Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-09

mar Alarik Myrin? And do you know
been wondering ever since I heard of
engagement what she calls him? /
- Ahrik. lie comes from Sweden, you
wv, and Is a most attractive man. I've
b told by various persons who know
1< label is the daughter of Mrs. Joseph
<fUs Tsw, of Bryn Mawr. Her sister is Ethel
+>koW, and she, by the way, will be maid
X&G honor.
TfIyrE parties for Lorraine Graham have
;fA1t okarted. Maria fraser Dougherty will
q NM a luncheon for her on Wednesday,
80 s2d of this month. Maria, you remem.
& ber. was married to Graham Dougherty
Y 1ost spring shortly before the HANCOCK
boys went over to France. Sho is the
daughter of Percy Fraser. Her mother
~ was Mary Welsh, who after her divorce
from Percy Fraser married Corlies Morgan.
Z The Fraser. children lived with Mr.. Nor
& een for quite some time and then after
\ ward moved into the house on Spruce
street, where they lived with a chaperon.
VI, Maria Is the eldest of the three Frasers.
She has a sister Isabel and her brother is
. Percy, Jr., who lives with her.
AHAEOTHER interesting evening has been
IN planned for enlisted men up at the
historical Society of Pennsylvania on Sat
urday night. Miss Lydia Morris is to be
the hostess and, with the executive COM
kmittee of the war service committee-Mr
hilbert Cook Myers and Mr.. Ernest Spot
rd-will receive the guests. Mr., Charles
ancis jenkins, president OF the site ana
elic Society of Germantown, will make a
Il short address on washington in Phila-
delphia." Do you suppose that when we
are all grandmothers or grandfathers, as
the case may be, our grandchildren VIII be
hearing prominent men give short adj
dresses on sPershing in Philadelphia"
@wilson in Paris and How Grandfather
Won the Croix de C'erre'? l suppose
they will, and perhaps the story will grow
SO much with the passing Years that by
that time we won't be able TO recognize it
at all. But to go back to 1890 Locust
I~street: Mr.. Hoxie will be on hand for the
. rging, and Mrs. Phillips Jenkins has ar
"A. red to have several soloists to sing.
- zen there will be dancing and a hot sup
Der after that.
RTHE Northern Pacific. which brought
" back DR.. William Hewson, also brought
lieutenant +. C. Roberts, Of the aviation
corps. Mrs. Roberts has been living with
her parents in Haverford and he has gone
tthere. Mr.. Samuel Chew was on the ship,
A1too, l believe. Everybody keeps saying,
b How soon are they coming back?" but
n overy day or two more do come back very
y ouietly, and first thing you know the
Mole A. L. +. will be walking around
sstto U. s. A.-and everything will be o. X.
nj had to put another set of initials in
There.
&TTHE Morris l.. Clothiers are expecting to
W L move into their new house that is being
built at Villanova about the list Of April.
a 1t Is a beautiful house, and the top floor is
built so that it looks like a cellar, with the
windows high in the walls and a cement
floor. ] believe it's to be used as a skating
rink for the children. There are three
girls, you know-Lydia, who is almost
debutante age, Emily and Dorothy.
HEAR that the St. Francis Juniors are
l. going to have a valentine Review" this
year, a vaudeville instead of the usual
musical comedy. Charlie Morgan is pro-
ducing the show as usual, and it sounds
as II it would be very attractive. Those
girls who have had the training every
year are good dancers, and some OF them
are very clever at singing and monologues.
Do you remember Rosalie Hoban in last
years show, with her goodlooking CO.'S
tunes and her slang? And do you remem-
/. Der Bessie Walsh's dancing? Some dane
Hing! The show is to be held in the ball
Broom of the Bellevue on Saturday, Fob
&tuary g., and the beneficiary, of course, will
Ebe the Convalescent House at Darby.
#CoMEBODY told me last night about a
big dance that's 20 be given at some
Efpdefnite date at one OF the clubs, and it's
ITO be quite some party. | can't tell you
Il anything more about it, because no plans
have been made and they don't even know
what benefit it's to be given for-you
: can't have a dance without a benefit, you
Eiknow. But l know that there's to be a
Xeoucert first and then tho dance, and il it's
<0ofsuccessful as it was last year it will be
fpWQrth going to. I'll tell you more about
f1t.when the plans are made and I'm let in
<on1 them.
s& TCHNNY'S friends have all graduated
81 from little boy Kate Greenaway getups
u INTO real serge Norfolk suits. with stiff
&collars and bright red neckties Johnny
has, too, but sometimes he wears the old
5$tnes that are still perfectly good and
.fsoppears in blue and white linen. This
orries HIS friends very much, because il
here's anything unsettling it's getting
eyond any of your friends and having to
y ashamed of them when you've always
36pne everything together. So they tell
<.dohnny how old-fashioned lie is and want
10 know how long he's going to wear
innings like that, until the other day
Dohnny's patience gave up in despair and
scattered to the four winds. "Well, good