Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-17
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Is Interested Hear That Dorothy Norris
= the Play Being Giuen This Wee in Neo York-Appeus
, in Several Dances-Opera Here This Evening

vIyELL, hear Dorothy Norris had full
w scope last night to portray her his.
trionic ability in New York. You know.
the girls Of the Junior League there got a
bit Jared over the success of the soldier
plays and the fact that Broadway really
seemed to think It could get along with
plays in which there were no girls
will say this for them. the plays were
great, too Anyway. the girls decided
they would have a play too and all girls
They did modify their resolution, how
ever, in that they let in few officers.
four In all, think.
They called the show "Hooray for the
Girls!" and gave 1t last night at the
Forty.fourth Street Theatre. Our interest
In the affair lies in the fact that Dorothy
Norris danced several times in marvellous
costumes and that her artistic eye and
mind planned most Of the other costumes,
too
There is no, doubt sabout It Mr and
Mrs. Alfred e, NorrN's daughter has
moro than ordinary talent. Do you re-
member her in that odd Egyptian dance
she gave at one Of the entertainments
gotten up for the School of Industrial Art
by Alfred Barton and Mrs. Frank Patter.
son? Mrs. Patterson was then Mrs. Le-
land Harrison. And she has been chair
man of the entertainments each year.
suppose there will not be one this year.
for It was omitted last year you know.
Until she was ready to be introduced
Dorothy Norris lived most Of her life in
France and she has many foreign ideas.
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well read. Not the usual type Of girl at
all. was sorry when she and her mother
decided to live in New York They are
Philadelphians you know.
All of the girls in the play last night
ere members of leading social sets, and
they had Frank Smithson. of the Lon
don Hippodrome, to direct them. 1t was
q real case Of hard work and they tell me
was a wonderful success. 1t was given
for the homeless of France and Belgium.
r HEAR the Bobbie Cassatts are coming
i back to Philadelphia to live. You
know he's major and has been sta
toned in Washington up to. now. They
have taken rooms at the RitzCarlton for
the, winter instead of opening their town
as ever. have rather missed her at the
opera and one thing and another, haven't
you? hope she'll be there tonight.
sort Of think tonight will be some party
three new Puccini operas for the first time
here and Geraldine Farrar all combined.
Somehow you never tire Of it anyhow,
do you? Even IL the music were not won.
derful and the singers great you would
still like to go. It's SO brilliant and alive,
and there's nothing prettier than women
In evening dress. And you certainly SEQ
your fill there
r WONDER when X. is going to let us in
= on the secret. think it's mean don't
you? Here she is engaged to a perfectly
good officer. It know 1t, because she told
G.-and G.-told Rand r. told the wee
bird and the wee bird told me. It's a nice
engagement, too. However she knows her
own business hest. But 1t would be nice
to be able to tell it. And there's M. too.
The wee bird told me she's engaged. But
{ M-when put it up to her-said mo-"
But you ought to have seen her blush!
VoU'D think that people would be used
L to it, now that so many men are coming
home, and every other person you meet
Is uniform, wouldn't you? But they
aren't at all. not bit. For instance. on
Saturday night certain Philadelphian
was coming home from the theatre. and
as she stepped out of her car she noticed
ashes escaped from their overturned boxes
and blowing all over the place. A police.
man was standing right on the corner,
and turning halfway toward him, she ex.
claimed in the good old Philadelphia way.
"Why. what does this mean? Why hasn't
this been cleaned up?" The man shuffled
his feet in an embarrassed way and
laughed. She raised indignant eyes to his
face. and discovered that much epaul.
Isted and striped Naval officer was beam
ing upon her. "It is pretty dirty" he said.
! ''But thank heaven I don't have to police
itg' NANCY. WYNNE.