Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
TLST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Talks Of the Tea Civcn by Mrs. Frank
CLAMP to Introduce Miss Lucy JeGerys--She Tells
of the Committee Ball Held Last Night

~ SPITE Of the bad weather yes.
N..sa.v afternoon there were many
! terosy ,hc lea which Mrs. j. Frank
guests W. u. ot her home, 1908 Walnut
Chpp e.. introduce her daughter. in
treet .,,,er. 10 Lucy Jeffrys. Algeron
laws yon remember. married Miss
papp, 1efrcrys about three years ago.
Nancy 10 tho daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
Mcy Hamilton Jeffcrys. who live In
Wii'aami aa"mirttful house at Prospect ave-
thit a.heS gel New street in Chestnut Hill.
nue a"u hos n sort Of sunkcn garden ut
when AZ n"'b but which differs from most
ne s,u', GARDENS, in that 1t is not too
bunkeh ,n;d ont. You sec more than
hucn ~, ," nnd trimmed hedges when sou
. e there. There, are always roses roses
pss delphinium and zihnias ana o'hef
ssnn.bt. snu .colorcd fine growing plants,
sl,yyu slyyucv looked sweet yesterday IN n
.s n ~ white georgette. crepe embroid-
I'VE IN iridcscent beads, having FOUR
e.S.,s e.su on the skirt on which were en-.
R.n;dered purple violets IN BEADS. INC
broluettttc bruettc was arranged from the
esO eso"iders to simulate wings. ,.
on%Su.u on%S.s ieflcrys wore handsome gown
M.s,i M.,i brocadc and Mrs. Algy Clapp
" So,n coral colored velvet, the skirt
,n W. :" ,anels of coral and grey brocade
plv"s > drapery Of the same brocadn
sna arranged from the left shoulder.
ssa sa"Si Looked perfectly stunning,
oaMu oM-s Clapp IL devoted to her two
.,,a M.V, ones, though she Is such young
littIs li,O o",n, and GOES out q good deal. Many
noun. ne.s~nnon | have seen her pushing
lh Zach Of the younger one, on the
tee .TlL S,1olL Mt Cape May or over i'll
boataMh boahomse Saunre. looking like Il
k,.v..ih s.'ra in her very artistic frocks: She
pc'u', most wonderful way OF combining
a.sou,sitc ass colors in her gowns whicn
ssq"I' sssuqulS really be called costumes they
ne Tso so ion was followed by n largc, the,
40. Marty for those who received ana
additional men guests.
uuE Committee Ball was given last
y riebt. ani it is about to be an m
.,i,ntion in the social life OF l'hilaue!'
shio's Younger married set II seems.
r." know the first ball was gwen lnst M
.ssr avu hy about eighteen or twenty OF tne
:eunecr married men and bachelols;
And they asked the younger mnrr'eu %
anmen 10 receive, and not many. II
nv. Of the older set were invited y.
Sa. A great success, and this year y
wss ~s decided to make the ball an annual
'so;r' ~ such as the Benedicks and the
Midwinter, and it is exclusive as those
' Is,t night the hostesses were Mrs.
yichoias Biddle, Mrs. Eckley Il. Coke.
o. Mrs. George J. Harding and Mrs.
Woodson Hancock. Mrs. Hancock,
W., rernember, was Miss Katherine Lea
ssUd sd was married on December I. She
returned only yesterday from her
wedding trip and received with the
others at the boil. a.,
The ball, by the way. was held at the
Ritz. Carlton, and the men Of the COM
mittee were Norris Barratt, Jr.. Will
liam W. Battles, Winthrop Battles,
Nicholas Biddle, Charles Louis Borie,
bd, Francis T. Chambers, Jr., Hamilton
Cbeston, Sydney =. Clark, Ecklcy -.
Coxe, Sd, John w. Drayton, Phillip Is.
Fisher, +. Woodson Hancock, George
], Harding, William G. Hopkins. Il.
bturgis Ingcrsoll, Joseph Wharton
Eippincott, John s. North, Henry n.
Pitt. Snowden Samuel, Edward B.
Smith, Jr., Richard Tilghman, Robert
Toland. Jr., s. Bowman Wheeler and
Joseph Wood. Jr.
Most Of the committee were there.
with the exception of Joe Wood. who is
abroad with his wife and Miss Cornelia
Rankin for several months.
T NOTICE that most of the evening
1 wraps this season are of velvet or
entirely of fur. Mrs. Henry Grove has
q wonderful one Of heavy black velvet
and the collar of black lynx Is wide and
silky and exquisite. The entire collar
and part Of the coat is lined throughout
with exquisite ermine fur. Among the
younger set Miss Alva Sergeant has an
exquisite one of seal skin made with a
wide collar Of ermine.
you can tell that Christmas Is near
/ without looking at the calendar:
Everybody seems bent on doing good
for some one else. Take the fair Mt
tie Friends Select School tomorrow
afternoon, for instance. All the he lp-
ful people concerned nrc working
Just as hard us they can to assure
its success. The object is to raise
funds toward the purchase Of summer
camp for the College Settlement. 43S
Christian street. There is the most de.
)ightful farm only 1.-TWO carfares away
from the settlement. where the boys and
girls can revcl in tennis and swimming
and other sports. Such wonderful
Christmas present. isn't It? And that
Is why they are working so hard for
tho fair tomorrow. 1t Is to be IN
the assembly room ut the school and 1t
will open at 80 o'clock. A fine
chance to pick up Christmas gifts!
THREE-YEAR OLD Johnny had
l finished his dinner and was ab-
torbed in induStriously morpins up the
remnants Of his plate with crust OF
bread. From the ether side Of the table
Molly eyed him disdanful,y. Finally
ibeeling that her fourteen months seni !.
ority entitled her to much knowledge OF
manners ut table, Molly tossed hei
lead airily and in most cutting tone
et voice said: That's not n nice way
TO do, JOHNNY Just lick mine
NANCY WYNNE.
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