Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-21
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks About Various Entertainments-TabIe
and Vaudeville to Be Ciuen Next Friday EUening-Prom-
inent Women Interested in "Night in Bohemia

ANOTHER party has been planned for
"A the school SET" when they cease being
q "school set for a while and come home
for the spring holidays. Mrs. Bob Mont
gomery is going to give a dance on April .
; In honor Of Helen Hope at Androssan. the
Montgomery place in villanova. Helen Is
such an attractive girl and looks very
much like her mother. although she BIDS
fair TO be a little taller. She has especialiy
), pretty eyes, with long lashes. Most OF the
Riddles about fourteen and fifteen who live
on the Main Line and many Chestnut Hill
ers, as well as children from town. VIII at
tend this party. Androssan has wonderful
huge dance rooms. you know. and gorgeous
floors, so there's little doubt Of the success
of that party. Besides, Mrs. Montgomery
is q splendid hostess, isn't she?
IIAvE you heard about the affair hat
IL the French war relief Of
the Emergency Aid is going to have next
week at the Bellevue? It's a series OF
tableaux interspersed with vaudeville, and
it's in aid Of the tuberculous children and
soldiers Of France. Leopold Seyffert and
Arthur Carries are posing the tableaux. and
Il No hcdlu tlCy ~ W w
I don't know a thing about the vaudeville.
except that it's songs and dances and that
sort of thing, so I imagine II will be good.
Among those who will be in the tableaux
are Mrs. Robert L. Montgomery, Mrs. Gard
ner Cassatt. Mrs. A. j. Drexel Paul, Mrs
Thomas Ridgway, Ellen Mary Cassatt,
Cecily Barnes, Mrs. Efingham b. Morris,
Mrs. Joe Du Barry and Harriet Frazier.
Dancing and supper will follow the enter
tainment.
Miss Caroline Sinkler, Mrs. r. H. Bayard
Bowie and Mrs. Maurice Heckscher are In
charge of the affair. and among the patron
esses are Mrs. George Biddle. Mrs. Charles
Gusts Harrison, Mrs. Arthur H. Lea, Mrs.
J. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Alexander ]. Cas-
satt and Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills. There
are patrons. too, and some Of them are
Lieutenant Colonel George de Schweinitz,
Mr.. Hampton Barnes and Mr.. Henry Brin-
ton Coke. I didn't tell you, did i, that the
date is Friday, February 20, and the time
is s:15?
TIME Emergency Aid will share in the
L proceeds of the Night in Bohemia and
Midnight Frolic at the Bellevue on Wednes.
day night, too. That's going to be quite an
affair, given by the Pen and Pencil Club.
As far as I can see, the only thing to do
is to camp out on Broad street in the
vicinity of Walnut next week. in order to
be on the spot for all these things that are
going to be heId-the Ball Triumphant on
Tuesday, the Night in Bohemia on Wednes.
day and the French war relief show on
Friday.
The entire executive committee of the
z. A. is expected to be present at the Mid
night Frolic, and this includes Mrs. Ned
Browning, Mrs. Billie Clothier, Mrs. Henry
Brinton Coke, Mrs. Rodman E. Griscom,
Mrs. John C. Groome. Mrs. Arthur. Lea,
Mrs. Norman Macleod, Mrs. Willis Martin,
Mrs. Thomas Robins, Mrs. Edward X. Row
land, Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. Ed.
ward T.. Stotesbury and Mrs. Barclay War.
burton. Major General Charles T. None
her, commander of the Rainbow Division,
and Mrs. Moneher will have ono of the
boxes, and Governor Sproul and his family
will be there, too. I don't know II the
Stotesburys will be back or not. They arc
at Palm Beach now, you know.
TWO khaki uniforms, two blue duffie
L bags and two suitcases got on the train
for North Philadelphia yesterday. and as
I was sitting In the front seat, opposite
that other front seat which seems to be
specially made for baggage, they piled
everything opposite me and then sat on
it to hold 1t there. One uniform seemed by
the accent to contain a southerner from
"Ny'Orlean," and the other must have been
western.
They were going to Beauregard to be
their conversation; I always listen to SOL
diers, they laugh so easily. And they gig
gled and chortled about where they were
going and whether the train stepped at
Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, and how they
might nave to spend Saturday and Sunday
at Beauregard-"Oh, man. that would be
awful" Have you ever noticed how for
eigners' from the South and West pro.
nounce our little native city? They say
every syllable instead of saying "Phildufa,"
as we do, and 1t sounds about five minutes
longer. These two didn't mind going back
to Philadelphia overnight IL they
couldn't get a train at North Philly.'
And so their interesting talk ran on. and
then we came to the Schuylkill, flowing
peacefully along under the Girard avenue
bridge. The soldiers regarded 1t with in
terest and one. turning to the other: jerked
his thumb at the window and remarked.
~interrupting the song he was humming.
"susquehanna River, I guess?" And the
other replied. "Uh-huh."
NANCY wYNNE.