Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-30
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells Of the Plans for the
Wedding in Janumy-She Speaks of the Russian
Ymmmka at the Emergency Aid Today

THE Lippincott- Hirst wedding is to
ho on January Z, the day after the
iT,rst Assembly, and it Is to be at St.
Tamss' Church, Twenty second and
Walnut streets, and, Of course, there
iii be a reception after the wedding at
tbo Hirst home on Spruce street.
t,ert Lippincott IL the last Of the j.
portram Lippincotts' children to marry.
loo the eldest, married Miss Elizabeth
Nils. of New York; Mrs. William Paul
n,Neill was Mariana Lippincott, and
Nrs. Nicholas Biddle, Sarah Lippin-
cott. the younger daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lippincott will give a dinner
dance on Thursday night, January 8,
in honor of Elsie Hirst and their son,
and suppose they will have the re-
hearsal for the wedding on Friday aft
ernoon.
daughter. She came out last year, and
is charming girl. The two families
i've on Spruce street, and the young
neople have known each other since
ihey were children.
CPEAKING Of the Lippincotts re-
- minds me that Mrs. Lippincott is
going to be at the Russian Yarmarka,
today. and will be at the table with
Princess Cantacuzene, who is coming up
especially for these two days from
Washington, and who will stay with
Mrs, George Lorimer while here. The
Princess, Mrs. Lippincott and Mrs.
Webster Fox will have Russian en-
broideries and blouses at their table,
and they will have as aides Mrs. Joe
Jippincott, Mrs. O'Neill. Mrs. Biddle,
Elsie Hirst and Mrs. Charles Griffith.
The Russian affair is to be held in
the Emergency Aid rooms. at 221 South
Eighteenth street. 1t Is for the benefit
Of the Russian refugees. Mrs. William
bonner is to be at the table with Mrs.
Seymour Davis selling Moscow enam-
cled boxes, and Mrs. Walter Wheeler
will be another aide. Dorothy Rodgers,
who is Mrs. Donner's daughter and a
debutante, will be at the head Of a
number Of debutante aides. And cigar
cites and smokes are to be disposed Of
by Mrs. Charlie Plntt, Jr., Mrs. Rich
ard Edwards and q number Of others.
THE opening performance OF the
l. Metropolitan Opera at the Academy
of Music last night was a brilliant af-
fair. The house was crowded to the
doors and the gowns and jewels were
cxquisitely beautiful. There were a
great many black frocks, but the rage
for black is passing. and the colored
gowns were peculiarly brilliant and gor-
geous.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Van Rens-
selaer entertained in their box and the
Livingston Biddles were with the
George w. Childs Drexels. Mr.. Glenn
cut Buckley Newbold had his daughter,
Anna Newbold, with him, and Dicky
Calhoun and her husband we're his other
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pepper
Cramp. I saw the Tom Ridgways,
Gardner Cassatts, George Dallas DiXons
and many others.
Mrs. Stacy Lloyd wore very beau
tiful gown of green and silver brocadc.
and in her hair was arranged silver
wreath. Ellen Lloyd, who was with
her father and mother, was most at
tractive. She wore n cream colored
satin gown, embroidered in pearls, and
around her head was arranged Il wreath
Of tiny green grapes, with hanging
punches over the ears, a little spray of
forget me -nots being placed ut the top
of each bunch. Elizabeth Jeanes had
darling headdress, too; it was narrow
band Of pink roses and forget time -nots.
made of satin ribbon, and it was worn
across tnC nCHu JUSL uDONc ntT cllpp'u
bang. Mrs. Paul Mills jewels were very
beautiful. She wore a band of dia-
monds set in platinum around her hair
and necklace of diamonds. Her
dress was gray satin crepe. elabOratcly
embroidered in seQuins. Mrs. Charlie
magne Tower wore gown of gray blue
tulle and sequins, and Mrs. George
Lorimer's gown was a combination of
orchid crepe de chine, embroidered in
orchid crystals. Mrs. Tom Dolan also
chose orchid crepe, elaborately embroid-
cred in crystals and made high In the
back. Mrs. Andrew Wheeler's frock
was Of a cloudy sort of blue, brocaded
in silver, and she wore the same col
ored slippers and stockings. Mrs. John
Fell's frock was very unusual; it was
fashioned of purple velvet, perfectly
nlain and made with a high, broad and
loose back. Mrs. Standley Stokes had
a remarkable hcaddress of diamond
bands, which were joined with small
diamond stars. Her frock was black.
THREE tiny puppies arrived at
1 Elsie's home the other day and
Elsie was frightfully excited over them.
and was telling Aunt Jennie about them.
Said she: ''They are any long yet, and
they can't stand on their ends nor wag
yet, but they're awful cute"
NANCY WYNNE.
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