Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-21
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
School Set Haze WeekEnd of Caiety Despite WarNancy
lynne Chats About Number of Persons and
Things-Other Matters


ice committee OF the Historical Society Of
Pennsylvania on Saturday evening from !
until 10 o'clock. Mr.. Albert Cook Myers.
chairman, and Mr.. Ernest Spofford. secretary
of the war service committee. will be assisted
in receiving by committee of the Colonial
Danes consisting of Miss Lydia r. Morris,
Mrs. Arthur II. Lea. Mrs. Charles w. Henry,
Mrs Samuel b. Chew. Mrs Charles Roberts
and Mrs. Nathaniel s. Keay. chairman.
Mr.. Charles Custis Harrison entertained at
Happy Creek Farm. his place at st. Davids,
last evening for the Farmers Club. About
forty guests we're present.
Friends of Mrs. Joseph NJ Patterson 3d,
who was operated on for appendicitis at a
hospital in Watertown, n. Y, will be glad
to know that her condition Is improving.
Her mother. Mrs George II. Earle, Jr., is
with Mrs. Patterson
Miss Henriette Mcdonald Wilson, daughter
OF DR.. and Mrs w. Reynolds Wilson. re-
turned this week from ossining School, at
ossinins- -on-the- Hudson.
Mr. and Mrs Francis H. Adler. of Greene
street. Germantown. are spending few
weeks at Pocono Lake Preserve.
Mrs Alexander d. Sexton and her daughter
Mrs Henry Tetlow, I'd, are at Pocono Manor
for few days.
DR.. Robert Emlen Pitfeld, of s2l1 Wayne
avenue, Germantown, is spending several
weeks In jamestown. r. l.
lawn party will be given tomorrow aft
ernoon and evening under the auspices OF the
Samaritan Red Cross Auxiliary. Mrs. H.
Rhodes is in charge Of the affair. There
will be refreshments and dancing, and at 30
Miss j. Allen. who represented Joan Of Arc In
educated horses
Mr. Thomas Convery, Of North Twentieth
street. has enlisted in the United states
Naval Reserves and is now stationed at Cape
May.
Mr.. and Mrs J. Horace Miller and Miss
f. Dorothea Miller and Miss Agnes Miller. Of
1920 Lincoln avenue, Moores have opened
their summer villa. at 424 Bay avenue. Ocean
City, where they will remain until November.
Miss Josephine Michel, of Ridley Park, has
been entertaining Miss Elizabeth Vantine of
Avalon, N. j., as her house guest for the last
week. ..
Miss Mary Mulford. daughter of Mrs.
Victor J. Mulford. of wyncote. entertained
at luncheon today In honor of Miss Emily
Lewis, whose wedding takes place tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Murphy and Miss
Stella Murphy. of 1880 Rlttenhouse square.
| have opened their new cottage on South
Mrs. William H. Greenfield and Miss Marie
Greenfield. Of 1909 West Lehgh avenue, are
| spending the week in New York the guests
Of Mrs. GreenGelds brother and sister-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs Walter H. Congdon Mrs. Cong
| don will be remembered as Miss Agnes
| Loughran, of this city.
Mrs. Willis B. Meyer. of Lancaster, has
been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs A. d.
ChiOuOine. Thirteenth for
the last week. Mrs Meyer formerly was Miss
| Julia Chiquoine.
Mrs. A. NJ Zane and her daughters, Miss
| Gertrude Zane and Mrs. Edward Malon, have
| taken a cottage at Merton. where they will
| spend the summer.
Mr.. Frank Hardart and his daughters have
| recently returned from Augusta. where they
| were visiting. and have opened their home
| in Glen Rock for the summer. Mr.. Gustavus
] Hardart Is stationed at one of the southern
| training camps.
Miss Mary Martin is spending several
weeks at Sea Isle City as the guest OF Miss
| Helen Shea
Mr., and Mrs. Henry c. snowden. Jr.: Of
| Media announce the engagement of their
| daughter, Miss Elizabeth Snowden, to Mr..
| William Hurow Rigby. also of Media. Mr..
Rigby sailed short time ago for foreign
service with the American Red Cross
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Thorp. of 405
South Forty-third street. announce the en-
| gagement OF their daughter, Miss Marion r.
Thorp. to Sergeant Albert C. Worrell. of
Mount Holly, n. j.. who is stationed at Camp
| Mcclellan, Alabama, awaiting orders to go
to France Miss ,Thorp. accompanied by her
| fances father, recently returned from a
| visit to Alabama.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Coll of 1417 w.
| Allegheny avenue, have received word OF the
safe arrival overseas of Mrs. Coils nephew,
Lieutenant j. Williams Sechler, of the Nine
teenth Field Artillery, u S. A. Lieutenant
Sechler. who is a member Of the Philadelphia
bar since his training at Fort Niagara has
won a first leutenancy and a permanent COM
| mission in the regular army. e.