Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Speaks about Lorraine Craams Engagement
y Custman Club to CiUe Tea-Alice Wharton
Speak at Red Cross

n RE YOU not pleased TO hear or Lorraine
Gralam's engagement? She's such
sweet girl and so clever and talented. The
lucky man is Edward A. Bacon and he is
the son of Major Frank Rogers Bacon
and Mrs. Bacon of Milwaukee. Lorraine
Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
lildon Graham Of 1913 Spruce street and
Devon. She Is wonderfully talented and
las gained quite reputation in amateur
theatricals. She posed in the tableaux at
the Charity Ball two weeks ago and repre-
scnted tho poster Italy Aroused
remember her several years ago before
She came out, in q Shakespeare play given
by the girls in Miss Irwn's school. Since
then she has taken part in pretty nearly
everything going that has been good Her
latest triumph was as the heroine in the
Chinese Pantomime Play which the Plays
and Players gave at the Little Theatre for
the benefit of the Italian committee of the
Emergency Aid several weeks ago.
Young Mr.. Bacon was in the Marine
Corps, but has been mustered out and he
has gone back to Harvard No date for
the wedding has been set, but it will not
take place until he has finished his course
at Harvard.
THE Charlotte Cushman Club has sent
= out invites for Il tea next Friday for
Miss Alma Tell. who is playing here this
week. This will be tho second Cushman
Club AFFAIR this season and | have a feeling
that lots of people will go. It's so inter-
esting to meet a real actress and talk with
her don't you think? met the cunning
little japanese prima donna at that club
"A Cr.pinilS'
actress ] ever met 1 was introduced to
there. It's a wonderful little club house
and it is we'll worth your while to go there
and sec it. But YOU have to have an invite
to go 10 the tea.
A LICE WHARTON is going to talk after
a all at the Independence Square aux
iliary OF the Red Cross and the talk will
be given next Monday. You remember she
had been asked to address the workers
there some weeks ago. and her aunt Miss
Alice Taylor died that very day and so
she was unable to come
She has agreed to talk on Monday and
I doubt not that the talk will be very in
teresting Alice was over in Italy last year
you know, working among the soldiers and
had quite wonderful experiences. She also
QlQ some WOFh at SSCouIS DulSe III
Paris the year before.
Alice is very interesting. She has fair
hair and blue eyes and is rather delicate
looking. She has spoken in several cities
Vince her return and has done quite good
dal for the Red Cross by her lectures.
She wears a special costume such that
worn by the Red Cross workers in Italy.
4 Alice is the daughter OF the Bromley
whartons. Her mother is the present Mrs.
John Wilcox. Alice inherited quite large
Isum Of money from her aunt, Miss Taylor,
and the million dollars which We're left to
her mother will eventually go to her. AS
4 understand it, it was left in trust.
TIyHlLE on the subject of the doings at
NV the independence Square Auxiliary,
YOU. know they intended to give party
1on Thursday night of this week to the
workers and Sascha Jacobnoff was TO have
played.
But to-day | heard that Mrs. Fred
English, who with Mrs. George Lorimer
was getting up the party, has been taken
quite i'll and is confined to her homo in
the care Of a trained nurse. So Mrs. Lori
mar has decided to wait for Mrs. linglish's
recovery before having the party. as Mrs.
Enklish was so interested in it all and has
ibsen such a faithful worker at the aux
iiiary. Tho party and Sascha therefore
have been postponed but both will appear
in due time to entertain the workers az |
the auxliary and there are many workers |
YOU know.
FtINNIE is very wee. In fact she is the |
NJ weest small girl l have ever seen for |
one aged two and half. She has ambi- |
lions. however, which are very large The |
other day Mother said "Ginnie, if it's |
clear and not too cold next Sunday you
can 20 to Sunday school with your little |
friends Mary and Johnnie" 'Oh Muvver
may II" said Ginnie. 900. Fine. Then |
I'm learn how to sing Boo-ootiful Katie"
.Atssts NANCY WYNNE.