Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07
! lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wmne Tells Of the Deponshire Fete Saturday
She attends the Wheeler-Brice Wedding.
<" The Tale OF an Umbrella

,Y,AsN'T il too bad that Saturday
w vss such mean day. And all
.so, ,ovcly garden party at the John
ssns had TO be held In the house in
stesd of outside. I think Mrs: Johnson
$40 wonderful to let people tramp
throusb her beautiful home IN wet
c,othes and rubbers. 1t would have
hurt me every step they took.
: Int as IL was, the party was great
mccess. The Arden players gave Alice
n Wonderland" in the house instead
of in the woods, and the grab bags
wcre fine: and the lovely English tea
and Devonshire cream ana strawDer-
tks ths red lone'' with great celebrity, SO
uos uuv told by the woe bird who went in
nv stead, And there was quite crowd
there md every one was careful to
hrIng ms little mud from the roads as
nossible. or course, most of the people
arrived In cars. but even getting from
tbe car step to the porch one could get
wet on Saturday.
WENT TO the Wheeler Brice we'd
i ding at st. Luke's and the Epiphany
Church. and all my predictions of how
sweet Mabel Brice would look were per-
fectly true. And it was certainly a
pretty wedding. -,
II was nice to see Katherine Smith
Wheeler. had not seen her for sew
eral years and found her very little
changed. OF course, she and Bert have
been over here often since their mar
riage. but ! just have not happened to
see them. And little Madeleine WIS
darling as flower girl. Certainly the
Wheeler mems wives are very good
looking. Mrs. Andrew Wheeler vas
simply lovely.
There was quite crowd at the re-
cention and the presents were perfectly
beautiful. ] have marveled at the we'd
ding presents which are given these
days. I can remember about ten to
twelve years ago a bride thought II wns
wonderful II she received more than 100
presents: and now they 60 up into the
FIVE hundreds.
UMBRELLAS are certainly elusive
~ things. aren't they? heard the
d,Ieerest story about one the other day.
A woman you know and ] know re-
ceived very beautiful umbrella from
her husband for birthday present. and
hIphly she priced it, for not only was n
dear as his gift. but it had evidently
been dear otherwise (for which trite re-
mark please squelch yourself, Nancy.
II had an unusually beautiful handle Of
carved silver and the initials of said
woman were engraved thereon.
One day she went to a bridge party
on Walnut street, and as she was
leaving the rain was falling and she
was glad to remember she had brought
with her her precious umbrella. Imagine
her distress on going to the dressing
room to find the umbrella gone. Her
hostess was much disturbed and even
took the trouble to call up every guest
BY mistake the umbrella had been
taken.
An replied mo-" and the umbrella
seemed irretrievably lost.
But just the other day, two years
after its loss, the one time owner was
paying n call, and while there another
woman came in and in her hand was
the lost umbrella. The previous owner
made no sign, but her eyes were fairly
riveted upon said umbrella, and the
other, seeing her looking, said prompt
y: Are you looking at this umbrel-
laf" With some confusion the UNI
brella lady admitted that she was. las
1t is SO Ike one I lost and valued very
much.
20 Well" said the other, perhaps
this is it. 1t has initials on it; why,
yes to be sure they are yours, and /
never thought of you. You see, It came
into my hands in the queerest way. I
had just come home from Jamaica and
went into the club carrying my own
umbrella and top coat l laid them in
the window seat and stepped out in the
hall to telephone. When / came back,
short time later, l found my coat
where | had laid it, but instead. of my
own umbrella this beautiful one was
there.
II asked questions of everyone, but
the maids said they had not noticed
than anyone had even been in the room.
And the fact remained mine was gone.
As it was raining l took this along,
leaving the facts of the case at the desk
II anyone called for it later. No one
did, and so l kept the umbrella.
Now isn't that the queerest thing?
And | have felt guilty every time |
used 1t, 1t was such a remarkably good
looking one; / knew some one must
nave treasured it. 1t is queer -
And forthwith she returned the UNI
pfella to its former owner.
NANCY WYNNE.