Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-29

T HEAR that the George Cuthbert Gill
lespies. of Moorestown, have decided
to give a party over here at the Acorn
| Club on Friday afternoon, April %, for
their daughter, Katherine. It's to be
tea with dancing. Katherine is cousin
of Elizabeth l.. Boyd, the daughter OF
DR.. and Mrs. Boyd, not the Elizabeth
who is to be married next month.
As they have the same name and
were both debutantes of the last season
it was possible to mix those children
up" you know, so now every one says
Elizabeth Boyd, not the doctors
daughter, but the one who is going to
marry George Reed next month"; or
else, as in this case, elizabeth Boyd,
the Doctors daughter.
TO return to the Gillespies. katherine
made her debut Mt the same tea as
Elizabeth and has been coming over for
various balls, because, though some of
us are apt to think Moorestown is
somewhere over in New Jersey AS a
matter Of fact. it is only short distance
outside of Camden. il am not mis-
taken. I know it is not far at all,
and an awfully pretty little town.
| guess before we know it there'll be
quite a number Of parties upon us once
the Easter bells ring out the Lenten
season. And that will be less than a
week off.
WELL, the cast for the Mask and
w Wig is out at last and the princi-
pals are certainly good. III say, from
all have heard of them.
| felt quite at home when ! saw they
had one man. Il. B. Brause, taking two
parts, that of Beppe and a guard. 1t
fame. was ''at il again" Have you
noticed how faithfully that little soul
works through nearly every perform
ance OF the Metropolitan, Oftentimes
being two persons, and also often
doesn't even get a mention in the re-
views? And yet. if he was not there
at Just the right momGnu, with his
little voice announcing THE carriage
awaits or '"rhey are about to burn
your mother up the point might be
gone out of the whole story.
For my part the first persons name
look for on the opera program is
Audisio. And, would you believe it. they
are actually planning to give tomOrrow's :
performance without him.
DUT as that is neither here nor there.
- we will return to the Mask and
Wig. Did tell you that Edward La
vino wrote the book and designed the
costumes? ] think it's great how these
men who were the one time actors of
Mask and Wig fame themselves. always
take an interest ip the club and write
the books, words and music and direct
the acting and dancing themselves.
told you before. ! think, that Charlie
Gilpin has written fifteen original num-
bers this year, and, of course, the di-
rection of the production and tile
dancing is under the Skillful hands, |
almost said feet, of Charlie Morgan.
Don QuixOtc, ESD, the hero of the
cinca will be J. II. HOf, sophomore /:
while Omeletta, n kitchen vamp, will
be impersonated by dignifed senior,
Ed Longstreth.
PietrO, an innkcepcr, will be 4. H.
Ehmann Sancho Panza will be +. II,
Ledyard while Rosinante will be com >
posed of two. the fore portion of her
being w. Il, Clark, Jr.. and the aft ii.
s. Barshinger.
There will also be governor of Bara =
taria and a gypsy chieftain, +. G. Har-
rison and /. X. Nrooman, respectively,
while Pep ita and Ja2 ita. the COVER
nor's daughters. will be- H. l.. Curtis
and ID. p. Kingston. 1t sounds as If
the fun would be fast and furious.
Box parties are planned for nearly
every night, and dOting fathers and
mothers and sisters and aunts will be
muchly in evidence all week. And they
ought to be, for our boys do dandy
work, and 1t ought to be appreciated.
A Nd telling you about it reminds me
"A of a strange and remarkable thing
that happened To me just day or 40
ago. You know We now all get bit
"batty" about spring garments at this
time of year. The fitting rooms of most
of the prominent stores are about full
up these days. Well, even so, | brayed
the crowds and stopped in at a certain
shop to have suit fitted. when | sud =
denly heard manly voice exclaiming
pathetically in the next COmpa rtment
IF | could only smoke here it wOuldn /
he so bad Gee That belts \ too tight -
mo. 1t isn't" said another manly
voice. How in the-excuse me--dick. .
ems can you look human II you haven I
got a slight waist lineT'
BY this time ] could not stand II a
minute longer, and ] did, yes, con :
fess II. I did peep. and there 10 my
intense amazement beheld a tall youth
wearing silk stockings and silver slip.
pers with high heels on his enormous
feet. so they seemed to me, while his
upper and lower limbs seemed immersed
lin q sea Of tulle and feathers. "Whai