Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells About the Comedy to Be Given
at the Bellevue on April 17-She Hears
Nine. Carnoy Talk of Belgium

: SPRING is in the air, in spite of the
A Ia Of the last few days there's GER
iot Of spring doings in the plan.
nnU 60 of the first excitements is not
hns ,.uy snringy, as 1t might just as
'ssrs saye taken place in winter. However,
~ !. 10, the question now. 1t Is rather
~ Ian of what the excitement is' and
dus'UV -,rsical comedy, "Off 20 Sea- which
y - written and staged by young Mr..
- ~ the navy, and will be given by
@V'C, y novs on Wednesday evening, April H.
w po,,eyue-stratford assisted by
- NJ girls who have appeared in
p'A,s .r,steur affairs with great success.
p.u rrow st. Agnes's Hospital has
~ h.se unit. and there are many, many
y" Dsedful, so the boys at the yard de-
"a VA ~ do something to raise funds for 1t
'4,, y .stad the girls to help them.
,,ounR author himself will take part
L, nlay. and the girls who will sing
a,nce will be Elizabeth Latta, Gene
c,bbs. Judith Jennings, Carol Med
!. Marjory Watt, Edith Wilkinson, Car.
!. tvons and Winnie Bloomberg.
p,,lsss Mr. Rowley the men in the navy
u 0re in the cast are c. J. Moore, Ernest
NJ. T. Mackert. A. Jennings, c. V. An
80 r G. Overton and J. NJ. Spurrier.
a. and Mrs. Edward Stotesbury, Mr..
j, Mrs. Joseph Hutchison, Mr.. and Mrs.
,..ss Powers, DR.. Joseph Walsh and a
..rber of other prominent people have
,t.n boxes for the occasion.
IIrAsNT the ball on Saturday night the
N most wonderfully democratic entertain
u,nt YOU ever saw? 1t really was great
EVERY one was there and it did not matter
vhsther YOU had on ball gown and
,.,rls worth one hundred thousand dol
srs or cotton shirtwaist and near-pearls
,hat cost fifty cents a string. A lot of
p,ople came in late after the Mask and
Wiz and other theatres, and they We're
All dressed up like sore fingers" but the
majority wore hats and suits and you
could scarcely move. there was such a
crowd They must have made lot Of
money, and, as it is greatly needed, more
power to them.
cPEAKING of the Mask and Wig, didst
psee the fair actresses up on top of the
Forrest Theatre before the curtain calls
on Saturday afternoon? They wanted to
see the parade, you know, so they ran up
on the roof and held their wigs on with
one hand and tried to hold their skirts
down with the other, and in some cases
they were not any too successful and-as
was saying, il was all quite sight
from the Union League. However. be
that is It may they saw the parade and
hat was their point.
T0NlGHT we have our friends Caruso
: and Nine. Matzenauer, who will appear
IN Samson and Delilah," and the Opera
House will be full, I'll warrant.
Every one will be there-that is every
one Of any Importance socially-for it is
fst that opera should be kept up. After
he trials and worries of these DAYS of
strenuous work and saddened thoughts
lhsre is nothing 80 soothing as beautiful
music
BESIDES 1t Is not common sense to call
matt on all recreation. I've said this
ol1en before and l repeat it, and any one
sAo knows anything of human nature
AhoWs that It cannot stand up under too
great nerve strain with never an inter-
MISSION or some kind of let-up.
WISH you could have been with me
Yesterday afternoon at the Independence
eluare Auxiliary of the Red Cross TO hear
a'u1ne Carnoy, wife of the Louvain pro.
,''sOr' VINO is now at Penn, tell of her
s.'oands and her experiences in leaving
D'Slumi now instead Of in the ordinary
'Dne (which was at most two or three
"ss from Brussels to Ostend) il took
~ aeArV Two weeks to get there, and
y. uleV and their three little children
now her husband broke his leg.
u uaVeieu on Just the same, and of the
su'''es she had in getting conveyances
S.s very pretty, Madame Carnov and
4. auOn exquisite English. Her costume
N.., ''Di'niscent of Belgium, her frock of
~. Saun having a collar, cuffs and
4, u creamy yellow satin, and her
~ and ankles were incased in scarlet
ippers a'N patent leather
n, listened to her account of all sbo
nn,r ~ shd realized that her parents and
~. VINO are dear 10 her are et,u A.
kom ~ ana that she is unable to hear
,hy maM as the enemy will not allow
Nm. nal 10 go out from there. tbought
,s a. ve any Of US begun to suffer
Woman ~ TO this charming little
,bna-. "no FACED dangers to mako her
n,Dy saie that would have cowed |
brave woman? '0"eu
t,rn u ner spirit I recognized that wor
Rsneb eiah s spirit, that marvellous
plrt IS. spirit and that strong English |
many - IoS made 1t impossible for Ger
and ~ 30 any further than che ha.
lbs continue to make it impos-
lanE ov.- was glad that our men are |
here a. as fast as we can pet then,
idait Ss,.V 70 Know that NEVER will we
hr,, ts,eat' S' either. The fight IS NO
haas srs the Allies and the Ger.
boxers !, we watching as interested ON.
hit n a, our war now, and we are