Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
WST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks About Affairs in Newport and
Drifts Down to Beach Hauen on Her Way Back
Gives Bit OF Aduice

SAW Mrs. George saportas the
otBer day in the best looking little
dark brown car. 1t was one OF those
oooi days-.-noticc the those. not
Ttbese"--and she wore an awtully at
tractivc blue serge dress, very SIMPLY
IL and with white collar and cuffs.
mau'ih nIau hat vas sort Of poke shape of
,n.l III hluc straw. quite small, with blue
ua,n ussorers around IL. She looked ex-
oan,nIv coa we'll. She was Miss Betty Sin
n,clson . before her marriage, you re-
member. ''.'' -
r AsT night was the large ball given
IL by DR.. and Mrs. Alexander Rice,
AZ Miramar, their place in Newport,
after Doctor Rice's lecture Hc mas re-
ut,r como back from the most inter-
eet;ng trip Of exploration Zip the ANA
.n,, rivcr. md everybody has been look
IT, iun forward to this talk about 1t as
.nSS,otbing S we'll worth hearing. It was
So, ot tho Casino. but the ball and
s;nner were Mt Miramar nfterward:
uni;oyo thcrc were about 200 or 300
,nsts u. Mrs. Rice gave luncheon
a. VIiramar on Thursday, too, l be-
licve. ,
Nownort is looking forward to seeing
a. Vincent Astor again. You know
.ho has been abroad. but she sailed from
Esnoland r., last Monday, and expects to
- stroieht to Newport from New 1ork.
ssbo IL n member of the board OF gov
nm snnors NJ the Casino, and n meeting Is
to bc called as soon as she gets Dack.
II will be- her first appearance as n
member of the board. so it's very
;mnortant occasion for her. ,
And sad to say, the latest news OF
pb;lndelphia in Newport is that Alex
ander ]. Cassatt was beaten IN tne
doubles of the boys tennis tournainenI
on Thursday. He was playing win one
Of the Gerhardi boys. and thsE W.
beaten by another Gerhnrdl ana Ma'.e.
Andrews. Speaking OF tennis we sem
to have second Iilden IN ihIe l,.,
young protege, Charles "atsoh' uon
we?
The Watsons spend every summer az
their cottdge in Beach Haven. anu ~
was down there. ! understnmi,I' tna'
Juno Tildcn-you call him biii. H. nov I,
though, don't you?-got hold OF mares
sn ma discovered that he was built for
tann;s Tho Watsons arc down there
now and have been for some time. nut
lar be il from Charles to miss anything
In tho shane of a tennis tournament
lust for the sake Of a little seashore
air!
AND while we're on the subject OF
n athletics, I suppose you know that
J. Brooks r. Parker, of Straftord, ana
c. Bradford Fralcy. Of Whitemarsh.
sailed on the Princess Natoika to take
part in the Olympic games at Antwerp
next month Brad Fraley married
Efie Disston. you know, and they live
at Willow Dam, in Whitemarsh. lie
was a captain during the war.
OF COURSE, just before you are
~ engaged it's very nice to make all
your parties foursomes. with your best
friend, SO that there won't be any sus-
picion at all. "Oh. they're not en-
gagged" you want people to say: why
they play around with another girl and
man all the time" It's very good
stunt. But IL you want to avoid sus-
tain attractive young person whom YOU
know and know. whose engagement is
going to be announced soon.
She arranged one Of these funny little
foursomcs, and said. "I'll call you up
about it, Well. the other girl waited
and waited for that telephone call, and
tried to make one herself, but the zen!
eagec" was gone. utterly disappeared.
She didn't call up for two weeks. and
when they finally met and friend
wanted to know. "Whcre have you
been?" she had forgotten all about that
little half arrangement. And then she
expected Friend to be surprised when
she made the big announcement.
Don't do it-you cant get away with
II. NANCY WYNNE.