Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-13

ment among the. married men and
women who have children of the school
set age to arrange for more simple
entertainments in the coming years
A meeting to discuss the subject has
been called at the home of the Charlton
Yarnalls for Monday afternoon and sew
eral informal meetings have already been
held by the committee members.
II seems to me very practical way
of solving some Of the problems that
have been put before us this winter.
To start with the younger set, the
children about twelve, thirteen and
fourteen; to have their parties simple
and to have them begin earlier and
end earlier is one Of the ideas to be
promulgated. It's n wise plan.
THE parties for the school set and
i younger children have been so clab-
oratc that girls have had absolutely
nothing to look forward to when they
were old enough to come out. Ihelr
dresses are just as elaborate as those
of the debutantes and the hours Tor
the parties almost as late.
BY the time a girl is seventeen or
eighteen she has had all the fun of
a debutante or older girl. 1t takes
the youth out of them and they be-
come base and bored and are always
| looking for some new excitement.
TNHE purpose of the league Of enter
l. tainment, which, / understand, this
| 1n1 hn
to regulate all this for the younger
ones. and / most heartily approve Of
| it and think these parents should be
strongly upheld in their undertaking.
The invitation for the meeting at the
Yarnalls' house is sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hampton Barnes, MIR. and
Mrs. George McFaddCn. Mr.. aud Mrs.
Paul DenCkla Mills. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Leaning Montgomery, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sargent Newbold. Mrs.
BENJAMIN Franklin Pepper, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Stuart Patterson, Mrs.
Algernon Brinton Roberts and Mr.. and
Mrs. Yarnall. I have felt all along
that the right thinking people would
devise a plan to Stcm, the current of
the times and you see they have, just as
have the Colonial Danes.
A Nd Furthermore, its not n great
"A reform" movement On the con .
trary, most of us are rather tired
of reform ourselves and feel just
as the. children would, that we
would resent it. 4 sane and SEN
sible arrangement for umusements
with less extravaganza and earlier
hours will give just as much pleasure
as later hours; while the decorations
and other unnecessary elabOratCnCss OF
a party do not really add to a person 5
pleasure. AS long as the floor and
music are good for dancing and there
is a reasonable time to dance they are
satisfied.
/ hope many will co operate in the
plan and stick to it. It's just matter
of being bit firm. but the good there
from will be untold.
DID you know that the Louis Drexel
- have a son? In fact. he Is nearly
two months old, having been born or
I January Is, at their home in England
Louis Drexcl is young brother o.
Tony Drexel, Ir., who married MariOri,
Gould, and Of Margaretta Drexel, whC
is the wife Of the Niscount Maidstone
Of London. Louis Drexel married
Nancy Grayson, daughter of Lieutpnan
! tJOlOutl VI ny oOh' VI i''hNvh, dDOul 1--WE
years ago. His brother, Armstrong
Drexel, was in the aviation during thC
war.
They are first cousins of Mrs. Pau
Denckla Mills, Mrs. Charles A. Mum
Drexel Paul. Mrs. Bob Cassatt. Mrs
Howard Herr. Mrs. AntelO Deveroux
John Fell, Craig and Livingston Biddle
of this city, you know, as their fathe
is Anthony J. Drexel, brother of Mrs
Van Rensselaer,, and the late Mrs
Biddle and Mrs. Paul. Jack and Cor
don Drexel, of New York, are also frs
cousins. Their father, John Drexel, il
brother Of Anthony, ST., as is Georg,
w. Childs Drexel, of this city.
MOTHER and her friend Mariol
lNl (whO was staying with her and VIII
was as much Of Il friend Of jackie an,
Peggy, in their estimation, as mother
, were having "A nice gossip the othe
, morning, when Peggy's small voice in
terrupted: "Oh dear" (Peggy's fou
years old, "nobuddy ever listens T.
me"
but darling" said mother. "if yo
I would just be patient and wait till W
T, are through, then you could talk. ;
S Oh said Peggy, and sat quiet
minute. then the wee voice piped u