Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-17
yl7lyS1 GOSSIP ABOL,T PEOPLE
Nancy W,mne Tells Of the Illness tMrs. Barker Mellov
in Vnginia-She Speak: Of Penn Charters Dance
VIZ at BelteUlse-Srattord Tonight

~rAvp you heard that Mrs. Barker
ii Mellor is Ill down IA Lynchburg,
-, Her son Is q student at the Viz
,,nis @ Episcopal School, and was taken
III. "du" about a week ago, and was
.srv M that Mrs. Mellor went down
h,m. Unfortunately. she contracted
-. .rtn in q very severe form. Barker
Major has been back and forth TO
s,ncbburg several times TO see hkr. ~
.;rderstand she is now on the way'
s0Tssa' ~ srip throughout the county is1
..siiv quite alarming, for some forms
III develop pneumonia, but the au.
ss..;ties In New York soy that II y
checked there, and it has not .been 30
bad here. -. -
&YEw YORK, by the way, borrowed
M lot Of our old ideas for the
,,ndeyiiie party given by the Spence
SsSooi Chat a The Miss Irwin's Of New
SS%II STorI you knowy. Perhaps we put
somcthine over on. them, and they DID
cot know that they were repeating In
ths,t revue things which We, had last
sesr in, the Talk OF the Town. oue
shsK T,e, c,o. had that ''pep and Ginger.
,.as. Insy yvbicS as Kathsrine Coke and Ted,
~. Htownips danced here, and, they,
"a ~ III eight sirens. Of history, which
IT,. H. Victor. Mather, Mrs. Joe DO
Isr;v. Mrs. George Earle, Sd. Mrs.
Tam b Bailey, MS Russell Tmyer,
81" and three others appeared In here.
w., rsroember them, Delllah, Cleo.
nara. Du Barry and, the rest. Well.
yvat New York alumnae Of Miss
Sscncas School weyS their SIRENS.
There's 8 no REASON why, 4 slodr thing
.anuid not be given in both cities, but
w Su sreat to have New, York more 'than
year behind u.s. I, ..5.5 ,I%i
moNrGHr the school setswill have .
= n"S n"Sonor % society. wi1i have its
S,hth annual supper dance 10 the Rose
Garden Of the Bellsvue-stratf
There are to be about S0v Sueslg an3
ihey arc to have all sorts OF novelties n
iancins and entertaning. Ing n;ntn H,t
dance, just before supper, ~ e. pe 1ae
Mermaids' Promenade" and the tweiitn
dance. another novelty. will be Nep'
tunes Frolic." have not heard VINO
will appear IN tnc0e nvySASAeo' O~ ~s
sre to be very. beautiful; -, A..
The Active Trident cnapter OF n,s tns
snts;r. William Budd, soccer star; !;
Mp"rins p x. Elliott, manager of the track
tssm. Thomas NJ. Farr,. class prophet =,
ysmes lanes Gage, Glee Club leader; William
Howell. track captain; Henry w.
iones president Science Club; Guy
Mann dramatic star; Richard Reeve,
tsnnis star: Richard Stafford, football
team. and Alden Strong, president Sc
NOR class. -. ... ..
: SAW Helen sewell on. Chestnut
i street the other day. She looked
smart in a brown duvetyne suit mace
v;th a three quarter length coat and q
choker Of gray fox fur. The edge of the
snst was trimmed with the same FUR,
srd her small hat Of tan colered duve'
tyne was the nobbiest model have
ssen for a long time. It had q fetching
Nrd az blue and green feathers at the
Sds hear, by the way, that Helen
and Henry Coke are to DO married II
tho fall.
DoN'T forget the card party thi.
II afternoon in the Bellevue. .Stratfcrf
Ballroom for the Southern industria
Home benefit Every one Is going
Among those who will play will be MIS-,
Bertha Henson, Mrs. William Pau
C'Neill, Miss Eloise Dickey. Mrs. Eau
Thomson: Mrs. John Gribbet. MIs; ;,,a.. Ar
Mrs william Carmalt Scull. Mrs. Ar
thur Baugh. Mrs. George kendrick, 80
and about 200 others. -; =
EATHER had to go away on a ons'
T ness trip, and when saying good. .by
% small George. aged FIVE, he adjurer
him:. "You must take care OF mother
for me. You will be the only man n
the house. you know George @ wa.
devotion itself Mother was really very
touched at the little boys solicitude an
care. Imagine her amazement, however
IN telling George that daddy would be
home next day to have him answer
"Oh, dear! and we've been such 9
happy couple" .,,xr vv>,Nr