Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-07

,yrrR night without dancing or
a .a,bcr without a ball, we will have
Ih.u' aIt ssembly Of the season to go
TO LONE rnn,s"ii ia much tradition with these
& nv vou know. They date back to
ahalrr, times and have been given
Colon'r 'oor except during the Civil War
ever !J,,rinp our late war with Germany;
nI" .Ion w. nil festivities OF a purely sociai
maturc we're suspended.
-,Ir Assemblies are the most eXcIu-
Ian halls Of the winter, in way.
,rh The exclusivencss is not as
'hGusin 'h:Isir kent to as It used TO be. and
s,r"sG the subscription list has grown
~ mite of the fact that IT was supposed
,n ,ln.ir,orily TO admit only members OF
hasa families who were among the hrS'
,,,h,rribcrs. it is most exclusive
REMEMBER bearing at one time
funny story Of great belle OF som"
'h;rty Years ago. She was one OF IN"
.m,,' oatcst bellies Of her season, but her
GamiIy iI though invited everywherT' hnI
,o,er had their names on th' l,st oi
,sscmby subscribers. She u'u hot
,,,;nd # but laughngly took up pet
with y NUMBER OF lii,h n"u ua,,n thn,
did subscribe that she se' '"''' '''''
wear. r,ost of those who
Time went on ana moSI ot ,"49 9ot aiyc
made the bet forgot IL OF o,h ho "0 o;ri in
il second thought, ouC umu 50 saf tho
question did. ana wngn ,o, so'' want into
,I'o Mo'', ,Ircssinr room to leave their wraps
.i,ot night they were assisted by halu
who giggled gallE '","" ,nmna nerson had
The reSo',s'e,"a rs ocoJ re act as maid
gotten hprSeit '"s" r"n,n and had carried
in the dressing ,TI" .d 90 tho story went,
ont the pun, hod maie real bets on the
those VINO nuu MAJ b;t of nancy. One
matter lost qu'tc u,o thoso tales are,
never knows now ,amT a.ar+ With no foun-
Sometimes Slollrs tt,. a,n, T Ion't 500 how
dation. ana personahi tboso days the
il was put ovcl' as, a i, tho Academy
Assemblies Me. ottorJonts were not
Of Music ana Tue a.en n ~ tbc PelIc.
Of th" same race US .nosS Soas 90 Rnt It's
vue- Strattord are 'nese WI ,ho yrry
n good story any Mus "n"
daring OF IL is alius,hs'
,, .Lo. - .ho do,utoutes
QUITE numOer Oh tue oeo",i"'N
Qthis wear are among the subscribers,
bnt | wilt not attempt to cnumerate all
Of them as | might forget some ana mat
would bv no means be my Intention.
Of course Atlee Downs is going and SO
prc Jessie Da Costa, Ruth Packard,
Lioyd Norris, Charlotte Starr. Polly
GrisCom, Mary Law virgin" O"'''''
oh. and great many others'
go .... ..
A MONG those VINO VIII entertain "'
n dinner before the ball will be the
Jacobs Walns for Ottilie Morris, their
granddaughter: Mrs. Norton Downs Tor
Mrs Norton Downs. Jr. : Mrs. Jones
Wistcr for her granddaughter, Nancy
Barclay: the Langdon Mitchells for the
William West Frazier. 3ds; Mr.. Charles
Packard for his niece Ruth the Nelson
Edwards will also entertain, as Will the
Algcrnon Clapps, the Russell Duanes.
the Henry fuckers and number OF
others.
tho Assemblies this year include Henry
Hrlnton 'oXc' . pem1ertoh hu,cnln in.
SON. nr' 'harles ~. llhrt' AnHan,.e'
VAN Kensseiear, beauVcau bori'' 'r"
ana Frederick Draytoh' -, o,,o u,o
me patroheSses WHO Mlll fetti'I ~ 'Ie
guests IN the i0Scr oulslue vi ,ne ~ I'M
room a. 'he bcI'eVue- iolu L.,oo W. "o
Mrs' J hoInns iEuli.iug; III ri nnSI,r' Tn,
r., oN'; MrS; utorss n.y., n':'
, aSpar W, MOTIFS, MIS ncouT,o %
'""' "n" h'S' ho"i"iiu iN"n"' ~
-Du, H. - r.. A., ,...,,,..
N'N Is tue tilic ior 'ne all'lhoo"'
~ at home, January and February
are still calling months. even though