Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-25

NAJILh Ine ODeHluB ptIluIhuhSS "
w the opera tonight the real season
will start. There have been innumer-
able debutante teas and parties for the
buds, but the big affairs begin this week.
Tonight the opera with capacity
house, for every seat has been sub
scribed hear, preceded by innumerable
dinners aud followed by a large recep-
tion given by the Stotesburys in their
ballroom, and the McFaddens' ball
will be given Friday night for Rebecca
Thomson.
The Baron and Baroness de Cartier
de Marchienne will be the guests of the
Stotesburys at the opera and the guests
of honor at the reception afterward.
You know the baron is the Belgian am
bassador to this country.
T,HE Van Rensselaers will give n din
L ner before the opera to DR.. and
Mrs. Giuseppi Bastianelli, of Rome,
who will be the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cuyler at the opera later. For the
opening night nearly all the subscrib
ers to boxes will attend, as is the Gus =
tom. Mrs. Frank Clyde will entertain
several guests and Mrs. Alexander
Brinton Coke will have Mr.. and Mrs:
Sam Chase, Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Paul
and Mr.. Morris Bockius in her box.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory McMlchael VIII
entertain in the Charles Custis Har-
rison box, and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Grove will have several guests.
DUT opera will not be the only
pastime today. There will be the
tea which Mr.. and Mrs. Eli *. Price
will give for their daughter, Rache
Price, and for Mildred Longstreth, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William W,
Longstreth. Mr.. and Mrs. hongstretf
are in deep mourning, so will not en-
tertain formally for Mildred till later
In the year.
r THINK it will be interesting at th
i Art Alliance this afternoon, don
you? Thornton Oakley is gong 10 huT'
an exhibition and give talk on IL
lustrating And Thornton does known
illustration from A to u, IN say: Ht
came here from Pittsburgh with his
mother, Mrs. John Oakley, about twenty
years go, and everybody likes him. H'
married Miss Amy Ewing. Mr.. Gaskll
Ewing's daughter. and they hve OF
Clinton street He is a nephew, think
Of Miss Violet Oakley. =,
The hostesses at todny's tea and tall
at the Art Alliance will be Mrs. Charles
q. Dana, Mrs. Henry La Barre Jayne
Mrs, Charles NJ. Lea, Mrs. John Fred
erick Lewis. Mrs. Robert Won MOsch
zisker. Miss Oakley, Mrs. Madison Tay
lor and Mrs. George Woodward.
r SAW Mrs. Tom Ashton at the Mon
i day morning musicale -yesterda
wearing an extremely smart frock ant
hat She had top coat of fur, whicl
she had thrown back, and her dress wa
of dark blue tricotine, embroidered II
black, and made rather long wasted
with d narrow black satin girdle. He
hat was n small close fitting blu
tooue. the entire crown being covere,
with terra Gotta aigrettes. 1t was eX
tremely fetching and very becoming. Sh
ALWAYS dresses in such very good taste
and I am glad to see that Anne, he
daughter, who will be debutante mex
season, has much the same good taste
T HEAR that the women on the boar
i of the Stetson Hospital are expect
ing great things from their annual con
cert which is to be held tonight a
Stetson Hall, and Stokowski will direct
Estelle Hughes, who won the StolSowsk
medal in the competition last spring
will sing. And, by the way, l hea
that SO much is thought of her wor
she is to take part in one of tn
orchestra concerts at the Academy late
in the season.
There is one beauty about these an
nual concerts besides the helping in tn
good work Of the hospital, they Civ
people a chance to hear the orchestr
at popular prices. The auditorium
which is at Fifth street and Mont
gomery avenue, seats 5000 persons, yo
know.
DIDN'T you think that CALI Curci
~ frock was lovely yesterday at tt
concert? 1t was Of the palest orchi
shade Of satin and was draped rathe
full from waist to knees, where it wa
drawn in toward the back to lon
panel train, which came from the wais
down to about six inches on the floor
The front of the bodice was a surplic
of the satin, and the back and Ion
sleeves of georgette crepe were cut !
one, edged with dark fur, which cam
down on either side of the bodice froI
the shoulders and ended at the girdl,
This one piece of georgette was ais
divided into two long angel sleeves.
Her hat was neither small nor large
of orchid tulle with a narrow brim
match the frock. She really made