Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-20

CAN it be possible that there is no
~ debutante tea today? It's true there
isn't ono. so we older people who race
to the teas will have bit of rest.
Though goodness knows the buds won't.
for tonight there will be the Hancock
dance for Anita Evans and the Allan
Wilson's are giving quite good sized
dinner before that affair for Hope,
their debutante' daughter.
Caroline Barclay will come out to-
morrow. and the rest of the week, with
exception of Wednesday. will be teas
teas teas,
LIVERY one is interested in the en-
- gagement Of Edmund Gilpin to a
Milwaukee girl with the cutest name
Nancy Purcha r.ll,,er mother. Mrs. j.
W. Beswicls Tchas. of Milwaukee,
made the announcement on Saturday.
Edmund is the son of the Arlington
Gilpins and q brother of Arlington,
Jr. and Alfred Gilpin.
Edmund was with the 10th anG was
made lieutenant in France. after hav
ing been under fire. He had been orig
inally a member of Troop A. but went
into the war as a corporal when the
two troops were dsbanded. and went
to France as a sergeant.
He was badly gassed and burned in
action in September before the arinis-
tice. Nancy Purchas is. | hear, very
charming She has a sister who, |
also hear. has greatly attracted another
of our Philadelphia youths. but | do
not know if that is to be an engagement
or not. Who can tell?
A RE you interested to hear that
"A Clemenceau' daughter is really
coming over here? Her name is Madame
Jacquemaire, you know. Well. she
will sail from France on the twenty
fifth of the month. that is next Satur
day. and she is going to speak here
under the auspices of the French War
Relief committee of the Emergency Aid
on the seventeenth of next month at
not going to talk of the war or of what
France has suffered in the war. but
she will speak Of the "Soul of France. 3"
Every one is excited to pieces over it,
and | am sure it will be great sue
cess. She il remarkable looking
woman, very French in appearance and
most attractive. 1 am told by those who
know her. There is little doubt but
that she will be entertained during her
stay here very extensively.
Mrs. GEORGE DALLAS DIXON
AV4 tells me that the committee on wei
fare dances, in which she is so inter
ested. has obtained from the Bellevue
Stratford management the proceeds of
their Saturday evening dances in the
bn III tnp
will give their proceeds of Thursday
evenings throughout the season, too.
That's mighty good donation, don t
YOU think? Because so many go to
these dances now in the evenings
The welfare dance committee was
gotten up last year, you remember,
with Mrs. Dixon as chairman. Mrs.
Joseph NJ. Gazzam. vice chairman. and
Mrs. Stacy Lloyd, secretary. Mrs.
Archibald Barkle and Mrs. Joe Leidy
are on the board. The committee re-
mains the same. Each week the wei
fare committee will have different
charity to help and this week it is the
Orchestra fund
THE other day when Pauline wa.
l called in to speak to visitor sh,
looked the smiling lady straight in the
eye ana announced, You have gray
tooth. ~
When mother took her to task about
it afterward. she replied "She know,
it's the truth
Mother went into a careful explana
tion about the impropriety of making
personal remarks. "But." she cor,
tinueG, sit wouldn't have been so rude
if you had told her what pretty, curly
hair she has. That would have beer
kind and tiattering and would have
made her forget about the tooth, about
which she is doubtless sensitive
Pauline was silent for few mo
ments. Gee, mother" she burst out
IF Bridget's sister. with her crooked
nose, can get place in beauty par.
lor,. / guess You could get job il
Halter establishment any time yor
wanted it,.
NANCY WYNNE.