Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-11

II Today IFS Polly Thayer's. Som,
B a the wiseacres will say they IRE no
s,,,nriscd because they have hear,
yumors. And you had a hint from
Nancy herself Just q few weeks ago
\ vhen she said that an awfully popu
X i.r girl was soon going to announce
~, engagement. The lucky man. 70
icerta1niy do think he is lucky mar
/, isn't, Polly the loveliest thingD Il
Ho6mAn Dolan. son Of MIR. and Mrs
T'homas DOlan. Of Devon. and brother oi
esra Dolan who married Paul Dencklf
Z and Tom Dolan, whose wife was Edit
Hutchinson.
Polly is Mrs. Thayer's youngest child
I she IL is who plays the violin 80 well
and who has said she will take up
concert tour this year, She played q
.Tbs pink Lady" in the Charity Bal
,.scant. ali dressed In pink and holding
Rsr fiddle as II It was the dearest thing
4. i the world. was divided between
wstchine her on tho ballroom foor as
shs played. and her beautiful mother
a. n seat in the balcony where che
could watch Polly as she stood there
isnLino like q rose. Polly Is a sister
Peggy Thayer and Of John Il.
Tbovcr. Jr., who married Lois Cas-
..tt. tt' and of Teddie Thayer. No date
hss been set for the wedding as yet.
~T SEEMS to me that have heard OF
q preat many illnesses of late: kath-
Lam Ritter has Just recovered from an
oneration for appendicitis and Is golnS
Jrwn to Florida to stay with ieggy
T..anga rten as soon as she Is well. MIS-.
Wnratio Curtis Wood is just recovering
from an operation, too. and poor mrs.
Absi Wctherill Is Quarantined out ut hsr Ter
Wrnnewood home and really quite i'll
Win chickenpox. which she caught from
her child. who had it rather lightly.
Babs Clayton is home from the nos
oital. where she spent several weeks
With bad attack OF appendicitis. anu
almost everywhere I go l near OF some
St Sust setting over It. But, cheer up !
Snr;ne will be here. In few weeks ana
veil forget we had hard winter.
THE fifth Of the Actors Afternoons
/ IA to be held in the. Academy next
Thursday, and think it's going TO 3e a
very interesting one. too. kenneth Mac,
Cowen. who was dramatic editor anI
editorial writer on this paper for severni
Years, and who is now president OF the
New, York Drama League. is coming
over to speak, while Zoe Akins, VINO
vrote "'Decla ssee, ;" in which Ethel Bar
,ymore nppeared here several weeks ago:
viii eiyd the playwright's S viewpoint OF
intcrnationalism in the theatre.
Miss Atkins is TO be a guest Of honor,
together with Miss Marie O'Neill. who
is one OF the Irish Players appearing
here in "The White Headed Boy.
Mrs. Yorke Stevenson Is also to talk
about the Pilgrimage Play she has been
working so hard over for several years.
After the talks there will be recep-
tion In the famous old Academy green
room for the subscribers to the Cush-
man Club afternoons. In the absence
of Mrs, George Lorimcr. who Is IN
Miami with Mr.. Lorimer, Mrs. X.
Emott Hare, of the Cushman Club
board, will act. as hostess.
The talks are held in the Academy
proper, instead of the foyer. and the
house is open to members of the Forum,
but seats are reserved for special sub
scrlbers (more than 500 of thcm) to the
Actors Afternoons.
THE fancy dress meeting Of Mrs.
i Wurts' class was held last night at
the Bellevue Stratford and very pretty
affair it was. Mrs. Wurts always has
one meeting in costume each season
and the girls just love it. can't say
90 much for the boys about fancy dress
parties.
Is 1t not funny how boys hate to dress
up? They are not unlike their older
brothers. who despise getting into dress
clothes for an evening. never can see
why, because l like evening clothes on
II i'm oIIoA diSf{np.
ton, ! always think. But, bless you.
they don't think 80 and l really believe
II is only their fear of being conspicuous
among other men, by not wearing eve
ming clothes, that forces them to dress
up at all.
A lot of the boys wore fancy suits
last night, though, and looked most
attractive. There were sheiks, Spanish |
mule drivers, clowns. sailors galore |
and ever so many English nOblemcn fl
dress clothes with orders across their
manly chests in the form of a red rib
bon. That's the way we men and
boys get out of dressing up. for fancy
parties. We just put ribbon across
our chests and there we are Duke or
an Earl, or knight or something
Lutte Thomson and Baba Mathcr
were dressed alike and looked very
pIctIy Ill ITOCkS NVhStStt"b w
boomers and waists and bandnnas of
dark red. Jane Goodman and Louise
Wilson were dressed alike too, and they
wore lovely pale green satin skating
costumes with white swansdown trim
ming their dresses, caps and the tops of
their satin boots. Caroline Norton
looked sweet as an Old-fashioned girl
in a white lowered dress, and with
flowers in her hair. A certain young
man caused some excitement by ap-
pearing in beautiful wig OF yellow
curls and his sisters sweater and skirt.
Several ladies' watching from the boxes
were positive it was said sister and
were persuaded to believe the contrary
only upon closer examination later on.
He was so pretty, you see, 1t was not
even funny.
Dinners were given before the class
by Mr.. Philip Dunn, who entertained at
the Acorn Club for his niece. Anne
Wetherill Mrs. Lewis Audenreid gave
Z dinner for her daughter, Willinninn
Wentz: Mr.. and Mrs. Corbet Lowering
entertained for their daughter Dorothy;
the Harry McIntires gave dinner for
Gwendolcn, and the Henry +. Pages
gave a large dinner. for their twin
Nancy and Evelyn.
saw Nancy and Evelyn at luncheon
the other day looking very smart In
coats Of the new sort of fawn colored
carocol or agnella wool which Is be.
coming so smart this year. They are
very good looking girls and are always
dressed alike.
THE Saturday Evening Class will be
- held tonight in the foyer and