Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-08

. ,hc big star benefit for the Cush :
club. which the women OF thc
,,h.s committee are making social
hv entertaining at luncheon be-
| .bc oh'air and by giving theatre
parties
xD IN the evening Of that day there
a nu, be the first appearance of the
Mn' ,,nern Co.. which Catherine
nu%' dnuchicr Of Mr.. and Mrs.
AM.;,or Mor.i; Morris. has gotten up. She
hai rnmbcr Of other Young people Of
gnu GI,d musical talent will give several
ny de,.nyo from favoritr operas, such as
scenes pohcmc" ,,T Carmen" "Aida"
I "a 81 Fora del Dcstino." They will
anu dance and Nancy Cope will play
aso HeI1n H"% 80 that will be very inter
her must say am perfectly de
sSNL.eJ ss.. with the amount OF talent we
Lscoycring among our young peo-
sis te orcrv doy. and when | hear that
p,hor have grouped together for the
,.a,boronro of their musical ablilty
,.oI somphow greatly encouraged about
our young people
90 MANY are continually 'ohueli'nins
y ,bo Younger generation. and while
- of tho things that members OF the
.,,noor Set have done arc by no means
tarord reproach, u great many tnmSs
src greatly 10 be admired,
rnthcrlno Morris has always gone
|. tor serious work She is very ar
ts,ic and paints and draws extremely
wsll besides dancing most artistically;
sSs h0s studied aesthetic dancing. ana
TLoro coon her do several solo dances
oot beautifully. On Friday night she
",J Ernest Kitson are TO give n Chi
rS,o dance IN appropriate costume. II
Iii sounds very interesting TO me. ana
an, very glad we are to have an op-
nortnnty Of hearing the musical part
Of the program, too.
THE PLAYS and Players held their
| ffty first club night last evening,
and il was most interesting. The three
nrizo plays were given, and as they
viii be- given again tonight and the
anal decision Of place will be made
then, am not going to comment on
Them for you but they were certainly
most interesting and extraordinarily
clever and we'll done. The first on the
nrogram was Among the Pines, and
tbe cast included Mrs. J. Howard
Rsber. Samuel Mcdowell. Walter Tim
minis and Andrew Wright Crawford,
Ir. The second was ''Thc Return Of
the Spirit" and those who took part
in il were Burnett Holland, Everett
Rel and Dorothy Shelmcrdinc. The
third play was entitled The Accom-
pIice,' and there were five in the cast
including George PeQuignot Mrs.
Cleveland Haring. Margaret Cooper,
Ellwood Altmaer and Carl Louis Alt
maer. am so interested to hear who
is declared winner of the first prize to-
night that ! can hardly wait to hear.
They were all so interesting and 80
well written it was hard to choose. but
| finally did decide for myself. How
ever. il wouldn't be fair to say. so I'll
welt til We hear and then tell you if
thought the same.
THOSE Of MS who knew and loved
L Mrs. Charles F. Gummcy nd
everybody who knew her loved her
were very much shocked to hear of her.
death on Saturday. Although she had
been in very poor health for some time,
she had recovered from serious illness
and on Thursday had gone to her moth
"rs' meeting at St. Michacrs Church. in
Germantown. She was president of the
mothers meeting and it is certain that
every member of that organization will
mSs her aud feel her loss quite aS
deeply as her family and her most in.
innate friends. She suffered great
deal during her illness and was very
weak at times. but you could always
count on her TO make some funny, droll
remark that sounded as if she were in
the best of health. 1t is nice to know
that she was able to get back to her
work at that church for little while
before her death. for she loved it 90,
and she was always so active and busy
doing something for somebody else,
Her daughter. Miss Elizabeth Gummey.
and son. Mr.. George Gnmmcy were
With her ar the time of her death.
Judge Charles Francis Gummcy Is an
"tner sen His daughter Eleanor was
debutan:e of this season.
DEGGf came to see the family the
4 other day and had wonderful time
paying with the various real and i'm.
provlSed toys that were gathered from
all over the house. The family all sat
around and worshiped. of course, as
iamlIltS are apt 10 do when small rela
ives com" to call. Peggy had wonder
rlI TIM" until the ccllulod bird which
NJ. on the side of the blue dish sepa-
'a''d company suddenly and left her.
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