Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-06

r errNs strange not to have a ball
"a 70 tonight, doesn't 1t? Of
,..e there was bit Of rest on
.vu.J .Jor night but Tuesday there was
m Wv nora. followed by the. Supper Club
:" ~" .bo fcyer, and there was the Isaac
~ r.,no,, Stars debutnntc dance for
,,'m, aa, Griscom. and last night there was
Lohi nior dance and the Ross dance for
Tns scos Jos Tonight we have n rest from
tran. md then tomorrow there will
oanI'"SS w. Srst Assembly. and Saturday. the
Sumner ST me Club at the bellevue stratford'
,ny WHAT pretty clothes the girls
M ore wearing this year! And I am
o. sov TINT most of the debutantes
gIhu Gearing sleeves in their dresses and, 4,
a,' q fact, s a great many of the gowns
have sleeves. - .,o shor,dor
a.. neon such an ugly fashion ] have
Lus bncn able to understand why 1t
rev, NJ nil popular. The extreme upper
was, WuS of tho arm Is seldom pretty, and
!lha l,ha, oTcct of gown made in that way
!s scarcely ever pretty. -, 49,.
Woli 70 continue on the subject of
,,o,bss Sophie Yarnall has a lovely
C,V,% Cn",n of French blue velvet which is
gov" Wv smart. II is made on plain lines
ej ssj has draped skirt. Sophie Is quite
sJp sair and the dark blue is most becom-
ing; gpo,Iv Griscorn wore n lovely frock
=, .So dance which Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Totnoll Starr gave for her on Tues
dov Il was of gold lace over cloth
uuS'roId was made with chiffon sash
~ American beauty color and was Or
ramentcd with tiny gold roses.
Frances Ross. who was formally in
.-oduced last night at dance which her
ts,hsr and mother, DR.. and Mrs. George
poss ia,Ss' gave at the Acorn Club, wore a
Ssintv ~ frsck Of white net embroidered
I'm u crystal beads. Frances, you know,
came back from England just q short
,irns ago. She went over with the
SnctSv team in the early fall, when
pogpv Ferguson and Marjory Taylor
.nS several others of the debutante set
,rbo belonged to the American team
wsnt. They all came back about two
weeks ago, having played exceedingly
we'll D..
r HEAR that Ruth Draper, who Is
l coming here on Monday to give some
NJ her impersOnations for the benefit
of tbe Smith College endowment fund,
will stay with Miss Florence Caldwell
et 1905 Locust street, while in Phila :
Je'phia. | am very anxious to see and
bear her, for she has been abroad
studying various types, and l am told
she Is more interesting than ever. She
js to give her imptrsonations in the
foyer Of the Academy.
CPEAKING of the Academy and
y foyer reminds me. hear that the
bor,s are selling very we'll for the
coming anniversary ball. Mrs. Arthur
Lea has taken one and so has Mrs.
Bertram Lippncott and the Tom Ash
tons and Countess Santa Eulalia and
0 number Of others.
Did you know that Mrs. John +.
Lewis has dress that her mother wore
70 the opening ball and Margaretta
Benson is going to wear it at this one.
It's simply lovely l hear. The COM
nittec has also collected a number of
the programs and tickets of the origina!
ball.
The other famous ball. which was
held in the Academy the following year.
was the Bachelors ball and that has
much tradition about it as well as the
opening affair. For the Bachelors ball
vas q private affair, given by number
ot gentlemen and only those who re-
Ceived invitations attended that affair,
while the opening ball was not so ex-