Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-28

~ID Won know that the First City
~ Troop is going Of to Mt. Gretna on
Sunday for the regular two weeks
.ncamnment? Seems like old times,
dossn't It? This Is the first encamp.
mont the troop has had since the war,
because last summer things were still
a hit mixed up--and doubt whether
o,vbody would have relished it very
much 50 soon after the real thing. They
arc taking 300 horses with them. I
holieve, so there will be some tine
mancuvers up there.
have seen lots Of men in town lately
wearing the yellow and white hat band
with its brown edges that Indicates a
trooper and "shows him up anywhere.
It's very distinctive hat band, and
avon IL vol, didn't know what IL stood
Cor, YOU would somehow feel sure that
Il was something rather nice.
r SAW Mrs. Gibson Bell on Chestnut
/ street the other day, looking ex-
tremely well. She had on a decidedly
stvlish frock OF dark blue chiffon, with
n hat to match. The hat was a large
affair of straw which was most be-
coming.
THERE was quite large time In
l. Newport last night. Stop Thief !"
was given in the armory in the train
ing station for the Navy Club in New
York. and number Of people had boxes
and entertained parties. Mrs. William
Fahnestock and> Mrs. Clarence Dolan
were among them and Miss Julia Ber-
wind also entertained.
Everybody up there Ii getting very
much interested in the tennis tourna-
ment. That's big affair every year,
but this year it will be bigger than ever.
because they think now that Junior
Tilden and the other Davis cup. con-
testants will be there. And there's
nothing like a national hero to create
interest. The tournament will be held
on the ninth of August, at the Casino,
of course, and people are beginning
now to think about reserving their
boxes-and designing their costumes,
for the most important part. OF Newport
tennis is the pretty clothes in the
grandstand.
WHAT beautiful start the Glendin-
w nings are having for their trip. You
know they have all gone abroad for
several weeks. Mr.. and Mrs. Glen.
dinning and Ellen and Mary. It must
be so discouraging to start off on
voyage" in bad weather. Percy
Glendinning, their cousin. by the way.
was down at Bay Head last week
that is on Saturday, at least. and he
and Virginia Roberts, to whom he Is
engaged, were at the costume dance
that was given there on Saturday night.
AS far as that goes. number of people
are down there now. Emily Kennedy,
for one, and Msrg Baker and Elizabeth
Yardlcy and Ruth Mann; sgd Thayer,
he of the Fighting Five" fame
doesn't that seem like ancient history
now? And yet 1t wasn't so very long
ago., Fritz Freeman and Carol Tbi-
bolt are more of Philadelphia trans
Maise Rush Bartol and her husband arc
also there. Oh, you're sure to find some
Of us no matter whether you go New
England way or Jersey coasting.
LIE WAS only about four, and he
- didn't understand great many
things in the first place. And when
grown ups said. whats his busincss?"
and answered Hes in the shipping
business;" and when his rude little
playmates old enough to have learned
some slang, remarked "None of your
business !" because he kept on asking
the same question over and over, and
when the cook interrupted in baking by
his repeated request for .'some" glared
down at him with affectionate anger and
wanted to know what business have
you to come bothering around here ?'-
naturally he thought it was a sort of
stock word that would fit in anywhere.
And so when the little girl next door
was taken very sick. and be knew all
about 1t and somebody asked him what
was the matter. do you wonder that he
replied in an important tone. "Nhy,
She has heart business?
NANCY wYNNE