Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-18

IBID you hear about the bazaar the
~ little Maxwell girl, Lydia is her
name, got up, and had out at her
parents place yesterday, together with
five of her little friends? Take breath
now, for it was some sentence! They
had quite remarkable fair. And what
do you think it was for? The Serbian
Hospital and the little Serbian chill
dren.
You see, it was this way The small
Maxwell children were at their coun
try home Maxwelcome, Glen Cove, in
Long Island last summer. and they
heard Miss Farnum speak about the
condition of the Serbians. Well, they
were all "het up about it, and started
at once to work for benefit for them.
They interested their other little
friends, and the mothers of all soon
became interested, too, and the result
was yesterdays fair.
My dears, they had everything you
ever heard of at fair. Jimmy Snow
den and Morris Clothier Maxwell were
at the head of shooting gallery, and
they gave prizes for the best shot.
pictures, which were very popular, and
they had doll show and toys, bal
looms and candies for sale. Betty
Snowden, Catherine Clothier, Mary
Clothier, cousin of the Maxwells,
and Louise Hepburn worked with Lydia
Maxwell
The little girls were, all about ten
or eleven years old, and their work
was really perfectly remarkable.
doubt not that good sum was raised.
TNHE cars will turn to Chestnut Hill
L this afternoon, for the Sharpless tea
. will be the drawing card. Margaretta
is the youngest daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. Wilson Sharpless. and 10 very
attractive. She has rather dark hair,
which is deliciously wavy. Her elder
sister, Molly, was married last winter
to Eric Pearson. You remember the
wedding had to be postponed month
on account of Margaretta's Illness. She
had scarlet fever then. But she got
entirely well, and in the spring her
father and mother gave a small dinner
dance for her. The formal debut will
be this afternoon, however.
Sara Harrison, Sara Dolan, Nancy
Dunning, Edith Carpenter, Antoinett,
Geyelin, Polly Thayer, Peggy Graham
Adelaide Newlin. who, you remember
is engaged to Liv Bidde, I'd; Mary
Goodman and Harriet Zimmerman will
receive with her.
Margaretta is a first cousin of MOLLY
Thayer. of the five Thayer boys and oi
Mrs. Reeves Wainwright, Mrs. Ed
Norris, Mrs. Pratt, who was Dellit
DIXON, and ever so many of the DixoI
family. Her mother was Miss Susar
Dixon. She has a very charming sis
ter, Charlotte, who will, of course, re
ceive with her mother and Margaretta
TALKING of debutant cas-, I hear,
l. the other day that of the sea
sons buds whose teT |fll take plac
very soon will make esVery interestin,
announcement the same day as her tea
1 would not tell you about it, not fo
the world, but it's true and Won won
have so long to wait, either. Do 70,
wonder who and what it is?
GERTRUDE CONAWAY was t
~ to have had dinner dance give
for her last night, you know, by NIr
and Mrs. Archibald Barklie, but tn
sudden death of Mr.. Clarence Levi
on Thursday necessitated the recallin
OF the invitations at the last minute.
Mr.. Lewis was great uncle of Ger
trude Conaway and OF Pauline Bell
Gertrude Conaway is the daughter o
Mrs. w. Barklie Henry, you know, VIII
was niece of Mr.. Lewis, and Mrs
Sam. Bell, Pauline's mother, was ais
a. niece. Mr.. Lewis was particular
close to his nieces and nephews, VIII
were. all perfectly devoted to him an
ms death is a great sorrow to them a
well as to his very many friends.
1t must be comfort to his famil
that when he was stricken, at the Rit
tenhouse Club while talking there, DIR
Bob LIE Conte and Dr. George Norri
were in the group and therefore ther
was no lack of prompt medical aid.
LIE is seven years old and he has
IL great ear for rhythm, we all think
but. even the best of us slip up noI
and again.
His father had been working wit
him from IL a. m. to 1 80 p. m. an
he had been spelling splendidly at last
PAY, DAY, SAY, GA y
FAY, MAY and never missing $
Dad thought he'd try another and so h
said, '.Spell cow?'' "K K-A-Y," re
turned our young friend.
NANCY WYNNE.