Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

81 10 civ wearing dL tUo pal tics thio sSei .
say few advisedly for many dn fact the
majority wear silks and satins and geor-
gettes and chiffons and tulles and all the
finishing touches of the grown-up's evening
frock. but some few of the little girls about
fifteen and sixteen and seventeen are wear
ing the simple open.necked organdie frocks
such as we wore at Mrs. Lesley's and Mrs.
Madison Taylor's classes and Mrs. John
Lewis Jr.'s class and Mrs. w. w. Frazier's;
for those ladies were the chaperones OF the
younger classes when ! was boy" and
] don't remember frock worn at one OF
them of any material but organdie or
French muslin.
And let me tell you II would have been
hard to find prettier girls than those who
went to those classes. Henrietta Large
and Mary Reakirt and Adelaide Jorda and
Nina Archer and Josephine Brinton, Rhoda
and Eleanor Morris, Hope Tyler, Lalla
Paul, Edith Meade and Eleanor Lewis and
Edith Taylor and Lalite Lesley-gracious,
but they were pretty, and such perfectly
sweet dresses!
Well, for several years no little girls
have worn these dainty frocks because
there aren't any little girls any more, 1t
seems However, they are back again, ana
heard one mother saying at party re-
Gently that she was going to make Mary
wear an organdie frock like Sarah and
Margaretta Harrison" They are the
daughters Of Mrs. Joe Harrison, who was
Margaretta Large, you know. She is an
older sister OF Henrietta, who married Ste
Svenson Easily.
In fact, when I think of all those at
tendants Of some Of the old Saturday eve
ming classes, nearly every one Is married
now. Mary Reakirt married Bob Large,
who died about two years ago. Her chill
dren are now going to the dancing classes
and SO are Nina Archer's. She married
Arthur Baugh, you remember, and Ade-
laide Jordan is now Mrs. Daniel Farr
The two Morris girls, Rhoda and Eleanor,
are now Mrs. Trenchard Newbold and Mrs.
Stacy Lloyd, respectively. Josephine Brin-
ton married Ernest du Pont Hope Tyler
is now Mrs. Bob Montgomery and Lalla
Paul is Mrs. Paul Mills. Edith Meade
married Horace Francine and Eleanor
Lewis is Mrs. Clifford Wheaton Vaughan
of New York and this city; while Edith
Taylor married New York man, I can't
just remember his name, and Lalite Lesley
married Richard Berridge, an Irishman,
and lives in Ireland.
A ND speaking of Lalite, did you know
"A she Is coming over from Dublin this
summer, now that the ban against sailing
has been raised, and will spend the sum-
mer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lesley and will bring her children with
her? Isn't that lovely? It's been so long
since they could meet. And I hear that
Kitty Dohan, who married Major Edward
Barnard Hankey some years ago and has
been living in England, will also probably
come over with her child to visit her
mother. Mrs. Michael Dohan. When I
hear Of these joyous happenings L realize
that there is one good. thing about war:
you have so much better times when it's
over than you had before because you ap-
preciate your good times so much more.
THERE'S no doubt about 1t, dancing is
L coming back strong. Every few days
you hear of another one for different
benefit-for people generally haven't quite
got back to giving dances just simply for
the sake Of giving them; there always has
to be some beneficiary. And the latest I've
heard of is to be given at the Academy on
May s, which is Monday. And the bene-
ficiary is the Business Girls Club, 804
Pine street. Do You know about that
place? It's a boarding house for self
supporting girls, and it's an awfully nice
place. There are thirty-three boarders now
and there have been that many since the
thing was started about three years ago.
Now the board of managers wants to
build another house to take In all the
applicants hear that there is long
waiting list-and so they're giving this
dance. The board by the way, is headed
by Mrs George FaSes Baker and includes
Mrs. Thomas s. stewart. Mrs. Dinner
Louise Coates, Mrs. George D. Rose, Mrs.
Levi Hammond, Mrs. Edward Schmidt,
Mrs. William C. Hess, Miss Helen r.
Welsh, who is treasurer: Mrs. Joseph Tay-
,Ior Jackson. Mrs. Charles H. Ludington.
Mrs r. John Hughes, Mrs George H.
\ Strawbridge and Mrs. alexander Martin.
There are a lot more, but those are the
only ones I can think of right now. I
guess the dance will be quite a party and,
being at the Academy, it ought to be a
large one, anyhow.
7 HEAR the final meeting Of the Victory
l. Ball committe took place last week, and
Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke, who was chair
man of the affair, you know. called the
meeting Mr. Thomas Reath, who was
treasurer, made very satisfactory report,
I should say for after all bills have been
paid they have in the treasury on hand to
date faed said date was April 81 $7426.
Considering what the expenses Of that bali
must have been, think it's quite remark
able that they cleared that much, don't
youg have not yet heard Of the returns
for the Ball Triumphant. bit I guess they
were pretty big, too, though Of course their
tickets were 80 cheaper than the others.
The Victory Ball was held on February
IS, in the Academy, you remember, and
they had the loveliest tableaux. The pro-
ceeds of the AFFAIR are to be given toward