Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-24

p HEAR that Mrs. Howard Spencer
i Graham is to have charge Of the
oaecnnt of the Art Association IN New-
pss which Is to take place during the
~. week in August. And Mrs.
Ms.bom has chosen Laura Bitltllc and
y"wis varick Frissell to take the lend
;ns norts. Laura is about sixteen
sr. ,ms Of nre and has her mothers good
yars and wonderful complexion. She
<. tsll and we'll built and will make a
iovely heroine. The pageant is to be
soi,ei 'orhe Viking and Is founded
ou i,ongfellow's poem, The Skeleton
yon know Mrs. Graham was Miss
uar,sret Thayer, o sister Of Mr..
Sr,iney Thayer, who married Miss
Etse Bower. Mrs. Graham 8 younger
dsushter, Peggy, was married late last
mcnth in Newport to Devercux JOsephs,
- baltimore and Newport. Mrs.
T,,ham and her family spend every
Sin,rner in Newport, where they have
villa. .-.
A GREAT many Philadelphians
"A soiled for Europe on Saturday.
Mrs. William Ellis and Cintra, who you
.ompmber came out last year, went on
the Adriatic, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Tbsver also sailed for Paris, where they
.ilI spend some time. Mrs. Thayer's
lister. Mrs. rmbsen, who lives most OF
Ser time in New York now, sailed with
them, % Mrs. Perry Allen and Mary left
last week also for the other side. and
DR.. Joe Leidy Is taking short trip.
MD you know that Mrs. Bill Disston
II bos gone back to England again?
a. tells me she loves it so In London
shs expects to spend the greater part OF
Ssr fine there. Mrs. Dtsston Is Ger
tsinly q stunning looking woman. She
came over from England about two
months ago to stay with her daughter,
Pauline Wanamaker, and to see her
new granddaughter. Her son, William
Tmnlop DiSton, lives at their old place
an Norwood avenue, Chestnut Hill. with
his wife and children, but Mrs. Disston
rrlv comes ON here for visits Of late. and
,.bsn she is in the United States makes
Lar Headquarters in New York.
MARY THAYER has one of the
lW prettiest frocks I have seen this
s.sson. She was out at the Philadef-
mia Cricket Club one day last week,
rearing n dress of lavender ratine with !
q hand of cret0nne fowered in pink.
mycnder and green around the end OF
fhe skirt and finishing the neck and
sleeves. The cretonne was Joined ~
fhe ratine with buttonh0le work in
lavender wool. /
It was a decidedly unique Idea and
most becoming to Mary, who is rather
fair, like all the Whcelers-you know
her mother was Miss Gertrude
Wheeler. The hat worn with this
nretty frock was of lavender satin and
had a small bunch Of flowers on the
brim.
Mary will join the George Packards
when they return from Europe and go
with them to their camp in the Adj.
rondacks for the month Of August.
Mary and Ruth Packard came out two
seasons ago.
DILLY simply hated to SO to Sunday
ID school. Every week as the time
came around he would discover head
ache or some other ailment to keep
him at home. Somehow he had
most unsympathetic family, for the
headache plea was usually stilled with
a glass of milk. because he must be
hungry" and the inevitable best suit
and shoes were finally put on and the
young man had to 60.
One evening after an unusually long
lesson Billy began talking to father
on the subject just before bedtime. Said
he: "Did you go to Sunday school
when you was n little boy?'' Eyes,
indeed" said daddy. throwing out his
chest with pride, II never missed
Sunday" Bill looked at him in
horror and exclaimed. "Well, why do
have 10 so, then, if it won't do me
any good either?"
NANCY wYNNE.