Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-25
UST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks OF the Army and Navy Game Today.
She Hears Various Interesting Bits
About People and Things

-sv,T Il wonderful to have the Army
md Navy game here once more? 1t
1,a .cem too bad We had to lose II for
ssvcral years. because We had no field
.,,,b seats enough to accommodate the
..nxds. and 10 the game was played in
New York.
mi, year, however. Penn has built
4. fine new stadium. which holds It's
.housands upon thousands aud the
Amy and Navy nrc with us once more.
I hear Jack Potter. who spent y
"a, of time In London during the war.
and Travelled over here With the Prince
AZ Wales, has asked Lord and Indy
Nountbattcn on here to visit his par.
snts at their home In 1T. James street
and to attend the game. The Mount
hattens arc on here for n part Of their
honey moon and 1t will be interesting
70 meet them.
lard NIountbattcn is OF the old house
~ i,atterburg, but during the late war
20 disliked the Germun name land for
that muttcr IL was disliked BY the
English. tool that King George chanycu
Il 10 its English equivalent and made
r. NIountbatten. jack Potter's parents
:rc Nr, and Mrs. james Potter and
they live ut 2217 st. james place.
NF COURSE most Of the debutantes
" arc going to the gume, and those
who have been asked by middies or
cadet. 10 accompany them are $50
thri "L!my dear" they Just don't know
whn: 10 10. Though one fair maid
7 rruri convcrsing yesterday said to
several other girls: ''Oh yes, I'm
going (lifting one shoulder and one eye
brow. exprcssivelyD 'and I'm for the
NAVY. but I'm going with some Army
nco,,lc and l Just love TO do that. but
nv dear, I just don't get n thrill out
Of it any more. ! so to a game, and
everyone around inc shrieks. and
scrra,ns. and am per- (this with very
high iutonatiOn) .fectly silent And
hnyiug sat near her all the way in town
YOU know she could not be''per--fectly
silent" anywhere, any plucc or any
time in her life.
But you do love thcm. those funny
li,IIr drbs: they are 10 cunning and so
important and they get such hard jOlts
the year nfter they have come out aud
have +, take a back scat for the other
girls.
MUST tell you about the party Mrs.
j Alexander Brinion Coke Is giving In
January for hcr granddaughter Agnes
Yarra!I and her nice" Helen Norris.
First I heard it was to he II dinner.
dance on December IL; then ! heard
il was 10 be Il dance on January 10;
and then I heard It was to be dinner.
dance and on the 18th. after all.
And The invitations were not yet out
and so how could ono tell? The only
way was to so TO headquarters. which
I did and this il what I learned from
Mrs. Coke herself.
When they first talked Of it. tbcy
had decided on II hiuu"r dance for the
18th. then later changed to the
10Th. for IA dance. For some
reason, however, the first date was
found to be better one. but the party
will not be dinner dance. So the
final truth about II il that Mrs.
Alexander Brinton Coke will give ball
on Monday evening, January -. in
honor Of her granddaughter Agnes Var.
nall. daughter Of NJ. ant Mrs. Charl.
ton Yarnall. and Miss Helen Wharton
Norris. dnu;htcr Of Mr.. e. {. Pinck.
ney Norris. and not dinner.
CPEAKlNG Of Helen Norris. a,d you
~ know that she is taking Il special
cours" at the Orthopcdic Hospital in
the mornings? She is deeply interested
in it and expects to keep on next year.
She Is going to parties. but not letting
them interfere with her work. Helen
and her father are living Mt 1902
Chestnut street for the winter. Mary
Duvnl. Of Williumsport. is coming on
early next month to spend Il fortnight
with Helen.
V0U will be glad to hear that Jane
i Goodman. who was operated upon
foo appendicitis last Monday ut the
Jefferson Hospital is r"cup"ratinG
spl"ndidly. Jane is tn" daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William T.. Goodman, OF
Chestnut Iii II aud II first cousin Of Sue
year. The William Hoodmans live at
$500 Germantown avenue.
T HEAR that Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
! Learned IIcbard. Of Chestnut Hill,
hay" postponed the dance for their
durgiirr Julia Hebard, from Decem-
Der Ii to December -, and invitations
will soon be issued. Julia has had
were attack OF typhoid fever, you
knn. hu, il l. rnpi.iy getting httt"r.
Eyer! one is 50 glad tina, she will soon
b. s"Ing about to all The parties.
th"r' have been 'ov"ral serious eases
oi I! rhoid out IN Chestnut Hill OF late.
Mrs. Henry Mexican was one Of those
,lk"n down with it. and Mrs. Ernest
Savage, who. YOU remember, was VI ISIS
Jane fcatmnn. was desperately i'll for
a while, too.
Beatrice Mockridgc, daughter of the
Rev. DR.. .ohn Mockridg" and Mrs.
M""kr,dgr, was introduced at II tea
yesterday at their home on Twenty.
S'"nd street, next TO ST. James
Chlrrh. you know nr. M"'kridgr is
rector Of ,h" rhurchD Beatrice is quite
blonde nnl looked sweet IN Il white
cr'n" dc chine trock made with Il round
neck and short sleeves edged with rrEs-
Ml beads. and carried AN old fashioned
bouquet OF roses aud lilies of the val,
lcy.
Mrs. Mockridsc wore ii handsome
xo"n of black satin trimmed. with
steel beads. while her other daughter,
Miss Elisabeth Morkridge, who has
wonderful reddish hair, was in emerald
green satin vrilrd in black lace.
'C'iiE George Wills Bortons, of Ger.
mnnl"wn, gave II beautiful party nt
thr Ritz carlton last night for their
daughter. Gertrude I.ippinrot Borton,
VINO ii d"butantc this year. Th" ball.
room wa, beautifully Decorated In
phlms and ferns and delicate blooms.
'iertrud Q wore an exquisite frock Of
SSh'i" velvet embroidered in crystal