Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-10

,,n on engagements announced
- ,bc other side lately? I mean
n,s,y or mon from Philadelphia or
s.-hv orc becoming engaged on the
'..,r side of the wnter--or world for
A.. matter. md cabling the news here.
rhorc was Katherine Thompson's en- /.
..u,o,t TO Osborn Wood IN Manila
e.. and she Is married to him now.
~.., oomc the news Of Jack McFad-
..,,s engagement to Miss Ellsworth. Of
a.. york. which was announced to us
som Italy. where both of them were
,,.,,, the winter. And then on Satur-
..r cam, a note announcing the en-
o.romcnt Of Maria Louise Thompson,
Sho is in Europe with her mother and
',.,.r ond who is engaged 10 M English.
-.r Cao,ain Lionel George Gray, OF
.ho Indian army. suppose that means
.ro,bcr Philadelphia girl living abroad.
There are quite a good many now In
.he ranks of English society. but for the
..te of those already ovor there who
nte to have their fellow -countrywomen
nth them. the more the merrier, per.
haps.
cannot realize that we are in the
second week Of April: In fact. en-
tcrinr on Holy Week. and that SUNDAY
wiIl be- Faster. There will be no parties
his week and the opera which VIII bc
siycn tomorrow night Is l,arsitai;
which is the story OF the schrch tor inv
HOLY Grail. you know.
Bnl we'll b. busy enough ncxt wcck
+o make M for want OF gaycty. nad
". u.nol, ofter that, too. There are tho
Mask and Wig and the Fcllow"hip
Mrthdny party and the younger dane
inc classes in Easter week. besides the
Philadelphia Dancing Glass meeting on
,he night of the 18th at the Ritz. Then
the Roddy Pages will give party. foi
thcir niece. Banning Grange, on Friday
night in Easter week. and there will
no innumcrablc weddings and innumer.
Able Mask and Wig parties.
Betty Welsh Is to be married on
Easter Monday to Arthur Paul On
T'ncstlov Marian Wallace will BE- mar
ricd in New York to Howard Buckneli
Stearns. who is n nephew. you know. OF
Mrs John Price Wethcrill. of this city.
And on Saturday there will bc three
weddings. Edith Page and Isaac Starr.
Jr,, at st. Peters Church. in town !;
Virginia Hcckschcr and Barclay Nc
Faddcn at noon at the Church of the
Reieemcr, and the third wedding that
Of Katherine Coffin and Stanley Welsh.
There seems to be a date connection
IN some way with the Page and Heck
Eher families. although 1t is, OF course,
entirely coincidence. But do you re-
member Mary Pages engagement to Nlr.
John Plntt was announced the same DAY
as Virginia Hccksher's engagement to
Mr., McFaddcn. and now Edith Page
is to BE- married tho same day as the
McFaddcn lIcckscher wedding. Still.
the hours will be different. Virginia at
noon and Edith ut !, SO If you hustle
4 bit you can take both in.
That's better than Mamie Dnle's and
Nancy Copc's and Elizabeth Brockic's.
all on the 10th of May. for they have
all chosen the same hour. SO you posi-
lively will have to make your choice as
to which you will attend. However. the
day il pretty far ahead yet and they
might change the hours, though for that
matter Roxlie Vollrath is to be married
at 4 that same date. SO it's rOss-up.
nlD you hear that Elizabeth McElroy
~ is to be string bean, and some
one else cabbage. and Betty Wayne
an eggplant. in tho Vegetable Garden
Patch in this years "Why Not
1922:' | wonder what it's all about.
Do you suppose the sophisticated dcbu-
tantc OF tho piece wanders into the
garden and hears what the vegetables
think Of her? l know she's reformed
character at the end of the piece, but
Mt the beginning my idea of her par
ents is persons on tho order Of "Fidget-
y Philips parents in "Slovenly
Peter"
Do you remember that wonderful
book? And the picture. when Philip
dlted his chair. lost his balance and
pulled the table cloth and all the table
implements down ON top of him, and
his parents. dressed in brilliant green
and red, stood ut tho open door with
both hands raised high in the air in
protestation?
Well. somehow | feel that we. too.
are to protest and hold up our hand.
IN horror nt Erncstine at first. and
then all pat her on the back IN an
proval a, til" end But most of all. ]
want to see the "string bean." the
cabbage, thc eggplant. onion and all
@ the others. ! think II will be wonder
BESSIE stayed for lunch at Mrs.
I-'s the other day. and they had
oeefst'ak and fried onions. Bessie ntr
ner meat diligently. carefully putting
asiae every piece of onion. ''Do YOU
not like onions. DEAR" asked Mrs,
l., II don't know; 1 never ntc
Iaem' p!n' said Bessie. r'but Sister soid
nlIil" was coming TO scp her the other
II'sht and She mustn't eat onions. so
Ahonght | better not cat 'cm. either"
NANCY WYNNE.