Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Captain Blacke BrotherinLav of Mrs. Fisher Stopping
Randall organ'S-Debutanes at Business College
Instead of H1uing Teas

TT IS interesting TO learn that Captain
Blackett, of the British ship Cumber-
land is a brother-in-aw Of Jane Morgan
Fisher, formerly of this city and now re-
, siding in England. He has been here, you
know, since last Monday and will leave
next Monday and Is the guest Of the Ran
! dal Morgans out at Chestnut Hill. You
remember Jane Morgan, the daughter OF
Randall Morgan. She was such an expert
yachtswoman that she received all kinds OF
orders and was made all kinds of important
things. She married the Hon. Cecil Vavas-
seur Fisher, son of Lord Fisher of Norfolk,
England, and Captain Blackett it appears,
married Lord Fishers daughter. So that
makes him a sort of connection of the
Morgans doesn't it? Any way he's been
their guest since the ship put in here and
they are giving luncheon for him
tomorrow.
T WAS wondering if after Christmas there
l. would be some comings out, so to speak.
So asked some of the girls, and bless your
heart do you know pretty nearly every
girl who would have come out this year
is busy studying stenography, typewrting,
nursing, baby tending, Red Crossing and
goodness knows what else.
Emile Noble is hard at it at business
college every afternoon. Mary Louise Ash
hurst is studying stenography, Betsy Da-
Wis, daughter Of Mrs. Isaac r. Davis, and
Dorothy Ely, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ely, are at the same business COL
lege as are Lucille de Kosenko ana Caroline
Nixon.
Anna Strawbridge is taking six months
nursing course and Juiana Baker is work
ing at the Children's Aid. Besides this
there are Rosalie johnson and Ellen Ewing,
who are both at college, Rosalie at Barnard
and Ellen at Smith. Where are the butter
flies of other years? They are no more.
Every girl as she leaves the school room
looks for something congeniai and worth
while to do and does it. It's true that per.
haps later they will frivol bit, but not as
before-Believe me
r MAY seem to be talking, but you ask
l. Charlie Morgan, for instance, what he
thinks of the girls of today. He has taught
them to dance for the Charity Ball for
several years; and sometimes when have
had someone dancing. in whom was in
terested, and have gone to the Bellevue
to watch the rehearsals in the offing,
have wondered how on earth he kept his
patience and how he was ever able to
accomplish anything. No one came on
time no one stayed, no one stopped talking
long enough for him to get his ideas over.
It was awful
Now, he tells me, they obey at once, they
stand in straight lines, they come on time,
they keep their appointments and they
dance beautifully. Why? Well it's easy to
explain, These girls have been living under
discipline since the war started. They have
Joined various organizations and have been
drilled by army officers and have learned
to keep engagements on time and they'll
continue to do it without doubt. It's
now point of honor, you see.
TNHERE was another meeting of the
l. Junior McAll Mission in Germantown.
One shipment of refugee garments has been
sent off, and the girls are hoping to get
another one off before Christmas. Mrs.
Houghton, who is most interesting and
active member of the Mission. talked to the
members She was entertained at lunch by
Charlotte Morris, and then went over to
the meeting with her. And next Wednesday
at 2.3O, Mrs. Frank Kelly, who is vice-pres-
ident Of the national branch of the McAll
Mission, is going to give talk at the
Church House, Twelfth and Walnut. She
comes from Elizabeth, N. j., and, as she
puts it, she's as Irish as her name: and a
fascinating talker. Naturally she knows a
good deal about the work and she also
knows just how to put that knowledge into
the right words NANCY WYNNE.