Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-02

THE Charity Ball was certainly q
| most successful affair. Every one
.os tbcre. for. with the exception of
Snoro and the theatre, there were no
iphor entertainments for the evening,
w every one went to the Charity,
,,hotber at the beginning to see the
naseant or later after the opera and
c6nfess I found It hard to decide
hat N do. for | wanted much to hear
tbe opcra with its duet made famous
~. H." Caruso and Scott In these recent
Usors. and, too, / wanted muchly to see
Tho pageant at the ball. So / com.
nromised. saw the pageant first and
then raced up to the opera and was IN
lime for the duet, which was splendid.
1,IrT TO return to the Charity Ball.
d Really, 1t was simply lovely. All
,roItz music, you know. for the pageant
was called "Thc Waltz Dream? and
The four grohps Of men and girls danced
AFTER the singing and playing, OF four
waltzes. the Merry Widow, the PINK
Lady" Gypsy Love and Mauemoi-
selle Modiste." .
,,oryclously clothed and his dancing was
simnlv beautiful. 1t was hard to say
n.birb group danced best, and which
'ras most beautifully attired, though
tbn pypsies were most picturesque,
'"J noticed Virginia Carter and Neo
Strawbridge and Margaretta Harrison
we're In that group, TOO. .,
Therc was general dancing after the
naeeant and the floors were crowded
until we'll after two this morning. sup
nor was served in the foyer. The
BOARD Of Managers of the ball dld
wise thing when they decided to get
society actively interested in the ball.
for the members of the younger sets now
dance in the opening event and It mas
oome "om to be the decidedly fashionable
thing 70 do. Fifteen to twenty years
600 great many went, but only for
short time and with tolerent smile,
Now every one wants to go and does not
want to miss 1t at all, and 1t has been
made well worth going to.
The proceeds of the ball are to go to
n special ward in the University Hos
nital. the jefferson Hospital and the
Woman's Medical College Hospital.
ubile the Polyclinic General Hospital
will benefit by its fourth of the amount
taken In.
DEITY BATTLES is to be honor
D guest at a dance at the Ritz Carlton
This evening which her parents, the
Rattles, of 267 South Nineteenth street,
will give. Betty was presented last
Friday at tea which was beautiful
affair. She is having an awfully good
time at all the parties. She is sweet
and unaffected, and every one likes her.
The William w. Hepburns, whose
three attractive daughters are in Europe
for the year, will give large dinner
tonight for Lydia Clothier. the Morris
Clothiers debutante daughte. About
thirty five debutantCs and men will at
tend the dinner and later they will be
motored to the Ritz for the Battles
dance.
r WAS talking to Princess Cantacu-
/ zene Yesterday (she came up here1
from Washington for the rummage
sale and fair which her committee of
the Emergency Aid held this weekly
and she told me of rather astonish-
ing thing that had happened at that
sale. They had table for old bric-a-
brac and china and she was walking
about looking at the things when she
discovered among the china, genuine
Russian Coronation cup, one of those
which had been used in Russia at the
coronation of the late Emperor and
Empress.
1t is of white enamel and has the
monograms of the Emperor and EN-
press burnt on it in gold, together