Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09

SryEIJ this is tne ois "eeh
w. Newport! And it's bigger than
,hie year. They are expected
ever .r;uc today or tomorrow, ana the
tTo.,iro % % has arranged large public re-
IhS'in IS.ion for tomorrow to meet them.
cT"rp crp,,Spn Who? We'll, who would you
LIZ The Davis Cup contestants. OF
sn,"S nmrse viz, az they used to say in his,
.ou .o,r hooks II suppose they are still
.o, .orIrs itJ. William T. Tilden. Norris
Will; Williams, c. s. Garland and William
" Johnston. And ] do hope Junior
Widen will wear that furry sweater
hat he has been wearing SO much over
s"as He seems to be as famous Tor
,bat % as for his marve lous playing. And
Incidentally just heard that today
Junior Tilden is not going to Newport
so'. going to stay home for this week.
hnd believe me. if it's as hot as today
~s won't see said sweater.
put ANYHOW, there will be all kinds
~ entertainments this week. Reggie
Vanderbilt il giving clambake for
,rn thing. and then Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward ]. Bprwind are giving a dance
nn Wednesday evening at their place
Oh. Films, and the Oliver Gould Jen-
n;nrs are giving another dance at their
nlace on Bellevue avenue.
And then Mrs. Vincent Astor will
,rohobly be there this week. Her
srrival has been looked forward to with
onite as much pleasure as the tennis
sr ANYTHING else. She is popular and
ovsrvbody Is eager to have her back ana
;nto things again. She Is member of
~ Tho hoard of the Casino, you know,
and they meet on the twenty first to
alect officers. Mrs. Barger Wallach,
NJ George Peabody Wetmore and MIR.
Iispenard Stewart are the other mem
bers.
AND now comes that other regular
"A thipp-the races at Saratoga. They
always get a number of Philadelphians.
Won begin to hear that Mr.. and Mrs.
Somebody are going to Saratoga for two
weeks. and you wonder why they
aren't going to Northeast or Newport
Az somewhere like that. And then you
hear of more people who will leave for
Saratoga Springs in few days, and
Won look into it and find that, oh, yes,
Inc races are on. And every year
there's the same crowd of people who
wouldn't miss It for anything. If they
had TO give up everything else all sum-
mer they'd 20 to Saratoga anyhow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Barklie, or
1nverhouse, Wayne, are spending two
weeks at Saratoga. Mrs. Alexander
Brown, Of Castletin, BryL Mawr, is
there, and others who are going are the
Victor Mathers, of Bryn Mawr; Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Antelo Devereux; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter NJ. Jeffords, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Plunkctt Stewart, Mrs. How
ard Henry, Gouvcrneur Cafdwalader and
Walter StokeS-and last but never least
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Riddle. When n
Saratoga racing season gets by without
the Sam Riddles. then you can count
It an unsuccessful season with some-
thing very much lacking. They never
fail
TWAS very much interested to hear of
the engagement of Mary Millicent
Rogers. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Huddlestone Rogers, to James
N. Thompson. of New York. He is the
son Of the late James NJ. Thompson
and his mother is now Mrs. o. X. Bis
pham. Of G40 Madison avenue. Milli-
cent Rogers made her debut last No
yember at a ball at the Ritz in New
York. and then she was entertained
great deal in Washington, where her
parents lived during the winter.
She is the girl, you remember, whom
Edward Albert. the nice little Prince
Of Wales, admired so much when he
was here. l believe he gave ball in
her honor while he was in Washington.
or at least danced great deal with
her at some ball that he attended there.
She is very attractive girl. with dark
hair and eyes and fair skin. She has