Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-25
FOOTBALL ONLY
SUBJECT IN HOTELS
Hostelriss damned With Nota.
bles in Uniform and
in "Civies"
PRETTY GIRLS GALORE

PRETTY GIRLS GALORE
Broad street today il lane of wei.
coming flags swapping in the wind, aud
in the hotel lobbics bellboys strut about
paging names Of significance which pale
byfore names Of greater significance.
For this is the Army and Navy game.
AT 10 this morning Admiral William,
=. Sims. retired, was eating breakfast
in the Ritz Carlton and looking out Of
the window at sky that was start.
'ingly blue and sunshine that washed
Broad street as though the day was
ordered.
II was that sort of n dny!.
Thousands filled the hotels to super.
capacity and overfowed In the Hobbies
in groups no gay .hearted that nothing
could disturb their equani,nity. At
noon the lobby Of the Bellevue. STRAIT
ford resembled New Years Day, elec.
ton night and Christmas Eve in the
shopping district all rolled into one !;
only II was different. Nothing except
give. Philadelphia the gala day favor
OF Army aud Navy Day.
Youth and Beauty Out
There were shining eyed girls who
wore flowers and looked up into the
eyes of tall young men in 1awless uni.
forms. lhcre were steamer rugs thrown
over staIwart arms. and flashing its
way here and there and causing the
crowd to nudge and look was the gold
braided insignia Of the officers Of high.
rank: At the Bellevue, Secretaries
Weeks and DENLY and Assistant Secre.
tary Roosevelt were part Of the crowd.
Eager eyed youth in the persons Of
the Army, and Navy and its best girl
bumped shoulders with this important
oihclaidon, but ofiicialdom did not seem
to mind. Gravely accoutered directors
Of the Nations destinies flashed smiles
back at pretty girls they did not know.
Ono time "A fair Navy rootcr dropped
her truly gigantic yellow chrysanthe.
mum and nm important looking gentle
man III his forties picked it ur. with
deep bow. He turned out to he Gov.
"rnor Ritchic. of Maryland. who came
to the Bellevue with members Of his
Cabinet.
Army Spirit High
At. tho .Adelphia Hotel tho spiri, of
the Army surged high. Black and vel.
low and gray flags made colorful frame
Tor the crowd that surged and pushed
and went up to the hotel desk TO see
It the rest of the crowd had arrived
There were all the symptoms of the old
Army and Navy Day in the way Philn
d"!rhia opened her arms wide to receive
back what she always felt traditionally
belonged to her. And yet here among
the Army men moving about IN the
crowd there was now note.
The Army was no longer a section Of
west Point iransp!anted. The uni.
forms of khaki this time bore new
tr,app,ngs. Since Philadelphia last
pih!ed hostess 10 the game the war
had Ia ken place. War veterans with
their insignia dotted the crowd and
>evcra wounded soldiers caused for u
second Il pause in the gayety of other
youths.
AZ noon al the Adelphjn General
Pershins's staff spread thrill through,
'he lobby as It's members made their
way to rooms that had been reserved.
In room l03 Il guard stood hcfor. - n
barred door. This. was % stronghold
b"si"ged but not to be gained entrance
into except by special permit. II was
the place where Army officers SAT who
had rhars" Of IN" disposition Of the
"fhrihl tickets for th" Army side of tho
stadium AZ Franklin Field.
Great Day for Head Waiter
onc by one. or to speak more tr,ll,
dozen by dozen. they came M To him
and tried 10 find some one who was tn
arrive for certain on the II 30 train
Sect "lim>'"rsmthSon sont' register. -
he would answer In ns polite u tonr
as possible. But mostly the arrival
had MOI arrived. No one minded. II
Is day for meeting friends and miss .
ing tLem---this Army and Navy day.
lhc head water was husirr if thu,
was possible than IN" clerk. Expan.
sl,s looking citizens Of Kansas and
| Virginia held mysterious confab with
{ HIM " first llc shook his head graycly
and kept on shaking it Sometimes
however, there was II nIlSi.riouS ras.
age - something from hand to hand
aud H." gentleman went h"aming. H.
Joined his women folk. and assured
them It would be all right. After Tho
game they would eat.
"Grid" spirit in street,
I'll" streets themselves took on In,
| sWi' spirit that rcigned in the lotels.
! Early rA!s morning street vendors sr,v.
! cred IN the h,isk football w,nl TIA,
"'If up BrIad street, but hy nro.,
! IA" sun and many customers an,l
Mhrn.c! them into enterprise an ,r!>h
! ne They did u thriving busincs.
in !i'tl" Army and Navy footballs and
no' Tho least of the sales wa, n whit,
| r'!I'.od Navy goat or bulcful looli,..
graz Array mule.
I ! ,pplr.. with ,I.i-
| {" H2N> d!i ~ mss swiftly mo inc
a fu>!n">~ and "Gt your cu.ul.
tho game became u persistent r,h,
| tl iLr !eHtlri'T II Le day.
J b. gayne,s of Women's clothes all.
'd 'L' touch ct = vivid garden to D..
! s'r,'i~.
Wrh Governor Ritchie. Of Mary.
Ian. registered at the Bellevue. Strnt
torI "'r" William NJ. Nnlov. rhnirmn,
Il IT, Public Service commis sion: y
| iro"E Loo, former S'al
- 'arty OF "i.Lt present or io:nr,
la fillmore officials.
Among others seen at the Ritz. Carl
t"l N'r" Admiral Moffet, Lieu,nran
,"M"Ia'I"r Bartlett aud Mrs. Bart
i'', Lieutenant Commander V. G.
Gr!Hln nr,i Mrs. Griffin. Licutcn,Y
."n l"n,!rr T.. II. Morrisey and NJ.
M0rrl>"A, Commander Is. Whiting an
NJ. Whiting and Commander Furwr,
snl'"r Charles \. Ralston, Of low.
va "n" Of ." - working his wa
th'.gl tho ihrDng at the Adclphla.
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