Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-19
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells of the Norris Dance Tonight-She
Talks OF the Second Performance of 'The Talk of
the To,cn"-And Goes to the Wuriner Tea
MARY LLOYD NORRIS is to be

MARY LLOYD NORRIS is to be
lVl introduced this evening at dance
10 be given by her father, Mr.. Isaac
Norris, of Bryn Mawr. The dance will
be given ut the Bellevue -Stratford, and
II will be preceded by dinner for the
receiving party, for Mr.. Norris has
asked some Of the debutantes to receive
with his daughter as IL it were tea.
And IL seems to me rather a nice idea
The girls like it, know, for l heard
several Of them all talking together the
other day and saying how dandy it
would be.
the dance at the Bellevue Stratford
also. And the debutantes who will re-
ceive with Mary are Anne Ashton, Jane
Coke, Henrietta Wilson. Virginia Car
ter, Jane Hepburn, Anita Strawbridge,
Elizabeth Garrison and Annabcla
Wood. Roger Townsend. Dwight Gar
rison, George Armistead, Max Won
Schauensee, Walter Freeman, George
Robins and John Van Pelt will be
guests at the dinner, too.
The Wilbur Paddock Klapps will give
q theatre party and supper for Helen
Sewell before the Norris dance, and
the Henry Michells will entertain for
Rita Heckscher.
WELL, suppose you went last night
w to the Talk Of the Town and
roarcd with laughter when little Jimmy
Ramsey died, and they placed a sheet
or bolster case or what ever that
heavy thing was that West Frazier put
over his head while Peggy Thayer fell
against the wall weeping. n changed
person, never wishing to seek happiness
again, and Charlotte Frazier, looking
bewitching nurse. pulled said sheet
up over Jimmy again Such n frivo-
lous audience I never heard, laughing
at such sad happenings. And Jack
gesticulations? And roor little Polly
Thayer,. the d1fui vamp; she only got
kiss or two and never interfered with
any one else. It's fierce to be called
vamp. and then not to be able to be-
have like one, isn't It?
But every one certainly had good
laugh. There's one thing to be said
about the performance, with the excep-
tions Of few of the choruses, members
Of which got mixed now and again in
their dancing, the whole thing was GER
tainly wonderfully staged. 1t was quite
equal to any professional show. In
deed. not in any professional show have
seen sirens more sirenically portrayed.
That was some portrayal!
The Watteau shepherdess costumes,
the Floradora sextet, Mr.. Muschamp's
impersonation of Mendelssohn and his
playing of the Spring Song; Polly
Thayer's violin solo and Mrs. Whe-
lens singing of Butterfly were all very
good. And the danse cccentrique Of
Mr.. Silverman and Mr.. Sesser was re-
markable, l thought, AS l said before
II was altogether some performance.
T WENT to the Warrincr tea ycster-
l. day afternoon and arrived just at
the most crowded time. Isn't it funny
what creatures of habit we are? We all
choose the middle of the time set on
the invitations and we all arrive at
once, and the middle hour Of the tea
Is jammed with guests, while the early
hours and the late ones see scarcely
any one there. Eloise looked very sweet
in dainty frock of white net embroid
cred in iridescent beads and trimmed
with tullc. Fashioned on rather straight
lines and cut low at the neck, it was
held on the shoulders with iridescent
bead bands, and she wore no sleeves.
LNATHER had not always been very
1 careful of his expression before
baby daughter, but though he had heard
her repeat one or two words that were
not calculated to be accepted as the
height Of refinement. he was utterly
unprepared for this the other day.
Daughter. whom we will call Elsie, was
sent to school for the first time. She
is four years old. and mother thought
it we'll to have her occupied for an hour
every morning, so she. sent her to kim
dergarteR. That day just before lunch
con father dropped in, bringing with
him the Rev. Mr.. K. the familv's
clergyman. When they were all seated
ut table. father said: "Well. Elsie.
tell us what you thought of school,"
And to his horror Elsie looked into his
face and. with an angelic smile. replied:
"I fink it's a h of n school. daddy"
NANCY WYNNE.