Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-15

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dansant. But bless your heart, 1t did
not dampen the attendance. Every one
was there and the flowers were just
gorgeous Colcstine looked sweet and
Mrs. Warder was charming as ever
do hope it will keep clear today
for the Zimmerman tea out at Rydal.
Harriet is so good looking, don't you
think? She is very tall. but innately
graceful and has lovely wavy light hair.
She is very musical, too, and has a
charming manner.
There will be about twenty debutantes
who will receive with her this after
noon. including Margaret Graham,
Marion Baird, Gertrude Conaway,
Peggy Rosengarten.. Evelyn Smith.
Hope Wilson. Anne Townsend, Mar
garettta Sharplcss. Mary Goodman,
Marie Louise Ashhurst. Kathleen Rit
ter, Dorothy Ely. Marina Wister, Betsy
Davis. Cclestine Wardcr, Elizabeth
Anne Taylor. Jane Ncatman. Rhoda
Brooke, Rosamond Wurts, Deborah
Logan and Lucy Gray.
DICKIE NEWBOLD is to have a
~ party tonight. One of those lovely
affairs at the Rabbit, which arc always
such fun. Mr.. Wilson Catherwood. a
friend of Dickies father, is giving it..
and it is dinner dance, Dickic's real
name is Mary Dixon Newbold, you
know. but every one gals her Dickic.
She is the eldest daughter of Mr.. Glenn
Newbold. of Jenkintown, and sister
of Anna Newbold.
DID you know that the independence
~ Souare Red Cross is going to have q
rummage sale,on October %. y and "A
at its HEADQUARTERS, Cos Chestnut
street? Thesworkrooms there are going
on in full swing, and they, are. getting
up a health and hygiene class TO meet
every Thursday morning,
The women who are interested IN the
rummage sale are Mrs. Otis skinner,
and she is n picture always; Mrs. Burd
Grubb. Mrs, Ashton little. Mrs. Walter
uopkinson. Mrs Emott Hare, Mrs.
Alan Stockton. Mrs. Harold GiHing
ham, Mrs. Wellington Shannon. Miss
Eloise Dickie. Mrs. Fred English. Mrs.
Snowden Mitchell and Mrs. George
Iorimer. who is chairman. Tho aides
are all going to wear little blue ldenim
APRONS and small red CROSSES. Ane
they have everything but the kitchen
stove already. for sale.
JTTELL, my dears, did you go to the
w Women Writers Dinner last night!
7 did and | assure YOU it was somt
PARTY. They had the dinner first and
then some of the talent of the club an-
peared in a fearful and wonderful play
entitled "A Night in Persia. a
strange and remarkable slave led ontt
the stage the king and his wife of nifty
wears. The queens name. by the way
was Lucky Strike. They were to .cele
brate their golden wedding.
As the slave led them in the statel!
queen, who by actual measurement II
more than six feet high. wore on he'
head ostrich feathers. which hcigntenet
her stature by some two feet. flel
gown. what there was of it. was purple
her stockings of flaming silk and th'
headdress was of blue, black and whlt'
ostrich feathers. The king, my dcars
the king He was not tall, but what
he lost in height he made up in width
and his red sash was Il thing of beauty
TO saw nothing of his white apparel ant
his red whiskers. a.lt,
After a stately dance which proved
how happy they had been during. thoS'
fifty years of welded life. their mujcS
ties asccndcd the throne. Then mos
remarkable animal. n cross betweci
'"coutie hound" and Persian eat, IL
khaki color came SaunterlnS III anu sa
down by the queen. licking her paws an'
washing her face all through the per.
formance.
A snake .charmcr, who performed
wonderful feats with stuffed stockings
gave an exhibition. and Chinese jug
gler iugglcd everything i'll sight, even
hitting the dignificd queen ip the cy'
by mistake with n water pistol, which
he drew from the leg of his sleeve. Ther
there was sight seer and hypnotist
All was going beautifully. when Mela
chrino, the vampire, entered and begGI
n marvellous dance. In fact. ! neyel
saw anything like it either before ant
! hope never will again. Also the stor1
has no moral. for the queen tried il
vain to hold the king on the throne. bu
finally he fled from her and claSped thu
vampire to his manly bosom. Then TN
queen descended and tried again to dra:
him awaM and the hypnotist meantime
had tried to iutorferc,by hypnotizing th
vamp, The king freed one arm AM
with his scimitar stabbed the queen
who died in various places on the floor
and wickedncss triumphed as the KIM
and the vamp ascendcd the throne.
The various parts were taken b.
members of the club. who included edi
tors of our leading magazines and news
papers and a number of women engaged
In advertising l laughed till the tear
poured ioWn my cheeks. 1t certainl.
was some party
NANCY 'WYNNE.
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