Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-22

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up of packages and tying of rib
bons and addressing of bundles. we are
back again TO the few days left before
Christmas to get the last minute things.
do not believe there has ever been
so much giving as there is this year. Do
you? The stores have been just fright
fully busy, though some people evidently
have paid attention TO the shop early"
advice, for the crowd was a tiny bit
thinned out on Saturday.
MTELL, the talk by Mr.. Smith on
Saturday night at Stotesbury's was
most interesting, and the audience was
most nthusiastic-Bishop Rhiuelander
proposed that the meeting go down on
record, as in accord with Mr.. Smiths
! suggestions and the majority carried it
and we certainly had good time
afterward at the Supper Club too, got
down in time to have plenty Of dancing
before 10. and there was a goOdly crowd
of people there
Tonight there will be the dinner
dance which the Alan Wilson's will give
for Hope at the Ritz Carlton. and then
there will be the Junior Dance out at
the Merton Cricket Club. There are
to be any number Of dinners before the
Junior Dance. You see a lot of the
boys and girls are home from boarding
school for the Christmas holidays, and
SO the mothers naturally want them
to have an extra good time. The Fl.
Bartol Braziers will give a large dinner
for Frances, and the Robert Martin
Williamses will entertain for their
daughter, Betty Betty is a first cousin
Of Banning Grange, and they certainly
are both very popular members OF the
younger set.
The Edwin II. Filters will give din :
ner for Nan, and the Edward Berwlnd
Chases will entertains for Bernadene,
SO you see there are good many at
fairs before the dance which will help
to make it a go.
DID you hear about the lovely party
~ Mrs. George w. Boyd had last
week? On Wednesday. ! think it was,
for Mrs. George Dallas Dixon and the
women who worked with them in war
relief work connected with the p. X. X.
There were women from all over
PENNSYLVANIA. If | remember rightly,
messenger work throughout the state,
and the Pennsylvania Railroad formed
a chapter of its own. with Mrs. Dixon
as chairman. That is neither here nor
there, however, as what | have to tell
You is that Mrs. Dixon was presented
at the party with n wonderful gold
mesh bag in leather case, which had O
keystone engraved on its beautiful
leather. And then Mrs. Boyd was sur
prised by the gift of gold travelling
clock. 1t was a fine party, am told.
The house was wonderfully pretty dec-
Grated with American Beauty roses and
ferns.
A RENT the young people independ
"A ent these days? Il suppose Rosa =
mond Lancaster and young Barclay
Warburton just decided not to have any
fuss and feather about their marriage
and SO went calmly down TO Elkton and
put it over on us all. And now they re
off for Europe. Well it certainly is an
easy way to do things. No trousseau tc
Y rush about getting fitted into for months
before, and DO crowd to stare at you
as you go up the aisle.
Only it Just does seem little hard
on ones family and friends who always
want one to have pretty wedding
z However, as one BRIDE remarked 10 Hl'
recently: "You know ! thought mi,
was going to be my wedding, but rinc
it isn't at all, | have to do what thu
family want and L have to stick to al
the old conventions and it's Just not my
wedding at all, l think I'll Just bt
among those present Anyhow wei
wish the young people all happiness II
their new life, and as they are much IL
love, we'll hope they'll have it.
CHE is not very old and she is yer!
~ much in earnest, and you see she haI
taken up childrcn's welfare work. o
course the little girls in the class jus
love Teacher and her pretty hair ant
lovely frocks. And if you'd come Sc
my mudder, I want she should Sc
you"
Well Teacher finally went am
''Mudder' talked and talked. Sud
4 denly there was an awful scream an,
in rushed Johnnie. aged four, wit
blood over most of his countenance
rWot's the matter" said Mudder
"Bennie knocked me down" screamed
Johnnie. "Well, didn't you hit hin
back?" inquired the parent. eye "A
and l XXX k kicked i'm, too" ''Well
that's all right" said 'Mudder and tool
up the conversation with Teacher again
Teacher being 'posilutely' paralyze
meanwhile. NANCY WYNNE.