Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-01


IL of Mr.. and Mrs. John X. Strubing,
Of Chestnut Hill, will make her debut
this afternoon at Il tea. About dozen
Of the senson's buds will receive with
Elizabeth. Among them will be Mar
garetta Sharplcss, Sarah Harrison,
Kathleen Ritter. Mabel Reid, Peggy
Graham, Peggy Ferguson. Deborah 10
gan, Augusta Stewart. Evelyn Smith,
Carolyn Valentine and Margaret Dal
lett. A dinner dance at the Philadel-
phia Cricket Club. for the receiving
party and additional debutnntes and
men guests, willfollow the tea.
TNIIIS new shade of terra Gotta is Ger
l. tainly the rage. II has rather a
softer tone than that used so much in
the spring, and is very becoming to
those who have fair enough complex
ions TO stand it. I saw Mrs. Henry
Pepper Vaux wearing wonderful
frock in that color the other day The
skirt was made Of narrow pleats and
the bodice was handsomely embroidered.
A narrow girdle of the material was
tied loosely about the waist. Her hat
was wide brimmed, dark blue cloth
affair, topped with high tam o
shanter of terra Gotta, embroidered
much as was the bodice. II was most
becoming to her.
TODAY there was the second morn
Il ing musicale at the Bellevue
Stratford with Frances Aida ms the
soloist. / never have seen anything
like the crowds this year. Why, they
have a double row of boxes in tho bal
cony of the ballroom and downstairs,
where the chairs are, they have ar
ranged boxes all around the room be !.
} tween the pillars. eighteen in all. |
think besides numerous seats from the
stage back the whole length of the room.
] suppose because the war Is over we
feel that we can, with clear conscience,
give time to listening to fine music for
an hour or so on Monday morning
and so we all 60. The. next musicale
will be on the fifteenth
DY THE way. forgot to tell you the
- latest thing in the way of enter
taining at the tea is TO scat your guests
On the order of Alice and the March
Hare's tea party, as 1t were. only the
cups are washed between times. as moth
ing had happened TO any ones watch
as in the case with the Halter. Ant
so it was not always tea time.
The other afternoon at the tea th'
Stotesburys gave for Madame Clemen
ceau -Jacauemaire they had a very Ions
table at one end of the room covered
with one Of those wonderful linen ant
lace cloths, and every one sat dowI
and drank his or her tea and ate hi
or her sandwich and layer cake, ant
then got up and went on into the mex
room or down to the other end of tn,
room, while the other guests sat dow1
in the vacant places. 1t certainly wal
far more comfortable than at mos
teas.
remember hearing woman remarl
once at wedding breakfast (it was ir
the days of champagne) "If we wer.
only monkeys with prehensile tails W.
could hold our plates with one hand, oul
fork in the other and the wine glass
with tho third appendage." Now, yo,
know that would have been help
wouldn't it? But we are saved tha
worry. now that prohibition is in thu
land are we not?
AS THE rehearsals progress for th'
"A opening pageant OF the Chart!
Ball. which takes place this year on th
evening of December IL, at the Acad
emy of Music. many novelties are be
ing introduced, and | think II Will d
very beautiful and original. The dancing
is under the direction of Charley Nor
gan.
The stage setting will represent ,
large book, behind the covers of whicl
will be fictitious characters beloved b!
all, from Alice and the Mad Halter t.
the heroes and heroines of tragedy.
As a page turns the leaves of thi
human volume. the well-known eharac
ters will step from the book and, form
ing into groups give exhibitions of dane
ing. Aside from the four original group
of dancers which represent the fou
beneficiarics, n special feature has beel
introduced known as the silhouett
dance. where modern dancing to tn
popular jazz music will be introduced
The white satin costumes silhouetted il
black of this group will be most at
tractive
The leaders will be Alva Sargent
Theodore X. Lille. Brice Blynn an
Kenneth Kennedy, while the dancer
will include Katherine u. Ogden, Mar
garet Dallett, Ellen Glendinning Mar
Glendnning, Marion Wister Baird
Balloch Richards. Betty Elliott. Emi
lie Kennedy. Peggy Thayer, Catherin
Cassard Mrs. Jack Mason, Margaret
Jeanes, Harry Nelson, Henny Geyelin