Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-18

IL the matter WIFI tue woe'"
.on comes out ana YOU say, u,rnm NJ, r,t
ssnrroo srp it's cleared up ana you pu.
on yo,u,h y,,h tbe ostrich plumes and out you
hat wing friend umbrella home In the
80, naf 90 The closet, far, far from the
co1s;,S cor11ssi; crowd. And 10 and behold
mad,ai the skies cloud over and down
suooeIh hyotber rain in q most unpleasant
por pou.s To be sure, 1t really mas
manu- q hit more Of late, but as the
c,earsu farmer said, "It's still darn un-
saI1%, uowever, between the drops / haye,
norcd m see some pretty clothes ana
mands ore smart here, there's no gain
peVp II / spent several days In New
ssyo rerently and, believe me, the
n,e, there do not dress as the Phiia-
Sslpha women do. 80, ..
oe,Yg Yon see plenty Of silk and satin
nus but they are silk and satin, not
som do chine or Canton crepe or all
cIepv lovely stuffs. OF course. there
tpe ,ots of very smartly dressed women
s,e arer there, but one does not see on the
w. ,.orooe o,iite as many as one sees here.
We don't hate ourselves, do we!
ND while on the subject of clothes.
"A have YOU heard that out at the June
Fate in Abingdon (and. BY the way, It 8
- be called that hereafter, as II has
come "a to be settled out OF doors analrl
| they are going to have a-model gown
h;.h w; has been voted upon as coming up
WHY tho nroper moral standards, and
~hish depicts the essential qualities,
'M,nni;c;ty, charm and style? Elizabeth
c.mslI the Bob Sewells' daughter, is
a. wear II, And IL she begins to look
=. well as her mother did in that lovely
sr.v Swiss last year I'm here to state
Mat every one of us will want a model
sown, / went home last year from
he June Fete and made me a, frock
;nst like the one Mrs. Sewell was wear
{ng, And It was admired. -.
They are going to have old-fashioned
,rocks out at the Fete and creations of
this wear, too, 80 think It will be very
Interesting. Those fashion shows are
always lots Of fun.
THE June Fete is for the Arlington
! Hospital. and all the women out in
that part Of the country work like
everything to make 1t a Phenomenal
success, which it usually is. Mrs.
George Lorimer is chairman of the
Fete, Mrs. Robert Sewell, Mrs. John
Gilbert, Mrs. George Tyler, Mrs.
George w. Elkins. Mrs. Cyrus Curtis,
Mrs. George Fales Baker, Mrs. John
s, Newbold Mrs. Henry Miller Watts.
Mrs. Archibald Hubbard, Mrs. Hen
| ridues Crawford-in fact, I can't begin
b tell you all the women who are ac-
lively interested in the work.
T HAVE been thinking quite a lot of
] things have heard recently and
wondering If by next season we really
cannot 60 back to the days Of chape-
rones.
To be sure it seems pity that We
. older ones should think it necessary,
and there are lots and lots Of boys and
girls who know perfectly well how to
behave and who do behave. But would
| Il not be fine, IL for the sake Of the
boys and girls who are perhaps a little
weak and rnreserved, the others would
b. willing to be chaperoned? You
know some Of the things you hear IN
the matter of laxity are almost un-
believabe, now are they not?
happeued to hear two young girls
| talking Of late and one was telling the
other Of something that had happened
recently. She had gone to take ride
between dances at one Of the country
/ clubs in an auto with seven other boys
and girls. One of the boys suggested
that they ride and they all consented.
They went gaily out along the roads
and at various spots different twos
would get off to walk along alone. When
all but this girl and the boy with her,