Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Plays and Players Send Out Circulars Regarding
Prize Competitor Plays-Isaac Marcosson
Speaks at independence Square Red Cross

tcrtainmen'. has plaru,d a nrorro,,, for tint.
meeting which will include folksones hv
Mrs'. MATTHEW II, Irscr and readings by
Mrs. Thon,2s 81. Cooper ', is planned TO
Keep tho ciubhouce open every Tuesday, be.
ginning with Januarr Is and AZ the meet
ING tomorrow there win be an omen dts
cussion from the floor as to the nature cf'
the service on these days
On New Years ENc dance was given NJ
the Country club OF l.ansdownc. The rooms
were decorated with laurel and holly and
murlc was furnished by Myers orchestra.
Among those pre,ont NJ the affair were Mr..
and Mrs, Herbert e. Hays. Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs Ralph HAYS,
Miss Frances Hsey. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sasendorph. Mr. and Mrs Robert Downing
Taylor. Miss NJ Louise Van Zandt, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Harry Henry. Mr.. and Mrs, Edwin
Grauley. Mr.. and Mrs Samuel K Phillips
Mr., and Mrs. Charles jerks pilling. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Mercer Bailey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Lynne Mishler. Mr. and Mrs
Harlan Page Statzell. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
\ Mckeon, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kelly,
Mr., and Mrs. William Turner Mr.. and Mrs
Julian !. Keenan,, Mr. and Mrs. Allen n.
Hoffer Miss Marie Carskaddou. Mr. ard Mrs.
Donald Campbell. Mr.. aud Mrs. William ",
Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Duncan, Mr.
Thaddeus r. McCaiu, Mr.. T., Jefferson Grit
nth, Mr.. Franklin Davies. Mr.. William ~
Evans, Mr.. Herbert Harris, Mr.. oliver
Harris, Mr.. and Mrs reter Brown and Mr.
Harold H. knerr.
AS hit Of economy the women Of tha
Twentieth century club resolved some time
ago to forgo their usual New Near'e dance
and to have instead nm Informal reception
in the clubhouse on the afternoon Of New
Years Day. The change did not prove dis
appointing IN the least, for the affair was
altogether delightful and great many rer-
sons attended r.
The president of the club. Mrs Clarence
II. Eppelsheiner, assisted by the other Of
ficers and the board Of directors, Hospitality
received the guests. Those who helped Mrs
Eppesheimer receive we're Mrs Robert J."
Mclean. the first vice president Mrs. Sam
uel L. Kent second vice president Mrs, T.
Sparks Bishop, corresponding secretary Mrs
Robert W Click, recording secretary, Mrs
Francis n. Maxwell federation secretary :
Mrs. Walter Loring Webb, treasurer, ana
the board Of directors, which Included Mrs
William A. NcEwer, Mrs. Harley h. Nichols
Mrs Frank o. Burrows. Mrs. Paul Lachen-
meyer Mrs c. Mercer Bailey, Mrs w.
Frank English. Mrs. Henry $. Barker. Mrs
Frederick !. Petry and Mrs. Charles ).
Musser. Mrs. Charles Mercer Bailey was at
the tea table.
The I.ansdowne branch of tho Kings
Daughters met al Miss Marion Iiairland's
home on Wednesday evening. This organiza- 70
ton Is always doing some sort of good work
At Christmas time the girls sent Christmas
boxes to tho soldiers and they have also
thought of q very clever thing 10 do. They
are making scrap books of funny pictures
and Jokes and are going to send them 10
the boys over there" Certainly these books
will bc greatly appreciated. The Young
women who belong to the Kings Daughters
branch out in I.ansdowne are Miss isirland.
Miss Ethel Hart. Miss Grace Atkinson. Miss
Ruth Decker. Miss Isabel Galbraith. Miss
Lille Tuttle Miss Laura IeGler, Mrs. Harry
Rabbit, Mrs. Guy Tackler, Miss Mabel wal
lace Miss Marion Fleming, Miss Helen Tay-
lor, Miss Ruth Wunderich Miss Helen Sea 70
man. Mrs Charles Barker, Miss Alma Under
hill and Mrs. George williams, Mrs. Hender-
son is their leader.
\ dance was given at the Twentieth Cen
tury Club on New Years Eve by the ri
Sgma fraternity. \ great many members
of the younger set were there
The Phi Epsilon Sorority gave a dance at
the Century Club on Friday evening. tn"
girls who belong to this sorority are Miss
Mildred Davenport, Miss Olive Palmer MISS
Ida Gabraith. Miss Helen Adler. Miss Janet
Kroll. Miss Alice Roller, Miss Mildred Dun
can. Miss Dorothy Smythe, Miss Dorothy
Scarborough, Miss Helen Bevin. Miss Audrey
bedford. Miss Clara Davis. Miss Elizabeth
Amy, Miss katherine Wilson, Miss Grace
Lippincott Miss Frances Shreincr, Miss Rid
dellc Young, Miss Mary Craig. Miss Audrey
Phillips and Miss Evelyn Robey,
Miss Frances Maxwell, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Francis n. Maxwell, is now touring
In the New England States with tho Swarth-
more Winter Chautauqua. Miss Maxwell
spent the holidays in Iansdowne.
Mrs Charles Parker Boyd has returned
from Boston, where she spent several days