Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-26
TIIST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Speaks of the Horse Sho,o at Depon
Today--She Is Interested in the Engagement of
Miss SedgUick and Mr.. Munroe, OF Ne,v York

,,,rtt. Is It going to rain or isn't 1t?
w Tho,.s tho way you always feel
The opening day Of the Horse
seou.9 And all the rest OF the days,
SNOW tbe weather is apparently clear.
even alwsys feeling Of wonder and
tner roIief when II does not rain. Five
tnen i, n long stretch to go over with
oa. ny had weather. and the horses are
\ cu. c a. hst the same and the show goes
.ne, ,.hothor YOU are soaked to the skin
ou wi Bc that as it may. every one
oI or, ng ho ont at Devon bright and carly
I.r VII and the affair will start at 10
oIiy i,re told you quite bit about this
.LasJ Of time. so | guess that's enough
,iIl the party is really on. ,
WAS very much interested yester-
L dsv hearing Of Adelaide Sedgwick's $
.,,ooemcnt to John Munroe. VI course.
,ts not Philadelphia engagement: but
,hor both Adelaide and her. sister,
aisen who married james Blackstone
Tsylor. Jr.. o couple of years ago, have
hosn over here for parties several times.
and especially the year they came out.
7 remember Adelaide came over Tor inc
Henry Brinton Cove ball the year Mrs.
Standlpy Stokes was introduced, ana Tor
one of the Biddle balls.
Goodness, that was SIX years ago.
How time does fly! The Sedgwickss
lived in Paris for several years and
later In England. coming over mere
after the beginning OF the great war:
a'' idcIaidc returned to England in 1917.
,,d did some splendid work. which was
ti"bly commended by the French Gov
n.ss,ncnt Uc fiancc. John Munroe. is
hrnthcr Of Louise and Henry Munroc.
., Now York. and was graduated from
Harvard in 1913. lie was one OF the first
,t;ccrs 10 graduate from the training
,obooI ot Fontainebleau, and he served
sor many months with the Twenty
ninth French Artillery. He received the
Croix de Guerre.
= Altogether, it is a most interesting
engagement. and those of us who know
Adelaide are very glad, as from all
bear John Munroe is a very fine fellow
and she will be very happy in her mar
ried life. -
dark with rich coloring. She is consid-'
cred one Of the most beautiful of the
New York girls. ~.
oTTTLIE MORRIS is to be intro
" duccd at tea next October by her
mother. Mrs. Alfred Paul Morris. of
Villspova. AZ first Mrs. Morris in
tended giving n dance next month. but
she has now decided to put off all debu-
tautc festivities till the fall. Ottilie is
very pretty. Her mother was Miss
Mildred VAIN. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob VAIN and niece of Mrs.
Charles Custis Harrison. Mr.. Morris
died about eight years ago. and his fam
ily have lived in the house in Villanova
10 which they moved from Havcrford
shortly before his illness and death.
Ottilc has two sisters. Priscilla and
Lydia Lewis. and little brother who
is named for his father.
T HEARD some one threatening to go
to tho Will o. the Wisp Ball at the
Academy Of the Fine Arts tonight as
spritc. with pair of wings attached to
his dress coat and bandage about his
brow trimmed With pair of fcclcrs
which he intended to borrow from
water bug 7 wonder! But one thing
do know is that it will be beautiful
party. for the artists Of this city arr
Ingenious. and nothing IL not original.
] said | intended togo, you know, and
I'm going all right. =. . ...s..
7 SAW Mrs. Isaac Clothier at an
affair the other afternoon, and she
certainly did look stunning. She was
wearing very pretty gray blue sports
coat, and her skirt. which was accor-
ala tnI l.
this shade was most becoming. With
this costume she wore n large blue hat,
trimmed with orange flowers.
NANCY WYNNE.