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

Nancy lynne Speaks Of M. and Mrs. Cloytons Dane.
Last Night-She Comments on the Many
and Vmied Doings OF Today

rHE Paul Claytons' dance ut th'
i Ritz last night was a great success
and all the debs enjoyed themselves
ihoroushly. Barbara. their daushtel
and the guest Of honor. looked vef|
,,ettv IN a dress Of silver brocnd'
trimmed with crystal which was be-
1 so,nins to her dark hair and eyes. sh'
carried an old fashioned bouquet whicl
added Just the right touch Of color
Ara, Clayton wore sapphire blue velvet
combined with gold lace.
\ Tonight there will be a dance at thu
A.orn Club also for tho debutantcs,
n sbould think they would be ex.
s.usted already. and this Ia only the
Sssinninx Of November. The party
rill he given by Mr.. and Mrs. Nevil
smythe, Of Chestnut Hill. to introduce
th,ir younger daughter. Bertha. Ihe'r
slde,t daughter, Edith, married Thomas
ward and lives In Elmhurst. l.. L.. md
c,sr,e. Bertha's~ second sister, made
her debut three years ago. anu IL now
vorking hard In the Junior League
Of which she is secretary.
Among those who will civ" dinners
h.torc the dance will be- Mr.. and Mrs.
Jobn Edward Zimn,e"mann. who wiz
entertain for Celia. and MIR. ana M'S'
Richard II. Norton. who Will en'e''
tain in honor Of Barbara Clayton.
charlotte and siargars::a Sharples"
lad planned u dinner for Ammo II.
Townsend, but they have postponed 1t
until December ~. before the Earnai's
dance, when 1t vii! &c 10. Celia Zim'
m.rmaun and Bertha Smythe ss well.
Tonight the ex .debs vii! hay" some
sayeties, too, as Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Dearborn Smith will give a dinner,
bridge and movie party itiic movies Will
BE- shown ut their own house, I hear),
for their daughter, Virginia. and for
Rhoda Brooke, Mrs. Trenchard Emlen
Newbold's daughter.
THE Pickering Hunt will have races
i at Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Clothiers' farm at Ph0enixville this
afternoon. and certainly there could not
be more beautiful weather tor such an
event. Afterward Mr.. and Mrs.
Clothier will give buffet supper.
There will be other doinys this after
noon, too. including the wedding Of
Elaine English in Germantown. She
will marry Basil Gordon. of Washing.
ton, son Of the late Basil Gordon. of
Baltimore, and Mrs. George Barnett.
wife Of Major General Barnett, former
commandant of the L. y. NJ. Z. Her
sister, Beatrice English. will aci as
maid Of honor, and there will be four
bridesmaids and little flower girl.
As Basil Gordon has friends and con-
will be a pair of ushers from Baltimore,
Washington and this city. and the best
man will be u BaltinOrean. ] hear that
Elaine and her husband are planning to
live in Washington.
Tn TELLING Of today's doings,
1 must not forget 10 mention the debu-
hs ofternoSn %fG fh. Sd sWpX' WHY b. w Mario.
Fichthorne, and her parents will give
the tea for her ut their home in Merton. |
The receiving party will be Agnes Var.
nall, Elizubet,. Rarrinye:. Margaret
Newlin, Betty Wilson, Mary Carroll
Rolin. Betty Green. Peggy McAdoO.
Werner Peterson and Mary Virginia
Ball. IAfterward there will be q dinner.
dance for them and some additional
guests.
TIVE been hearing of the fashion show
i which Mrs. John Fortescur. Of Lon
don, gave in New York on Thursday for
the benefit Of the Soldiers and Sailors
Club there. You know Mrs. Fortescie
ls to have charge of u similar show here
In aid OF, the Charlotte Cushman Club.
when Marilyn Miller. Faire Binney
UoloreS and such attractive girls az
i,eggy Thayer. Ellen Douglas Lloyd amt
Mrs. Walter Waring Hopkinson will
act as mannikins. II am not mis-.
,iaken. the dresses which nre to he shown
Here are the same az were shown in
New York. and they sound fascinating.
!, In that city actresses were models In
lne afternoon, while debutantes took
part In the evening. One Of the most
spectacular dresses. called Les Chi.
"oS VI uluGh SIIks HEAVILY elns |
Droidered in gold and colored flowers.
worn with a shawl. like cape Of the same
n,ateria! and colors. Another was a
lance frock Of turquoise blue velvet
aged with ermine, and a third. which
must have been equally attractive, was
y black and gold elk, which rippled as
ne ~earer walked.
IL is interesting to note that tbe
.tesses reached to the ankles or even
livery year some DEP seems TO suffer
- a casualty from hockey. do Won
eemem6er seeing Louise Ashhurst, now
iIs' butler Smythe. at her coming
VI tea with several black and blue
pots up her arm, the result OF a too.
,renuous Sunday afternoon hockey
The latest victim is Sue Goodman,
I9o mas been going to all the parties
MS week with a large black eye. Sue,
you know, ~ u star performer on
ne or the hockey teams at the Phila. {
te,ph'a cricket Club. and ! understand
10. Isu 'nst saturday, when the club ,
layers ran into her during the gnms
nG hence tue wounded eye.
several years ago Gertrude Douah.
rN, VINO came out last winter. was
llte seriously hit In the eye in hockey
ame. a sometimes the "a mes are pretty
'usn. Dut as a rule perfectly safe.
nope Sue will soon recover: the
low must have been very painful, "
'hE Plays and Players will give a !
h3use' warming for the n,emhsrs
=. their new building on Tm.sdav
isnt. ;!M You know they have taken RI: b
HMe M Iheatre for their clubhouse. md =
tuesday evening they will give ssva u
- plays which sound most interesting