Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-20

Ormond, Belleair, st. Augustine, augusta
md goodness only knows where else down
south. But bless your heart. that made
,,.rv little difference in the looks of the
house. for the boxes had all been given
= n friends or relatives, and so the gor-
eeously colored frocks and their accom-
nanying Jewels were as beautiful as ever
an stunninglooking women.
Didn't il seem too ridiculous to see
u,,Ie Gladys Earle Mather in the Riddle
box chaperoning Betty Elliott who had
,,o box for the evening? Somehow i
o.n,t believe that Gladys is really mar
r,ed woman and chaperon. She Is Just
.,obtecn, YOU know, and is as young
md fresh as little sixteen-year-od girl.
Rebecca Thomson was in that party ana
40 were Billie Adamson, Alfred Hunter
and John Deaver. Jr.
II seems as If the girls who were
s,eible to come out this year. but did not
q, account of the war, are having even a
better time than their sisters OF former
years. because it is a more normal good
time The former debs rusheu from lunch
con to tea from tea to dinner from dinner
n theatre. from theatre to pail and from
hall TO bed about o'clock in the morn-s
.,nc only to rise again for O'Clock
luncheon. till no wonder they looked older
,ban their years and had to resort to mas
.aee and all kinds of aids to keep from
heinr utterly and entirely overfatigued
Alya Sergeant and Margaretta and Bar
hara Benson were in the Allen box, with
Mrs. Sergeant chaperoning them.
never have seen Caruso with crouch
Z before. And it certainly was funny. |
~onder what could have been the matter.
8 nerbaps it was toothache, and yet ]
don't think with toothache he could
have made such violent love to any one
as he did to Flora. in other words Claudia
Muzio. Anyway. he would not smile.
It's an unusual opera. isn't it? I love to
hear the remarks of the audience during
the hectic scenes such as last nights. one
small woman almost finished me by say
ing in the middle of the first act when
Caruso and Muzio were in a most moon
sruck embrace. Good night. they're both
40 fat they can't get their arms around
each other"
Later this same lady who was evidently
more taken with the acting than the sing
ing said in loud whispers during the last
& funeral bier. wouldn't it he funny II she
went to sleep and snored out loud?' Now
what are you TO do with people who insist
on seeing the funny side even In funeral,
y hid you know the Nooksie Fotteralls nave
~ baby? Yes, my dears, darling little
girl, born last Sunday in Newark n. D.
B where they are living. Do you remember
g last sprinC when Nux and Walter were
/ married within two or three days of each
other? Nooks married Helen Parmele, oi
Flushing, L. L.. and as they did not come
here TO live Philadelphia has not heard
much of them. The news of their little
daughters advent is delightful for every
one to hear.
B TALKING of small daughters makes one
Il think also of small sons, and that re
minds me of small son ! heard of the
other day. He wasn't exactly what you
might call "in right" for several days with
father. Because you see. as son was ad
yancng in age he began to play with other
little boys, who had not been taught as
carefully as he had been as to how to
answer mother upon all occasions ano
Il how to treat her, and then, too, he learned
many strange words.
Well at first father talked kindly to mn
when he was rude to mother and explained
~ that he must never, never be so again
IA That he never could love mother enough
i In fact, if he and father spent all thei
lives trying to make mother happy the
never could thank her enough for beini
20 sweet and dear and kind to them. So
listened wisely, but next day heard som
new fresh and slangy expression that wa
entirely minus respect and promptly "go
II Off at mother Father heard this, an
punishment was meted out, and for sewers
days there was a condition OF "arme
Neutrality" about the nursery.
Then suddenly small son smiled a
father and said, "Father won't you bu
me rabbit for Easter" Well, fathe
allowed he might not unless the rabbi
csuld be given TO a little boy who spols
nicely to mother.
Somehow, the conversation fell fiat. So
loved mother very much you see. and h
had thought he was bit smart and ha
not meant to be rude, so his little heal
swelled quite lot, but he could not brin
himself to explain it exactly.
Three days later, just at the busiest tim
q the day, the phone rang at the ONO
and when father was told 1t was small SO
ne stopped in the midst Of an importar
sitter and took up the receiver.
Father" said small voice. 1--WE haven
peen very good friends for few days an
want to talk to you l sort of mis-
uiking to you. Er-ar-do you think yo
could get me a little rabbit for Easter
Well. we'll talk about that tonight" sa
mther. Don't you know, old man, T.
pusy at the Office Why did you call I
y father's busiest time? You spoke abo'
nat rabbit last time we talked togethe
Well, you see, father" replied the your
IN, III you should want to scold me you
= further away over the teephone.V Som
qow ] think he'll get his rabbit. because
aeer he's been very loving with mother Il
one time and as good as good can be-
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