Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-02
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Sees Smart Ctothes-She Watches Savoy
Rehearsal and Sees Tragic Parting
on n Train

sAw Mrs. Ashton and Anne on
walnut street just the other day,
Anne looking quite radiant in q dark
a.. d,eSs Of serge. embroidered in
v..,.,t,, shade Of red. Her hat was
,:..o b,ork picture model OF straw,
,-is,uod with scarlet poppies and
LING flowers. Mrs. Ashton was wear
,.a d,rk hue. too, and her hat was OF
h,npa silk md straw.
IN talking OF clothes. Have you
a .een the very unusual waist that
r,rs Maulc MacIver is wearing? 1t
Ios n background OF oyster white, and
T,,,o flowers In pink and blue stripes
,,o sbo. through the material. It's
rode rather long waisted in sort OF
b.soue effect. and is worn with skirt
- Hack satin. ] saw Jane the other
,;obt NJ the Savoy Opera Co.'S rehear-
ssi and she was wearing this costume
ed a chain made of very large beads
corved square and round and in several
cniors Jane is to be Josephine in
"pin,fo-e.'' + think ] told you, and
sbo'u be n mighty pretty and attractive
We S,s,o II T. Tossnhine ,ncthinks. She was
dorlirg az Bud in "Why Not!' the
othsr up, n;rbt, That silver turban was so
bscnmirg and the costume so unusual
Us.J% vsd YcrS smart and clever, thought .
'"T The rehearsals for "Pinafore' are
,o,t;no more and more interesting.
fnst 10 love 70 look on and watch Mr.; Joe
iIoy Eoy Hc is a wonder. One minute
Ne Josephine flirting with Ralph that
Il hs's showing how 20 do 1t or II one
81 tbc princinals is absent MT. FOX
takes his place. He's Buttercup one
.sccnd and he's leading the Sisters ana
cousins and Aunts the next minute;
and then he'll be Ralph Rackstraw ana
nv T 10 shoot himself, as he did the otnSr
nirht when Josephine snatcned tne
pistol from his hand and incidenteny
the glasses from his nose' And II mn.
Mitchell who leads the music. Is not
there be even tnkes his place and LEADS
thc sailors and Sir Joseph's relatives
rom the piano stool. They are gay
and happy set. those Savoy mempers'
and there IL much talent among tnen'
shall be glad wien the play comes on
It's bound to be good.
HEAR the TAFT McKenzies are
L going to Europe shortly and will
,pend the summer on the British Isles,
principally in England and Scotland.
They have many friends over there. You
know tho walls Of their house (Which
is most artistic by the way) are lined
with autographed photographs Of mem-
bers OF nobility, famous actors. writers
and scientists. .
One picture remember is Mrs. Nc
Keuzic talking with Queen Mary at the
Ascot races. DR.. Mckenzie is q noted
sculptor. md they are both great lovers
Of outdoors. England Is a great place
for out of doors entertaining. Tea in
the garden, you know. and riding to
bounds. It's all part OF every day
over there. DR.. and Mrs. Mckenzie
will visit number Of their English
friends. and will return 10 this country
some time in the foil.
T HEAR that the Robert Glcndin-
l. uingS are going to sail very shortly.
for South America. going by way OF
Panama, They will bG gone until the
end Of June. and I should think would
nave WOnuNT1Nl tTlD. 1 HdW biiS.
Glendinnng and Mary on the street the
other day and was struck with Mary's
bat II was Just the correct thing for
Young girl in mourning. tIou know
Mrs. Glendnning's father. Mr.. George
Carpenter. died about two months
ago.
Perfectly jet black always seems a
little too heavy for n very young girl.
and Mary was wearing black frock
and a small bat with an upturned hrim
o' black and around the crown was a
band Of white and OF tho side small
white ornament, 50 girlish and pretty
and 80 correct
IT'S shame to tell on them, but they
wNr" So perfectly do!efuI. and
sympathi1cd with them 50 much that I
almost wanted 20 offer to help. You
see. they came into town the other day
on the same train with me. but not tcih |
me, oh, dear no. And the train was
crowded so that there were no seat 8
tcr two together. Now. that is trag-
edv enough, when you arc Just engaged
lew weeks. not to be able to sit to- |
seth"r. But when He is going to be
away for two whole days and He has
10 leave Her right in the train (can't
say Oood'by in the drawing room an
everything, you know. Well. all Il
nave to say is that that Young man h1s
"ouderiuI self control not 10 have given