Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-23
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells OF the Donner Tea to Be Held This
Atternoon-M. and Mrs. Robert Benedict to
Giuc Dance at Ritz Carlton

nuERE will be two large debutante
aFoirs today. Dorothy Rodgers
=, ho introduced at large tea Which
VIII norcnts. WV the William II: Donners,
her p%;yn at their home, 345 South
VIII ,eonth street Dorothy is the elder
E,srirs Donner's two daughters by her
Of w. ,oorriorc. Her sister Katherine is
htst tsttonrdlng school this winter and will
AZ sr," Ut ont in a year or two. they are
attractive girls. ,
.onne Of last years buds will receive ut
sSi"V n ION while Mrs. Donner, of course,
tns Wv asked several ladies' to pour tea and
nn,hcrwIse assist in receiving.
THE second debutantc event is the
Io,co which the Robert Bencdicts
-, I've at the Ritz Carlton in honor
WI! tte;r daughter Alice, whose tea was
.! a. last month out Mt their place In
trn n, Tho dance will be preceded by
ry perv'd dinners. Mrs. Alfred Paul Nor
n,S nIs" wiIl entertain for her two daugh /.
ts 1.. Priscilla. who is debutantc OF
NE Mis vror, and Ottilic, who came out last
season. ,,>.,, ,.,,l c;ro n DIV.
ner for Ellen, and the Horace NiAons
.ot WI, smith will be the honor guest
Noo"G G;nncr given by Brigadler General
II;,t,eton w. Tazewell Waller. Mary
M;lior will be given dinner by the
snn,roI Dexter WARMERS, and Mr.. and
ga" william Harmon George will en-
tartoin for their daughter, Martyr
George.
D1p vou know that Princess Canta-
IL cuzenc is coming up here next week
from Washington, where she Is spcnu- :
;.S Tho winter, to stay for two days
NTH Mrs. George Lorimer and to at
tond tho two day bazaar which her
committcc of the Emergency Aid VIII
LoId nt the Aid rooms on November 3O
nnJ december 1? 1t started out to lie
a Russian Rag Fair, and there nave
been SO many beautiful ideas put into
being. besides the rummage part OF IT,
that It's going to be an honest-to- goou-
ness fair and sale as we'll
The Princess will be at the taplo
whore Russian cross stitch embroidcred
dresses and bags will be sold. Mrs. j.
Rertram Lippincott and Mrs. WepsItl
Toy will be in charge of the table WIN
hsr Mrs. Joe Leidy, Mrs. stanley
FTopr. Ir., and Countess Santa Eulalla
viii have old jewelry and fans, and those
fascinating Russian fairy story boxes
done in Moscow enamel and auto
grnnhed by the Princess will be SOLD by
Mrs. Seymour Davis.
Mrs. Barclay Warburton has the dec
orations of the room In her care. They
are going TO use the marble room OF the
Emergency Aid and will have a sort ut
Russian cabaret effect. That Is, there
will be singing and dancing by VARIOUS
pcrsons in Russian costume. Jane Maule
MacIyer will sing folk songs in cos.
tune and Uytendalc Baird Gamer VIII
wear n Russian costume and probably
do some stunts. She's very clever, you
know. Mrs. Braden Kyle is to be treas
urer and Mrs. Walter Waring Hopkin-
son will sell Russian cosmetics. Mrs:
William H. Donner will have charge OF
the aides. Mrs. Wilbur Paddock. klapp,
Miss Eloisc Dickey, Mrs. Louis Bregy,
Mrs. Richard Edwards, Mrs. Charles
Maulc. Mrs Harold Gillingham, Mrs.
Robert Girvin, Jr., Mrs. Ernest La
Place, Mrs. L. Jurist and Mrs. Rol'
bein are others who will assist and have
charge Of tables.
a-n Mrs. George Lorimer is chairman of
the Princess Cantacuzene Committee,
you know. It's sub committee of the
Russian Committee of the Emergency
Aid, of which Mrs. George Wharton
Pepper is head. incidentally, in Rus
sian, the name OF the fair is "Rojde-
stvenSkaya Yarmarka" which, being
translated, means Russian Christmas
Fair.
A RENT the new hats with long
n feathers hanging down at the side
Of the front brim unusual? It's brand
new style, not only of this year but OF
all times it seems. ] have never seen
the like in any OF the old prints or
paintings. But. Of course. ] have not
seen every old print or painting in ex-
iStence, so my statement may be false.
However, the fact remains that instead
Of dropping an ostrich feather back off
The hat or down off the side away from
the face, now 1t hangs just about ,wo
Of three inches to the side from the
front brim: and why you don't step on
II instead of playing peep po' around
either side Of il. don't know.
] saw one the other day. large
black velvet hat placed high on one
I'D" Of the lead and dropping low OH
the other, and over the front brim about
three inches to the right of the nose
came huge ostrich feather about four
long, Another one was on small
hat and the feather came down the side
and around under the chin and nestled
Up against the other cheek of the
Wearor These hats were not on manni- =
knH, they are actually being worn and
lhr} ar" strange, oh, very strange, I'll
say.
NHAltLlE and Tommie were standing
near father as he demolished q
pint" Of beautiful white grapes after
going home from business. From time
70 tim" they assisted in the demolishing.
Dat purkrd beautiful white ono,
,ecd"d it and gave it to Charles. and
,c'or" b" could turn to get one for
Tommy, Charlie asked: "Giye me
aanuT.ycr DadT' 81 just gave you one,
..I::, 10y: "iCp. but it was killed. "
lhlIl"d?' Yep" said Charlie. II
dropped 1t and Brud stepped on it,.
NANCY WYNNE.