Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-26
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells About Miss Sophie Noriss Talk Red
Cross Meeting-Miss Lata and Mr.. Armbruster
to Haze Joint Recital

r STOPPED in to hear Sophie Norris yes
terday afternoon at the Independence
Square Auxiliary Of the Red Cross. and I
found her most fascinating and interest
ing. She told Of her experiences with the
Red Cross and the ''Y" In France. working
at canteens and taking charge OF them.
She described the first American canteen
at Chalons. Did you know that 1t was
decorated by camoufage artists and sculp-
tors who were stationed at Chalons maxi
ing camoufage for guns and airplane
hangers? The walls were done in blue
stripes with conventional designs Of golden
fruit and as Sophie described 1t 1t sounded
awfully attractive.
I'd like to tell you all about her talk, be-
cause It was so real. She gave an amusing
description Of her first attempt at making
] cookies for the men in her own canteen,
that Is, the one she was In charge OF. She
said she had never made them before In
her life and she had an awful time, and
they were perfectly terrible when they
were finished. But she put them on sale
As American cookies, and the men bought
them by the hundreds and cried for more.
And the next time she had better lVck. 1t
gives you a rather awed and envious feel
ing to hear a girl like that telling about the
terrors Of air raids. the plight Of refugees
and the touching Joy Of American soldiers
when they saw an American girl. Incl.
dentally, you can't blame them for being
glad to see Sophie, for she certainly is
good.looking in that uniform with the light
blue'hat.
T/OU know Elizabeth Latta and Robert
L Armbruster are going to have another
joint recital this year. It's to be at the
Ritz on Monday afternoon, and you never
heard of so many patronesses. Those two
young people do splendid work together
and they have been wise enough to com.
bine for these affairs. They made their
debut the same year at one of Tony Bid
dies concerts and quite brought down the
house. and they have been pleasing every
one ever since and are always asked to
help the charities along. On Monday after
noon some Of the women who are inter-
ested are Mrs. Standley Addicks, Mrs. Dob
son Altemus, Mrs. Louis Benson, Miss
Mary Buckley Mrs. Billie Clothier, Miss
Helen Coates, Mrs. Robert Downing. Mrs.
Henry Grove, Mrs. Scammon-Jones. who.
by the way, taught Elizabeth to sing; Mrs.
clifford Lewis and her daughter.in.law,
Mrs. David Lewis; Mrs. William Platt
Pepper, Mrs. G. E. Pescardi, Mrs. Sydney
Emlen Hutchinson, Mrs. Frank T. Patter-
son, Mrs. Ell Kirk Price, Mrs. Horatio
Gates Lloyd and just can't begin to tell
YOU all of those who are interested in the
recital. OF course, Elizabeth will sing and
Robert will play.
VTvONIGHT, you know, there's the Night
i in Bohemia and the Midnight Frolic at
the Bellevue. That is the Pen and Pencil
Club affair, you know. and 1t sounds as II
It would be quite some affair. A number
Of prominent E. AS are to be there In the
boxes as we'll as Governor and Mrs. Sproul
and Major General Menoher, Of the Rain.
bow Division, and Mrs. Menoher.
ISN'T It interesting about Madeleine Dahl
i gren's engagement to Reginald Town.
send? It was announced yesterday in New
York. They are both in Paris working for
the Red Cross, you know, but they cabled
the news to Mrs. Dahlgren and asked her
to announce 1t. The engagement is spe-
cially interesting here, for Mrs. Dahlgren
was a Drexel and is a daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Drexel of this city,
and a niece Of the late Anthony j. Drexel
and Frank Drexel. She is sister Of the
late Mrs Charles Penrose, Of this city. and
of Mrs. Seton Henry, who was Josephine
Drexel, and of Mrs. Harry Lehr, Of Balti--
more and New York.
Madeleine went overseas last November,
1 believe. and did hospital and ambulance
work for the Red Cross having had ex-
perience on this side Her fiance. who is
the son Of the James Bliss Townsends. of
New York, went over In June, also with the
Red Cross. He's Princeton man, class of
1912. Madeleine's various sisters are Kath-
arine, who is Mrs. Richard Smith Emmet.
Of New York; Ulrica, who is Mrs. John
Flavel Hubbard. wife of Captain Hubbard,
u. 8. A., of New York. and Olga, who is
still Miss Dahlgren.
VIRGINIA and Jack were talking. And
3 Virginia being four and Jack six little
sister is very apt to ask big brother the
cause Of the reason why Of many things.
Some one had been reading to them a
wee Jingle In which duels were spoken Of.
Later in the day Virginia was heard to
approach Jack and remark, whats a duel.
Jackie?" TITS a-oh. it's-why. it's fight
between two men,. said brother. "A fit?
Oh. what do they fight with. their hands?"
mo. Ginia, they fight with swords"
Swords! What's a sword. JackT' "a
sword? Why, It's a long thing, It's "a
well. It's thing they used before they
had rolling pins
What do you think is the story back of
that explanation? I'd like to know, wouldn't
you? NANCY WYNNE.