Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-13

ID EALLY it seems as II Philadelphians
IN were quite running things in New
port this season. does it not? So many
are up there and so many are enter
tanning and apparently right in the
midst Of everything. The Paul Denckla
Mills are spending the summer there,
which is a departure for them, as they
have usually gone to Narragansett or
up to Maine. Mrs. Mills's sister, Mary
Paul Num-. and her husband-and, of
course, small Pauline Munn-are stay
ing with them now.
Whenever I think of Pauline sec
n picture Of her in my minds eye
dressed in a natural linen frock with
embroidered collars and cuffs and a
dropping dark brown hat over her lovely
little brown face and brown eyes and
hair and her sturdy brown legs pro
truding above short socks and the cutest
brown ties you ever saw. And she is
talking industriously to General Nc
Lachlan, Of the British embassy, who
was a guest of the Munns at the Horse
Show in Devon last May. Pauline is
about six or seven, perhaps, and just
as attractive as she can be.
1t is another picture to see her
dressed exactly like her mother In riding
clothes and small sailor hat and
seated on her pony. She's a. lovely
ctild and will certainly grow into
lovely woman.
Mrs. Williamson Roberts, who was
one Of the Disstons, is up in Newport
with her husband and they entertained
at dinner on Monday night at their
villa. Another Philadelphia, an aunt
of Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Mum, Mrs.
Lawrence Paul, who you remember
was formerly Mrs. Marcellus Coke, gave
n dinner on Monday night, and Mrs.
Craig Biddle gave n luncheon that same
day.
Most Of the children in Newport had
a wonderful time on Monday afternoon
at the T. Suffern Tailers's. There was
special private exhibition by Paul
Raincy, of the picture he had personally
taken of the Flanders front, and his
African hunt pictures, too, and the kid
dies of the Tailers's friends were all
invited.
Mrs. Frank Clyde has gone up to
Newport hear, and the John Con
verses are at Narragansett, and, of
course, its no trip from there to New
port, SO one may be sure that they
will be in all the doings, too. Some
Philadelphians
MARY PORCHER, daughter of Mr..
4V4 and Mrs. Samuel Porcher, Of St.
Martins, has just come back from Flat
Rock, N. G., where she was visiting
her cousin, Miss Carrie Sinkler. She
is going up to Bar Harbor later for a
visit, and after that to Washington,
but not until some time after, when it
is all nice and cool again.,
And, by the way, do you remember
my remarks last week on the Porcher
house in st. Martins? Well, I find
that memory was putting something
over on me and that It was not the
Porcher house which was remodeled
from the icehouse. That house was the
Browders', Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan
Browder, and the Porcher's was built
before It,. and, in fact, before any of
them. except tho former Newhall house,
on Mermaid lane, which was also re-
modelled ono. So was right as far as
the firstness, or whatever that word is,
of their house, but not about the loca =
tion or the building.
g. The house that they built sits on top
of the little hill in st. Martins over
looking Lincoln drive, and has poplar
trees in front of it. There was another
icehouse there, by the way, which has
been made into the most attractive
house where Mr.. William Willett lives
and has his studio, but that's on the
other side Of Springfield avenue.
TN THESE days when telephone con
l. versations get SO mixed and you get
on the wrong wire or you are called
to the phone at least three times day
to hear the same voice say, "Is this
so and so?" because your number is
o-0-4-5 and So and Sos is 2-0-4-4,
you do get bit peeved. And In conse-
quence I synpathized greatly with the
woman who told me recently my dear,
there's woman who is always phon-
ing to the store, and she phones two or
three times a day, and always gets me
and says In a drawly voice, rs this the
store?' And I say, No, they're 4,
we're g. and yet the next morning
there she is again"
And she added, soto voce, Next
time she does it think I'll let her give
her whole order and then tell her her
account is not good. Yes," solilo-
quized she, 81 think I will"
NANCY WYNNE.