Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-25
'JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Hears That Miss Nancy Stokes Is Conuulescent.
Mrs. arthur Lea to Speak to the independence Square
Auxiiary-SUeet Vas Not His Brother.

- are going to carry out your plans these
days. with pneumonia and "fu" and scar
let fever and everything else around to
interfere. as they certainly do interfere. 1
am SO glad to hear that Nancy Stokes Is
getting over her attack of influenza, Is
really convalescent and that her wedding
will take place as planned on Saturday.
And it's going to be an awful, pretty
one, too. She is to marry DIR. William
Hewson, the son Of DIR. Addinell Hewson,
in the Episcopal church at Moorestown.
Nancy has always been extremely popular
here, and every one Is so glad she Is
coming to Philadelphia to live.
M tell you that Mrs. Arthur Lea,
~ who is connected very prominently
with the Southeastern Chapter of the
Red Cross, will be at Independence Square
Auxiliary this afternoon to explain to the
workers Just what the Red Cross wants
done these days? There Is quite a d.
mand for knitters, you know. They want
shawls for the women refua les and socks
and stockings for the Riddles over there;
for the really poor are still in want. There
is talk about closing some of the auxil-
iaries. but there will not be any closing
until the work Is finished and there is
much yet 70 be done Sophie Norris will
speak this afternoon about her work
abroad during the war, so it's going to
be very interesting. She was will the
Y. M. c. A., you know. and did a lot of
work right back of the lines.
MO OPERA tonight, but good night! just
- Y fhfpl bcxy ~ opar,, tharo ,,.,it h.
next week. You would not think that it
is to be the first week in Lent, would
you? Mary Garden in Cleopatra is send
ing everybody Of social prominence
toward the old Academy for Monday night.
The boxes will all be occupied and the
Academy will be as brilliant as In the old
days when The Maurice Grau opera com
pany presented Calve and Melba and the
de Reszkes and Plancon and all those other
great singers of twenty or more years
ago. The scenery tods punk" but oh, the
voices!
THE Randall Morgans have Mrs. Nor.
4 gan's brother-in-law and sister. Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Fenncr, staying with
them for several weeks. They were at
the opera with them two weeks ago, and
on Sunday the Morgans gave a party in
honor Of the christening of wee Miss
Fenner. Charlotte Williams is the second
Williams girl. Mrs. Morgan was Frances,
the eldest sister. and Eleanor, the young
est, married Lawrence Wilbur. Harry
Fenner, or Herbert, which Is his christian
name, is from Providence. but he came on
here to attend the University Of Pennsyl.
vania some years ago. and was always
a great ~favorite in the frat and attended
most Of the parties here. And then he
choose his wife from among the PhiIadel.
phia girls. The Fenners live In Providence
most of the time. Their little daughter
was christened in st. Paul's Episcopal
Church in Chestnut Hill.
AND tonight we have the Ball Tri-
"A umphant. There has not been much
excitement about 1t, but it's going to be
good fun, you may be sure, and every one
is going to attend.
The Plays and Players are to nave their
club tonight, so some of us will go there
first. There are to be a number Of stunts
in the ballroom at the Ball Triumphant.
some sort of a novelty called Splash me,
DOLL VIII be given.
Some name l should say! And little
Lady Tsen Mel. the Japanese actress, who is
appearing here this week, and several other
actors and actresses will join In the en-
tertaining. The overseas of
the Emergency Aid Is back of the ball,
you know, and the proceeds are to go for
the Temple of Victory, to be erected In
memory Of the brave Philadelphia men
and women who worked for our country
during the war.
LIS family were always great sticklers
IL for biblical teachings in their most
literal sense and so naturally he followed
the family's bent in such things. Recently
he was most awfully naughty and his
father was constrained to spank him. And
he did 1t as he does most things, ex.
trcmely we'll and with great efficiency.
Bob. however, refused to show that the
spanking was effective at all.
Not a word, not a sound did he give
while the event was taking place. After
1t was all over, he walked into the next
room to his mother and, pointing his
thumb to the room where he had left his
father, remarked rs he my brother?"
mo. Bob" replied the astonished
mother, who between agreeing with her
husband that it was the only thing to do
and sympathy with her son for the pain
he had endured as well as the hurt pride,
was much torn with conflicting feelings.
'Then," replied Bob firmly and with con-
viction, hes a darn fool
NANCY WYNNE.