Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-12

THE Midwinter pan wus "U"u.' ~,
u W. ri. II was given last night in the
i analt ,hc academy and was most
biUpilliant success. 80 largo no tho
The "a" on'v four hundred guests
;;nyited. The foyer was beauti-
being aLocorotcd with pink nzaieas. be-
fully uId and pink carnations. And the
gonlas, ,ras banked with green's, begonias
stage owsaieas, wai while gold cornucopias,
ana with pink carnations, hung atove
hlCd ntrance. T, The mirrors and cnan,
the be- es'' were draped with fes,toons OF
deHoT deIHiT,v Those who received the guests
snJdt sinJ at the central entrance TO the ball
sloou Mrs. Van Rensselaer, wore
roon,' room of white brocade cut V shaped Mt
cow mock and made with a court tram.
NE Wr sidney Keith looked very well IN
~ Gown of brown vev,t CUT squire ut
a. sVwk neck and made with short tram
Another of the receiving 9 party S.. Mrs.
hnU I,lUrn Brinton Coke, wore q lovely
Henry of light blue and silver brocade.
goTThh Tho " mon who gave the ball were Mr..
,,.rander Biddle, Mr.. Lynford BiddIe,
ALsAIbt Az Robert Kelso Cassatt, Mr.. Henry
mI;.,on M: Coke, Mr.. Thomas De Witt
rbnior br,ior" Mr.. James Ewing Gowen, Mr..
charlton Henry, Mr.. Charles Ed
l. ii Ingersoll, Mr.. Sidney w. Keith,
wa'' wa Henry Pratt Mexican. Mr.. Will
MI, M, Mercer, Mr.. ]. Kearsley Nit
liuIi Inai NJ Mr, Robert j.. Montgomery, Mr..
gnt, hn II Packard. Sd, Mr.. A. ]. Drexel
yUni D.mi Mr.. Il. II. Rush Toland, Mr..
tti0x.,ndcr thu, Van Rensselaer, and Mr.. Ed:
h,T D.J Towbcr Welsh. The Bencdicks'
WI mIi' vou remember, was held in the foyer
WI tbc Academy, too. and II. was spec
V,"iorIv also a wonderful ball.
There we're a great many dinners
,oiore the ball including one given by
ts, .So Alexander Biddes for MIR. and
Wrs NJ George Post, Jr., Of New York.
Won know Mrs. Post was Irene Glib
.on aU a daughter of the Charles Dana
C;hsons Mrs, Norton Downs also en-
,usrtsined, and so did Mr.. and Mrs.
Trank r. Patterson, their dinner being
Tor Dorothy Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis l. Gowen en-
,ortained Maisic Stewart before the
t.li and Mrs, Alexander Coke gave a
dinner % for the Aleck Yarnalls. Mr..
Sharles Da Costa entertained for his
Samrbtcr Jessie and the Kearsley Nit
chels also had dinner.
The women who received the guests
usre Mrs, Alexander Biddle, Mrs. Rob
ort Kelso Cassatt, Mrs. Henry Brinton
Tovo Mrs. Sidney w. Keith, Mrs.
Henry Pratt Mexican and Mrs. William
r. Mercer.
ruE Charlotte Cushman Club COM
l mittec will give a card party this
afternoon in the new clubhouse at l0io
Spruce street ut half after two o'clock.
Mrs Walter Hopkinson, who has so
ably succeeded her mother, the late
Mrs. Clinton Rogers Woodruff, as
treasurer Of the club, has charge OF
The tickets for the affair and all the
associate members of the club are in
vited to attend the party. The COM
mittee of the club will act as patron
esses. They include Mrs. Samuel Chew,
Mrs Mortimer Brown, Mrs. Otis Skin
ner, Mrs. James Large, Mrs. Walter
Waring Hopkinson, Mrs. George Spen-
Ger Morris, Mrs. Edward Beecher
Finck, Mrs. Wayland Hoyt, Mrs. X.
Emott Hare, Mrs. James Elverson, Jr.,
Mrs, Edward 7. Stotesbury, Miss Fran
ces Griscom, Miss Louise Wood, Mrs.
Pope Yeatman. Mrs. George Fales
Baker, Mrs. William II. Greene, Mrs.
Thomas Garland, Mrs. Charles f.
Bochman, Mrs. George II. Lorimcr,
Mrs. Paul Haskill, Mrs. Harrison *.
Gamer and Mrs. Oswald Chew.
T HEAR Alva Sergeant is to lead O
1 chorus in the amateur musical com :
edy which a number of the girls and
men in town are getting up for the
benefit of the University Settlement
House. 1t sounds like some musical
comedy all right, from all have heard
about il, It's to be called why
Not?" and the words and plot are by
Jacqueline Green, and the music by
William Myers.
1t is laid in Philadelphia and opens
with the Rittenhouse Square fowee,
market. The scenery, by the way, Is
being painted by Catherine Morris and
Mr.. Myers. Among other scenes il
one at Broad and Chestnut streets.
Oh. and Sarah Dolan is going tc
head a chorus in very smart costumes
Something tells me that it will be
thing we will want to see.
It's every bit amateur, no profes
sional coach And it's going to be giveI
at the Little Theatre during the weel
Of February Is. So you have tint
ahead to know about it and prepare t.
90 one night during the week.
Among those who will take part II
II are Cytendale Baird Gamer, Poll!
Thayer, Rachel Price, Bayard Bowie
Charlie Baird and number of other:
whose names l do not just now recall
DEITY went to spend the afternoon
- with her little friend and was en-
tertained most of the time with littl
Marjorie's practicing for her dancing
lesson, for be it known that Marjorie :
mother has had her taught the aestheti
art.
Betty did lot rather bored watchini
the almost continuous performance-bu
still when she came home she felt sh
had a piece of news, SO running int
Mothers room she exclaimed: "OI
Mother, Marjorie's learning antisepti
dancing" NANCY WYNNE.