Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26

oTTIL more teas. Yesterday was
SBetty Battles debut, you know |;
,J tben in the evening there was the
shH,tinb"cl an, ball and the Stacy Lloyds'
NJ NJ dinner, in the Rose Gardens Of
iha M,s Reliryue Stratford before the ball.
The Llovds started out to have the
,;nnar In the foyer of the Academy, hut
ohn" asked another and another guest
..,nt;I II was found that tho" were too
.oonv u" for that beautiful mirror. room to
h,J' hn,d go the party was transferred to
tbe Rose Gardens.
'nT Tho NcNiichacl ball was held at the
t1.Carlton and was beautiful
a@oir, There we're about 400 guests
ond ouite a good many came from out
"f town, though the Baltimore, guests
Sore much cut down in number because,
of the death of Donnell Stewart in the
West the other day. lie was brother
81 Plunkett Stewart, you Know, ana
oil VI many relatives in Baltimore.
n"S Mrs McNIichael wore beautiful
uorn Of black velvet cut square at, the
ssOck and made with a rather long
levnro nern train. Ellen was lovely in
ssaock of white tulle over crepe de chine.
Che looked like a fairy in it.
onP cought n glimpse of Ellen Lloyd at
.,a RelIevue Stratford just before the
tTu Iin,ar and thought she looked excep--
t;onally sweet in n frock of white net
over silver cloth.
IN THE afternoon ] went to the
p,ttles' tea at 267 South Nineteenth
.treet. Betty is the daughter Of Mrs.
Frank Battles and sister OF Wiiiiam
and Winthrop, you know. She Is
Jaor and looked awfully sweet in her
s,mnIe but exquisite frock OF white
Iace, She has light brown, bair and
hire eyes and a lovely complexion ana
thS lecv frock was just right for her.
pattv il a graduate of Miss Irwin s.
Next Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs
Rsttles will give a dance at the hitz-
Carlton in her honor.
WHILE on the subject of Dances 40
w YOU know I have been distressed
,o benr that there is so much drinking
among the young boys these days. It's
really serious thing, and while l am
not here to approve or disapprove OF
the Volstead act, l cannot but see
that too little is made of the breaking
6f the law among older people.
Whereas, several years ago, before the
Iaw was in effect, we were disgusted to
see n boy or man who had over -indulged
In the use of liquor, and II he had so far
forgotten himself. he always apologized
afterward and was very much ashamed
Of himself. Now, il any of them drink
too much, they think it's smart. Little
boys of eighteen and nineteen actually
40 to parties with TASKS in their hip
nocketS and offer the contents to the
girls, and some of the girls think it's
clever to take some.
II seems to me that, as in the days
when Johnnie was ten or eleven ana
going to party, mother looked into
his pockets to see if he had his gloves
and n fresh handkerchief, now she
would do we'll to look into his pockets
for different reason. It's deplorable
And, while it was bad last year. It's
been even worse this year at several
affairs. The hostesses are naturally
much upset, and, indeed, think they
have cause to be.
You know of old that Nancy hates to
rail about things and seem a spoil sport.
but the vulgarity of this thing, let
alone the wrong of 1t, is something that
should really give us pause, don't you
think? Maybe it's just phase and
Will puSSs thu ihoy ~ P'''
T HEAR that Ronald Mills is to sing
L the prologue of the Waltz Dream.
which is to open the Charity Ball on
Thursday night of next week at the
Academy Of Music. and the spirit OF
the waltz will be depicted b. Charlie
Morgan and a number of little pierrettes
who will be Janey Gates. Peggy Stout,
Rebecca Stout. Maud Howell. Peggy
Hammond and Marie Louise Butcher.
The Jefferson Hospital dancers are
to be dressed like "Nllle. Modiste' and
they will be introduced by u song sung
by Mrs. Robert Meade Smith. Polly
Thayer will usher in the Pink Lady
dancers with her violin, and Elizabeth
I.atta will sing the Merry Widow waltz
before the merry men and girls dance
in for that set--and Mrs. Levi j. Ham
mond will sing Gypsy Love for the
Gypsies.
] hear it is going to be prettier, spec,
tacularly, than ever before, and that will
be saying something, for it was gor-
geous last year. NANCY WINNE.