Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-27
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF the Jupe Weddings in Coming Week.
She Hears That Captain Thayer Is Returning Dixon
Is Improving Bettys Letter a Wonder

Horse Show on Wednesday and all the
rest of the week and Lorraine Disston's
dinner dance on Friday. the first of the deb
utante affairs of any size. OF course 1t is
not to be very big. It's not general in
vitation affair. only the debbies, and not all
of them at that. 1t is not possible TO have
all the debbies Mt n party in the house, so
thcre'll be other doings later for others.
With June, which. by the way. begins
next Sunday-did you realize that?--wil
como lots of pretty weddings. Eckicy Coke
will marry Mary Owens down in Savannah
on June 4 and Harriet Frazier and Charlie
Cheston are to be married on June D. while
Agnes Brockic and Jack Alason's wedding
will be on June I. Edith Smith und Me-
Clure Fahncstock will lead off the June
weddings on Monday, June .. They are TO
be married in the Church of St. Luke and
the Epiphany at noon. All these we'd
dings seem such happy elimination of
the anxiety of the past months. The men
are home safe and sound, and we can go
back to leading normal lives once more.
CPEAKTNG of coming home safe, hear
~ Jack Thayer is on the ocean and is ex-
pectcd to reach home this week. Fred or
Ted as he is sometimes called. has signed
UP lot Spctltl WOEh oNtt ""' 80
unlikely to return to this country before
August But then he has no wife and baby
waiting for him at home as his brother has.
You remember Jack Thaycr married Lois
Cassatt about two years ago. He is the
eldest son of the late John B. Thayer, who
lost his life on the Titauc and was himself
saved from the wrcckagc after going down
twice. For. though he was then only six
teen or seventeen, Jack refused to be
saved with the women and children and
stayed on board with all those brave men.
He is a brother of Peggy and Polly
Thayer. too. you know. Peggy has been
simply wonderful this year. and during the
flu she did splendid work nursing from
morning until night every day. She still
keeps up her hospital work. and one day
last week. wien she was in the tennis tour
namcnt at Baa. had taken care of about
thirty patients that very morning, washing
them and giving them medicine. ! suppose.
She acts as nurses aid on half time, you
see.
LAVE you heard about the street carnival
1 they arc going to have on Friday night
of next week? Mrs. Tom Robins is getting
it up, and the city is allowing her to cut
off the whole of Broad street from Spruce
to Pine, and the theatres are lending
scenery, and it's going to be marvellous.
Two huge orchcstras to play and dancing
from ) until midnight. The Emergency
Aid is getting it up and the proceeds are
to go toward training the men disabled in
war to do some profitable work.
Isn't it funny the things we do these
days? Time was when we used to smile in
a superior way when we read about block
parties that people gave for this or that
charity. and such thing as going to one
never entered our stylish heads. But here
we are giving one ourselves and having
wonderful time getting it together, and even
getting permission from the city to close
the block. Times have changed.
ND tell you that Uytendale Baird Gamer
- and her brother, Charlie Baird, are
going to do Spanish dance tomorrow eve
ming at the Ritz welfare dance. Uytcndale
dances like a streak and so does Charlie.
so it's going to be great. ! think. Most of
these stunts are at half f-past II o'clock.
The theatres are sure to be over then. and
it's wiser to wait till every one who is
coming is there before pulling off any spe
ciaties.
r TOLD you the other day of Mrs. Dal
Dixon's severe illness and that she had
had to have an operation. Well. she is raj
lying splenddly and really doing very well.
knew you would be glad to hear it, 1t
does seem hard for her husband, just back
from France recently. to>have her so i'll after
they have had to be separated so long. How
ever. now that everything is going well and
she is getting better we have only to re-
ioice~ with. him and her family.
CHE'S away at school in the South, and
~ she is something of a holy terror. It's
unusual when she's not into mischief of
some kind. and whenever any of the girls
at school see a crowd gathered around they
know that little Betty is being publicly pun
ished. This is the latest communication re-
ceived from her.: Dear Papa: l am
obliged to tell you | have to take fifty cents
out of the treasury to pay for disobedicnce
by going outside of the inclosure and down
to the garden. where we are forbidden to
20. The money is also to pay for radishes
and onions | took and for all | wasted.
Your loving daughter, ---.'
NANCY WYNNE.