Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
list GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Chats About Miss Packards Debut.
She Sees Miss Grey in Atnactiue Hat. lr
Frdnkie's Words Floor the Family

~r SEEMS to me when think them
,r there nre some mighty attrac-
.;ris 10 come out this season.
wv Ruth Packard you know, the
1neI 1Iocr daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
goons g.sc n Packard. Of Villanova. She
geo' sister Of Betty Packard and Mary
r. came out together about three
rnsrs ago. Mary married DR.. Arthur
i;iI;ngs about two years ago and they
,,ra at 1903 Locust street. They have
darling wee baby, who is eight Or
n,rs months old. i think. 80.
w Elizabeth or Betty, as most of her
tv,ends call her, is peach OF q girl,
tno She has the cutest troop OF little
si,l scouts from out around Nil'anova.
pstty became scout captain snortiy
p.g ... that work was first tiken up and
M a.. has ono of the most hourishing
su.ons snu in the Philadelphia branch Of the
Girl Scouts. -, ~,
4. the debutantp and therefore will
p rho most to do socially in that
nanr this year. The Packards have
nor,n I'm in the Adirondacks and have
49, sncnding July and August there.
y.,,h and Elizabeth have had number
n"; a;ris stavipg with them during the
,srer =. and the week ends have been
n affairs with the various other
sa, s,sts there. too. Their camn is not
fron, the Newbolds and Thayers.
p,,,h Ia extremely popular with the girls
.sS boys of the younger set and that
s.,ars without saying 1t. that she -
n hello. The year Elizabeth and
W,ry came out Mr.. aud Mrs. Packard
m" msre in mourning and they were in
t..d,ccd ot a tea which Mrs. Charles
Whooler gave. and at which were intro
I,oed also her granddaughter, Suzanne
TiI;ot who afterward married Robert
nnrner and Hannah Hobart. who IL
Wrs Charles Wheeler. Jr's. daughter
i, her former marriage.
Mrs Packard II relative ot Mrs
wheeler, but cannot just now. place
,be exact relationship. Mr.. and Mrs.
packard will give the tea to Introduce
Ruth at the Meadows. their NlilanoVa
Mace. on October 7, II their plans have
moi changed since l heard OF them last
week.
THOUGH the George Wideners spend
most Of their time in New. York
n,u we arc interested to hear Of them
ne wc are Of all former Philadelnhians.
Widenor gave n lovely children's party
A. their place Midcliff on Wednesday
st,ornoon There was Punch and
\ Jrdy show, and you know If you are a
child Won never get tired Of seeing that
r;dir,ious pautonlimc or whatever you
.uvbt 10 call It. | guess it's a puppet
shou Then there was music and deli
cinus eats and of course that made the
G
know Il never was n party till the
'eats" were brought in.
hid you know that Lucy Grey has
~ bobbed her hair? I saw her yester-
day on the street and there it was cut
short and II looked very we'll She wore
A small dark blue hat with an upturned
brim which suited her hair to pertec.-
tiou. She has rather light reddish hair
and the dark blue was just right. She
wore long dark blue cloak over her
frock. Lucy Is the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Grey, of 1880 Pine street.
She made her debut last year. Louise
Grey Is a sister and Norma is younger
sister.
FRANKIE is three and often gets
= INTO MISCHIEF anu ut us OItth ~ No
to get ont Of it by blaming some one
ehc. Among other acquired things he
has mastered some very large words,
Well the other day he went into the
garden and proceeded to pick some of
grandma's very best dahlias. Shed
been nursing them all summer and was
waiting to use them for a special lunch
con she was giving for her garden club.
And tben---Frankie picked them. Well.
grandma decided that after all he was
pretty small. so she'd give him a chance
10 explain before Furnishing. well.
grandma" said he "Effel told me to
DO it,"
Ethel, who is FIVE, happened to be in
the next room, fortunately for her repu-
taton and she called out in loud voice,
~ did not"
"Yes. you did" said frankie.
BY this time Ethel grew angry aRd
screamed, II DID MOTT"
"Efel," remarked frankie, ''I not
deaf, you needn't squeam, I" and he
ulped-"R-its--rate you DID tell
me-" And even Ethel was speechless.
NANCY WYNNE.