Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-13

w return OF the youngsters W 'he" '"''
Gus schools and colleges entertaining on
the Main Line has taken sortof slump.
The women are all busy again with their
different kinds of war work. particularly
the canteen service. Every DAY prinss
more and more returned men. Families
are getting the most thrilling surprises In
the form of cablegrams and telephone mes
sages telling Of the return OF somehody
from the war, and sometimes the man him.
self. In some cases they have received
their marching orders so quickly that they
have not had time to communicate with
b their family and just arrive!
Some of the men who have been mus.
tered out Of the service are Major Archi-
bald Barkie, of Invor House, wayne
Colonel Robert e. Montgomery. OF Ardres-
san. Radnor; Ensign William A. Rolin' OF
Strafford; Lieutenant John Forsyth Meigs.
I'd. of THAN; Lieutenant F. G. Roberts, OF
Hayerford; Captain Paul Denckla Mills, or
St Dayids and Major Burton Chance' OF
Radnor Mr. George L. Justice and MT.
Samuel Chew who were doing Red Cross
work. have also returned. Major John II.
Valentine expects to be mustered out the
end of this month, and he and Mrs. Valen-
tine are going South for few weeks. Mrs.
Charming Daniel, who will be remembered
as Katherine Werner. of Wayne, has had
cable from her husband, Lieutenant
Daniel, stating that he is on the way
home. Lieutenant w. Kemble Yarrow. of
STAFFORD, who has been in the service for
twenty-five months, is expected to arrive
any day, and Major Anthony Geyein ar
rived at his home in Bryn MPwr this week.
TT MUST be hard for the kiddies to go
L back to school after such good time
in the holidays, for with the armistlce
every one seemed to feel as II they could
berin again to entertain, and it being holi-
day time for the children, they promptly
did Luncheons and theatre parties, am
ners and dances one after another until
I should think study would be hard thing
to take up again.
NV. but some of those girls around M
teen and sixteen are pretty! / saw Rose
mary Howe for the first time since she
has been wearing evening frocks the other
night at a dance, and attractive! MY
dears. I should say so. She has tho love-
liest curly hair and such & pretty little
figure.
She had on a frock of pale blue tulle
trimmed with silver bands and tiny pink
rosebuds, and she danced beautifully. That
Young lady is sure to be some belle when
she comes out! She is the daughter OF
Mr.. Arthur Howe and her mother, who
died some years ago, was Miss May
Denck,a n sister of Herman Denckla, SO
Rosemary is cousin of Mary Denckla
Packard and Pauline Denckla. She has
gone back to boarding school since the
holidays; but never mind. boys. she'll be
back for the Easter parties, and i don't
blame YOU fc- wanting to dance with her.
She is so sweet and pretty and has such
lovely maIner.
AS heard one mother say, Rosemary
is such little lady,"
Speaking CT future beAes, did you know
that there will be some real comings-out
next year? Yes indeed, and there cer-
tainly will be handful of pretty girls.
There's Katherine Coke and Nancy Dun
ming and Polly Thayer and Hannah Ell
lott! And there'll be more than ever be-
fore. for those who were old enough to
come out this year and did not on account
of the war will still be young enough to
We presented, and so there'll be sort or
Iouble effect next season. And therell be
a. number who will have big parties given
for them. So it's going to be some winter,
believe me.
TWAS sorry TO hear that Doctor Drinker
1 who is president of Lehigh University
was rather badly injured by a fall on the
ice on Friday. He was taken to ST. Lukes
Hospital in Bethlehem. Doctor Drinker
is the father Of Ernesta Drinker. who mar
ried Willie Bullitt. and Of Jimmie Drinker
whose wife was Mary Frances Fisher. His
eldest son is Henry S. Drinker. Jr. He
married Sophie Hutchinson. Doctor
Drinker Is such a courteous gentleman
I hope his accident is not very serious.
- X/OU know there are dances every year
"A l. up at st. Georges School. in Newport
and girls from here always go up to then
4 and incidentally have the time Of theil
Young lives. A lot Of Philadelphia boys
IA go there to school, and of course they al
N ways have to have girls from their "homt
M town." Peggy Thayer went up one time
W last winter, do you remember. and had &
M wonderful time. Well. this year they ar,
Jessie Da Costa, Jane Hepburn, Elizabet
Jeanes, Edith Hutchinson and maybe
Sarah Duane. Sarah's mother, Mrs. Rus
sell Duane, was going with them as chap
erone. but she's rather undecided now. s.
they aren't quite sure who's going t.
chaperone them. But they know the.
are going to have one, and they also fee
perfectly convinced that a marvelou
4ounl time is waiting for them. The dane
ttls on. Friday the oath. the same night a
4:{ Mrs. Svurtss next class.
Sk NANCY WYNNE.
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