Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

YOU can't be engaged a long time and
i be stylish these days. can you? There's
the Morris-Mcvey marriage. The engage
ment was announced on Monday or Tues
day, and Just as you were about finished
saying, Have you heard the latest engage
ment?" you heard they had been married
at st. Johns on Friday afternoon.
OF course, all formal engagements are
not as brief as that, but there's not mucn
delay after an engagement Is announced
In these times. Francis Morris Is a cousin
Of the beautiful Mrs. John Thayer, Jr., you
know. His brother is the Rev. Richard
Morris, whose daughter Elizabeth is en-
gagged to young willard Spenser, Jr. A
wee bird told me recently that they we're
going to be married soon, too; and Regi-
maid Morris is another brother. After a
wedding trip the newly married Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris will live at 4 Hampton road.
TINE Historical Society skipped its recep'
L ton on Saturday night, but there Is to
be one next Saturday. at which Mrs. Ar
thur H. Lea will be the hostess. There
were about 1900 guests at the last AFFAIR.
and Miss Lydia T. Morris was the hostess.
Mrs. Charles Roberts gave a talk on Will
udU1 fcuHs HiC wan
Mrs. Hotz sang delightfully."-.
Have you heard about the historical
hikes for enlisted men which are conducted
by Mr.. Albert Cook Myers on Sunday after;
Moons? The men start from Dads Bootn'
hating at various places Of historical in
terest, such as City Hall, the postofice
the spot where Franklin is supposed to
rave flown, few, flied, or, anyhow, where
he sent his kite up In the air., the State
House, Congress Hall, Carpenters Hall
and all the others. You probably know
them, but I don't believe you've been to
many Of them, unless you've had a country
cousin or a visitor from another state
staying with you, so that you had to. Isn't
It awful, the way we don't appreciate our
historic city?
New Yorker told me the other day that
when he came to Philadelphia he was hor-
ribly disappointed, because he expected to
walk down Chestnut or Broad street and
have the Betsy Ross house appear right
next to Memorial Hall, and Carpenters
Hall next, rubbing elbows with the Mint,
while a block down the street would loom
UP Independence Hall and Christ Church.
1t was quite a shock to have 1t look just
like any other modern city, and not even
to see any houses of Revolutionary times
dotted about the streets.
WHERE you not terribly shocked to hear
w Of Sydney Ellis Cheston's death on
Friday in New York? You know Radcliffe
had only arrived home from overseas two
weeks ago from yesterday and he had not
yet got his discharge from the army so
that he could not be with her much during
her illness. I have been told hat she went
on to New York to stay with her sister in
order to be near her husband, who was
stationed In one Of the Long Island camps.
Last Monday Mrs. Paine, who was Helen
Ellis. sent word to her n.tther or Mrs.
Cheston's illness and Mrs. Ellis went on
to New York to help nurse her. 1t was
pneumonia, and, of course, every care was
given, The Chestons we're married In Oci
tober of 1915 and they had a lovely home
in Chestnut Hill. / am so glad that Cap
tain Cheston did return home and was
able TO see his wife before this sorrow
came to him and his little children. for
they had two little ones. a boy and a girl.
Mrs. Cheston came Of a distinguished
family. Her father. Mr.. William struthers
Ellis, is the son Of the late Mr.. Rudolph
Ellis. and her mother was Miss Cintra
Hutchinson, a sister of Mr.. Sydney Emlen
Hutchinson and of Mr.. s. Pemberton
Hutchinson, of this city. Mrs. Cheston
was the eldest of the three daughters. the
others being Mrs. George Eustis Paine and
Miss Cintra Ellis, the latter not having yet
made her debut. The funeral will take
place from the Ellis home today and the
services will be held in the Church of the
Good Shepherd, inA2sosemont, at 8 o'clock.
Tackle is seven. And it is generally
y allowed that at seven one has attained
the age of reason. Jackie Is very reasonable
and reasoning. He is equally extremely
logical, and when teacher found him kiss
ing little Mary she found his logic quite
perfect. Jackie" she inquired, lis Mary
a little neighbor Of yours?' mo" (Ah,
then since 1t wasn't friendship, what was it.
thought teacher) So she pursued further
why did you kiss little Mary, then,
Jackie?' Because 1 like her." said Jackie
IT like her hair and her pretty rosy cheeks
, so I kissed her" You'll agree 1t was per-
fectly logical, and 30 he acted with perfect
logic. It seems to me there's nothing slow
about Jackie. NANCY wYNNE.