Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-01
LLST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE q
Nancy lynne Chats about Number Of Things.
She Hears Of Plans for Mask and viz
Parties

Sr,rIJ,. Nancy took trip uptown to
w coo rho Rowing Marines on Saturday
,;rbt at tho armory and believe me, J,
las worth il. IT was awfuliy good ana
nroot many people OF prominence were
ahsre roo. The Sydney Thayers ana the
Casts and the Glendinnings ana IoIs OF
Tes.s ,,hosc boys were in the Marines
uurtuS nhnso boya in the show certainly dih
,,nn f,n. They danced aud sang and
horsd ond really had as good q time as
did As for the hula hula dance:
We u ths scene of the show was changed
VIII IIIonolulu, well the hero premiere
uH,,somseI ~ was wonder. And he en-
onod tbc fun himself ] can tel you.
}1c 10y nas not word asking for re-
lntits li.s ether. but ] will be nightly
ciu,,; ci.or;sed IL there will not be q goodly
rlhor SUBJ from Philadelphia after the
IaH Iluisbtfui picture Of Marine life shown
BY those boys. \.
WAS astonished the other day to
heor several women making plans for
A.. Tnsk md Wig parties. Goodness.
I"e ".bonrht. how far ahead they, do plan
~ .I" tbnn' when I stopped to think ]
reaiized that the Mask ana Wig IS ohly
Gee weeks off, for already ten DAYS OF
lent have passed. And SO OK course
;t's time to make plans for MASK anu
wig parties and Easter partirs,'
.o.tY W. .t The Mask and Wig on Monday
pss'ES Eostcr week for her granddnughters'
., d. tIeckschcr and Dorothy Burr.
DE- DIE is n make her debut next Octo-
t.n n,'a hmt Dorothy. ! think has. year or
per, p"S r,it The Burrs have becn living
o. p.o.d ~ FOR several years. Mrs. Burr was
NJ Mamie Brown. daughter OF Mrs.
M,sn In,;rs who was before her marriaSs.
to thc iste MIR. Leaning. the WIDOW oil
Mr.. Brown. -,
p;ta ueckschers mother was also
,.naht.r of Mrs, Leaning and for some
sSers after his first wife's death Mr.
stsrSnS Heckscher and his children
lived with Mrs. Leaning: Mr.
Hecksber married again ABOUT tnrce
wears ago and he and his family i've ID
Strafford.
xr1ELL. I have heard Of most III
w terestinc engagement. Aud what \
,,,oro II is not one that is to be an
nounccI in month, or six months or
roar as 40 many that one hears about
aye hut this is to be announced quit"
soon. And it's an awfully nice one, TOO.
The man is rather older than the girl.
that is. he is around ten years older at
least and she has been out about three
years. should say. get so mixed up
with the war and the coming out before
and after and during that l can Z quite
nIace who was introduced and when
not in the last three apd four years.
ANY way. the man is one OF several
brothers and he has n most attractive
sister. who was married several years
ago and who now lives in another city.
So when you hear in u short time
You'll know lust who meant, and I am
glad / am going to have the chance to
congratulate them 10 a few days. and
then. few days later. ! am going to
tell you who it is.
1 linn Drayton last week is n sorrow to
very many who knew him and his wifr
and four sons. Mr.. Drsyton was the
been IL for several months. His wife
was Miss Edith Welsh. Il member of the
distinguished family of that name in
this city. Mr.. Drayton was a man Of
fine. broad character, kindly, charming.
genial and generous to all. His four
sons Billie. who married Miss Frances
Dunning;, Harry. Newbold aud John,
who hurried Miss Charlotte Rush. were
all in the service Of the co, ntry during
the war. The eldest. DR.. William
Drayton. was with the Pennsylvania
Hospital unit in France during the war,
and Harry was in the aviation. while
both Newbold and John were in the
army.
=. Mr.. Drayton was the son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heyward Dray-
ton, of this city and the Cedars, Penl-
lyn. Mrs. Drayton. his mother was n
Miss Coleman. The Drayton family
lived on Spruce street above Tcuth.
iooS think 1t was. for many years. a
brother. Mr.. Robert c. Drayton. who
aled about five years ago. married Miss
Harriet Meigs, and Mr. Pcrcival Dray-
ton' a younger brother. married Miss
caroline Tyson; Mr.. Hayward Dray-
,,on' another brother. spends his time
mere and in Chicago. where he has busi-
ness interests. He makes his home here
win his sisters. Miss Sarah and Miss
harriet Drayton. y third sister is Mrs.
Morris Lewis. '''
a tru" gentleman of the old school,
we mark the passing of such men with
profound sorrow. Somehow. aside
IRON tHG feeling of personal loss. there
Is the thought of what loss they are
" 'ne nation in these times.