Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

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w clear yesterday It was better
cot drenched going from your car to
fbc door and back again, when you
vent to the teas. They were rather
close together, too; the du Points at
Fifteenth and Spruce and the Siters at
the Acorn. :,
Elise du Pont looked dear in frock
of white shadow lace over white satin.
The bodice of her dress was of satin
and had the lace very effectively draped
over IL. And the skirt was darling,
with little vines of pink rosebuds run
ming up the sides. She was holding
mink rosebuds for her bouquet when l
was there and the effect was charming.
MARY SITTER, like Charlotte Starr,
Nl at her tea, chose a color for her
frcck and hers was of burnt orange
eeorpette over the same shade Of taffeta.
II was trimmed with shadow lace and
was most awfully becoming to her.
While it's an old custom to wear white
when introduced. vivid colors are some
times tremendously becoming to the
girls and so why not wear them? It's
foolish to be bound too closely by GUS
tom, And the debutantcs yesterday
afternoon were both singularly happy
in their choice of frocks. white and lace
was Just the right thing for Elise, and
burnt orange exactly correct for Mary.
or course, they both had quantities
Of flowers. It would be remarkable II
there were not many, rather than re-
markablc that there always are. for
every one feels the coming out party Is
the time to show a girl what you think
of her, and her parents, and grand
parents. and all the rest of the family !;
and. believe me. these two dcbutantes
Yesterday were about as popular as any
whose teas have attended so far.
uAvE you heard about the Hour
II with Hans Kinder" that the
Junior auxiliary Of st. Edmund's Home
for Crippled Children is giving on Mon
day night of next week at the Bellevue
Stratford? I think 1t will be very de-
lightful. Mr.. Kinder will play for
an hour and then the room will be
converted into dancing room, and the
audience will spend the rest OF the
evening at that pastime.' Have you
ever been out to St. Edmunds Home?
They have the darlingest little children
there. Poor little lambs, who have lost
a leg in an accident, or who were born
crippled. They are the happiest lot.
was there one day when they were
all playing together, and the good sister
in charge called them over to sing for
mo. One little fellow, whose back had
been broken, came over on his crutches
and sat there holding another little
fellow. who had only one leg, on his
wee knee and they were all so gentle
and happy together. And how they
sang! 1t was a privilege to hear them.
Mrs. Bob Lesley and Mrs. Anthony
IIirst. Mrs. Sam Castner, Mrs. Penn
broke Harton, Mrs. Louis Bregy, Mrs.
Charles Carpenter, the archbishop and
number of others have taken boxes for
the musicale.
CSPEAK1NG of Mrs. Bob Lesley re-
- minds me of her pet charity, the
ioundling ayslum ut Seventieth street
and Woodland avenue. The women on
that board are giving a tea out at the
home this afternoon. They are anxious
to interest Philadelphians in the place
where so many of the little ones who
are to be future citizens are cared for
md housed. The building is four or
five stories high and they have only a
small freight elevator so that it has been
necessary to carry the more than 200
small inmates under four up and down
the stairs in order to get them out of
doors. The women on the board, some
Of whom are Mrs. Robert Bicknell Miss
Emile Rivinus and Mrs. John Sargent
Newbold. are trying to raise the neces-
>ary amount to pay for an elevator in
the institution.
I don't think they will have to wait
very long to get it. once we all know of
the real need. They have lovely play
ground at the back of the home with
swings and slides and all the things that
delight the small child.
T SAW Rachel Price on Walnut street
L the other day looking very stunning
in very smart sealskin coat fashioned
on the new full lines and finished with
a wide collar of nutria. Her hat, of
hcnna -coorcd velour made with an up
turned brim, was vastly becoming.
CHE was walking down Chestnut
~ street with mother. but / think she
must have been thinking of grand
mothers time for when she came to
Thirteenth street. mother having drop
ped her wee hand for a minute, little
Miss Four Year Old raised her tiny
skirt at the side and stepped clear of
the gutter. just as they did in the dear
the skirts, instead Of the thrOats of the
passcrsby. and 1t was considered in
discreet IL a slim ankle peeped from be-
meath n gown. Can such things have
been? NANCY WYNNE.