Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-24

-ors +, seem possible that another
,o.r bas come and gone since De,
,tor oI. 1920. when we were all
cenl.pT ceI.Tu oach other a Merry Christmas
wS' WI yenr of happiness? For some oil
snI hos bcen n year Of happiness, for
US !. ,bcre has been much sadness
oln',I 81, or MS can have the Christmas
yri, ycS a. ~ ncncc. whether sad or joyous
spI', thc message was of peace and we
Ior 'n III have that. If we will only
i,iroto cam Il ourselves and show good
cGii ., th.t peace will be very part
W", n,r everyday life. May all OF us
Sn.o ., w" tomorrow happy Christmas; IL
no,' merry one. one which Is hlled
.,;,b Tho reacc which came to the world
thot Christmas night so many years
ago. III so,,ow the old
,,stom % Of having large family dinners
,on,orrow. and II is deli ghtfui thing
N do. Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Evans;
Jp will have large family party an, uni
Tr and Mrs. Robert Emott Hare VIII
hive all their children and their taln
,lies with them for the day. Inc hen.y
Erinton Coxes will give their 1amlIy
dinner tonight. on the eve, ana MT; anu
Mrs, Henry s. Grove Will have uihler ,,r
tomorrow. Another family anar VIII
be given by the Hollinshead lnH'VIs, ,h,
and I cant begin to remrlnper u" '"'
other plans for this beautiful day.
x1oU will be Interested, ] am sure
to beor further news Of Miss Hen
.,o,to Ely. who has been so III IN
prague IL is lust about six weeks since
bor two sisters. Mrs. Charles Tiffany.
Of New York. and Miss Gertrude Ely
sailed for Prague on learning OF hcr se-
riOus condition. ;.h hos
understand the trouble is with her
'sres and she would not have an opera
tion performed until her sisters reoeneu
her, They have been there some , ,,ule
now and the latest news is that MISS
Henrietta has been moved 70 Nl'nhu. /.
. where several eminent physiclahs may
W. 'rt corsultcd but so far. unfortunately.
tbere has been little Improvement IL
any.
n,EE Lttle's party at the ovcrDrooH
L Golf Club last night for Mary anu
Nancy wns delightful affair. The
ruests numbered about 300 and were
mostly of the deb set. Some OF the
rnestS went to both parties--the lhttles
frst and the Evans at the RITZ Carlton
for Margaret Phelps the latter part oil
tho evening and vice versa.
Nancy Little Is n debutantc. you
know. Mary came out couple ot years
ago. but she seems scarcely more thah
A bud herself. Nancy has brown hair
and brown eyes. and is perfect little
dear. She wore q froCk OF white chiffon
trimmed in silver and had silver slippers
gitph
dainty costume and suited her to per-
fectioD,
MIR. AND MRS. EVANS gave n
Vl very large dinner at the Ritz
Carlton before their dance: the dinner
for I.enorc Mccall and her tiancc. Nor
man MncL LciSh. and the dance. as ] said 4.
for Miss Phelps. Ienore McCall's en-
gagemeut to Mr.. MacLeish was an
nounced about two months ago. There
we're about fifty at the dinner. mostly
Of tho younger married set. and 1t was
a brilliant affair. Among the guests
were the Louis Bories. Sewell Bories,
Andy Portcrs. Gil Mathers, Joe Me-
Call, Jrs;, George Mcnyers, George
Jrs.. IIoby Porters, Joe Rollins and
many others.
The decorations at the dance were
lovely, principally Christmas greens and
red flowers, and it was altogether very
beautiful.
DOLLY was walking along the street
L Yesterday with Daddy. and as they
came toward one Of the shabby looking
Santa Clauses who were collecting
money for Christmas dinners she re-
marked to Daddy that Sanity looked
pretty poor. Yes" said Daddy. che
Is pretty poor this year. and he's col
lecting money to help the poor little
girls and boys have a Christmas din.
I ner. We ought to be very generous. "
"All right" said Polly, eagerly, "I'll
rive him all I've got" "Well. dear"
replied Daddy, that's fine; but you
must be wise in giving, too. Do not
give all you have. If you do. you II
have to ask for more yourself" GAN
right" said Polly. "I won't" but,
added She ~ never carry more an
twelve cents"
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