Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-28
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Sees Many Women in To,on-She Com,
ments That the Season Is about to Begin--A Tea
ON Satwday-Dances at Belleuue-Strattord

rr,s really remarkable how many peo-
,,o are home again. ] saw so many
..atsrday on Chestnut street could
lerJIv believe my eyes, for, you see, it's
na,f ~ these days it seems as IL IL must
s,mmer and not just three or four
~ y.,s before October 1. / saw Mrs.
qq,h,s,,oie Potter wearing a smart sports
III of dark blue, with belted coat and
email. round hat. the crown Of which
o.as trimmed with French flowers. Mrs.
nabson Altemus was wearing stun
.,ng one piece frock of blue cloth EN-
broSdered in various places with dark
Sivs and a gold thread now and again.
IN elbow sleeves of her gown were
taoyilv embroidered and her small hat
rms fashioned rather high at the back
" ber head. She wore smart French
yail which fitted close. ..s-.
Mrs. Joseph Huston was also In
town, wearing very pretty dark blue
..hite striped voile. Her collar and
s.sh were of white and her sleeves were
o,how length. She wore a dark blue
toffota hat trimmed with q taffeta rib
Non the edges Of which were fringed.
THAT was beautiful luncheon at
tho Manufacturers Club which Mrs.
Iorimer had Yesterday to meet Mrs.
Jcbn r.. Pratt of New York. You know
Wrs pratt is vice chairman Of the ma :
,ionn, ways and means committee OF
,bo Republican party and Mrs. Lorimer
;e vice chairman of the state commit
tcp Of the national ways and means
committee, ] think those are the official
names. Any way, they do wonderful
work. and yesterdays luncheon was
Tor Mrs. Pratt, who gave very inter
eating talk to the executives and other
members of the committee. There were
ohout seventy women there and three
sneakers. Mrs. Lorimer introduced the
sneakers. who included Mrs. Wills
Martin and Miss Elizabeth Frazer, the
writer. besides Mrs. Pratt.
II was very interesting and very
cear, And I was struck with the eX-
treme common sense of the women who
snake There was no proclaiming that
Ike world was to be turned upside down
hscause women have gotten the vote,
but there was a careful explanation OF
what the vote means and of how we
sbould use the privilege. And / be-
lieye that we can do great good, though,
AS for changing the face of the earth,
we'll / agree with Miss Frazer. who
said she did not believe that women's
vote would bring about the millennium.
But she did say that women would
hiring high ideals into their voting, and
thev will 1t was O fine meeting and
many volunteered to help the ways and
means committee IN practical ways.
Mrs. Pratt is very charming. She
was dressed in n dark blue one piece
gown and wide downturned brim hat,
trimmed with coque feathers. Mrs.
Lorimer's frock was Of black lace over
a black satin slip held in place with q
ietted girdle. Her hat was small
tooue Of pearl gray ostrich feathers.
Mrs. Martin was in black and her hat
Of black was faced with kings blue
ostrich Quill. Mrs. George Dunning
was in black satin, her upturned hat
was black trimmed with flowers.
saw Mrs. Walter Thomson, Mrs.
Charles Platt. Jr.. Mrs. Stanley Flagg,
Jr,, Mrs. Allan Stockton. Mrs. Will
liam Belding, Mrs. John Gribbel, Mrs.
Ashton Little. Miss Helen Fleisher.
Mrs. Prentice Nichols, Mrs. Clifford
| pinchot, Mrs. David Paul Brown, Mrs.
| Edward Thomas, Miss Eloise Dickey,
Mrs. George Fritz Chandler, Mrs. Rob
ert Downs, Mrs. George b. Evans.
| Mrs. Dobson Altemus, Mrs. John Gill
bert and a great many others.
HEAR the supper dances in the
L stratford room of the Bellevue
| Stafford are to start next Saturday
evening. The season Is certainly upon
US. Mrs. James Halsey will act this
year as chaperone AT the hotels affairs
and as have said before, think It is
q splendid plan, for everyone knows
Mrs. Halsey and any mother would be
willing to allow her daughter to go to
affairs chaperoned by her. And it's so
nice for the girls. too. That step taken
last year was a brilliant one, indeed.
NANCY WYNNE.