Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-06

ENLIzABETH BOYD will make her
IL debut this afternoon at large tea
which her father and mother, DIR, aud
Mrs. George NJ. Boyd, of 1909 Spruce
street. will give. The teas are letting
up little this month, so every one
goes to them. as now and agair you
have DAY in between to rest.
A great many of the buds will re-
ceive with Elizabeth, who, by the way,
Is a most charming girl. She is sis
ter of Mary Boyd. YOU know. and on
her mothers side Of the family is re
lated to the old Gillespie family.
Among the buds who will receive
will be Patty and Juliaua Baker, kath-
crime Gillespie. of ,Moorcstown. y. J.,
who is cousin: Anita Evans. Roxalene
Dickinson Elizabeth Garrison. Lucy
Grey, Mary Fahuestock. Rachel Price.
Mildred Longstrcth. Catherine King.
Eleanor Jones' ClarIssa Smythc. Mar
garet Dallett, Nancy Dunning. Dorothy
Blanche Gardiner, Helen shelton,
Katharine Lloyd. Esther Rhoads,
Margaret Gest, Celestiue Warder,
y Evelyn Page, Deborah Logan and Alice
Bush of Newa York.
Josephine Thompson and Lorraine
DiEston were to have received. but they
are both on the sick list, so parties are
of for them for the present.
FTNONIGHT there will be the opening
4 dinner and supper dance Of the
Supper Club, and many of us VIII we,
come the old Club with Mrs. Hutchi'
son Scott in charge as before the war
times, with much pleasure.
The idea of the dinner and dancing
from eight o'clock on is a great one
ard those who will entertain at these
parties, which are TO be held through
out the winter. will certainly be many
TTAvE you seen that lovely costume
4 i that Hebe Wright Dick is wear =
ing? / saw her at a luncheon recently
and she did look SO pretty. She has
such a lovely face ! love TO look at
her. She was wearing one. of those
new blouses of figured georgette crepe
in tan and brown. 1t was cut round
at the neck and edged with a piping o. o.
the material, The upper part OF the
waist was plain tan, then the smai
brown figures appeared and ended be-
low the waist line, the blouse being
finished about the hips with wide
tan hem. The blouse was loosely belt
cd in with a georgette girdlc. Her skirt
was brown and her large hat was dark
brown faced with very light tan. almost
champagne color. The crown OF the
hat was surrounded with broad
shaded baud of brown and gold. The
effect was simply stunning
T AM certainly looking forward ~ the
j Charity Ball on Thursday night,
aren't you? / think the openint
they have ever had. don't you? The
whole idea is so attractive. The huge
book on the stage, the turning o
pages for Marguerite and Mephisto t.
step out, for NIusetta and Marcel e
appear on the next page, for Rob Roy
and Flora Macdonald to trip OH
dancing from another. followed b!
Robin Hood and Marian. Romeo and
Juliet. Gabriel and Evangeline. Alic'
and the Halter; all the characters w
have known and loved all our lives.
In fact. so far as ] can tell you the!
have about every one | have heard o
but S,ovenly Peter. | don't suppose
os course. it would do to have 'Slovenl!
Peter" and johnnie Slidelegs' ant
proud Phcbc Ann and ''little Jacol
who ate so much he burst in two.
But if some one ever did show that
wouldn't you go miles to see it?
DO you remember the picture o
Philips parents who held their hand
up in horror at Fidgety Philip when
nc pulled the taLrecloth off the table
And mamma said "Now Conrad
dear. must go out and leave yol
here and how she proceeded to tel
him he must not suck his thumb. Ant
no sooner had she gone out than Con
rad began to suck said thumb. A1it
do YOU remember when the great biz
"Scissors man" came and "Snip, snap
shipped the thumbs off and wheI
mamma came home and saw ConraC
with his thumbless hands she OK
claimed: "Ah ha. I knew he'd come
10 naughty little suckathumb, " Oh
and do you remember Augustus, wht
wouldn't eat his soup?
Anyway, the Charity Ball will b
beautiful The costumes are lovely
and me. | expect to dance my feet off
NANCY WINNIE