Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-18
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF the Wright.Cook Wedding.
Miss Mitchell a Bride Today-Miss Mary Lloyd
Norris to Make Debut This Season

WELL, Emley Cook and Whitney
w Wright certainly put one over on
ma ali by getting married and then an
nouncing Il without an announced en-.
rseemcnt beforehand, didn't theyP
Sburcb. at,Third and Pine streets, on
Sannday and left for White Sulphur
Swings. Va. ..on wedding trip.
I cannot say that i was surprised,
H., n has been very evident that they
10 r,ore IN love with each other for the
lat wear. but for some reason 1t was
.nt announced. Emley Is just of age
Nv, no 7 understand, so they decided not
t NV" wait any longer. The Cooks are
.uuond;np the summer in Cape May and
spo Wrirhts are in Bar. Harbor, but
neither Of the families attended the
"gSI TmIey Cook is the younger Of the
sisters, daughters Of the Gustavus
Wynnc Cooks. who lived formerly in
I,ansdowne. but now have the house
1715 Locust street one OF Harrison
row, Nancy. the elder sister, married
Alfred Putnam about two years ago.
Roth she and Emley are great friends
o. % Mary Brook who married Lowber
Stokes. and both were attendants at
that wedding A.
Whitney, is the son of the Sam Me-
uorgee Wrights, Of 1908 Walnut street.
fJo o;s therefore. a brother of Hannah
and Margaret Wright. He saw service
With the A. Il. +. in France and was
onc NJ the Twenty eighth Division. IL
uvnnenber un correctly. 1 have heard very
n;co things about him. especially since
Tho war. where he made splendid rec
ord, Let us hope they Will be very
happy! .,.;,. .oooor FOR not
waiting for the conventional announce
ment, but do think they did very wise
thing, when they took matters into their
own hands. that they did no running on
10 another city. but were married IN
their own home town and In the church
Of the denomination they both attena'
It's so much more dignified.
HEARD yesterday that Mary Lloyd
i Norris, daughter Of Mr.. Isaac Nor
ris, of Fairhill, Bryn Mawr, j. going 70
roke her debut this year. Mr.. Norris
will give dance In her honor some
t;me In October or early November.
Mary was in a rather bad accident the
ntber day. She and Miss Riddle We're
, driving about six weeks ago near New
town Square when the horse took fright
and started to run. Miss Riddle was
thrown from the carriage and was badly
rut and bruised. Mary escaped un-
hurt. but was very much shaken up.
Mr.. Norris is son of the late Dr.
Isaac Norris. you know. His sister,
Miss Clara Norris, has been living in
Venice for number OF years, but came
on here to visit last winter. They are
cousins of the Parker Norrises and
II .I.o.. q Nhat n,ytn al
the Shobers, too. Edith Norris married
married her cousin, Henry Pepper
Norris, Mrs. Travis Cochran is Mr..
Norriss aunt.
WORTHY MITCHELL is to be mar
w ried this afternoon at the farm in
West Chester where she and her
mother have been living for some time.
Kent MacdonOugh is the lucky man,
and they are to be married BY Father
Clifford, of Whittany, n. J. ! hear
that Mary Freedlcy. who Is Worthing-
tons sister. is to be matron of honor,
but the wedding is a very quiet affair
and only a few of us have heard who
the bridesmaids are to be.
They are going back after their we'd
ding trip to stay with Mrs. Mitchell
a while, and then out to California.
You know Worthington Is grand
daughter of the famous DR.. s. Weir
Mitchell, who was an author of de-
cided note as well as a leading phvsi-
clan. Her father was the late DIR. John
Mitchell, and stood very high in his
profession, too.
7 HEAR that the Roderick Towers,
1 who are on their way back from the
East, are expected to arrive in New
York in ten days. Instead of rushing
off to Southampton or some other fash
ionablc resort, however, they are going
TO join Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Flora's father and mother, in
the Adirondacks. The Whitneys have
never cared an awful lot for society;
that is. the Newport type of society.
and generally do as they please, for
which take off my hat to them, 'figur-
atively speaking.