Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20

,,,EFE you surprised to hear Of Mary
w rrnestine Coleman's engagement to
%. f1sster? I really don't think many
80 vs we're, because We had been no.
o. cL,us us a decided devotion on the part
SWr Dexter for some time. And. too.
cmm.h I cannot vouch for the absolute
tn,Mus ~ this, I was told positively that
,,ui h'nI IN in April. when "Al Jolson" was
S.s p..s inst after the performance OF
mWby Xvii not 1927" in which Mary Er.
,.stinc starred. some one told Jolson OF
the suspected engasement and thet the
..m,,n .nv and some friends would be In the
ta,.,"o tNani" a." ~, certain night at one Of
sna',muf a.. ,n"rformn nces. And 30 the ire
nn.Ss.sihle nS Al throughout the evening
prniJ pre'I rcmark. "Why Not Dextcr?" At
~" "' end, too. when he usually came out
.,h M,,h his black makeup removed. on
x,n ,ort;culnr occasion he kept on tho
.m.tcmn. ."t but he adorned himself In
h.;Soj vol, and carried a small bouquet
uuhich he threw into the row In which
,h..s % Girls and boys sat. and said with
Ms impish grin, "Why Not pcS'
tsr!' ,,. ~ "whv Not" Mary
rrnestinc was dressed as bride III the
iast act and threw her BOUQUET t, inc tniJ tos5
I,,snn obout It left out no detail OF
SS;S S"WSv Not" and 30 he was able to
.onv,i,se this special part Of the audi
sncc BIZ his personalities.
To o. hack TO announcement Of the
engagement. 1t was made at dinner
Sb;ch Wr. and Mrs. Coleman gave last
r,sht for Julie Baker Nixon and Mary
Etnestine. Julie Nixon, as l told you
several weeks ago. IS on here from San
Antonio to visit he. family. She Is a
daughter Of Mrs. Louis Baker and
sister of Mrs. John G. Bell, Jr.
..tr.ctivc i rirl. She's so full Of fun
s.crr one likes her. She has lovely
i,sht fluffy hair. big blue eyes 'and Is
sitosctber a peach. Joe Dexter is aw.
%,iiv we'll liked, too. and every. one IS
wishing them the greatest happiness.
rur schoo, set had a beautiful time
/ last night at the party Mr.. Guy
usckscher gave for his niece. Ethel
Hart Heckscher, and for Catherine
Nsther. the Victor Mathers' daughter.
Tho dance was given at the Radnor
Hunt Club rnd there must have bccn
m guests. Catherine Mather has only
lately returned from trip to Europe
and she certainly Is looking pretty.
Tthel is a sister Of Virginin l1cckscher.
who came out Inst year and married
Barclay McFadden In Easter week.
Ethel. who is named for her mother,
will probably make her debut next sea-
rn, though I have not heard this
positively.
THEN tonight there is the dance for
i Kitty Peace. one Of the season =
debutantcs. Kitty is the daughter OF
the late Philip Physick Peace, and her
mother was Miss Katherine Heyl. OF
this city. The party is to be given Mt
the Pcaccs' country. place, Midstrenm
Farm, near Paloi To reach Mtdstream
Farms by motor go out Lancaster pike
70 Poloi pike. At Four Cross Roads
turn TO the left to Sugartown. After
passing through Sugartown turn LETT
On BOOT road. which leads into VI i'd
stream. And the guests will be rrin-
cipally of the debutantc set. Kitty
has two brothers. Phil, Jr., and Ned.
She Is quite athletic, ! understand,
though not 20 In build. She Is great
lover of horses and rides exceptionally
well.
DEITY. aged ten, came home from
- school the other day very glad that
the week was over. In fact. she rather
minded this school business. You hnu
m many things to play about ana you
found It so hard TO get enough time 10.
asked mother. "ho~ did things 90 ut
school today?" "Oh. all right. but !
made an awful mistake in geography.
"Did you. dear? That's too bad. What
was it?' asked mother. "Why. Miss
Anne asked what country was north oi
the United States, and I said Mexico
instead of Africa"
NANCY WYNNE.