Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-29
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells OF Two Teas Scheduled for This
Week--Meropolitan Opera Season Opens Tonight at
dcadeny-Sm Carlo Company Had Fine Premiere

rr,tIERE will not be any teas this
,ronl till Saturday. Two are sched-
,,Iod for that afternoon and quite close
,oSether too. Alberta Reath is to be
;niroduced mt tea which her grand
mofhcr, Mrs. Albert Pnncoast, and her
wotbrr. Mrs. Benjamin B. Rcath: VIII
giyc at the Ritz Carlton, and Jean Riley
,';lI he introduced at tea to be given
,,r her aunts, Miss Theodore and Miss
I!dith E,lrt The Burt house at 1908
Walnut has been opened again after
ieinr closed a number Of years. and the
,aa will be- given there, SO it will be
,crv easy to go from one affair to the
uther.
THIS evening will be the opening Of
the opera season at the Academy,
,yben the Metropolitan Company of New
York will give Lucia" with CALI
rurci and Mortineli as the drawing
,.ords. Of course the boXholdcrs Will
he there in force. as every ono is sure to
entertain on the opening night. Mr..
and Mrs. IL. X. Price will entertain and
Tho !. Bcrtram IiprincottS will have n
family party in their box.
Nr, and Mrs. John Frederick Lewis.
Who have n proscenium box, again will
entertain six guests. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Coke Yarnall will occupy
Mrs Alexander Brinton CoXe's box. and
Mrs. Herbert TIowe's daughters, Mrs.
TIalscy dc Wolfe, Of Providence, and
Mrs. Frederick Jordan, and their hus-
bands viii have her box. Mr.. and Mrs
George Lorimcr will have the 'harr'
mopnp Towers with them. and the Bar
ton Cooke Ilirsls will entertain in the
George ralcs Bakers box Rose Hawkes.
rnd Elsie IIiret and Bert Lippincott and
Ruhland Rcbmann.
Mr, and Mrs. Alexander Van Rcns,,
scIacr will have four guests, and so VIII
Mr., and Mrs. George w. Childs DrcxcI'
and they will both entertain after the
mnera at the Supper Club in the Foyer;
Mrs. Tom Ashton and Mrs: Stacy Lloyd
will he the members Of the committee
who will receive ut the supper dance
this evening.
10 hopc that subscribers will re-
/ member how unpleasant IT was last
wear when they arrived late ana ma"
to climb over other people and inter-
rrrc with their view Of tho performance,
and bc on time tonight: that is, D"
there before o'clock. for IT there 'S
ono thing that the Metropolitan Opera
COMPANY can he counted on tor III Tvs
perfOrmanrcs it is promptncSS. ln'
cpCr8S always start on the minute ol
s o'clock. So lets be on time.
THE opening night Of the San Carlo
i opera last evening was very. sue
rcSsfuI. and in spite Of bad night th'
house was filled with an appreclatlV'
audience. The performance was mt
end the audience brilliant, for many o
the boxhOlders Of the Metropolitan sea
son are among tho bnxholdprs for th'
three weeks Of the San Carlo. ant
many Of them are occpying the boxes
they had occupied when l1ammerStelI
had his winters of opera there.
After the first act. Mr.. Albrecht, Wht
Is president Of tho Philadelphia Operf
Association. appeared upon the stag
md after a graceful speech introduced
the Mayor, who made a delightful
sncoch. making the audience roar wher
he remarked that Carmen had ably dem
oustrated that while man could per
hans tic "A womans hands he could no
lie what she talked with. He welcomed
the company to thc city and then INTRO
duccd Mr.. Gallo. Altogether. 1t wa
vcry delightful and interesting. In
Opera Club. whchiS composed OF mum
Der of men music lovers. vas in evidence
occupyipg three Of the lower proscenlun
boycs. Mrs. John II. Thayer iooke'
very handsome in black velvet and Mrs
Ernest Law was gowncd also in black
Mrs. Stanley Flagg, Jr,. wore smsr
velvet gown and Mrs Charles Mct al
don was in gray. Mrs. Edward A
Schmidt wore a beautiful gown OF gree
>corlins and n band of pearls in her hal
and Mrs. Joseph I6idy was in blacK
Miss T. izabeih Lntta wore gown
cloth Of silver topped with chrrry,
rod chiffon and Mrs. Fielding otis Levi
wa, in black crepe dc chine
MISS ANNE has a class Of htt'
Nl girls. and she is busily trying I
teoch them how to count and add. Hh
is equally busy teaching them nor |
count on their fingers, but once IN
while Betty. aged five, torGctS.. ana ..,,, m \
other day when Miss Ann" SAID re
mo what arc three and four and thrc
nnd two?" she puzzled u little, an
then with weary sigh leaned back !
hrc chair. while tn" others WorNc
huSily away making marks on lnr'
navcrs. "Wcll. Betty, said MIS-
Anne. did you find out how many ma
w"mIj nc+'' 40. Miss Anne sal
Dcttv nrtlessly. II didn't have cn9us
fingers. MANIA ->'>''
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