Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Chats Of Various MaterShe Hears That Cap.
y tain Mccall Vas A,Uarded a d. S. NJ. Before His
Death-Micmeme Dance for Day Nursery

nID you hear that the distinguished serv-
~ ice medal was awarded to Captain
Howard Mccall just before he was killed?
] am SO glad for his family. The word
came just last week. You know Captain
Mccall was killed in action last July, and
think all Philadelphia mourned for him.
He was such a splendid man and won
derful soldier, and so many Of the men
who were under hin have expressed their
admiration and affection for him. He was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Mccall,
OF the wellington, and his sister is Lenore
and his brother is Lieutenant Joseph B.
Mccall who married Louie Davis. The
d. s. M. is not easy to win, and this proves
more than ever that he was all that his
friends claim.
r HEAR there's to be a Mi-careme dance
L this year. on Wednesday, April 2, at
the Bellevue, in the ballroom. And before
the dancing there will be an illustrated
lecture by DR.. George Earle Raiguel on
Personal Glimpses of England, France
and Italy," showing our men in the field.
These pictures are some that have been
taken by Burton Holmes, and have heard
t1ey are we'll WORTH SeelHB. lie dlldil 10
in aid of the JOY Settlement Day Nursery,
and the executive committee which is in
charge of it includes Mrs. Joseph M. Dohan,
Mrs. Walter S. McInness, Mrs. Thomas E.
Coale, Mrs. Fielding o. Lewis, Mrs. James
Large and Miss Marguerite Weston. The
board of managers consists of Mr.. Thomas
e. Coale, president; Mr.. G. A. Pfeiffer, vice
president Mr.. H. H. Barton, Jr., second
vice president; Miss Este Macintosh, sec
retary, and Miss Weston, treasurer. The
JOY Day Nursery, you know, not only
takes care of hundreds Of babies during
the year while their mothers are at work,
but 1t also instructs the mother how to
clothe the children properly, the proper food
to give them and how to better their living
conditions ir. all sorts of ways.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS is getting
w very, very popular these days, it seems
TO me. And the greatest number of Phila-
delphians are down there and going down.
The Harry McKeans, who have been at
Asheville in North Carolina for most of the
winter, went to White Sulphur last week,
and the Powell Evanses and their daughter
Anita, who, by the way, will debut next
year, are down there. Anita and her father
spending much of their time in the saddle.
Anita rides wonderfully well and Is a per-
feet wiz ON her horse.
Charlotte Brown is down there, too.
Charlotte has not been looking so awfully
we'll. Her brother Henry Houston's death
and the absence overseas of Eer f1ance, Ned
Law, have made the winter very hard for
her; but lately she is looking much better,
and with the return of Captain Law I
guess the wedding bells will soon be ring
ing. Mrs. Jeanes and Margaretta are still
at the Springs; they've been there for sew
eral weeks now, and as tolu you once. are
devoted horsewomen, and Margaretta has
been playing lot of golf, too, hear. Mrs.
George Willing, Jr, and her mother, Mrs.
Joshua Ladd Howell, have been down there,
too, but Mrs. Willing is crazy about her
gardens and had to come home early to
see about the planting. She and Mrs.
Howell gave a tea at one Of the hotels just
before she left. The ]. Barton Townsends
and the F. Corlies Morgans are going
down to White Sulphur some time soon
for about ten days, and the Rodman Girls
CONS, Mr.. ard Mrs. Howard Ellison, the
Frederick Rosengartens and lots of others
are planning to go down "in the near fu-
ture" yr stop there on their way up from
Florida or the Carolinas.
ALL these days Of summer weather make
"A you turn hatwards, don't they? 1 told
YOU about the wife who would not buy her
hat without her husband because "he has
such decided views about my hats" she eX-
rlained Well now I'll tell YOU about one
who thought she would buy hat without
her husbands taste being consulted, and
so she did. When F came home she
showed it to- him with great gusto. He
enthused. Oh, yes, it was pretty hat;
but wasn't it little quiet? 1t was sort
of gray, you know, and had one Of those
two.story shaving brush fancy ornaments
which was shaded from gray to purple, but
not any one color that you might notice.
When Mrs. F. went off to see about
something in the house husband, who has
an artistic soul, snitched the hat, and
opening a bright red tube Of paint which
should have been mixed with oil to tone
dowrnthe color he held the stiff ends of
theA lament together and rubbed the
bri Int on them; then he dabbed both
~ <sry supports to the fancy,
brilliant touch Then was
,th, for after all Mrs. F.
II at all. In fact-oh, horri-
~ she might hato 1t and be
yef and demand another hat at
once. ae country was saved. She
liked It, afex liked It extremely well, and
when saw her in it on Saturday I'd have
sxyorn that Il was right from Paris with