled Banner again.
excuse me, must stand up!
DUT managed finally to tear myself
away from the excitement for a little
in the afternoon and wended my way up
to the Bellevue.Stratford to the first Mon
day Musicale. You know. the time for the
Monday musicales has been changed to
afternoon and they are holding them at
three o'clock now. Muratore sang glori-
ously and the excitement over the ending
of the war among the musicians and
audience was decidedly mutual Two
French musicians, NJ. True and NJ. De.
bruille who had been in the trenches and
had been wounded and invalided played
during the afternoon, and altogether it was
one wonderful concert
But shall never forget the finish
Muratore came out on the stage and
sang the Star Spangled Banner" and
then-he stood with head thrown back and
flashing eyes and, holding the Stars and
Stripes in his right hand and the French
flag in his left he sang the "Marseillaise"
as L have never heard 1t sung before and
as l never expect to have the chance to
hear 1t again. 1t was simply wonderful
, and everybody waved flags and had a
grand time generally.
IF THERE isn't another parade, and.
bless your heart, headed by a goat
Poor thing! 1t has a sign on it, THE
Kaisers goat" think that's pretty hard
on the goat. don't you? However, they
weren't going TO burn him, they'd simply
gotten his goat" They'd been burning eff
gies Of the Kaiser pretty nearly all day
in the shadow of the Liberty Bell
WONT there be some opening to the
w opera season next Tuesday? Good
gracious, it's been wonderful every time
they've played the Star Spangled Banner
since our entrance into the world war; but
next Tuesday. the first opera here after the
signing Of the Armistice! Well, words faH
me in anticipation.
The Charlton Yarnalls, Mrs Frank
Clyde, the James Francis Sullivans. Mrs.
Harry Mexican, the Stotesburys, the
Henry Brinton Coxes. the Arthur Leas,
Miss Nina Lea, and goodness knows how
many others will entertain at the OPEN
ing night
AFTER all the excitement of yesterday
IA and last night. have you stopped at
all to think what it's all about? You don't
have to think oh heavens, such extrava-
gance in war times" or, when this war
Is over" because it Is over. It's the hard
est thing in the world to realize. And II
couldn't have come on a more glorious day
than yesterday, and now that the "iu" Is
- over too, everybody was just ready to cele-
~ brate with both hands, feet and voice. BY
the way, you know they are trying to keep
the Emergency Hospital out at Lancaster
Inn open for a while longer. You never can
tell what's going to happen these days
and In case any other awful thing turns
up they are hoping to keep few resi-
dents as we'll as the furniture that has
been Ient by the Main Line people until
the Hospital has to be given over for the
use of the convalescent soldiers and sailors
The doctors and their committees have
haan doipq excellent work out there anC
they have everywhere. and now like every
body else they want to carry on until al
possible chance Of danger is over.
FTHERE he goes! The Clown prince
L in little coffin all to himself-b'ess his
heart. he should share yesterdays dis