Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-30

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| ,bis evening at Mrs. Wurts' dancing
,.., for they all love it and look for
I'D 70 it from meeting to meeting. As
.nol a number of dinners will be given
i ,.f..o tbc dance. The Owen Roberts
N entertain for their daughter Eliza
,,th and the Abram Ta5nalls will give
/ nortv for their daughtcl Margaret and
,,,;r niece, Dora Butcler. Mr. and
,,,, Carroll Hodge will entertain at
r,ror for their two daughters Muriel
.nd Dorothy. and the George Pctersons
viii give n dinner for Werner.
NONG the dobutantes there will be
n smaller affairs only today. with the
...ortion of the dinner dance which the
wiAcuers are giving in New York for
r6 Tho Bcrtram Lippiucotts will en-
,,,t,in at the theatre nrd supper
,ftcrward for Betsy Davis. daughter of
Irs Isaac Warren Davis. of Penllyn.
Then Masie Rush and George Bartol.
r. who. as you know. are to be mar
rod on April >, will be guests of honor
a. a dinner to be given by Mrs. Joseph
II Brazier this evening, and the guests
viii 20 to the theatre afterward.
DID YOU hear about the scare the Penn
IL Smiths and IIarrimanS had over
Mrs Penn Smith. Jr.? She came on
irom Now York recently and took Kitty
Smith with hcr down to the Brightoc
IN Atlantic City for n short stay. Snp
hos not been very well. and il was
tbought best for her to leave the new
taby at home. and take things easy. as
h were, at the seashorc.
They went down last Thursday. and
Mrs Smith was taken suddenly desper-
ater i'll with pleurisy the next day.
In fact. the doctor thought at first that
II was pneumonia. and only yesterday
decided that it was not. OF course. Mr..
smith. Mrs. Hartman, her mother, you
kpow. aud Mrs. Smith. Sr., were sent
for and every one was pretty well
frightened at first: but now. fortu-
natcly. she is better and will get well If
all goes as at present.
But she will have to stay in Atlantic
City for number of weeks before she
can be moved. | declare. with so much
sickness about one is mighty relieved
TO hear When people are getting better.
T HEAR that the City Parks Associa
| tion of Philadelphia has issued invi-
tstions to meet the Mayor and Mrs.
Moor on Wednesday evening, February
II, nt the Historical Society of Penn
svlyania. 1900 Locust street. And Mr.:
Arnold W. Brunncr, of Now York. vii!
sneak on "Rivcr- Front Embnnkmcnt. y
A most representative number OF
u omon will act as hostCsscS that eve
ming and it seems it will be a very in
affair. The hostesscs are Mrs.
Touis T. Benson, Mrs. john CadWal-
,der. Jr.. Miss Sophia Cadwalader,
Miss Caroline f.. Cope, Mrs. Andrew
Wright Crawford. Mrs. Theodore NJ.
Fitting. Mrs. John G. Groomc. Mrs.
Charles Wolcott Henry. Mrs. Arthur
II. Lea, Mrs. Howard w, Lewis, Mrs.
William Draper Lewis. Mrs. j. Willis
Martin. Mrs. Eli Kirk Price. Mrs: Cor
,elius Stevenson. Mrs. Joseph F.. Wide
ler Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,
ind Mrs. Clarence Clark Iantzinger.
TNTtE Charlotte Cushman Club $ tea
l. for Mr.. John Drew will he held this
afternoon from 4 until > 80 o'clock.
Those tcas are delightful affairs. Ever
;ince the little club was started down
m South Tenth street it has grown
md grown, and now takes in two
Houses at Twelfth and Locust streets.
The women on the board have been
in their efforts to make the
'luh real home for the actress who,
lot drawing princcly salary, is un-
,blc to 90 to the first class hotel and
las often had to go to boarding houses
where tho accommodations have not
,ecn suited to her needs. At the Cush
nan Club she always finds supper
rhcn she rcturns, often cold and tired,
rom the theatre at night. The rooms
ire delightful and very pretty. various
,erSors having donated the furniture
ind accessories.
Mr.. Drew has always shown an in
ercst in tho welfare of the club, as have
many other we'll known actors and
ctrcSscS. Mrs. Otis skinner has been
PRESIDENT of the rlub for many years.
Some Of tho board members include Mrs.
lanes Large. Mrs. Samuel Chew, Mrs.
sydney Hutchinson. Mrs. George Falcs
5aknr. Mrs. r.. Emott Hare, Mrs.
ieorGc II. Lorimer. Mrs. Clarence
JNrk /antaingcr, Mrs. Mahlon Kline.
'Ir. llorutio Gates Lloyd and Mrs.
Edward Becrhcr Finck.
Mrs. Clinton Rogers Woodruff whose
Ir0th last season was such shock to
Ter family and friends, was for years
reaSurCr of the club.
NANCY WYNNE.