Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-03
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells of the ClothierS' Ne,O House in
Tillanopu--She Comments on the Debuta,te FrockS.
Tioo Make Their Bo,U to Society Today

ID EALJY the Clothier tea on Wed
~ nesday was so beautiful l cannot
refrain from speaking of it. 1t was
given in the new house which Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Clothier moved into last
spring. You know they started building
the house before our entrance into the
war, and then had to stop the work. as
it wss impossible to obtain the. desired
materials. But it was finally finished
in the spring, and at the tea given to
introduce Emily the whole house. was
thrown open. In spite of the rain can
tell you have, never seen so many peo-
pie as there were at. that tea.
And my dears, such a house Really
I have never seen anything so lovely.
1t reminds one, of a castle, not house,
and yet it is a real home. The wood
work is like satin, of that wonderful
flemish oak, aud the draperies and
hanging are just exactly in keeping with
the whole place. lj.Sg.
Really the way we all walked over
the house after first speaking to Mrs.
Clothier and Emily, was almost rude.
Every one was ching and ahing, but
then both Mr.. and Mrs. Clothier told
us all we might look it over IL we
wanted to and so, believe me, we did.
Mrs. Clothier has been quite i'll, you
know, but she certainly did not look it
on Wednesday. She wore s. beautiful
gown of black lace threaded with silver,
and Emily looked dear in white and sill
YER. As for the flowers, they were sim
ply beautiful, and there were just quan
titles.
uAVE you noticed how many of thu
IL buds are wearing white and silve'
for their introduction parties? The ides
of a white frock has long been the
proper thing for the debutante at her
formal presentation to society, but this
yesr bit of silver is added to the gowr
and it is decided addition, too. Some
times it is a silver net overdress, as in
the case of Marion Baird or again it is
silver embroidery. But it is nice to have
change sometimes, especially II
another color is particularly becoming
l do not think any of the buds will
look prettier than Helen Strawbridgt
did on Saturday at her tea. Helen Ii
Ntl uOlh, utI muir 10 ulluuSJ bldIAs uhh
she has wonderful coloring. She wore
the loveliest pink frock at the tea, anG
every one was talking about how per
fcctly sweet she looked. She is the
daughter of the George II. Straw
bridges, of Bala, you know.
THIS afternoon there will be two NOR
J. debutantes introduced Catherin
xc. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
ionry Brinton Coke, of Penllyn, and
tsy Davis. daughter of Mrs. Isaac
Davis, of Penllyn also.
Catherine Coke is the youngest daugh
+ of the Henry Brinton Coxes. Her
i1ter Ruth married STANDBY Stokes
bout three years ago. She made her
rbut the same year with Hope Beale
'"omwell. you remember. and Elsa
'cath Appleton. Cordelia Biddle Duke
iargot Scull Biddle, Charlotte Brown
irginia Roberts. Jean Bullitt, Pauline
isston Wanamaker. Hansel Earle Pat
rson. Elizabeth ,Drexel and ever SC
amy others. H..
Gathering is fairer than Ruth and
ooks more like her mother. She has
very clear, ,cut features and lovely hair.
IN fact is very, very good looking. Many
Of the debutantes will receive with her.
7NHE Davis tea is scheduled for tn
l. same hours and, of course, there will
be number of debs receiving there
too. Some of the girls will spend part
of their afternoon receiving with Mrs
Coke and the others part with Mrs
Davis. Mary Wooley, of New York,
cousin of Betsy's. by the way, arrived
yesterday to receive with her at the tea
today. There will be several other out
of. town girls, school friends of Betsy 8
who will stay over the week end with
her. r..
Betsy is very attractive, has rather
dark hair and eyes and pretty coloring,
1t will be easier this afternoon to &c
to the two teas at one place than it
was, yesterday to chase from Chestnut
Hill to Ardmore. However, when one
has a motor, he, she or it should worry.
A LTHOUGH she isn't very big, she II
n spelling big words for one Of hel
age, In fact, she has that almost lost
talent, correct orthography, down to n
fine point.
But one must know what words mean
mustn't one? One must. And so wher
she spelled monastery the other day
the family was bit conyulsed to hear
her answer, on being asked to define
the meaning "a place where they keep
monsters" 4" = NANCY WYNNE.
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