Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-14

II
- see the pictures of Vanity Fair, the
Horse Show and the Devonshire tea at
the home of the Alba Johnsons, in Rose.
mont? Really they splendid.
I had arrived at Vanity Fair after the
rain started at o'clock, and so, lovely
though 1t was, did not realize how per-
fectly ideal the layout of that fete had
been until I saw it at the movies
Well, I told you few days ago that
some few things were left over from the
fete on account of the rain, and SO Mrs.
? George Lorimer, who was chairman; Mrs.
George Elkins, Jr.. Mrs. Jack Gilbert. Mrs.
Barclay Warburton, Mrs. Robert Sewcll
and Mrs. Laurance Butler will hold sale
of these articles tomorrow afternoon from
until o'clock on the lawn in front of
the Abingdon Hospital, for which the fete
was given.
ab, The hospital grounds. which are sit.
uated on the Old York road, are ideally
suited for the purpose and many Of the
most attractive Of the articles exhibited
last week will be sold at greatly reduced
prices.
The committee does not believe in keep.
ing things from year to year, and so
of the valuable donations will be auctioned
Off and the articles that were put ur on
shares will be drawn. 1t will be quite
a delightful little addition to the big affair
Of June 5. at which they realized more than
$1,000. I think you'll agree with me that
1t was one of the most successful affairs
held this year.
HEAR that Rillie wrioht bas heon
transferred to a battleship now and
has received his commission as ensign.
Eleanor, who has gone with him to every
post he has been sent so far-that is, New
port and Annapolis--has gone to south.
ern port, where she will be near whenever
he comes to land. These two young peo.
Pile have been better off than many others
who have been married since the war, for
Billie, you see. chose the navy and he had
to study here and have the practical work
or shore first, and SO his wife could be
with him a great part of the time. Hard
though it must be for them to be parted,
they have been much longer together than
many of the other young brides and
grooms of the war. The William Coke
Wrights, Billie's father and mother. will
spend the summer in Narragansett Pier.
hLIN DOLAN has been studying at the
l1Bryn Mawr Hospital for several
months, you know. but has now, l hear,
been transferred to the Presbyterian Hos
pital, as the special nursing course she
has undertaken Is being taught there. The
Clarence Dolans will leave for their New
port villa shortly after Independence Day
and Alix will spend a short time with
them, but most of her summer will be de.
voted to hard work right here in town.
NIELL, were you surprised to hear about
w Ned Duer's marriage to Betty Atwood?
Everybody else was including most Of his
best friends. Nobody knew he was even
engaged and the announcement came as
a great shock to everybody. Ned is Sec
ond lieutenant now, you know. and evil
IDENTIFY received orders of a decided char
acter last week and hastened the wedding
on that account. Betty Atwood is the
daughter of the Rt. Rev. J. w. Atwood,
D. D., Bishop of Arizona, and everybody
who knows her says that she is a per
feet peach" She has been a member of
Mrs. Duer's Beaver Camp every summer
for a number of years and last year was
a counselor. All the girls are crazy about
her, and l think we are pretty lucky to
get such an attractive girl as fellow
citizen.
nID you ever have your character read
- by your handwriting? It's fascinating.
Every funny looking idiosyncrasy your
writing has shows some quirk in your
character. l should think people who
understand the science of it would always
use typewriter Why tell the world
whether they are selfish or terribly i'm.
pusive or just a bit conceited? But
think 1t would take a pretty clever person
to find out anything about two soldiers
who wrote home the other day from their
writing. They don't know each other and
they are separated by many miles and
two or three branches Of the service, but
they happened to write to the same per.
bold handwriting, with heavy, firm strokes.
You could just sort of see the husky In
fantryman. who put down his gun to take
up the pen. The other was written in
small letters. rather uneven and occupying
about as much space as the stamp for the
whole address. And the man who wrote
the first letter is called shorty" by his
frank and facetious intimates and would
reach about to the watch chain of the
other, who is more than six feet and has
hand that is easily as big as both of mine.
You never can tell NANCY WYNNE.