Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Miss Polly Thayer Play the Vion Concert Tonight
tor CooIige to Talk Next Monday at Red
Cross-Otter Matters

r HEAR Polly Thayer is going to play her
violin at the concert to be given tonight
IN the ballroom of the Bellevue-Stratford
The whole affair is called ''Fairyland," you
know and number of small children will
be dressed as fairies and will dance and
sing. It's a benefit party and it's won
derful one, too, for the benefciaries are
the widows, orphans and dependent moth
ers of navy men who are left in need
The orpheus Mixed Quartet which, as
you know, includes Edna Harwood Baugher,
Elizabeth Dickson. Philip Warren Cooke
and Donald Redding, has got up the enter
,tainre. ~ and it sounds good to me.
always enthuse over Polly Thayer. L
think she is oi.7 ca the loveliest looking
girls in this City of Brotherly Love.
Perhaps It may not be well to say so
strongly what I think about PERSONS
looks and coloring, but have you seen
Polly? That's all ask you.
Jeanette Bromel is going to give sew
eral interpretations, and she is simply
great; and then the audience will sing the
national hymn.
A number of promient women are inter-
ested in the concert and the navy yard
band will play afterward, for the dancing.
Among those interested are Mrs. Carrie
Dolan. Mrs. Effngham Morris, Mrs. Charl-
ton Henry Mrs. Maxwell Wyeth, Mrs.
John Gribbel, Mrs. David Young, Mrs.
Earl Putnam, Mrs. Stanley Hellerman, Mrs.
Frank Read, Mrs. J. ]. Foulkrod, Mrs.
Atwater Kent, Mrs. Edgar Thomas, Jr.,
Mrs Walter Blapon, Mrs. Arthur r. New
bold, Mrs. George w. Childs Drexel, Mrs.
Charles Bower, Mrs. Clarence Carr Mrs.
Edward Dennison, Mrs. George Shisler,
Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. John
d. johnson, Mrs Fred Schmidt, Mrs. Stan.
lev G. Flagg, Jr., Mrs. John B. Thayer,
Jr. Mrs. ]. B. Lippincott, Mrs. P. n. Pew,
Mrs. William Simpson, Jr., Mrs. A. B.
Court, Mrs. Clarence Warden, Mrs. Charles
White, Mrs. John Patton, Mrs. Calvin
Pardee and Miss Nina Lea.
DR. BELLE CooLIGE is going to talk
- next Monday at Independence Square
Auxiliary of the Red Cross at 3 O'clock
1t seems like old times "befo de war
doesn't it? These weekly talks started up
at 6O8 Chestnut street for the workers as
they fill their Christmas bags and mend
the clothes and make new things for the
refugees.
Doctor Coolge is Bostonian, nave
been told, but any way she was the nrst
woman physician to enlist in the medlcai
reserve corps the first woman doctor TO
go to France. She crossed when the
submarine menace was at its height. she
was on the French coast Of the English
Channel and in Verdun, Couriel and Mont
sfaucon. In less than three months she
cared for 1000 refugee patients. I opine
she'll be very interesting.
T TOLD you there were going to be a
IL number of parties for the younger set,
didn't I? Well, Marianne Harris is to
have a dinner on December 30 before the
meeting of Mrs. wurtss class, and Ellen
IMcMichael is to be honor guest at a dinner
given by her parents that same nigh
DR.. and Mrs Richard Norris are going
to give a dance at their home, 500 North
Twentieth street, for their daughters, Nir'
ginia and Louise, on New Years Day. so
YOU see the school set will be some busy
little bunch in the Christmas holidays.
"A
IL of any of the stores? They are fasci-
mating and the youngsters just naturally
ven with glee whenever they get inside
one of these fairylands. Young JACK
.D- was taken in to see Santa Claus
the other day, and OF course was filled
with embarrassment when he came face
to face with him; couldn't remember q
thing he wanted and forgot completely
ihow to talk-to Mothers utter bewilder
iment. 1t never had happened before. But
he found his tongue and both well.deveL..,eo
lungs when he saw those wonderful jointec
ecircus toys He spent hours gazing al
them, making a pony stand on one root
a clown on one hand and an elephant or
a chair and barrel.
For days afterward Jack was to be seer
standing on one foot, attempting to stant
on one hand, and one day Mother rescued
him lust in time as he was starting uI
the back Of perfectly good but slightly
,tippy nursery chair. Several days later
hearing wild howls from Bobby, the baby
Mother came on the run, to find Bobby
.swaying on uncertain feet waving wild
protesting arms and using his one word
."NoI" with great effect at Jack. why
Jack!" she exclaimed, what were yol
doing to Bobby?" "Oh, nothing" replied
Jack disgustedly. "I was only trying t.
make him move his arms and legs lik'
those elephants" NANCY WINNIE.
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