Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-13

i for tonight. The dinner dance which
the Howard Wurts Pages will give for
their pretty daughters. Evelyn and
Mary, at the Acorn. and the party the
Stevenson Crothers are giving for Mabel
Reid at the Bellevue Both of them
will be debutante affairs.
There was to have been meeting of
the committee OF the dancing class to-
night. but il has been postponed out
Of respect for Mrs. Da Costa. who you
know was on that committee and who
died on Wednesday. There were sew
eral dinners planned to be given before
the class. too, but they have also been
postponed.
TNHEN tonight there will be the second
4 meeting of the Supper Dinner Club.
II is and will still be called the Supper
Club you know. but the greater number
of the members will go to the dinner
and dancing at s. 1t would be pity
TO miss that music, wouldn't it? Mrs.
Hal Patton will entertain there tonight
for Edith Wilson, who. you know, is to
. be married next month to Dick Rollins.
The George Eales Bakers will entertain
tonight also and quite a number of
others.
TIME Fred Strawbridges, of German =
l. town. will give n mighty nice thea =
tire party. followed by supper and dane
ing. at the Ritz tonight for two debu :
tantes, their niece. Helen Strawbridge,
and Gladys Mulier. There will be about
thirty guests. And just imagine. Anna
and Jack Claghorne will chaperone the
party, How can you picture Anna
being an honest to goodness grown up
married lady? She is so young, and on
account of the war did not actually come
out, you know but was married early
this fall. She was, as you know. Anna
Strawbridge. the Frederick Straw =
bridges daughter. You remember. her
brother Clayton married Margaret La
Rue a couple of years ago. They are
living in Merton. you know, and have
the dearest baby.
r HEAR that Mr.. and Mrs. Stotes-
l. bury and the Armenian committee of
the Emergency Aid are about to issue
invitations for the evening of December
20 in the ballroom of the Stotesbury
home, 1925 Walnut street. to hear Mr..
Walter George Smith tell of his expe-
riences during his recent trip TO- tho
Near East. He and his sister, Miss
Grace Smith. went over last winter.
YOU know. with q special commission to
study conditions there. and he has most
interesting things to say. lle is to
speak on the goth in behalf of the
American mandate in Armenia. for
which he is most anxious. and for rec =
opnition of the Armenian Government,
subject of profound interest at the
present moment. Another interesting
sneaker that evening will be General
Torcum. an Armenian general OF re =
mute, who was with the successful Brit =
ish armies in Armenia He will be
the guest of the Atwatcr Nents during
his stay here.
And Colonel Jasper Brinton.. who
married Alice McFadden, you know
will speak too He has only Just re-,
turned from Armenia. I think it will
be very interesting. Some of the women
who are members of the Nrmcnian com
mittee are Mrs. Robert n. Downs. 'Jr'
Mrs. George Fales Baker. Mrs. Howard
ongstreth. Mrs. Allen Stockton. Mrs.
Atwntcr Kent. Mrs. George Fl, Lorimer
aud Mrs. David Paul Brown.
TIME younger set of Chestnut Hill and
i Germantown has planned the
dansant to be given at the Philadelphnla
Cricket Club on Tuesday, December So
from to Z o'clock. ,.
The proceeds Of the dansant are to be
devoted for the benefit of the Morton
Street Day Nursery. Mt Morton ana
High streets, Germantown. This nurs-
babies during the year. providing medl-
cal care rs well as nourishment, during
the hours they are left in its care by the
mothers who are obliged to go out to
work by the day
They can accommodate about forty
children daily and. owing to increased
costs of all commodities, the resources
are severely taxed, so it's a good idea to
help along with the dance.
Those on the committee of the dance
are Margaret Hamilton, chairman
Elizabeth Wayne, treasurer Henrietta
Dunn, r. Martin George, Sarah Nc
Lean, Martha Jennings and Marion
Button.
Those who have offered their services
MS patronesses include Mrs. j. Priestley
Rutton, Mrs. John NJ Hamilton, Mrs.
William w. Mclean, Mrs. Beatty Jen-
nings, Mrs. Fred NJ. Dunn, Mrs. Will
liam II. George, Mrs. Livingston Jones,
Mrs, Joseph Wayne, Mrs. Francis
Strawbridge and Mrs. John b. Nell
/ benny.
DOLLY is two years old and she has
i plenty of nice milk and good things
to seat, so you may imagine Mother
horror one day last week, when she
came into the room and found Polly on
the floor drinking the milk out of kitty. s
saucer. "Oh, baby dearest, you mustn t
do that. II isn't NICE" 'Ishn't kitty
nishY" said Polly. eyes, of course"
said Mother, and Polly put her head
on one side and remarked, Kitty won t
mind" and made another dive for the
saucer. NANCY WYNNE.