Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
INST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Nynne Talks of the Junior Dances Held in the
Rose Gardens OF the BeIIeuue-Stratford- Theatre
Party for Miss Longstreth

,,,oN1GHT will see the opening meet
,.n of the Junior Dances. the first
ttbe wnr. too. which will take place
HutG ths Rose Gardens of the Bellevue.
tsni.sstford ~ These dances, which are held
on Tyodnesdavs. sprang into being after
On Nfondav Evenings which for years
1 .le heId SWAY in lines with the Assem-
,i;us anu Though not of so old an origin,
uHe Monday Evenings went out OF ex-
w ncc when Mrs. Frederick Thurston
Mw%n Msson who was the last one to chapcr-
Ms No those dances, went into mourning
onv v,o wears ago. The classes were
,stnnned sU,r because there was no one ap-
ssarpently who wished to take them up.
Ps1Tb Tben when il was found that there
.,oiIr was q need for some dances OF
tbs kind on smaller scale than the
assemblies and not so fearfully eN.
olusive as the Assemblies then were.
several women, who are acknowledged
leaders socially. were asked to chaper-
nno series of three Junior Dances
escb winter. They were started with
.noot success some two years before the
,.or and we're dropped during the time
nf our narticipation in the late hostili =
Kos Sounds quite. highbrow, .eh Wot?
7 think they are Il great institution
urself It gives the girl who has been
nmt year or more chance TO have
Uood time. For really with the rush
~ debutantes each year and their mo-
unrolv Of things social. very young at
tractivc girls arc put on the shelf long
before they should be, even as IN the
aid DAYS. And now the. very idea of
rmttiny q girl on the shelf because sbr
Is not married before twcnty-hv is
utterly preposterous. And yet the un-
thinking small bud. who must have
eyerything her way her winter OF
coming out, docs put her elder sister
to one side.
Well. in the Junior cotillons those
rho ara already out and the younger
married set have their innings. and the
result is very nice party. The next
meeting will be held on January Is and
Tho last Of the three will meet on Feb
ruary II.
THE patronesses of the Junior Dances
are Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke, Mrs.
George Dallas Dixon. Mrs. T. Charl-
ron Henry. Mrs Daniel T.. Hutchinson,
Tr, Mrs Robert Leaning Montgomery.
Mrs Arthur Emlen Newbold. Jr., Mrs.
Edward 7. Stotesbury and Mrs. Alex
ander Van Rensselaer,.
The Henry f. ThompsonS of Green
vile, Del, will give a dinner before
the dance tonight. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Pcase will also entertain.
MILDRED LONGSTRETH is to be
Ql guest of honor at theatre party
and supper at the Ritz Carlton given
tonight bv her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William W. Longstreth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Longstreth. as you know. are in mourn
Ing so they are not appearing at these
affairs for Mildred. Uytendale Gamer
and her husband were to have chap-
rroned the party tonight, but owing
TO the death OF Mrs. Gamers grand
mother. Mrs. Matthew Baird, some
three or four weeks ago. Mrs. Gamer
Is not going out. The Joseph Rollins
will, therefore, chaperone the party.
7 CAN'T say ] was terribly surprised
l to hear of Maisie Rush's engagement
TO George Bartol. were you? The
rumor had been going the rounds for a
couple of weeks, though Maisie de-
nounced it as "all bunk!' But. then.
suppose, it is 'all bunk" as far as
telling it is concerned. if one does not
want to announce it yet. isn't it?
Maisie is a sort of debutante. in that
she would have come out last year had
there been any comings out so she has
gone to debutante parties this year. of
course She is younger sister of Mrs.
John Drayton, who was Charlotte
Rush, and of Ben Rush. Jr. Her
mother was Miss Mary Lockwood. The
wedding is scheduled to take place on
Easter Monday, which is always
beautiful day to choose.
THE Equal Franchise Society of this
1 city will hold its annual meeting this
Friday, and will follow the meeting by
luncheon at the Acorn Club. Fran
ces Sullivan is the head of this society
now. and the officers and members of
the board include Mrs. Horatio Gates
lloyd. Mrs Barclay Warburton. Mrs.
Clifford Pinchot, Mrs. Charles Rhoads.
Mrs. Edward Robins. Mrs. Edward
Smucker, Mrs. McCullen, Miss Sarah
Lowry and Miss Elizabeth Lowry.
NANCY WYNNE.