Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-18

1uAvE seen SO many blue cloaks and
to,costs lately, and they are SO
- Iooking! Mrs. Fitz- Eugene Dixon
sUou n smart topcoat of a very dark
nimo nn. It's one of those rich, soft cloths
unnhsbly n velour or silk duvetyne. L
paVt i,a. NOT near enough to Judge the ma :
vial but it was beautiful. 1t Is cut
ien1 and circular and has large, COM
fonsahlo sleeves. A quaint embroidery
" burnt onion shade runs up. the
W. naoI around the shoulders and down
.Io .,eeyes, and she wears with 1t q
1L In.L bIue silk hat which Is almost en-,
tirey devoid Of trimming.
Are Whitney Wright also has q dark
,,,e outer garment, but hers is In the
Sor,r of A cape. 1t is a stunning bright
Sino and has a gray fox neckpiece
ru,lsyI she was Emley Cook, you re-
ncmber) wears large blue picture
hnt With the cloak, and I saw Mrs.
William Hemsley Avery the other day
,ooking yery well. She was wearing
ioug, dark blue cloak Of silk duvetyne,
"rhi"h was finished about the neck with
,ide full collar Of dark blue silk. Her
hot was a small gray toque and 1t was
trimmed with stiff feather ends OF same
shade. Mrs. Avery was Catherine Pot
tsr sister of Mrs. George II. Earle,
SJ, who is a very good looking woman,
too.
rSpEAKING of Mrs. Earle reminds
y me of Mrs. Ralph Earle, who Is
going to be one of those who Will aug,
ment the production OF why Nott
when IL Is given at the Academy neH.
week for the China Famine Fund; Otner
Tbsvcr, Mrs. George Smith, Barbara
tiaxton Mrs. Percival ,Glendinning,
Wrs GiI Mather. Mrs. Bud Patterson,
Mrs McGruder Dent, Mrs. George Dal-
ias Dixon. Jr., Mrs. Arthur Cooke (she
vac Amory Hare, the poetess, you
know(. Mrs. Nelson Edwards and sew
sral others. ,,,.,,
nolloch Richards sang, has been de-
,sioned into a feature, and when Bal
loch appears this time she will have
background Of other girls clad in, blue
silk pajamas also to join IN the chorus
with her and dance. hear that the
!. Willis Martins will entertain IN
box that evening, and the John Z;
Croomes, the Bertram Lippincotts ana
Or. and Mrs. Joe Leidy. Mrs: lleidy
il chairman of special committee OF
for the China Famine Fund.
THE Plays and Players gave one OF
l their delightful musical evenings
Inst night in the playroom on Eighteenth
street near Chestnut. Mrs. Sam WOOD
ward and Lillian Taiz sang and Polly
Thnyer played her violin. Leslie Joy,
who has n splendid baritone, sang very
we'll, toe, and Miss Barber was at the
piano. Mrs. John Leigo is in charge
Of the Sunday evening affairs, and they
are always very successful. Leslie JOY,
by the way, is going to be Dick Dead
Eye in the coming Savoy performance
next month. He is a born comedian. L
think. / just loved his acting OF koko
last year when the Savoy gave Mi,
kado" And when / get thinking OF
"Pinafore" I can almost hear him sing in
answer to Mercy Me, Why What Was
That Silent Be, It Was 1.-THE Cat"
And YOU know how wicked he will look
when he tells the captain that Josephine
Cyho is Mrs. McIver, Jane Maule that
was) and Ralph (who is John Is. Hip
ple, arc about to clope, and how fine his
voice will sound in the song, Kind
CAPTAIN, I've Important Information.
Don't you love that song and its refrain.
"Sing. Hey, the Merry Maiden and
the Tar?
Well to return to the Plays and Play
crs, there were great many
there. Mrs. Eli X. Price, who is presi.
dent. you know. and Mrs. Robert
Geddcs and the Joseph Conovers and
Mrs. John B. Thayer, Jr., Mrs. George
Dallas Dixon and ever so many others.
TUN1OR is not very often naughty,
y and when he is punished he takes It
much to heart. So you cant very well
blame his daddy for almost getting soft
about the punishment the other night
and escaping from the room with u
rather choked and gulpy Good night,
SON." after what l have to tell you
about what had happened.
Well. Junior was pretty naughty, and
SO daddy said, "Well, June, daddy will
have to send you to bed an hour earlier
And so upstairs they went and daddy
undressed a sorrowful little boy and
was about to put him into the covers
when Junior. knelt down by his little
bed and, putting his small head down,
mpIorcd in earnest tones. Dear God,
PLEASE make me GOOD BOY, SO
my daddy won't have to put me to bed
carly again." NANCY WYNNE.