Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-24
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Wishes Her Readers the Happiness of the Season.
She Tells of the Manifold Social Doings Of
Christmas WeeE

uow we must lift our hearts in thanks
- giving this Christmastide. The war.
that horrible giant that has glowered over
the last four Christmases, has passed us
by, and the promised Peace on earth to
men of good will is present and about to
be an accomplished fact, II only the men
on earth keep up their good will.
And ] think they will. Somehow they
are tired Of a. this fighting and splitting
of blood, this devastation of the world. And
this Christmas will doubtless be celebrated
as 1t has not been for many a year with a
glad remembrance of the coming of the
little Child. Don't you love that picture of
the lion and the lamb and the panther and
the other animals and the baby in their
midst. And the words "a little child shall
lead them"?
We'll, after all is said and done, Nancy
wishes you all a Merry Christmas, girls and
boys! /!
AND let me tell you the girls and boys
"A are having a merry Christmas! why
every day and night there seems to be a
party on. And the greatest number of kid
dies of sixteen, some even fifteen, are going
to dance in the Charity Ball. The Charity
Ball, mind you. which hitherto has only
been attended by those who have made
their debut. Now it seems If you came out
as much as four or five years ago, you are
too far advanced to appear in the pageant.
However. there are always exceptions TO
every rule.
WELL, to return to the Riddles, no less
w than four parties held sway yesterday.
Little Maria Santa Maria had a party out
at Ardmore; the John X. Strubings gave
an affair for Elizabeth at their home in
Chestnut Hill: the Percy Clarks had a
party out in Cynwyd for Miriam and the
Charlie Harrisons had q dinner before that
party for their little daughters. Then
Alice Benedict was given a party at her
home in Devon. Alice Benedict, by the
way, has the greatest talent muslcally.
She is q member of the Main Line Music
Club and is quite a fine little performer.
To-day there is a let-up in the entertain
ing for everyone Is tying up parcels and
delivering them in their cars and to-rnor-
row of course there will be church and
family reunions.
T DON'T know how they keep 1t up. These
L days before Christmas. I should think
most Of the women would be about ready
to pass out" working as they have for the
Red Cross and for the Fatherless children
of France and for the Christmas celebra-
tions for the soldiers and sailors. I should
think the families Christmases would be
materially interfered with. However it
does not seem SO.
The Emergency Aid members are spend
ing this afternoon trimming the tree at the
Sailors and Soldiers Club which is in the
old Hart mansion at 18th and Juniper and
Walnut streets. You know the late Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Hart lived in that house.
DR.. Hart and his sister Miss Mary moved
out of 1t since their mothers death two
years ago and 1t was recently opened by
the Emergency Aid.
ITO RETURN to the parties for the week.
- Thursday will be the Charity Ball and
for the kiddies there will be a big party at
Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt's. On Friday!
Well perhaps you will gasp as I did, when
7 heard all there was for Friday. The John
Rogers Maxwells will give a dinner at the
Acorn Club that night for their son; Mr..
and Mrs. Mahlon Hutchinson, a dinner and
theatre party for their son Mahlon Jr.; the
Powell Evans have a big theatre party and
supper for Anita; the Charlie vikings will
give a party for the little children in honor
of their sons Richard Lloyd and Tom Will
ling; and Mrs. Harry Clifton Adams will
give a theatre party and supper for her
daughter Evelyn Smith, who has come
home from st. Mary's at Peekskill, for the
Christmas holidays.
SATURDAY will mark the first meeting
~ his year of the Committee Dancing
class and there will be so many dinners
before this party I cannot enumerate them.
There will be time to breathe on Sunday
and then on Monday the Wurts dancing
class. Certainly the younger school set is
having its innings this year, without any
doubt. Well we're only young once and as
it's innocent enjoyment, go to 1t, say l..
The wal is over and peace Is in the land.
TIE WAS about fourteen when he wrote
IL this, and having been overseas lately,
he had forgotten all about 1t, until he came
across it the other day in an old book In his
bookcase. And he almost shook the silver
bars Off his shoulders laughing about it.
1t was his Christmas list, carefully printed,
with his name, and the date at the top.
He wanted a knife, because 1 lost my
other one" a fiashlight, a new cap. a new
football or else the old one fixed, and a
football suit, in case the family let's me
play football" Al the end of the list he
added, ~ should like to be allowed to play
football, because 1 don't think God wants
me to get hurt, n I think that II He did
want me to get hurt, I would get hurt
anyhow, whether I played football or not"
NANCY WYNNE.