Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF Fairs, Clothes and Weddings
Other Matters Discussed

yNuE out OF doors things have started
i with n vengeance. You know after
tb;s tennis week there will he polo next
week and then tho Horse Show at Bryn
Nrowr which. if I am not mistaken.
r;Il omen on the 9th Of the month.
And you need not think out OF. doors
Affairs will stop with the Horse Show,
Not at all. for there will be the annual
fair for st. Francis House for Con-
va,escents at Darby on October 6 and
z You know that fair and market
day. as it Is called, is always held
on the grounds Of the Home for Con-
yslescents, and it's simply wonderful
how much money is raised.
Il is n great charity, as any Of us
who have visited Blockley can testify.
II started primarily 60 oford home
# rcst and restoration to health during
that trying period of time afte- patients
,rc dismissed from the hospital as
.nred. and yet are not perfectly we'll
nv entirely over the illness. And in
n,sny cases some OF the sick women
have had TO go right back to their
homes and everyday work.
The former Mrs. Charles Emory
Smith and her nieces. Frances and Letn
Sullivan, who you remember married
Albert Hoffman and died two years ago,
we're among the first to contribute to
,he home. which has been IN ra.s.cn,e
tor some years. Private beNucsta made
II rossiblc TO buy the house ana later
TO buy the Cook property next door
and that, incidentally. was used for
conyslesrent soldiers after the war.
One thing which is always interesting
about this fair is the fact that you
can do all your marketing for several
dars sT there, as they have everything one
could require for a Weekend. Some OF
hose who have been presidents Of ST..
Francis House and others actively in
terested in the work, are Miss Julia
I,arucrenne. Miss Florence Sibley, Mrs.
prank Patterson, Mrs. Henry Clark,
Mrs. Robert Quennell, Mrs. James
Mundy, Mrs. William Hunter. Mrs.
Frank Walsh, Mrs. Fred Nathan and
Miss Katharine Bennerman.
DO think Mrs. Henry Pepper VauI
i wears stunning gowns. don't you
She was at one Of the out door dongs
This week. wearing waite crepe de
chine embroidered in watermelon pink
alk. There were bands of the en-
hroidcry on sleeves. gird!e and skirt
hem. 7 notice that the dresses are
either draped at the long wnist line
or hip this season, or else are per-
fectly plain with embroidered bands
on thc hens Of the skirts, sleeves and
xsrdlcs.
rrHERE'S quite lot doing in the
/ social world tonight. There arc the
two bridal rchcarsals. first and foremost.
ard thoy are 10 be followed by y din
nsr or n buffet supper and dancing for
the bridal parties Mt the homes of the
hriles. You know that Dorothy Barnes,
the last Of Mr.. Barnes daughters by his
rrst wife. who was Miss Emily Hnrri.
son. sister of the late G. Leland Hnr-
r!son. of this city, is to be married to-
morrow afternoon at 4 clock to Jcwett
Beach Newton. Of Boston.. in Old St.
David's Church. Devon. And at noon
Adelaide Ncwlin. the second daughter
Of The james Caverly Newiins. Of Hav.
"rford, will be married to Rill Paul
Mawr. Dorothy Barnes is sister of
rcrliv Barnes. who married Emile
Gcyelin. and of Sylvia Barnes. who
married Commander Todd. L. s. ~.
some five or more years ago. Adelaide
Newln is sister Of Mrs. Beaumont
Whitney, I'd, and Of Polly Newlin. Her
brothers are James Caverly Newlin,
Jr., William and Jack Newlin.
Then. besides the wedding parties.
there will be the dinner dance which
nucilc Carter. or. rather. Lucille S
mother, Mrs. George Brooke, will give