Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-20


Hest gowns nave seen for long time
were worn. Mrs. Bob Montgomery was
up from Washington I'd was in the
George Brookes box. together with Mrs.
Brooke's daughter. Lucille Carter. and the
Charlie Da Costas. Mrs. Montgomery did
look stunning in a dark red velvet frock,
Mrs. Brooke was in black and Mrs. Ia
Costa wore a gray blue gown. Lucille
wore old-rose satin which is very becom-
ing to her; she is dark compared with her
fair.haired mother.
DR.. and Mrs. Marshall Ward were in
the Lewis Zegler box. Mrs. Ward is
sister Of Mr. Charles Schwab. She was
stunning in her orchidcolored brocaded
satin frock. The Schwabs stay with Doc
tor and Mrs. Ward out in Wayne most of
the time they are here.
The George Fales Bakers box was filled
with men. Doctor Baker gave a stag
party, as Mrs. Baker has not recovered
sufficiently from her attack of bronchitis
to attend the opera.
Mrs. John B. Thayer, Jr., looked eX-
tremely smart. She was with the Charl-
ton Yarnalls, who also entertained Mr.. and
Mrs Jay Cooke. Altogether, it was
most brilliant audience.
knew there would be surprise and
there was. Madame Aida came out after
the first act and waving the flag sang the
Star Spangled Banner. superbly and the
audience was most enthusiastic.
often wonder just where one could get
such an effect as that given by the occu-
pants Of the grand tier boxes when the
national hymn is sung. You get the
unusual view of the beautiful gowns at
three quarter length and it makes even
heavily built woman look slender. There
is something so graceful and beautiful IN
that scene am afriad love to gaze at the
boxes during the singing more than at the
singer.
Hope and Tony Cromwell, Ethel HUM
Bailey, Pauline Dencllla and two naval
officers were in of the proscenium
boxes. They all looked so very young. 1t
seemed ridiculous to think that Hope and
Ethel are both married. Pauline is very
pretty too. isn't she? Not the same kind
of prettiness as her sister, Mary Packard,
but lovely of its kind.
Mrs. Henry S. Grove had her daughter
iu.law, Mrs. Teddy Grove Mrs. Norman
Jackson. and Mrs. McFadden in her box.
Mrs. Grove looked very we'll in a wonder.
full black gown. And Mabel Grove wore
rose color.
Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke and Mrs.
Stotesbury both in white. I notice
since the is over Mrs. Stotesbury has
gone back to the low cut gowns. She wore
highbacked ones last year, you remember.
Two of the best looking women there were
Mrs Thomas JelfIies and Mrs. Dick Norris.
When l was small, I used to wish that
some day might grow up to be as stylish
as Mrs. Jeffries, and now ! have grown up,
and more than grown UP, and she has
grown older but she is just stylish as
ever. She is perfectly stunning. the most
stunning of the five Dobson sisters of
whom she is the eldest She wore q black
frock relieved with white tulle
n RENT you glad to hear that Sydney
Sharswood has recovered sufficiently to
leave the Bryn Mawr Hospital? You know
he had the "hu' and then a very bad case
OF pneumonia and was desperately i'll. The
hu went very hard with the Sharswood
family. Sydney's sister. -Irs. Kelsey, died
OF pneumonia while Mir. Sharswood was
still i'll at the hospital He and Mrs
Sharswood have gone down to Atlantic
City for a while now.
OUNCE Mrs. Wurtss class is the social
~ event Of the season-as it is for it's
the only thing doing outside of opera and
besides it has always been awfully popu-
lar-most of the parties swing around it,
Mrs. Alexander Brinton Coke mas sent out
invitations fer dinner before the meet
ing on November 90 for her granddaugh-
ters Agnes and Sophie Yarnall, and the
Paul Claytors of Haverford, will give
dinner the same night for Frances Hey
warth. Frances is the daughte. of Mr..
and Mrs. John o. Heywarth of Rosemont
They are Chicago people and moved here
this year to live. Frances is a perfectly
dear girl and is bound to be a great favor
ite. She has met a number of the boys
and girls already and she is extremely
we'll liked, and you know and know that
it is not cas-" to meet new people, espe-
cially young people who have grown up
together, and make a good impression on
them, and she has, you see SO welcome
to our city, say they
I HAVE several times spoken TO you about
Tommy, haven't I? Tommy seems to
be an unendng source of joy to his family
and friends. He certainly is to me- The
other night he was suffering greatly with
a cold and Father demonstrated mildly. He
really had no right to complain, because
if he'd minded him and not gone out in
low shoes he would not have caught cold,
and more on that line.
Tommy listened atteEtiI ely and then
said, But F ther, the cold is in my cad"
NANCY WINNIE.