Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Hears of an accident to Mr.. Charles E.
Core--She Takes Trip to Paradise Farm.
The Bride Buys Furniture

nID you hear about the hard luck of
~ Mr.. Charles e. Coke? You know
he and Mrs. Coke gave dinner dance
not long ago at Malvern Farm for
Eckley and his bride. 1t was won
derful party, I hear, about three or
four hundred people there, and every
body had a good time.
But Mr.. Coke fell while he was
dancing and broke his leg. 1t wasn't
an awfully bad break, I believe, but
any break is bad, in that it's very
painful And in the hot weather it
must have been fierce. Imagine having
to be bandaged up in bed July 4. 5 and
8 Of this year Mr.. Coke is being taken
care of at home, instead of going to the
hospital. He is getting along as well
as possible, hear.
THERE are certainly many attractive
i members Of the Scott family in all
its branches, but one of the very
sweetest is little Anne Scott. the three
year r-old daughter of Rosalind and
Hutchie Scott. She has one mass of
golden curls and lovely blue eyes and
pink checks. and is altogether the sort
of baby one sees only in books, or in
these days, the movies.
She has a further true Scott char
acteristic, that of being always sur
rounded by admirers wherever she goes
The other day she was down on the
beach at Cape May talking to Harry
McMichael and Alfred Sergeant. who
were certainly very interested in her,
and the wee bird who was nearby said
''it" wondered if she was entertaining
them with one of her famous stories,
which, tradition says, cannot be beaten.
LAVE you ever been out to Paradise
IL Farm2 I went there the other day
and it certainly made an impression on
me. I wondered il many knew of it.
for it certainly is one wonderful place.
It's way, way out on the Main Line.
Don't ask me the name of the station
because I went in a motor, but it's
quite far beyond Paoli and it's real
country.
The houses for the mothers and
babies and for the boys are up high on
the hill and down low in little dell
nestled among the trees is the loveliest
old fashioned farmhouse, where the
farmer and his family live, and along
the stream there is a great old spring
house where they had honest to good
ness melons lying in the water; and
didn't we eat one then and there. and
didn't almost wish l was one of those
kiddies from downtown or uptown or
wherever they get them all from. and
could 60 out there for one or two weeks
and wade in the water and swim in
the pool just bit away from the farm
] just did.
l went out with several of the women
who are interested in the Country Week
Association and I do not think l ever
saw such happy children. While we
were there, the Paradise Special ar
rived and it was pathetic to see the diff
ference between the newly arrived kid
dies and those who had been there a
week. The last arrivals were so pale
and sickly compared with the others.
But the joy of knowing that in less than
a week those pale youngsters would be
brown and jolly, too, certainly repays
one for anything one might do to help
along the good cause. y
Mrs. Boyd Weitzel is president of
the work and she is one of the most
delightful persons it has been my pleas
ure to meet. She loves those kiddies,
and believe me, those kiddies love her.
0NE Of the most exciting things
~ about his getting out of the service
and getting settled SO that they could
get a house instead of furnished
apartment, was that they could go buy
furniture together. You see, ever since
they were married last year, they have
been living in a ready made home, and
it's thrilling to have a home made one
at last.
So they went in town the other day
and looked at furniture. And the only
thing they saw in the way of dining
room set was perfectly frightful. but
they had to have one, and Husband
insisted that 1t was "alright, and if
you take any more time looking around.
we won't be able to 90 to the movies.
So the set was marked 'sold, ana
they hustled off to the movies. But
She didn't enjoy the comedy, the big
picture, the travel Jog, showing water
falls, mud houses1an unclothed chill
dren, or the news pictures of fires in
glue factories, and other peace news.
All she could see was her pretty little
blue and white dining room all utterly
spoiled with that horrible furniture. :
And SO early next morning she flew
downtown, went to that store and had
one unpleasant little morning getting
the "Sold' removed. But with the
help of her fascinating manner she
managed and then she Travelled to an
other place, saw just exactly the right
thing, found it much less expensive,
bought it, and sent it home. And after
this. She goes shopping for furniture
alone, and meets him for tea AFTER
ths movies. NANCY WYNNE.
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