Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-29
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells Of the Parties for Miss Elizabeth
Bartoto--Hdrding Ball in NetU York Tonight.
Miss Thdyer Guest of Honor at Dinner-D Dance

II THINK the Bartows have decided on
beautiful way of bringing Eliza
beth out. They will give succession
or series OF three theatre parties before
three balls at the end OF December,
The first viii be before the Powell
Evans bull on December %. the second
before the Roland Taylor ball on De-
cember 26, and the third before the
Henry Brinton Coke ball for Catherine
Coke on December 81.
Elizabeth. you know. is the elder
daughter Of the Josiah Bartows, OF
Gravers lane, Chestnut Hill. Her
mother was Miss Margaret Allen. Her
grandmothc", Mrs. Francis o. Allen.
died last summer. SO Elizabeth could
not have formal debut before now.
Theatre parties are always popular and.
ms the three will be quite large, IL seems
to me a delightful way to entertain.
Elizabeth is rather fair and tall and
has a very pretty complexion and eyes
and great deal of charm of manner,
] have noticed how swpCtly she speaks
TO older people at the various teas and
YOU know that is always n great asset
to a girl. She's so natural aud sweet,
that every one likes her.
A NUMBER of the dcbutantes are
"A going over to New York for the
Army and Navy game today and sew
erar will stay on TO attend the ball
which the J. Horace Hardings will give
at the Ritz Carlton over there. to in
froducc their daughter. tatharine
Hardins. You know Mrs Harding was
Miss Dorothea Barney, daughter OF
Mr.. Charles ID. Barney and the late
Mrs. Barney. of Ogontz.
They are relatives therefore to many
families in this city. Mrs. Barney was
Miss Laura Cooke. a sister OF the late
Jay Cooke. there were several other
daughters besides Mrs. Harding; The
Baroness Won Hitler is one and Mrs
Archibald Hubbard and Mrs. John H.
Whitaker and Mrs. Henry Miller
Watts are her sisters. .,
Edith Carpenter is going to the ball
and $50 is Margaretta Jcanes. And
George and Phoebe Harding will go
over from here. They are cousins OF
the Horace Hardings. Mrs. William W.
Harding, of Chestnut Hill. is Cath
arinc's grandmother.
TIME De Witt Cuylers will give a
i dinner dance this evening for Polly
Thayer at their country home in llnvcr !,
ford The Cuylers have n wonderful
ballroom and all the downstairs ro, rs
open into each other. so 1t is Snlendidiy
arranged for entertaining. The guests
will be of the debutante set and will be
seated at small'tab'es.
IBID you ever hear of kuifeless.
~ forkless and spooncss luncheon?
Well. there was one given the other
day by hostess out on the Main
line and every one was as curious as
curious could be TO know how she
would manage.
To be sure fingers were made be =
fore forks" but then forks are pretty
nice and it's not an awfully pretty
bit of manners to lick ones fingers be =
tween courses. as it were. So every
one wondered Well, it was lovely
affair.
In the first place. it was given in
the bungalow on the place and every
thing was most attractive as far as
decorations were concerned, And the
. table was very pretty. 1t was like n
low necked frock with no sleeves and a
very low back. as it were tuot having
any silver). Only with frocks some
times the backs are not pretty TO look
at. whereas this table was.
The first course was chicken soup,
and that was served in bouillon cups.
Then there were frenched chops with
rutfled paper petticoats on their han
4 dies. and saratoga emp potatoes.
Small heads of lettuce were tucked
( into other lettuce leaves and separated
so that they could be easily lifted out
with the fingers. Cups Of nuts were
served with the Salad and, Of course.
olives and celery and rolls.
The hostess was rather stunned
when it came to dessert and then she
had brilliant idea. She turned paper
drinking cups upside down and cut
holes in the center; then she made
crepe paper tulips and placed then
about the Guns and filled ice cream cones
and fitted them into the hole in the
paper cup. They looked perfectly
lovely. Coffee already sweptcned anG
alnnnds and candy were served after
the luncheon and then there were cards
But first. believe me, there were finger
bowls.
1t was interesting and lots of fun
And it shows how one can entertain
In unique manner minus a maid
as so many arc these days. There wa,
scarcely anything to wash up after.
ward NANCY WYNNE