Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-21
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells of the Dance Civen BY Mr.. Richard
l.. dustin for His Daughter-A Daughter Is Born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Went,corth Gross

Richard l.. Austin for his daugltr
JucylIe. who was introduced at tea
IN October. The dance was given at
thc Ritz Carlton and the ballroom was
beautifully decorated with greens ana
Christmas flowers.
I.ucyllc looked perfectly sweet in Hn
old fashioned type of frock-madc Of blue
and gold brocadc with gold lacc as a
trimming. There were q great many
dinners and theatre parties before the
dance. so things we're not in full swing
ti,l after II, when every one 6rgan
20 arrive at once. 1t was one of tn"
hest parties so far. tho ''buds" declare.
because every ono knew every one and
g. was simply great,
Some of the rr0rks werr cxoiisitc.
Peggy Logan, for instance. had on II
French model frocl, Of pale blue chiffon
and gr0rgcttc comb ed. and th0ul',
SOU could not have told which was chif
fcn and which georgctt" it was far
rrrtticr than il would have been nuu
Ouly one Of those materials been en-
ployrd.
One lovely gown was worn by Mary
Talck. II was entirely of gold lace but
FOR panels Of jade green brOcnd". and
the frock was edged about the bottom
rith brown fur. She wore green STOCK
incs and gold slippers.
Another smart frock was worn by
I'olly Franklin Duane. 1t was of
fame -colorcd crepe dc chine beaded
very dantily in silver. And Mary
1oIlsc Whitney. the Daniel Whitneys'
daughter. locked stunning in Il gown ot
sapphire blue velvet which .nccrntuated
her girlishncss. She is Il charming
young person. GrOrginnn Harris wore
black velvet gown which brought out
bor gold hair and blue eyes. There were
4O1 guests.
DTD You hear that the Wentworth
~ Crosses have n small daughter? She
is named Mary Washington Gross and
made her bow to the world on the 4th
of December. luI know Wentworth
Gross is brother Of Agnes Gross. who
i> debutnntr This year. lie MIR
ri"I Miss II"lcn Hoblitz"ll several vehrs
sgo. The Crosses are cousins of Flor
rlce crozrr. vor know. Mrs. Grocer
End their mother. who was Mrs. John
Gross. wer" sisters. I remember AZ the
tim" Of Mrs. Gross death that Mrs.
Cgoanr hcroically gave Of her own blood
t. try to save her sisters life. Mr..
Gross and Agnes live in Bethlehem.
last week Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Grocer
gave II ball for Agnes and their own
daughter. Florence Grocer.
T Had rather a strong lcttrr this week
from tho mother of one Of the
buys ",cSiing Il certain state Of Af-
Tai ,,,1 I I
her about it. It's the lack Of intro
dUcing boys to III" girls at the Younger ;
parties. let alon" on, affairs. It's m
a",unl fact that you may so To a dancing !
class or Il dance and see groups Of girls /.
MI huddlrd together and groips Of boys /
sanding hclpl"sslr about staring. And /
tiat's all that happens. No one is in ,
troduCcd.
when | WAS II hpy." back in the .
dark ages. ;hHt never happened. |
remember going To one party whrrc twO ,
Or three little girls were sittin" to- q
crihNr II, III" sid" Of The room and there .
we're some boys who were waiting on lnr Z,
sId"in"s TO cut in. heard tn"
hostess >ay to them: 'Comc: 7 want
10 intr"ducr you TO these little girls over
her" who are not dancing,'
The boys did not want (" he in
tgoducod. they figured with The usual
male logic. ''if they are not dancing.
they're not p"pulnr." and one of them
even said "Oh, Mrs. L. please
dnn't.' And Mrs. l. turned and
looked at him and said very quietly.
My dear boy. you will either come and
h!""t theses very nice young ladies who
hav" been invited TO my home just as
You hav" been. Or you will nbligr me
very much ly not remaining here the
+ i nf the ">,ning.''
And believe me that young gentleman
vaIkcd straight down the room to be
Introduced and put himself ont to be
lnIite TO all the girls that evening.
There Is another side To it. of course.
ana this Is that .Om" hOstcSscS do not
realize the boys and girls do not all
know each other. while again some OF
the young pcOpI" introduced are too
'hy 10 carry on conversations. and then
Comes the aWfu! consequence: getting
pruck."
don't know which one hates il
more. the girl or boy. but | often wish
Va" old time way of doing would come
INT" vogu" again. Then the girls y
would have programs. they would be
:" back 10 their rhaDeroncs between >
fancrS and there would be no danger of
citing stuck. Yes. ! know I'm
'rrariul back n'mbrr. There are no
'Nap"roncs to lead them 10. and they'd
'0St die il they had dance programs.
~ they Il ell have II mighty goOd time
IN here TO state. and no one would
q" 'Stuck - !,
Afr"r all. you cannot we'll blame Il
,"st"Ss for not introducing pcup'r.
'anr'N ana balls ere - large these ,
lays that the old time ways Of doing =,
II" not practical About the only wav
" h"lp SuCE things would h" to nsIi |
number of Older iricnhs to the partic, !
" receive with til" hOIic>S. and let
"cm assist IN introducing the young
'ppI" to cnch other. Perhaps such !
plan could be taken NJ. q
hk WIS vcrI sick. IN fact. the t
~ pain in hi> Sdr wa. So bad that /,
inI"r diS oN"r"d uu being called IN I,
NV 1t was case Of appendicitis and
y !" the h"siiilnl went Dirkir. And
'''F" was II confusion Of doctors and !,
"rScS and NrrobhiNg and Antisrutic !
'SNilIGN, and u"c"r sinking feelings. Il
na drSlr" for food and no food forth d
"l'hg', IL was II great mix up and ,
'nH' though eight years old. was not
'''' sur" what it was all about. \ ,
"'N "llcr h" returned home one or :
~ 'nth"r' friends came in to see him. /
Wei. Dick, said lir in y CHEEKY u
n', 'wINnl did the, do to YOU %l the
.i' tat. old. man:" And said Di,k.
= 'ar rs ! can make out, they eat mn y
yen ana Just h"!p"d themselves" J.
Nancy WYNNE !"