Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-23

,,ypAT an attractive looking girl
w EVELYN Drayton IL! I happened to
=. her in town just this week and che
..ossd 10 blooming and was 70 prettily
5000 Il was . pleasure to see her.
a.. vas wearing . topcoat Of black
mt D,terial with . wide shawl collar and
..e. of that soft light fur which 10
S.,v..n a light. tan and gray. 1 can't
...,.mber the name OF Il to save me,
IT, n was certainly pretty and be-
'0T Tsr hat was small model OF black
...sw mode with a narrow brim and
..,mmed with black circ ribbon ar.
.u....J at each side with long loops
.hsch fell over the brim. Her stockings
w.sched the fur on the coat and she
%s.s hisck patent leather sandals.
we yEvslyn is The daughter Of Mr.. Robert
usssey Drayton and granddaughter
" ~ and Mrs. Henry Edward Dray.
I'm. Of the Cedars, Penllyn. You re.
rosmber. they used to live at the corner
- Twenty first and Locust streets, but
" NV they spend the entire year at the
Csdars, which il the Drayton family
nIsce. Il was formerly occupied by
Nr. Harry Drayton's parents, the late
NJ. and Mrs. William Heyward Dray.
ton.
TENNIS seems to BE- attracting .
i rreat many down at Palm Beach
this season. Tony Biddis, Jr., ana ms
brother n.law, Angisr Duke, play q
rrest deal together at the County
Ciuv cu H.o,vw WA rhurton. IN
Sis,o,ed 70 the game. 6u6ern Taller,
who ulu married Sne Of the Harding girls
In New York last year, 10 down there
njsyinR tennis pretty nearly every After.
noon. Ethel Carhart often comes over
hare for horse shows and balls. She
and Brown and Marie Louise Mum
are great friends.
THE death Of Mrs. John Wister yes.
/ terday is q great sorrow to, many
n.onie' Mrs, Wister had long been q
pproninent figure in the social world
and was a devoted mother and grand
mother. She was interested In charita.
ble and civic affairs, and was for fifteen
veors director Of the Pennsylvanta
Nuseum and School Of Industrial Art.
Mrs. Wister was q most brilliant .wom-
nm. Of great personal ability and pre-,
served her keen interest In people and
things to the day Of her death. just q
few weeks ago spoke Of her having
celebrated her eightieth birthday on Ash
Wednesday. Because 1t was the nrss
day Of Lent she did not wish any party ,
hut her daushters were all with her and
a rreat many friends called and sent her
flowers, She was taken Ill more than q
week ago, for when the visiting dele.
gates to the meeting Of the Pennsylvania
Society Of Colonial Danes were. here,
Mrs. Starr, who Is the Pennsylvania
president, was unable to entertain the
visitors rs she had expected owing to the
illness Of her mother.
Mrs. Wister was the widow Of John,
wister. who was one Of the Oldest o.
the Wister brothers. William Rotch
Wister, Owen Wister, Senior Jones
Nister and Frank Wister.. She lived
for years at the wonderful old Wister
place, Belfield, near Wister Station.
Germantown. She IL survived by three
daughters, Mrs. james Starr, Jr.. Mrs.
Charles Stewart Wurts and Mrs. Ed
ward Browning Meigs. who has been
living In Washington for several years.
THE spring holidays have started in
! the colleges and boarding schools.
and from north, south, east and west
the boys and girls are coming home.
Esther Rowland arrived yesterday to
BE- with her aunt, Mrs. Walter Wood,
who il, as you know, her guardian,
and will introduce her when the time
for debut comes. Esther and her sis :
ter Dorothy, who Is named after Mrs.
Wood, are the daughters of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward K. Rowland.
DANNIE was discussing going into
- business, for, though he is not yet
six years of age, he Is anxious to decide
on his future even now. Recently he
told his mother he had decided to keep
carrier pigeons when he grew up;
THAT'S beautiful idea," agreed
mother, "but what will you use them
for?" "Oh," said he, "Ill keep them
at home, and then when the woman
what I marry wants to send me q
message she'll 'spatch the pigeon"
NANCY WYNNE.