Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-23

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,rctty good record so far. don't you
81 conisc could not honestly say
ss VI surnrised about Lysbeth Boyd ant
w. porie boy, because I have heard 4
.r' ali sides for some time, as ] am SUR
unr baye, too, and felt sure they wer'
i,st waiting to announce it at tint
!uoros,dered Jus propitious to their plans.
Ivsbcth has been at college. 20,
,,nw' She Is n sister Of Barbara Boyd
,rbo has been doing such finely artistic
,rnrk of late, and who has a small shor
on Svdenham street with fellow artist
yionrv Peter Boric is the third Of th,
Charles Louie Bories' SONS. His cldcs
Lrotber. Louie, Jr., married Mary Alic,
tTav some years ago. and Sewell Borie's
u w;fe was Martha McAllistcr. lie is q
Grandson of Mr.. and Mrs. Bcauvear
Eorie. of Arlington. and a great grand
nenbew of the late Adolph +. Boric
who was Secretary Of the Navy under
General Grant.
THE other engagement was Anna
l Mary Walthour's to. John Craie
Wallace, Jr. You know Anna has lived
With her grandmother, Mrs. Adam
Everly, since the death Of her parents,
tbs late Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Walthour,
~ Savannah, Gu. Jack Wallace Is the
On, Of the John Craig Wallaces, OF
Twenty. second and Walnut streets.
30 date has been set for either we'd
ding.
MUST say as the time for Princess
/ Mary's wedding approaches I an
Getting very much interested in the de.
toils. and especially in the historical
mart of it all. I always loved Eng
lish history, and back in the dark ages.
when studied about Great Britain,
used TO let the names of the Kings and
Ouecns fairly slide from my tongue.
And when I read that the Princess and
her Viscount are to sign the register in
the famous Jerusalem chamber Of West.
minister Abbey, where the tomb Of st.
Edward the Confessor is situated, and
where various Plantagenets and their
consorts are lying in death. am quite
thrilled. The tombs there are those Of
Henry III. Edward 1. Edward III,
Richard II and Henry V.
While I believe firmly in q republic
and democracy, am frank to say I love
the Old World pomp and ceremony at
,cudant on the occasion Of a royal we'd
ding or coronation In England and else.
WHeTG AL tuc oIu w NOlluy "uCIC tuo SuS
toms Of the middle ages are still ad-
hered to.
You know all the wonderful stained
glass in the great windows in West
minister Abbey was removed during the
war to avoid possible damage by the
Zeppelins, and that am told by per.
sons who were in England last sum.
mer. is being put back into place,
having been renewed and cleaned with
wonderful success at the Victoria and
Albert Museum. They Say that the
brilliancy and beauty Of the colorinl
since the cleaning Is almost unbeliev :.
able. After all, the Zeppelin raids did
bit Of good, didn't they?
Do you know also that after the
wedding ceremonies and the signing of
the register. which is a part Of the Ger.
emony. the newly welded pair lead the
We tn the aisle and are followed by
-nig and Queen and princes aud
princesses out to the great doors, where
the Abbey chimes will peal forth in
unison with tho organ?
There are to be eight Queens at the
wedding. l understand, the Princess
mother and grandmother being the most
important ones. Queen Victoria Of
Spain will be there and Queen Eliza
beth Of Belgium. I can't remember
them all. In fact. I wonder. large as
It Is, how Westminster Abbey will be
able to hold the guests. the Ambassadors
and their suites from all the various
countries represented there, the royal
relatives and the guests invited from
nearly every country in the world.
suppose the wedding dress will be
gorgeous in material, but without mean
ing to be unkind I hae my doots about
IT'S beauty as to style. Perhaps I am
wrong and Queen Mary right, but I
don Ike her taste in dress and ! do
not Ike the Princess either. The
only Queens whose clothes I nave
ever liked are Alexandra. the Queen
mother; Victoria of Spain, and she slips
up sometimes. and Marie Of Rumania.
inr rest are. excuse me, but it's true,
quite frumpish.
] think they are absolutely right not
that they wear too short skirts, mo
sleeves and too low bodices, but why 90
to other extremes? feel free to saw
what think because I know they won't
sec this, and 1t won't hurt their feelings.
! d rather never hurt any ones feelings.
Ilt cannot enthuse about the frocks in
alary's trousseau unless they are rad.
really different from any she has ever
worn before.
She's very sweet looking with her
golden hair and blue eyes, and she'd be
much prettier if she'd follow fashion
enough to lengthen the lines of her
rocks at the waist and shorten them
lust mite,
suppose that with the Phlladelphians
VINO have married into nobility we will
pc, n@ well represented at the wedding.
herc's Margaretta Drexcl, who Is Vis-
poI,ntess Maidstone, and there's Lady
the former Mrs. John Jacob
rs rstor Alva Willing. Of this city).
ihen. too. the Countess Pappenheim
m ma her sister. Mrs. Philip Wainman.
xTno, You remember, was Christine
" heeler. stand high in things social in
:, The wedding is to take place next
!, u"Sday, the eve Of Lent. in front Of
,nr hlgh altar in the Abbey. And while
nave not been for Nlary's clothes. I
I'm decidedly for her as a girl and
She IS Of sterling worth and is
,S!dently marrying the man she loves,
'"d more power to her, say I.
NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES