Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-01

- daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
j.. Clothier, will make her bow to
society this afternoon at the Clothier
place, Clairemont, villancva, at a tea
from 4 until o'clock.
Emily is rather fair and very good.
looking. She has extremely pretty man
ners and is quite favorite among the
debutantes.
Those who will receive with her are
Margaret Hull, of Swarthmore; |;
Dorothy Ely, Aintoinette Geyelin, Flea
nor Robb, Edith Carpenter, Pauline
Bell, Emily Noble, Anita Evans,
Florence Kane, Rhoda Brooke, Marie
Louise Hepburn, Sarah Dolan. Polly
Thayer, Anne Townsend, Juliana
Baker and Martha Baker.
Emily is a sister Of Lydia and Dorothy
Clothier and niece of Mr.. Isaac and
Mr.. William Clothier. Her uncles on
her mothers side of the family are
Boulton, Warner and Allan Earnshaw.
A dinner dance for the members Of
the receiving party and additional guests
will follow the tea. '.
nID you know that Edith Gillingham
~ has sailed for home, after a straight
stay of two years on the other sidef
Yes, she has been there steadily for two
years, having spent a year at the
Duryea relief in Paris and when our
men began to go over in great numbers
and since the armistice she has been
working in the various soldiers and
sailors clubs of the Emergency Aid oi
this city in Paris. .-....
And Edith has raised quite large
amount Of money through letters of ap'
peal, which she has sent to her mother
Mrs. Harold Gillingham, who has told
OF the needs there and has been able tc
send her several thousand dollars in this
way for the Duryea war relief. Ant
Just imagine it, $10,0 for the tubercu
lar ward of the Nillemin Hospital il
Paris for sick and returned poilus.
She also was able to collect none!
and clothes and food for the poor, ant
heard only the other day that she hat
been recommended for the "Medaill'
des Reconnaissance des Francais." Sh,
sailed for home on Monday and it will
certainly be delightful to- see her one
more. Don't you think she is awful,
pretty? 7 do.
TNHE death of Mrs. William r
L Churchman came as n great shocl
to her family. and friends. Only or
Monday she was in town with littl
katherine Snowden, her granddaughter
and did not seem at all Ill in the earl!
evening. She was staying with he,
daughter, Mrs. John w. Converse, ou
lin Rosemont, and Bill Churchman'
.lyife, who was Beatrice Geyelin, il
there, too, with her children; so, wit
the exception of her son, who is il
Cuba, her children and grandchildren
were all in the house when she died
quite suddenly, at . o'clock >in th
Z morning.
She was Miss Katherine Maison, ;
sister Of the late Mrs. Samuel Mills
of this city, and is survived by anothe
sister, Mrs. NJ. D. Kuhn, of London
Her husband, the late William Church
man, died about eight years ago. III
was a brother of the late Charlie
Churchman, who married Miss Anci
Wharton. Mrs. Churchman had tw
children. Mrs. Converse, who wa
band was the late Charlie Snowden
married John w. Converse about yea
and half ago. William B. Church
man, as I said, married Miss Geyelil
and has lived in Morristown until tn
last year. Last winter was spent wit
Mrs. Churchman at her home, 33
: South Twenty first street.
Mrs. Churchman was a great frien
of Mrs. Alexander Brinton Coke an
spent much time visiting her in Ba
Harbor, and last week was her gues
in Atlantic City. AS Bill is in Cuba
the family will wait to hear from hir
before making final arrangements fo
the funeral.
r SAW Edith Carpenter yesterday
i stunning blue serge dress with
sand colored silk facing to the sash an
collar. She had gunmetal buttons 0
the sleeves and wore dark blue musf
room shaped hat with wreath
flowers around the crown. She look'
SO smart it was a pleasure to wat'
her.
Edith is the debutante daughter
Mrs. Samuel Emlen Carpenter.
r OUISE is not very old, but she
IL growing older each day, you know
and very sweet lady whose wa
she is, is taking very great care tn
she learn all the proprieties as s
grows up. The other day in endea
oring to instill nice sense of person
cleanliness, she said, ''Remembe
Louise, we can't all be beautiful, b
we can all be well groomed. You knc
what / mean by that, don't you
''Oh, yes, Mrs. D. was Louise
naive reply, "you mean we can all 9
good husbands. T"