Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-15
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy ynne Talks of the Debutante affairs for Today.
Annuai Races at Pickering Hunt This
afternoon
AFTERNOON

MARGAKErTA SHARrLESS is to
A'A have nice party this evening. As
have said before. do like affairs
at the Rabbit or The Lilars tthcre was
one there for Elizabeth Barlow last
night, you know. Mr. and Mrs Petey
Roberts are giving the affair and some
of the guests will be Polly Goodman.
Peggy Rosengartcn. Polly Thayer.
Catherine Coke. Sarah Dolan. Fif
Widencr. Harriet Zimmerman. Anita
Evans. Susan Norris Rhoda Brooke,
Adelaide Newlin. Nancy Dunning.
Pauline Bell. Susan Groomc. Marion
Baird. RoSamund Wurts. Margaret
Graham. Dickic Newbold Ellen Glen
dining. Sarah Rcyndcrs. Of New York.
and. of course. a goodIy number of
men.
A MOTHER debutantc affair Of today
"A will BE- tho dinner at the bellevue
Strntford. followed by y theatre party
which the William du Fonts, of vii
mngton, will give for Florence Kane.
Besides this. there is the tea whic,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert j. Nollrath. of
1915 Pine street. are giving to intro
duce their daughter. Rosalie. Elisa
beth Ross. Lucy Gray, Jean de Rousse.
Clarissa Smythe. Frances Leach. Ra
chel Whitmcr aud Josephine THOMPSON
will receive with Rosale. and after
the tea there will he "A dinner and the
atrc party. for which there will be ad
ditional guests.
MOST of the interest of today sur
1Fl rounds the annual hunt breakfast
and races of the Pickering Hunt Club
which are to ne held AT > o'clock this
afternoon in PhopuiXvillc. The Clio
usbn
grounds, will give a buffet supper after
the races and great many people have
planned house parties over the week
end. The Charles MlnnS have Mar
garet Perrin and Harold Vanderbilt of
New York. as their guests. and they
Will all go to the Clothicrs' supper and
dance.
Special interest centers in the point
TO point race this afternoon y point
will be established some distance from
the start and the riders viii choose
their own course. merely being CON
PEELED to circle the given point. The
maximum weight is 10 pounds. thus
permitting the owners to ride. and Bill
Clothier. Flo Rivinus. Buck Nor
ris. Joe Ewing. Bob roland and others
will ride their own mounts. It's some
race. as there are no fewer than sixteen
entries.
TNHE first rehearsal of the pageant
i which is to be the opening feature
Of the fortieth annual Charity Ball this
year was held this week at the Bellevue
Stratford. where more than 200 mcm-
bers of the younger set were assigned
their various roles
The ball. which is to take place on
December II. will be held at the
Academy of Music, as usual; aud will
be one of the most spectacular affairs
given so far by the Charity 70 the
Dream overture. the pageant. which is
styled "BookIand opens with the
framed tableau of shakespeare at the
Court of Elizabeth Shakespeare then
steps before the curtain and intro
duces all the familiar and best loved
characters from the nursery classics TO
the heroes and heroines of the drama:
The patrons of the ball this year Will
recognize young members of society
rs Peter Pan and Weudy. as Alice and
the Mad Halter. the uctlleSS Babes IN
the Wood and the Tin Woodman and
the Scarecrow. The Pied Piper will call
to the childhood heroes in the opening
group. which will be followed by the
appearance of the poetic and romantic
characters of Prunella aud Pierrot.
Robin Hood and Maid Marion. Rob
and Evaugeline. Hiawatha and Mime
haha. The drama will be shown in
tableaux by King Momus. with Comedy
aud Tragedy. some of the heroes and
heroines being Romeo and Juliet. An
tony and Cleopatra. Salome and
Herod. together with Puck and 'Titania.
Some contrast, ELI wott At the feet OF
Music will be Marguerite and Mephisto.
Musetta and MARCEL and Carmen with
r,il nj hp chs at,n1.
tprs from comic opera and musical
comedy and the final tabcau will be
the vanities of the world with The Lady
Peacock surrounded by Beauty, Adorn
ment, Woman and Song,
The groups of dancers will repre-
sent the four benefciaries and will be
under the personal direction of the
ladies auxiliari,cs of the four hospitals
to be benefited Mrs. w. w. Arnett
and Mrs. Richard NJ Pearce for the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital;
Mrs. Robert Emott Hare and Mrs.
Edwin II. Graham for the Jefferson
Hospitals Mrs. Charles Henry Scott.
Mrs. Sydney f, Martin and Mrs.
James NJ. Wilcox for st. Christie
piers. and Mrs. J. Vaughan McrriGk.
Mrs. George G. Boxer and Mrs. J u
Foulkrod, Jr., for st. Timothy's.
VOU see, he really is so busy since he
l. came back from the war going to
teas and other debutante functions he
cannot get to the Office every day ind.
altogether he has Il perfectly dreadful
time. Just dreadful So the other day,
there was tea and the mothers of the
debutantes who were receiving were
: asked to receive, too. There was only
one exception and that was his mother
+ So can you blame the boys for calling
him 1.-THE dcbutante.
NANCY WYNNE.
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