Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-21

AREN'T you excited about the Charity
AABal this year? It's really the first big
thing that's happened all year, and this
winter there won't be that depressing feel.
ing of "Over there, there's war;" that was
so obvious last year, no matter how hard
you tried to keep it back. Everybody seems
TO feel that it Is our might to howl" be-
cause all the boxes have been taken and
there are to be a lot of parties before and
during the pageant.
The pageant itself is going to be a won
der. The American set, you know went
down to Camp Dix the other night and
entertained the wounded soldiers whotare
convalescent there. I told you last week
who some Of them are the Brockies,
Gladys Fox, Cecily Barnes, Lysbeth Boyd
and others. The set arranged by Mrs.
John Groome and Mrs. Norman Macleod,
representing the Pennsylvania Society to
Protect Children from Cruelty do you
blame the army for using so many initials
and Observation-Disclosures Peggy Thayer,
Brownie warburton, Lisa Norris, Marys
Clark, Nancy Sellers, Jean De Rouse,
Anita Evans and, of course, a lot Of others.
Anita Evans is to be the guest of honor
at a theatre party and supper at the Ritz
sthe next night, too. She's the daughter of
the Powell Evanses.
Alva Sergeant and Brice Blynn are going
to lead Mrs. Caspar w. Hackers set. Oh,
they can dance, too! a you seen Brice
since he came back from camp with his
shoulder bars? He was walking on Chest
nut street yesterday, looking every inch an
"officer and a gentleman" Betty Dallas
she's a graceful dancer-is in this set, and
Frances Sullivan, Evelyn Page, Jane Maule
and Elizabeth Dercum. Maisie Rush and
Dorothy Blair are going to lead the Chill.
; dren's Hospital set, which is under the
direction Of Mrs. Ben Rush, Mrs. Ned
Isley and Mrs. John Drayton. Margaret
Remak Is in the set, as are Gainor Baird,
Marion Button, Dorothy Ely and Dorothea
Oberteuffer. Marion Button has been down
at Tape May lately, you know, doing can
teen work, and all the rest of them have
been hard at 1t ever since the war started.
Dorothea Oberteuffcr is president Of the
Junior McAll MisslSn, which is sewing for
French and Belgian refugees.
The other set Is Mrs. Robert Emott
Hare's, and includes among others Edith
Dallas, Hope McMichael and Elizabeth
.Latta, who seems to dance as we'll as she
sings.
It's going to be some party, chicks, be-
lieve me.
Avl Flagg, you know - received such a
charming letter from Madame M. Creepy,
that distinguished Frenchwoman who has
been in charge of the distribution Of gar.
ments and supplies sent to the northern
part Of France from our country.
Major Geyelin is stationed in that part
of tho devastated country and Madame
Creepy wrote to his wife, asking her to be the
spokesman of her committee of distribu-
ton 10. thank the women Of America for
\ her. Mrs. Geyelin has been much occupied
with this work during the war and 1t was
a graceful thing for Madame Creepy to write
to her. For the sake of those who worked
for the committee I will give you a trans
lation Of the French letter. which cannot,
however, begin to convey the beauty Of the
French version. She says:
'Madame: I want to be the first to offer
thanks IN the name of the French women
of occupied France for all the devotion of
you American women, which has so soft
ened our hard lot. 1 myself have had the
greatest happiness to distribute to my
fellow citizens the clothing, ETC., which
came to us from the United States, and 1
can bear witness to the great joy with
which they were received. Do be so good,
dear Madame, I beg Of you, to be our in
terpreter to all the women Of America.
For some time 1 have had the intention
/ of going myself to America to try to ex-
press my appreciation to all the devoted
-. - 4l,ot ,raa. ,n,,ntru for tho s,,ccnr
they nave given to'us in our Distress"
one thing is sure, the French are truly
grateful for what we have done in this
struggle.
TT CERTAINLY was funny yesterday.
i They were having some kline of a
shindiz up at the Liberty Statue for the
Red Cross, when a truly Red Cross am
bulance, an army one at that, suddenly
appeared on the scene, and the girls OF
the Emergency Aid Aide, who in their uni
forms were ranged straight across Broad
street Ia bit back from the statue) had to
break ranks and let the car through. And
then IL those girls did not rubber round
to see into tina ambulance till 1t was a
scream! Suddenly, however, all came to
attention and the speaking went on.
r SEE the Purves-Caskey engagement
L was announced yesterday in New York.
/ wonder If they will be married soon, now
that Ogden does not have to go to Eu.
I. rope? They were, engaged about three
months ago, and since then he has re-
oelyed his commission as lieutenant and
was about to sail for France when the
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Daughter OF Mrs. Herbert Caskey, of New
York, and a peach of a girl, from what the
gosslps say. Ogden Purve is the son of
the late Alexander Purves. His mother
was O Miss Ogden, daughter of the late
ALE Rnhart Ogden. of New York