Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-01

~rVtIE thing TO do these afternoons Is
o. oo n Rittenhouse Square II you
20 sec good looking frocks and
wam,t w,n,tv good looking girls. For now
sWiatit Wiot it,s warmer every one who has not
.nno ont OF town goes there to walk or
a, Cor while in the afternoon sun. inc
Srst thing you know we IL D, nearins
shout the flower market and all ,@ne me
s,,burbap out of. doors ahairs, 700; bS
supua su. tbo buds now showing a yellow.
hsa' ~ rroen will be tiny leaves. Aren't {
y" ,hnv epretty then, all feathery and sweet
and fresh?
po,,v pancoast and Pansy Scott were
.tar;nr about the square one after
an This week. They are great friends,
NJ o,bere YOU see one you are apt 10
An' ,he other. Polly was wearing dark
ss',o ~. tailored suit and lighter bluo
sv,s pIos hat. Papsy's suit was blue also.
H hat vas one of those semisports
.i,airs of blue straw with n soft SIX
tsssle on the sides.
r CANNOT believe that we have only
i three days more Of Lent including TO ,
~. can YOU? Time goes SO fast
.hese days. A week resembles kitten
.hss;ng It's tail you never realize that
ssanday is here, before you open your
vas On the next Monday. as 1t were.
There are no parties planned for, this
-.at Sritb the exception of the Amherst
sn,sicoi Gibbs, which are said TO be the
Sary frst college organizations OF the
t;ra oreauized in America. The concert
ali onen with the famous song, Lord
fnarey Amherst" which has been the
Introductory song of this 'singing col
isre of New England ever since me
founding of the musical ASSOCIATION IN
1921.
Anv number Of Philadelphia women
Nave consented to act as patronesses Tor
fbis evenings affair. Among them arc
Mrs. Alfred Reginald Allen, Mrs'
Norris Barratt,. Mrs. George w; boyu.
Mrs. Sbarswood Brinton, Mrs. Herbert
T. Clark. Mrs. Sabin Cotton, Jr., Mrs.
Rpsseli Duane, Mrs. Rowland Cad
wsieder Evans, Mrs. Charles ii.
TrsS;er. Mrs. John II. Gibbon. Mrs.
charles Francis Gummey, Mrs. Charles
Cnstis Harrison, Mrs. Henry r.. NJ.
lands. Mrs. Francis d. Lewis, Mrs.
I Efinrbam b. Morris, Jr.. Mrs. Alfred
stenrel, Mrs. Alexander Van Rcnsse-
Iser' Mrs. Theodore u. Starr. Mrs.
Hsn,v Miller Watts and ever so many
ntbers. The concert will be followed by
Q dance.
HAVE been hearing u good deal OF
i late about various matters in regard
IN our young people and the efforts that
are being made to place parties and GU
tertainment for them on a saner basis,
and. as | said before, am so glad that
things are being done to help this move
ment along.
Now l am going to tell you Of one
incident know Of, and wonder after
YOU have heard it IL you will blame the
girls, as most of us have, for the general
iaIity Of things
A certain little girl who is very sweet
aud who has a very good time at the
parties was going home from one sons
evenings ago and her mother said to her
as they we're riding along: We'll, dear
you had good time, didn't you?' Being
wise mother she bad marked the fact
that there seemed to be some sort of fly
In the ointment. "Oh yes," said the littl,
sub. deb, "but I'd have had better
time if I had gone on that ride. y
"Ride?" asked the mother. "Y Yes. j
and H had their car downstairs
you know, and they wanted B ant
me to 20 out for a ride during the party
] knew you would not want me to &c
so said No, but b went and they
got M---to so" too. And did so want
to CO."
And her mother. telling Of the Incl
dent later. said: "Now you can realize
how hard it is for the girls TO be ladies
these days. My little daughter, because
she knew Il was not the thing to do
had to stay in the dancing room aud se'
two Of her best friends among the boyt
depart with two other girls for nothins
more nor less than joy ride. and sht
wanted to go like everything.
Don't you think that IL cars were dis
tributed by parents among the boys Will
little more care, or with proper re
strictions, it might not be no easy to d.
the unconventional things (to say thu
least) which are being done by thu
young people Of todayI
OF course you will reply that a CIR
who is properly brought up will hay,
the instincts of n Indy and will not d'
these things. But, unfortunately, whei
the temptation TO so of on a lark of th
kind comes many do not stop to think
and II they can manage to slip out o
the room without the eye of the hostess
upon them they do it.
These things will have to be regulates
Mt their source. The laxity has gone to,
far to depend on proper feelings abou
them. In this case cited the boys 1oun'
two who were willing to 60 against ON
who refused
All honor to that young girl who di'
refuse, / am proud to know her; but |
seems to me II others are likely to accep
these invitations the young owners o
cars had better be restricted in thei
hse, anyhow. NANCY WYNNE.