Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-08
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells Of the Death Of Mr.. Avery in the
South She Speaks Of M. IVirs Talk at the Print
/ Club Tonight-Tnious Bits of Gossip : !.

r,HE death Of Mr.. Daniel d. Avery,
! / son Of the late General Dudley Avery
and Mrs. Avery, of Avery Island,
Louisiana, last Saturday brought sor'
row to Philadelphia, for Mr.. Avery
,ss the father Of Mrs. r.. winder
Johnson and a brother Of Mrs. Joseph
sill Clark, of Kate's HILL, Chestnut
Hil. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Johhson
left late on Saturday for Louisiana to
attend the funeral. Mrs Clara y
father, General Avery, ~d 1914.
Mr.. Daniel Avery leaves fodr daugh- :
+,rs besides Mrs johnson, "and one
son. Mrs. Donald Ducan and : Miss
catherine Avery, of Avery Island, and
Margaret and Louise Avery, tho two
Younger daughters, are living with
AIRS. Clark and attending school.
Louise is a pupil ut Eden Hall, Tott
Tesdale, and Margaret goes to Sprins.
siJe Chestnut Hit. Dudley skyery,
their brother, lives in Portland, Ore.
Mrs, Johnson made ker. home here with
Mrs, Clark and was educated In the
North. -.
THE meeting at the Print Club to.
/ night will be an interesting affair.
Mr.. William NJ. WINS, Jr.. who is
curator Of prints ut the Metropolitan
Museum, New York, will address the
members and their friends on the sub.
iect of prints, and Joseph Pennell WIN
also speak. As the hitter Is apt tq
disagree quite frequently with Other
experts, ! expect the fur will ny, and
os both are decided authorities, II
should be an entertaining evening Vol
Us all.
attractive club house made from q sta :
bic on Latimer street. 1t Is at 1914.
Three of the houses in that block were
torn down recently, and club house
or chapter house is being erected on the
sites by the Pennsylvania Society OF
Colonial Danes, Of which Mrs. Jim
Starr, is president.
think it is very sensible the way
people are turning to the smaller
streets to build their clubhouses and
Small private homes. You know, the
Albert Lucases have n house on Cypress
street. Nearly all the small houses on
St. James street, alongside of the Free
Library. have been turned into homes
and small shops of artistic tendencies,
and Chancellor street, too. has some
attractive places there back Of the st.
James Hotel. ,.,
We are getting a regular little
Greenwich Village in our midst, when
YOU consider Camac street, with all
its clubs. and Ounce street, too, where
the Mask and Wig has its clubhouse.
MRS. TOM ASHTON and Mrs
VN Charlton Yarnall were the host
esses at the Opera Supper CluP last
night and there were a number OF
parties following the performance OF
'Don Carlos" by the Metropolitan Com :
pany. Mrs. Yarnall entertained at
supper and Mrs. Ashton entertained for
Anne and Mrs. James Starr gave 9
supper for Virginia Heckscher and
Barclay McFadden.
r SAW Mrs. Harry Thayer on the
i street the other day looking very
we'll. You know, she has been IN
Europe since the early fall and came
back here late in December. While
Mrs. Thayer was in London she was
a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eyres. Mon
SELL. her host. being then treasurer o'
the royal household. Since then he has
bsen made second civil lord of the Adj
niiralty of Great Britain. Mrs. Thayel
was in the British Isles during the
hunting season, spending that time
with the Arbuthnot-Le Leslies ut their
lodge in Scotland. She looked awfully
WELL l thought, the other day.
TT WAS nurses afternoon out. ant
] mother had to go shopping. She diC
not want to take Louise with her, sc
she told her to call Aunt Mary on the
telephone and ask If she might spen(
the afternoon with her. rs mother haG
to leave her for an hour or two. Louise
walked sedately to the phone an.
mother was amused to hear the smal
voice saying: "1s that you, Aunt
Navy: Mother wants you to take care
Of Wis child while she's OUT
NANCy WINNIE