Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-08
,,,r11,, Il certainly was a beautiful
lM :. ,;obt and the decorations

w III ,ast night and the decorations
Da.i nrottiest I've seen. But, as
about ,nv / say that about every ball.
yonp shOw Gas the color scheme, and roses
PlnS PlnS,;nated. md There were festoons of
prendol'wb prnsn which coming from the ceiling
smi,aA, curtain effect on the stage,
naialaesb niaoe which could be seen hundreds
terous" osss There were go den baskets on
o. rV;ll Vn;llors and others fastened on the
tne s and these were filed with roses
poiseIf ps forms, And. of course, there were
an anu nsuai pink begonias which are
inc .,wovs used when pink Is the preyal- :
a,~"l ,nm color, and quantities Oh cypoufuin
sssps and palms. ,.,.., A..
.,j there was the same suppressed cS
nnC aitoment among the deDutantes, VINO
rsrs attending their hrst assempiy,
ana a.s, na, time since the days they made
the i;tt,e hobs when introduced to any
neiI netiI,.hsr's or mothers friends) as they
OF oisOd n,b The long line of patronesses.
pasTrss Thomas Leaning, who was the
,1inr n,1, notroness, looked very hand
iesusI me I thought, in her gown of rich
sUl, son,Jl, relyet. which had a most graceful
pull" Her diamonds were gorgeous,
ua'"' Mrs. Leaming's granddaughter,
w, W. IJnckschcr, was one OF the debu-
sos hta to 90 to the Assembly for the
mnte; .n, t;r,e. and she did look sweet. She
h's. fair and has such charming sweet
ssU Uror a" Mrs, George Thayer, another
aroness ntn whose daughter, Mary Thayer,
debntante, looked extremely well in
blue and gold brocade dress. Mrs.
srover has very light hair and blue
sres and the color was just right for
her.
MRS. CHARLES T.. COKE, another
lW ratroness, wore a gown Of very
a.rk blue. as far as I could see---you
40 oct going so fast, when you have
ouce made your first curtsey, on down
tbs Iine-and it was embroidered in a
sort of bronzy metal thread. There
sore touches of silver on the gown
and her slippers and stockings were
silver. ,,
was Helen Cuyler, you remembrer--was
another patroness and she looked per-
fectly sweet in costume Of silver tulle
over silver cloth, trimmed with little
rosebuds and medallions of silver. The
frock was made with square neck, and
Il certainly took my eye more than any
one of the other gowns there. that's
why can give you such details. 1t
was made with n court train of the
oliver cloth, and she wore silver slip
ners. Really have seldom seen more
hirylike frock.
And the dress of Bessie Evans (Mrs.
Rowland Evans) was perfectly ex-
ouisite. 1t was of rose pink velvet. She
was the youngest patroness, you know.
and stood at the end of the line. She
cannot be called the bride of the year,
exactly, because she was a bride more
than two years ago, but she has the
honor of being the youngest of the six.
Well, to go back to her frock. A panel
Of the velvet formed court train and
Il was lined with silver cloth and she
looked lovely.
tell you who it was awfully nice to
see out at q party again. That was
Mrs. Walter Eustis. You know she
has been laid up for several years an
has been quite lame and 80 has not gone
TO a ball for three years. She looked
very we'll, / thought, and had on a
very pretty dress. 1t was sort of
Chinese blue satin and had long
narrow train the skirt was draped and
there were many sequins of blue on it.
Her bodice had Y neck and she had a
band of pearls in her hair and wore also
apearl necklace and earrings.
ELEANOR WURTS, who came from
IL Europe lately, having spent the
summer and early fall over there with
her aunt, Mrs. Edward Mccullough,
had on very pretty dress of pink satin,
and ROsamOnd Wurts, her sister, who
also was in Europe, looked dear in
pale green taffcta dress made with q
round neck and small sleeves.
Marie Louise Thompson, a debutante
wore quaint French gown of deep blue
tafet cut in pedal effect. 1t was very
odd and unusual and extremely Frenchy ;
the blue petals were lined with pink
wasn't that sweet? 1t had q round
neck and small sleeves and was very
sweet and girlish.
AtlGe Downs wore frock Of deeI
pink chiffon made with bodice of pinl
sequins combined with satin. Mrs
Jared Ingersoll, recent bride, yol
remember, looked awfully well in white
chiffon velvet, and Charlotte Starr
frOCk was of white brocade with ,
bodice of sequins and she wore q train
too. Mary G.endinning looked dear IL
a frock of silver cloth which was fin
ished with broad girdle of burn
orange, and the bodice was embroidered
with orange colored beads.
THERE were number of the sea
l sons buds who are not on the
regular subscription list who went a.
invited guests, and quite few out of
town people, too. 1t was altogether
beautiful ball.
Supper was served in the Palm Room
and the Stratford Room after midnight
and, of course, the ball lasted till tht
wee sma' hours. 1t is kind of fun get
ting home when others are just getting
up, but not being debutante, l an
thankful don't have to do it often.
A ND now we have a rest from ball!
until Tuesday night, when ono,
more there will be an affair IN tn,
beautiful foyer of the Academy of Mu
Sc-the Midwinter Ball which, lik
tae Bencdicks, is an invitation affai
gwen by number of gentlemen and il
extremely smart and exclusive. And \,
goes party upon party, till you won
DER when it will stop.
'lliE other day the family sat dowi
- TO dinner, and for some reason ther,
Vas was little talk on the subject o
ohlohs-then after dessert, the fruit wa
passed and father urged his six year oil
son 10 eat an apple. saying: "An appl
gay keeps the doctor away"
unnes,'' spoke up Molly, who is tn
small daughter of the house, "An' al
union day keeps everybody away"