Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-14
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne attends the Second Assembly Talks
of the Parties for Valentines Day-Se,Ualps
limitations Are Recalled

rEALLY, l do think to ride through
n the dirty streets on night like
last night, with the specter of grippe on
ail sides, through the still remaining
Liock snow, and then to step down the
stairs into that foyer and on into the
soiIroom of the Bellevue Stratford was
,;Ia going into fairyland. Somehow out
lido even though one was protected in
car from the cold and streets, it
soemed so black and dark and lowering
ond once inside and divested of wraps
f. was another world. And such a
nretty world For the ballroom was a
marvel of pink and pale yellowish
blooms, and the great ferns and palms
gave a solid background to the lighter
aowers. Then the Meyer Davis Orches-
fra does make you feel as jazzy as pos
sible, doesn't it?
Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke. as told
vol, took the late Mrs. Cassatt's place
In the receiving line. She looked ex-
tremely well, thought, and, of course,
Mrs, Trenchard Newbold and Mrs.
Ileck Yarnall were stunning as they
slways are. Little Mrs. Pepper was i'll,
vou know, and so Mrs. Beau Borie, Jr..
received in her place. She was Miss
Mamie Newbold. you remember, and
Is an aunt of Dickie Newbold, who is
among the seasons buds.
Somehow | think every one felt extra
sad about Mrs. Cassatt's death last
night. Not that she had been at the
first assembly. because, you remember.
she was too i'll to come to the ball then.
and Mrs. Penn Hutchinson received in
her place. but at that time we had
boped she might get better. and instead
she died a week later. And now her
granddaughter, Lois, has lost her wee
baby through death, so 1t was sad to
think of.
Most of the debs who had not gone to
the South or elsewhere for a rest were
at the ball and great many of the
younger married people. The dancing
was splendid for there was more room
and somehow you just kept on and on
till the wee sma hours. Only one ball
more now, and then much needed rest,
after one of the fullest seasons In the
way of social doings for many year.
THERE will be lot of Valentine
L parties today. Some really for the
day and others just by chance. For
instance. in the younger set there will
be a party at the Philadelphia Cricket
Club tonight. given by the Tom Gateses
for their son, Tom. Jr.. and Mary
Clark, daughter of the Percy Clarks, Of
Cynwyd. will have party, too. An
other affair will be the afternoon party
that Mrs. Richard Norris will give for
her little daughter Grace at their home,
on Twentieth street.
And then this afternoon there will
be the performance of Cinderella. which
you probably went to every year when
you were small. It's to be given ut the
Metropolitan and Mrs. Bob Montgom
cry. Mrs. Cap Morris, Mrs. George
Potter, Jr., and several other women
will give box parties for their children.
The older affairs will be a theatre
party. preceded by dinner, for Cath
crime Morris, which her uncle and aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott
will give, and then the Harry Thayers
will entertain at the theatre and supper
afterward for Polly Thayer. their niece
n1D you know that the Arthur Sew
- alls have recalled their invitations
for a dinner dance on Monday night
for Jane Yeatman? 1t appears she
slipped on the ice and sprained her
ankle. I'm glad for her sake that it
was not break; that is so hard to re-
cover from. but a sprain when prop
erly bandaged does not last very long.
Jane as you know, is daughter of the
Pope Yeatmans and is a debutante OF
this year. It's too bad. after n season
Of SO much fun, to have to miss the
second Assembly, a dinner dance given
in your own honor and the Bal Masque.
too isn't it?
LIVERY now and then one thinks that
~ one has heard about the rudest thing
than can have been done at a party
and then one hears of worse one. The
latest quite paralyzed me, for why, ]
ask. did those giving the party allow it?
Suffice it to say that at party given
for members of the younger set recently
a certain young man was asked to lead
the cotillon. Well. he did, so what
have you got to say about that. Nancy I?
Oh. we'll. yes, he did; he stood in the
middle of the room and called out the
figures and named those to dance in
each, and all the while between his lips
he wore a cigarette. I think he wore it
FOR his manners, which were far. far
away. NANCY WYNNF.