Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

that is different Iro'', wv i,,,o M,
though it did seem tunny 10 muic ,orn %n
ASSiy"0 without sherry in the sauce
rup,m sad dish to those OF us VINO
sceu,''it - With said sauce. Poor thing,
knew il didn't look tho same =
N,II,,'oycr. NITtuU every one enjoyed being
I,Lisb IN the nth degree. and we all
SD19oo' coal fine. Tho music was great,
nau M rainsaying that and though
tne'tL Lo1Iro m was bit crowded, as the
tne VTro ,rorr on and some left for home
ua t','V Vlonci II was better and better.
wv, ,rbc ballroom was beautiful bcyonu
u,rJs The back Of the boxes ana inc
wOiI wollS of the lower floor were, covered
Nah' N White lattices twined with smilax
win CMhm,;Stmas greens. Chandeliers OF
anu ,;. 1ights were placed at the corner
css..Oob hoy and the lights were dlmmeo
Of OH Ga'Ti INV rod shades. Poinsettias iig
VIII iorgclv in the color scheme, ana
erVu n ,ro"s ,%'S were placed between the lattice
III oL J The stage was not raised IRON
WI W aoo, as in former years, but was
,ng ,p,oJ oJ' with box trees, palms, ferns
oa,i"t I tnoinspttias. and the ornamented
sanrts suu Of the boxes were covered WIN
brncbes of greens and featherS reu
ngTeos, Tho windows and elevators were coy
AVOID in the foyer with lattice worh;
snd palms, ferns, and poinscttias lor.ieu f,..ns.
the background for the patloauns;Tn, roon;vc
WY u1v stood in a straight row to receive
the guctS:. , .,o s,mc l;ttlc re
.n,,s from the debutantos about thelr
maIHo which had been practlced,
.ooordinr so% to them. all the day. =, =.
r. is n beautiful sight to walk down
A. ~ stoire t from the dressing room. and
Wv ~ Uotch that continuous march OF
.or,ou in wonderful gowns and We'll
m.nnrred men descending ahead OF you
End proceeding across the hoor 10 the
t"o Gmo tbon courtesying and bowling before
oonb r"J natroness. Though | must say py
tbe time ] got to Mrs. ChcSton, Vue
youngest Of the patronesses, Was 81
miycd with the many courtesles ! coln
s,;ttod tho crime of smiling and boWlng
nls't" nI rot conrtesving any more. 1t just
condnt he did And right next TO me
heard one man who was studlously
tou,inp while his wife was courtesylng'
ro,art in an even undertonc, Don
rol nut YOUR heel on my pumps again,
Mrs, Thayer did look too beautiful.
sbe has the lovelest coloring and her
sonn Of cold and turquoise brocade was
sTyomrdorfnily becoming. AS for Mrs.
Trencbprd Newbold, ! do think she is
ono of the best dressed women 1T Pnll-
oJo,nbio and YOU know with her golden
hair and blue eyes how she appeared
in n sapphire blue velvet. Mrs. AlecE
Yarpall chose perfectly cHqulSlte
gown of pale pink which certainly IS
pepper wore light blue and silver bro
raGe g and Mrs. Chestons blue. gown
lust matched her eyes.
MRS, PEMBERTON HUTCH1N-
lIl son. whose husband is one of the
committee. you know, received in place
Of Mrs. Alexander j. Cassatt, who was
unable 10 attend on account OF illness.
Mrs. Hutchinson wore very handsome
gown of black velvet and jet. ! was so
glad to see Mrs. Thayer there. as l
had heard that her mother, Mrs. Morris,
has been quite seriously i'll, but she was
better. Polly told me, 50 they all went
to the bail.
That lovely Polly was quite one of
the prcttiest debs there. She had
wonderful frock of green and gold bro
cade. and peggy's dress was of orange
velvet draped with gold net and trimmed
with flowers. It's hard to decide who
is pretticst in that family, Mrs. .Thayer
or one of the two daughters.
THOSE sweet little Glendinning girls
l. did look charming. They We're in
white tule frocks. All pure white,
hoopskirts and little punches of white
ostrich feathers at the waist line, and
strings Of Opalescent pearls about their
Decks. Their mother, Mrs. Robert
Glendinning. wore black jet and car
rinI rf tbpgn ur fnQ thpr
fans.
CAROLINE BARCLAY. who is
" mighty sweet little somebody, looked
very pretty in frock of American
beauty velvet with net sleeves. And
CeleStine Warder, who always looks so
vivacious and bright. wore an awfully
pretty gown of American beauty satin,
the bodice Of which seemed to be en-
tlrely of gold brocade. | could not
catch full glimpse Of her, as she was
dancing so much, but did look lovely,
her frock had tullc sleeves. Mrs.
Warder was very handsome in a gown
or black chiffon velvet, which had
rhinestone straps over the shoulders,
and she wore pearls and diamonds.
tell you who looked perfectly sweet
that was Margaret Graham. Her
rock was of blue and silver brocade.
ana she wore string Of pearls about
her neck. She is such a dainty little
persoa that the blue was just the right
color Rhoda Brooke, another debu
IPnte wore white satin and rhinestones,
ana deep orange tulle sash which gave
\ wonderful bit of color to the dress :;
2 sud tlorcuce Kane, another bud, was
N white satin. Her dress had cunning
ClTn 4 4
Snc wore pearls. Mrs. Kane wore a
gown OF purple velvet draped at the
Sde and had long net sleeves. In fact.
most of the gowns were far more mod
esI tnan those worn at many affairs for
long time Can it be that change
think?
livery one got there about | | 80 and
supper was at II 80 precisely, as usual.
Hn1 when VIC started home around five
~ w. there was the usual boullOn and
WWuS loastles to Quel the appetite.
metl' 1t was all beautiful there's no
mistake about that
ND tonight there will be some of us
, VINO viii be filled with enough am
To T,"H ana love of dancing to hc us to
J supper Club for dinner and to
Hooe, HHouce, though not to the wee sma' hours,
IA S%.rauSe S., the supper Club is on a Satur-
KY GbaS night; but it's great fun, never
doao dJ"eaesS, ana there's plenty of time to
nance all evening.
A r ave you been out on any coasting
ho parties lately? Hart's Hill. out on
n 't tln nam Line, is a wonderful place.
n,t tooh o a few coasts the other afternoon
Ppar mere; and Mrs. Charlie Mum, with
him Marion and Chas, as they call
.n"' was there cOastiug most of N ~