Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-20
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Talks 4bom Too Interesting Engagements
Mask and " g Play Promises to Be Good Fun

HELEN HARTE aud "Timmy"
Thompson engagement, announced
yesterday, is an interesting one. You
know. Helen is the daughter of DIR,
Richard Ilarte, who is not only well
known as a physician. but as the leader
of Base Hospital No 10. which was
the first. of the PHILADELPHIA units to go
abroad after our entrance into the great
war His elder daughter Katherine.
married one of the Boston Putnams,
and it was while staying there that Mrs.
Harte was taken very i'll and died be-
fore Doctor Hartc was able to reach
her. He was sent for and was given
leave TO come back for week or more,
if ! remember correctly.
''Timmy' Thompson is. really Rod
man Ellison Thompson. son of the
Paul ThOmpsonS and brother of Mrs,
Edmund Thayer. who was Jean Thomp
son. Mrs. Thompson was Miss Eliza
beth Ellison.
A Nd today We have the announcement
4 of debutante'S engagement: that
Of Anita Evans to young Harry Adams,
son Of the late Harry Adams and "A
brother of Mrs. George Harding. Jr,,
and of Mrs SnowdCn Samuel. Anita
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Powell
Evans and granddaughter of Mrs. Clark
McrchG mt. of this city. but who has been
living for some time in Atlantic City.
Anita made her debut at Il tea at the
Evans pldcc in Devon, and several large
balls were given for her during the
ScaSOn one by her parents at the Belle
vuc on December 23 and another in
January, given by ono of her unclcs.
Anita is very charming, has light
Drown hair and dancing eyes and Il very
dainty figure. She dances beautifully.
too. She has been very popular and
may truthfully be said to have been
one of the rcigning bellies of the season
1919 1920.
no YOT realize that tine Mask and
~ Wig is bur two weeks of: That on
Faster Monday night We will all be
seated in the Forrest Theatre ready TO
shout and howl with joy at the his
triOnir ability of our Penn boys.
should think Charley Morgan must have
his hands full this wear. ,luSt think of
it. 372 men were trying for sixty five
places And many Of them are so good
il has not been possible to decide posi-
lively on some Of the final east even vet
In fact. the wee bird told me that
there are from three 10 four mcu work
ing on each uf III" principal roles. |
don't believe I'd like to have i!c iob
of deciding,
les to be ''Dou Ouixotc. E,ouirc -
this year. and its also to be- like the
| former Mask and Wig shows: that is.
have a plot of kind and not be lust q,
revue, as was last years. Another
thing about this year is that instead of
singing popular music from some Of
| the years shows with an urcasioupl
original number, there Il be fifteen orig
/ inal musical number, which Charlie
/ Gilpin has written.
What ] want 10 see more than any.
! thing about it all i, "RoSinante, for
! that beloved stCod "f the Don will ac.
company him in his travels, us in the
oldei days, and If there is one thing |
! do love il is "a animulc," made up Of
two hes, who sometimes fOrgets and
goes in opposite directions. and who
dances and Sdds generality to the JOY of
nations.
SAW Mrs Robert Montgomery
l. Thursday afternoon on Chestnut
street. She had on very pretty dark
blue tailor made suit. with a patcnt %
leather belt and small fur piece at her
neck. Her hat was Il small turban of
dark blue foundation, which wa,
braided with tomato rcd cord. aud n
small red ostrich feather Of the same
shade was arranged on the front. She
is always very stylish looking and has
such a stunning figure,
OUR friend Ellen Give years old
" asked mother about grnndmothcrs