Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF Vmious Happenings in the Social
World - Many Philadelphians Palm Beach - Mr..
McFadden observation-disclosures of an Enhancement


L husband are TO be entertained by
the Japanese ambassador and his wire To-
morrow night down in washington Ihey
seem to te becoming very good friends
The Folks entertained for the Japanese
lust about three weeks or moro ago
Speaking of Lily reminds me that L saw
Jack Potter at the French taoieaux on
Friday night in evening clothes, so ne must
have been mustered out.
It's funny every party you go to now,
you see some one else wearing evening
clothes instead of khaki or navy plue ana
YOU realize that another dancing man has
"came" home. You know Lily Potters nus
band Is Frank Polk assistant to the Sec
retary of State.
COME excitement this week with opera
- every night at the Academy and tomor.
row night at the Metropolitan! am sur
prised that the Met is putting on "Iropa
tore" when at the Academy there VIII De
Galll.Curci Lucia di Lammermoor'
However, they should worry. Everybody
is going tonight TO see Cleopatra WINCH
by the way has never been given here and
it's very wonderful, with Mary Garden, you
know.
THERE is quite some gayety iown al
Palm Beach these days and we scarcely
realize how many Phiadelphians are down
there The Ned BrowninGs have been
at their cottage for several weeks and MI
George McFadden who is Mrs. Brownings
father. is staying with them. Mr.. Mcfad-
den is a member of the Beach Club and he
gave a very interesting dinner on Friday
night for the Stotesburys, who are there
and have been for several weeks, too
The Joe Wideners are there. too, and FIN
who Is growing into the debutante stage
rapidly, is with them and having Won
derful time. Fla is very fond of ba'hing
and swims very well. so you are quite sure
TO see her on the beach every morning.
Rosamond Lancaster of New York, who is
n great friend of Brownie Warburton's, is
at Palm Beach with Brownie.
IT'S quite wonderful how well the Recon-
l. struction and Relief dances are doing
You see they have a. different charity in
view each week: and so different bunch OF
people become interested and then they so
TO the parties and they enjoy them so
much, they go back again in the next
week and help in the next charity. Now
this week the beneficiary is the Settlement
Music School at 416 Queen street. You
know the school in which Mr.. Stokowski
has been so interested. He talked there
last week and told the children how he
had once been little boy with dreams and
how his dreams of musical knowledge and
composition had come true.
The women who are interested in the
dances this week will be Mrs. Gideon
Boericke. Mrs. Edward Box, Mrs. Luther
Conrad, Mrs. Samuel Fels, Miss Elsie
Foerderer, Mrs. Edward Frank and Mrs.
Edward Newton.
hid tell you heard rumors of another
- engagement coming off soon. Yes,
New York girl and a Philadelphia man. l
don't think I'm very previous about 1t,
was told by the wee bird" that 1t would
be announced in the very near future.
When it comes out I'll say "Ah! ma! I told
you so!'
WHEN you're only four it's pretty ncces-
w sary to get whole lot of sleep, and
so you have to have your supper Oh preau
pudding, or shredded wheat or something
like that, about half past five or six, and
then go off to bed with Mary, the baby
doll. and Bennie the elephant who moves
his head, and that little red rocking chair
that Grandpa sent for valentine. So. you
can understand that unspeakable thrill that
filled "our Youngests" soul on Saturday
night, when some people came in to dance
with Mother and Daddy-and lot of new
records-and she was allowed to stay up
and watch two whole recordfuls of dancing
No wonder she fingered and fused :ust a
little \on the way upstairs, and can you
blame her for asking In breathless tones as
soon as she opened her eyes che next
morning, "Oh, Muddah, are they still
dancing?" NANCY WINNIE.