Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-04

WELL, it is teas teas, teas till after
W this first week of exhaustion going
from one to the other you wonder how
you are going to get through the winter.
Certainly Catherine Coke did look
perfectly sweet yesterday. She had
such lovely frock of white tulc. 1t
seems to me there is nothing so light
and dainty as tullc for party frock.
don't you think SO? Mary aand Ellen
Glendinning both wore white tule
frocks at their tea on Thursday, and
they just looked like fragile little lace
figures. So dainty and sweet.
BY the way. of course if you went out
to the Glendinhing tea you saw the two
new Italian fountains that Colonel
Glendinning brought home from Italy
Their garden is simply lovely and has
some beautiful statuary in it. The
dahlias were out in their full glory and
in spite of the dampncss, the guests
swarmed out through the paths and un
der the cunning archways into the
lovely place.
The Glandinnings' house is very
Frenchy in appearance. 1t is painted n
sort of dull pastel pinkish shade and the
shutters of the house are of robins egg
blue. Now that sounds startling, but
when you see il you know how very
attractive it is. '
TNHERE is one thing about these teas.
L one does see many persons one does
not often meet otherwise, and that
makes it very nice Besides that there
is something very charming to me about
the young girl who is about to step out
into the great world. Oh. I know
there are some cynics these days who
says "There amt no such animal but
il they had been with me at the Coxcs
yesterday sand at the Glendnnings the
day before they would not have been
cynical, for certainly these girls are the
true types of old fashioned sweetness
and girlishness. They have the sophis-
tication necessary for these days, but
they have an air and background
which our Philadelphia girls have had
for many years, and which nothing can
tuhc away HUN
WHEN I think of this afternoon !
w positively pant. First there is
Gretchen Clay's wedding ut noon out
in Jenkintown. then in Chestnut Hill
there is the Earle tea to introduce Mar
garet. At Haverford Polly Thayer is
to make her debut; in Bryn Mawr Edith
Newlin and Sarah Harrison will be
presented at the tea given by Mrs. Will
liam A. Lieber. their cousin, and al
Strafford. further up the Main Line
Molly Little will be given a tea by her
parents. the Ashton Littles.
1t will mean go, 20, go till evening
And in the evening the debutantes will
go to the William H. Trotters' dance al
their home in Chestnut Hill. which
they will give for their daughter, Betty
Trotter. and for Margaret Ross anG
Nancy Walker, of st. Louis. Isn't that
going some?
NOING back to the question of tulle
~ Polly Thayer's dress is to be o
tule. The wee bird who saw it told m,
it is a combination of pale pink ant
pale blue. and youSknOw how Polly vii
look in that frock Mr.. Otto Meyer, OF
Milwaukee,: the musician with whom
Polly has studied for several summers
has been staying Mt the Thayers' for {
couple of weeks and will be present a
the tea this afternoon. Polly had Q
severe cold the early part of the week
but fortunately is well enough to ap-
pear at the tea.
hog hath Ii nc
her special friend to receive with her
All the other girls are strictly of this
years debutante class with the excep-
tion of Virginia Heckscher and Saral
Barringer, who will not come out til
next year, but they are great friends
of Polly and so will be permitted tc
join the receiving party.
y Peggy is to wear dress of an un
usual shade, which combines terra Gotta
and bright orange in its tones. one o.
those indescribable colors which yot
know will suit her to r..
AM glad to hear that they are start
L ing up the Saturday afternoon tea
dances at the Bellevue Stratford.
really seems as if we were going back tc
the good old times "befo' the war;
doesn't It.?
The teas and the Supper Club in No
vember. and then the regular Stratfort
room dances are to start on Monda,
evening. If you don't think this is t,
be a gay season what do you think it
going to be, anyway?
NANCY WYNNE.