Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-18
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Nancy lynne Hears OF the Illness OF Mrs. Cheon-She Speaks
Of Mary Roberts Rineharts Talk the Red Cross This After.
noon-Nauy Officers Interested in Dance Thursday

T AM so sorry to hear that Sydney Ches-
ton is i'll in New York. She and Cap
tain Cheston, who has been home only about
eight days, went over 10 New York to
stay with the George Eustis Paynes in
their apartment. You know Mrs. Paine
was Helen Ellis, a sister, and Sydney was
taken quite i'll. Her mother, Mrs. william
Struthers Ellis, has gone to New York
to be with her. hope the illness Is not
of a very serious nature and that she will
soon be able to return TO her nome in
Chestnut Hill. The Chestons have the dear
est baby. Eight months old ne is. Named
Radcliffe, Sd, after his father, who is Rad
cliffe, Jr.
A RENT you excited about hearing Mary
4 Roberts Rinehart this afternoon at the
Independence Square Auxiliary Of the Red
Cross? I am. I'm so excited that I'm
going down there armed with a thimble
Yes, I am. And why this precaution you
ask? Well, you see you have to be
worker to. go in and listen to Mary Rine.
hart, for she is to talk to the workers and
their friends, and ! never can find thim'
BILE to fit me in the regular thimpie boxes,
SO me and my little thimble is going to
take a little walk together" Mrs. Rine-
hart says she is going to tell us cry freely
Of her impressions while In the occupied
Rhine towns. And you know that will be
interesting, to say the least.
TNHE navy officers have shown the great
est amount of interest in the Navy RELIEF
dance which will be given on Thursday
evening at the Bellevue-Stratford. I've sell
dom read more distinguished list of box.
holders. They will include Vice Admiral
a. W. Grant, Rear Admiral c. +. Hughes,
Rear Admiral RI II. Hall, Commodore ID. 7.
Griffin, Brgadier General c. S. Radford,
Captain John Ross Martin, Captain f. w.
Bartlett, Captain d. II. Tribou, captain {.
A. Carr Captain S, L. Heap, Captain +.
Anderson, Captain w. J. Baxter, Captain
+. Cooper, Captain w. p. Roberts, Colonel
Thomas c. Treadwell, Colonel H. !. Bearss.
Commander w. r. NJ. Field, Commander
A. C. Diffenbach, Commander Edwards F.
Iieper, Commander C. J. Cleborne, Com
mander A. l.. Parson, Commander NJ X,
.Goldsborough, Commander ]. d. Robnett,
Commander z. G. Coburn Commander f.
II. Cope Commander F. w. Hoffman, Com
mander T. T. Nelson, Lieutenant Comman-
der II. d. South, Lieutenant Commander
r. II. johnson and Lieutenant Commander
ID. p. Heath.
II that's not some galaxy Of naval officers
I'll take a back seat, I assure you. The
dance is to be given in the ball, DOM and
the men who have gotten it up have worked
magnificently to make it a success. III one
may Judge Of what the navy thinks of their
efforts, one has only to look at the list of
officers who will occupy boxes with their
wives and guests that evening.
DY THE way, whatever you do, don't get
- mixed about the Ball Triumphant at the
Bellevue and think it's this week, because
it isn't. The first plan was TO hold it on
Monday night the 17th-that is, yesterday
but later the committee decided to have
the party toward the end of the campaign
for the Victory Temple. and it is now sched-
uled for February 25 and is, as told you.
to take in all the dance floor of the Belle
vue.Stratford. There are to be all sorts of
entertaining stunts and most of the boxes
have been taken for that evening, too.
THE baby has heard great deal of talk
ABOUT the new Suuudy sChooi NiiSi 10
being started in the small town where she
lives and is much interested in the plans.
Being only four, she's a bit young to attend
the school, but things like that never bother
her at all, because she has her own little
Imagination, and II she can't go to places
she can just sit down comfortably in
rocking chair and rock and rock and bring
those places right up alongside of her.
She came in to her mother yesterday with
a book under her arm and busy expires.
sion on her face. Mother" she asked
what day is this?" Mother answered that
Il was Monday and looked up 10 see why
the question was asked. Her important
little daughter was hustling out of the
room with both doll children and the book
well, I'm going to have Monday School,"
she announced as she disappeared in the
direction of the nursery.
NANCY wYNNE.
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