Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-15
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF T,co Engagements-Mr. Ho,cmd
! kneedler and Mr.. Harry Nelson Sponsors for
John Crom,ceU Bell Sd

md jack Montgomery aud Ma--arctta
Foltz and Mr.. Hughes. Agnes Spencer
is so attractive. You remember she
was abroad with the Red Cross for a
year and came back here early this
spring. just before the Victory ball.
] remember for saw her thee that
night in her nurses costume and ro e.
member she told mr that she had been
home only few days. She had on.
pected to go back again after n short
rest. but she was taken quite i'll ana
was in the hospital for five or elk
weeks with n bad case of appendicitis.
Later her plans were changed about go
ing back, and with the announcement Of
the engagement comes the n"ws that she
will be married on the 18th Of Sep
tember.
Mr.. Montgomery is Younger brother
of William, W. Montgomery. Jr.. Bob
Montgomery. Mrs. Ned Halsey. Gilbert
Z Montgomery. and Dick Montgomery.
think there are two other sisters. too.
Bertha and Mar"arrt. Agnes Spencer.
or Fiji as her intimateS call her. is the
daughter of the late Graham Spencer
and Mrs. Spencer and extremely popu-
lar in the younger set She is a sister
Of Mrs. Charlie Potter. Mrs. Robert
Spencer.
The second engagement announced
was that of Margaretta Foltz and Mr.
Marion Hughes. of Texas. Margaretta
Foltz is the daughter of Doctor and
Mrs. Clinton Foltz and a granddaughter
Of Doctor Samuel Upiohn. the rector
of st. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ger
mantown. She is a sister Of Mrs. Her
bert Harmed and Polly Foltn. No date
has been set for this wedding.
THE little Bell baby was "hristcncd
L last Saturday afternoon ut St.
Asaph's Church. in Bala. Hc Is the
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. John C.. Bcl'. Jr..
You know. and is named John Crom-
we'll Bell. Sd. The Rev. Harrison Il.
Wright baptized the baby and Howard
Knecdler and Harry Nelson wP"c his
sodfathcrs. while his mother. who was
Miss Sarah Baker. and hcr sister. Miss
Sophie Baker. were the godmothcrs.
CPEAKING Of the Bakers reminds m"
~ that Rachel Bak"r. who went abroad
in January to do ''Y' work. will a~rivo
homo very soon. In fact. Mrs. Baker
received n cnhc from her just few
days ago saving that she was sailing.
I nm wondering If tho other girls who
went over with Rachel will come home.
too. They have not all been doing the
same kind Of work. I believe. 50 per
haps no.. Frances Clark wns ono of
that patty aud so were Agnes Irwin aud
Betty Elliot.
Frances Clark has hc"n Mt Eag'c
Hut in London most Of the time. and
Agnes and Betty have been mt Brcst.
though Rcttv was very sick for n time
with typhoid and had TO go south to
Pau for change Of air. However.
she was back and Mt her work in two
weeks time. and oven during election
time in France. whom no one was a.
lowed to leave the barracks. Agnes and
Betty were, hard at work in their hut
serving eats to the soldiers.
THE Main Line was certainly full of
l. cars on Sunday carving ""m'rkablr
clad messengers. At ono point wc met
party in a touring c1r and in it was
a girl dressed in brilliant nurn'e with
extremely short S'oovnS. trinmcd with
yellow: and purRlc and yellow tu"han.
They went so fast ] did not sec what
the material Of the turban was. but ms
we turned toward King Of Prussia.
what was my amazrnont to behold b"-
fore me said nurn'c and yellow costume.
and lot mo say here it was some abbre-
Waited and to find it was bathing
bound for Martins Dam to take a swim
TT rs absotivcly all the rage this year.
this swimming in the omen no"'S
which are all around the country. Th""e
are n number of nrivntc DooIS "n iNc
big places out there "nd now and again
you hear of them. ! did not know until
Yesterday that the Iennes had pool on
their place. Mrs Henry :. Ienncs You
know, lives in Devon. Well. thev have
a pool. and there were number OF
people up there on Sunday diving in
with great ardor.
Mary Paul Mum has a large pool
on her place. You know. she kent the
old Paul country seat. Woodcrcst. at
Radpor. and had wonderful pool dug
ont, Like the Jeanes'S pool. the Munn
is not omen to the public. but all the
Mum relations go there and take their
friends whenever they want n swim on
n hot day. Mrs. Munn's close relatives
are Mr.. and Mrs. Paul D"nckla Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. !. Drexcl Paul and
the Gurnee Munns. and by the time the
wee Pauls. Munns. Mills aud Others
get into that pool with the grown ups
there's not so much room left.
The George II. Earle pool is very
deep and very large. That is always
open to the public, and YOU may imagine
what it was like on Sunday. Some
crowd. I'll say. There's the Mill Dam
Creek Club, too. which has pool. ami
the Walton place at st. DavidS. Nancy
Hallowell and her Girl Scouts go to
the Walton's pool every Saturday and
baveS.a wonderful time there. Alto
rether. those pools on the Main Line
are kent pretty busy, to say the least.