Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-02

THE girls singles tennis tournament
l opcned at the Casino in Newport on
:,Ihaw and nm naturally inter-
s'omI s,oI as Rita Dolan and several other
Gys,,adeInhions are taking part. Rita
Lnn Tho first day from Thcodora Wins
,ow by default. Theodore and Emily
W,;, claw we're unable to attend
.he 6rst day and so both lost. which
T. ,on had. X is never much satis-
f.c,;on 70 win game In that way.
Howcver. Rita was able to prove her
,ioving Yesterday and won her game.
Tho Casino was gay with spectators.
.ho women in smart frocks and the
ncn in hannels. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarrie
nolon we're there TO watch Rita play.
TGev gave dinner on Monday night
% about twenty guests. The Dolans
do n great deal of entertaining every
summer in Newport, and the girls arc
extremely popular in the younger set.
Rita will be coming out this year prob
obly. and there'll be n lot Of parties
then, There's n younger girl in the
Tom Dolan family. too. Isabel. She'll
BE- making her bow in n couple of years
Rita Dolan Is n sister of Rose and
Alexandra, and Isabel is sister of
Sarah Dolan, who married Paul
Denckla, and of Tom and Hoffman
Dolan.
r WAS sorry to hear that Laura Bid.
l die had TO have an operation at the
Newport Hospital on Monday. but for
! tunately It was only minor one. re-
moving the tonsils, and while that Is
nainful and unpleasant, II is not apt
10 make one i'll for any length of time.
Laura Is growing SO tall it does not
seem possible that she is not yet seven
teen. She is her mothers height now
and carries herself beautifully. am
clad she will be well enough to take
mart in the pageant the latter part of
this month in Newport. for you know
Mrs. Howard Graham has chosen her
,.as 'leading lady, Laura has been
most carefully brought I'D and is very
cultured.
Do you know It may sound like
rank treachery, but / think the younger
generation in New York and in Bos-
ton, too, for that matter. has not the
freedom of our young people here. And
It seems pity that l am able to say
so But I know good many girls and
boys Of sixteen and seventeen who live
in New York and are members Of the
smart set and assure you when parties
are given for them a punch bowl is
not placed in the room with so strong
an amount of "kick" that the little
BOYS quite lose their heads and some
have to be sent home because they say
and do things that are not what they
should say and do.
Only this year there was dance at
which the punch flowed mot wisely,
but alas too WE'LL" at party for
young boys and girls, and the elders
saw no reason why they should not
serve it. Several Of the little girls
became hilarious. too. and that party Is
being talked about from Main Line to
Chestnut Hill. from Chestnut Hill to
Penllyn and back again. And I doubt if
1t will die down very soon.
am glad to say that among the
little girls of sixteen and seventeen
who attended there were several who
were shocked and who said they did
not want to go TO that home again
And 1t was not at the home of n
climber. but it was given by people who
stand high and should know better.
The girls Of sixteen in New York
seldom go out without Il chaperon in
The way Of a gOverncss or maid. even
In the afternoons. OF course. am
speaking of the girls of the smart set,
and | know that some of our girls are |
Just as carefully guarded, but not rs |
many. The parents generally are not !
as careful. and it is pity.
NHE has not been married very long.
~ and she has one of those wonderful ,
new apartments where the bed goes
,n.o the wall, and the dining room table |
runs our between two benches and the |
Kitchen hides itself back in an alcove. |
Ihey were having the Is in for sup
per and Mrs. Newly Wed was as busy !
S could be getting ready for them. |
said she to the maid. "I'l sugar the
Iced tea and arrange the ice and mint
sprays in the glasses" and forth
with she did.
wen the supper progressed nicely
ana the little bride was having a won.
Herfnl time entertaining her guests.
suddenly she noticed the beautiful clear
glasses OF iced tea were not being
taken Now be it known. she does not
IKE tea herself, so she had not tasted
the beverage and so she remarked, "Iu
you want more sugar in your tea, per-
maps | did not swectcn it enough"
hvcry one exclaimed unanimously and
with such great fervor "Oh. no thann
you that she became suspicious and
turned to her husband. because she
kne" he loved it and yet he was not
.aSihg 1t; 'IS anything wrong?" she
Myh1spcred in agonized tones. "Well,
GEAR said he carefully lyon see they
sre very much In lOvc) " not exactly