Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-16

- 10 WonuSrIul ho" 'ulhkH "l' "H
- going back to the times before the
/ war. isn't It? And. let me nSk you,
4 where are those who told us everything
would be changed after the war; The
Momen would not care for social doingS,
and they were all so interested in
something "worth while" that parties
md good times would in no way count
iu the future?
Well, ] guess some of them have real
lied that the men who fought and bled
'ovcr there did not want to come
back to a changed country. They
wanted to find things much as they had
left them. and they have also reallZ"u
that there must be certain amount OF
social doings, for man is soclaDl"
creature and must mix with his tel
lows.
Today at Narrangansett. for in
stance. they are to have their gym
khana. which before the war was an
every summer stunt. Mr.. Philip :. r.
BtRandolph is in charge of the AFFAIR
which is held in the afternoon. The
events include a costume race tor olu
and Young. potato race, egg and spoon
| race over hurdles. bending race,
| whatever that may be, and polo pau
| race.
yT,HE gymkhana takes place as here
i fofore at the Point Judith Country
4 Club. Point Judith-docs that AWAKEN
tender memories in you? Does II mahc
n You think of wonderful moonllgh'
night and gentle waters purling on inc
4 shores around that gorgeous polht' VI
does it make you think of some wlld'
rough waters and a swaying, tiltlng po"'
! riding the pillows around one OF the
roughtest points on the coast! We
tried it both ways, and someho" l ''Ne
both!
yTyHEY are getting very gay in Nara =
j. gansett, anyway, it seems 10 n.y.
rho afternoon bridge series started up
fhis week and the first meeting was helu
AZ Tbursdov afternoon. They do have
uonderful prizes for those parties. rms
,yoak II was pair of filet lace and linen
y inflow shams, something any and every
.ror,o, would alwavs want. Mrs. Olney
Arnold won them.
Among the Philadelphia women VINO
have ioined the series are Mrs. frahN
Somuel, Mrs. Edward Welsh and Mrs
i Alexander Brown. There are usually
4 ffteen tables at each meeting
yTIHE Toe Wideners have taken ooN
i ftr the Horse Show in Newport
which will be held in two weeks huS"S'
o. % and %. And Tom WanamaKcr'
Jr Every time see his name II utIeriS
,rrnrises me to think that he ana ltod
man. Jr,. are really grown up IheN
u,oro tho dearest children and 1t scarcelN
seems possible that they are men now
put 'tis true. as we know. Time does
lot Of things to people and changes
l;ttlo golden headed boys into young
men in flannels in no time Whatever
doesn't it?
nID tell you the NICE ru'no' .oad;no %
w about an engagement and weou'hs
an its heels in two months. les anu
it,s nice. The girl lives here, but
can't lust say where the man hveS
heing that he is in Uncle Sans service
not only for the duration of the war
but for keeps. In other words ne
an Annapolis man. And that I'LL
am going to tell you. Goodness KNOW.
II ought to be enough. don't you think
He is not Philadelphian. though h'
has visited here. but he bears the repu
tatiop of being Zone of the dandles
fellows I knew in Annapolis, ah'
that's going some, you will admit !"S'
wait. my dears, and it won De ''"s
before you hear.
GROUP of kiddies were talking TO
"A gether and boasting of their par
ents' qualities. their personal posses
.ions and various other matters, nj
pansy spoke up and said My mammi
Is bringing me Angora cat from th'
seashore.
That finished the others; they roul'
think of nothing that could properly
suuelch Pansy, for the very reason Una
they all Immediately wanted. aooV'
everything else in the world TO Owl
an Angora kitten or cat.
Time sped on. and finally Pansy
mother arrived home, and the neighbor
ing children naunted the premises wait
ing to be asked in to see the cat. Suu
denly there appeared at the window
good sized yellow and white cat.
was n nretty cat. all right. but 1t was II
no way extraordinary. and 1t certainly
had no sign of an AngOra face; neithe
had it an Angora tail. The friends IL
chorus called to Pansy, VIII" appeared
before them crestfallen. 'Huh. SAT-
they. "you said your mother was golni
a to bring you an Angora cat. ina
II mint no Angora cat; that's just an oil
yellow cat. :" Pansy hung her head
and then, by way of explanation sh
remarked. deprecatingly "Weil, 1t ha
Angora ways. -
NANCY WYNNE.