Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31


i wonder. Mary looked charming
and it was altogether n wonderful af- :
fair. The Ritz ballroom is capable of
very beautiful decorations and the How
ers and greens were exquisite. Mr..
Newbold and his daughter received in
the rotunda, as Is customary at the
Ritz.
Dickie's auhts, Mrs. Arthur Emlen
Newbold, Mrs William j. Taylor, Mrs.
Beauveau Borie. Jr., and Mrs. John s.
Newbold received also.
The Henry Brinton Coke ball tonight
will be given In the ballroom of the
night there will be the Dallett dance at
the Ritz for Margaret Dallett and back
again to the Bellevue. on Friday night
for the first Assembly. And Saturday
night there will bclthe meeting of the
Supper Club at the Bellevue. And so
ask you. could there be week more
full Of goings on in social way? l
think not. H'
fTNHAT must have been wonderful
Il house party the Lindsey Pattcrsons
gave down in Winston Salem. North
Carolina. II was in honor of Madame
Grouiteh, wife of the Serbian minister,
and it was rGeular old fashioned
southern ChristmI affair. Miss Ernes-
tine Goodman was among the Philadel-
phians In the party.
WASN'T the snow beautiful yester-
W. day morning when you started out
to walk? | saw Margaret Dunlap
tripping through Rittenhouse Square in
the morning, looking perfectly fetching
in dark blue cloth frock, the border
Of. the. hem being embroidered in duli
coloted worsteds. Her topcoat was of
dark blue duvetyne and the. wide high
collar was of squirrel fur. Her hat was
very charming. 1t was a close fitting
todue of black watered silk ribbon with
flaring ribbon ends on either side of the
front. She looked very smart, 1
thought, and seemed to be enjoying the
snow and the beauty of the square
THERE will be number of dinners
L and theatre parties tonight before
the Coke bali The Joe Bartows will
give the last of their series of three
theatre parties for Elizabeth, taking
the guests afterward to the ball The
Robert Liggetts will give a dinner at
the Bellevue Stratford for their sister,
Kathleen Ritter. Elizabeth and Snow :
den Samuel will entertain for Ruth
Hobart. The Charles Price Maules will
give a theatre party for Rachel Price
before the ball, and Charlotte Brown
will give a dinner Mt her home in Chest
nut Hill. Another dinner will be given
by Mr.. Francis Taylor Chambers in
honor of Miss Elizabeth Lyman, OF
Boston, and the Irwin Kings will give n
dinner for their daughter, katherine
King, a debutante of the season.
DID you know that the gentlemen ol
~ the Art Club, remarking that Mrs
Bayard Henry may have anything she
wants at the Art Club" have given
over their galleries to committee OF
women, who will give large card party
there on Monday afternoon, January
11? And now. what for? Why, to helr
raise the funds needed by January IL
tn complete the $50, 900 which Penn
sylyania is raising to establish in Ant
werp the Hospital for Convalescent
Children.
This is Pennsylvania tribute to the
Belgians-'' ''Asile des Enfants Debiles, y
place where those children debilitated
by the war and want of food, will be
warmly clothed. well fed and nourshed
and brought back to normal as soon al
possible. Poor little lambs Mrs. Rod
man Wister, Mrs. Roberts Lowric and
Mrs. Harry Rogers form the committee
on arrangements, and a goodly number
of patronesses seems to insure the sue
cess of the affair.
Some of the patronesses are Mrs
Robert Toland, Mrs. Arthur Sewell
Mrs. Emott Hare, Mrs. George Ser
geant, Mrs. William Henry Newbold
Mrs. Frederick Brown. MrsA Thomas
Muegrove, Mrs. James Caverly Newlin
Mrs. Harrison Rooms Gamer. Mrs
George Chandler and a number o.
others.
VOU remember the stories abou
Il Louise, the little ward of a dea1
lady whom you know and know? We'll
said lady has taken louise to Europ
to be educated Among other things sht
is particularly anxious that she culti-
vate taste for music, and so she toof
her to one of the concerts of chamber
music. Writing of it to friend here
she says: "The French. it seems to me
select and interpret music which has
a singing quality, they play with al,
most a cloyiug sweetness. When
asked Louise what she liked best a
the concert, she replied, enthusiast
cally, "The clapping
' NANrV WINNIE