Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Hears of Miss Cassas Trip Japan-She Tells
OF the House Party in Baltimore for the Lot O Pep
Orchestra-Opera Tonight at Metropolitan

nID you know that Ellen Mary Cassatt
B leaves today for Japan? Yes, she is
going with the Harry VAIN Harrisons and
several others and expects to stay for
about two months. Won't that be a. Won,
derful trip? Certainly IL ever any one
deserved rest it's Ellen Mary Cassatt, for
she has worked consistently and uninter'
ruptedly ever since the start Of the war in'
every kind Of good work. ~
She started the Girl Scout movement
here and has been the scout commissioner
Of the Philadelphia Girl Scouts for some
time. While she is away, by the way,
Gwen Martin, who is assistant scout com.
missioner, will act as commissioner.
The party will go to Japan by way of
California. It is certainly an ideal time
of year to travel in that direction. Ellen
Mary Cassatt is the daughter Of the. late
J. Gardner Cassatt and Mrs. Cassatt and a
sister Of Eugenia and Gardner Cassatt, the
latter of whom married Polly Dixon. There
was some idea of Gardner and his wife
going to Japan with the party. but 1 am
not sure what their final decision was in
the matter. Any way, whoever goes Is
d
TERTAINLY the Lot o. Pep Orchestra
- will have the time Of it's young life In
Baltimore this weekend In the first place,
they are going down to play for the dance
to be given at Lehmann's Hall there on
Friday night for the benefit of, the McAll>
mission to France Lehmatln's Hail. by
the way, is Baltimore's stylish; reception
hall. Many a wee deb has made her. bow
to society there. Perhaps you have the
same idea I had about the Lot o. Pep. L
thoushtsit WasScomposed Of the boys. who
are at school ats the Chestnut Hill Academy,
but it:isn't, In the flrsts place they are
MEN, and though some. of them still go
to the Chestnut Hill. Academy, Episcopal
and Penn Charter School, there, are U. of
Pa. men and Yale men, SO now you know
it's no schoolboy affair. ~ -. .
In fact, it is, an organization composed of
the younger men, who got together this
orchestra for pastime and who have done
such good work they have gained a won.
serful amount of popularity and have
EAised quite a considerable sumtfor various
4harities. For instance. the Red Cross
Added $4,000 to it's income through the
efforts of this orchestra, and on Saturday
a week $275 was raised for the French war
orphans at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
OF course. the fellows have lot Of fun
Il among themselves when they are playing
and practicng, but I should think it would
be awfully hard to play most of the eve.
ming and have no dancing. However, they
have several for, each instrument and so
they take turns in playing and dancing.
hear quite a number Of Philadelphia
girls and men are. going down for the
dance. The men selected to go for the
orchestra by Joseph Taylor, who is man,
ager, are George Remington, fRolfe FAIRIES,
Louis McEuen Smith, .Teyis HUM, William
Cramp, Albert and Perot Whiting, Henry
Pemberton, Gilbert Megargee, Raymond
Kurtz, Gavin Watson, Howard Dilks, Ed
ward Wilson, Carl Martin, Arthur Crisfield,
Charles Melcher. George Cresson, Hoyt
Griffith, Walter Robb and Jack Strubing.
. But the best part of the fun for the Lot
o. Pops will be the weekend house party
which Mr.. and Mrs, T. Evan Reese will
give them at their home in Roland Park,
which suburb, you know, is just outside of
Baltimore. And, too, the managers Of the
Reconstruction dance of Friday night will
give the Lot o. Pops an informal dinner
dance on Saturday night at the Baltimore
Country Club So you know those MEN
are going to have the time of their lives.
You know also, Of course, they are not
professional. in any sense. They play for
the asking. There is no compensation but
thank ypu.y And that's certainly help
when the affair is for charity as In this
case.
FTNHERE's the opera tonight you know
= "The, Love of Three Kings" and Mar
tinelli, who has not sung here in opera this
season, will be the tenor. So methinks
twill be some night. Mrs. Stotesbury has
come back sfrom the South and expects to
go this evening, and the ]. Bertram Lip
pincotts, Clothers, Henry Brinton Coxes
Yarnaus, & Newboids and McFaddens will
all entertain box parties AND Mrs Edward
Dale will also have a number of guests.
Several parties plan to attend the dance
at the Ritz after the opera.
VoU never can tell in Paris these days
i who's going to turn up next cer-
tain sergeant that you know and I know
was walking down the "rues" the other
day watching "beaueoup" people also walk
ing down the "rues" when he came. across
two natty looking Americans, soldiers, each
with beautifully gowned French some one
on his arm and each with also an attentive
car in which to murmur various sweet
nothings--and evidently each taking ad-
vantage of that attention.
He passed them, taking good look as
he did so of the beautiful gown--he's heard
SO much. you know about how wonderfully
Frenchwomen dress and walked on. And
he hadn't gone three steps before a we'll