Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19

TWO very interesting engagements
i ore announced today and there is
,unor OF third which Is very thrill
ino. too. That's almost too much for
one Iittle day, don't you think? The
srst Is Mary Pages to John o. Platt.
Mary Page Is the Howard Wurts Pages
third daughter and most attractive
drl. She came out about three years
sro and has been very popular. Mr..
Patt is a brother of Mr.. Clayton Platt.
His first wife, who was Miss Katherine
Leonard, died four years ago. Mr..
piatt lives at 2111 De Lancey place
and has q country home in Paoli. He
isa member of the Philadelphia Club.
sister of Edith Page. who is to be mar
ried soon to Isaac Starr, Jr., and
Evelyn Page is another sister. She is
A granddaughter of the late Mr.. y.
Davis Page, and niece of Mrs. James
large and William Byrd Page.
TINE second engagement is that Of
i virginia Heckscher, who is to be
honor guest tonight 0t n ball given by
her aunt and uncle, Miss Lcretia
Heckscher and Mr.. Gustav Heckscher.
Virginia Is a debutante Of the season
and the fourth to become engaged, IL ]
am counting right. Her tiance is Bar
cloy McFadden. son of Mr.. George II.
WcITadden, who lives in that fascinat-
ing house at Eighthteenth and Spruce
streets with the grounds around 1t,
and where the crocuses come up SO ex-
ouisitcly in the springttme. Virginia
Il a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ledyard
Heckecher, Of Bolingbroke, Radnor,
and 2123 Spruce street. No date has
S.sn @ announced for the wedding, but
Il will doubtless be very soon.
A NUMBER OF Philadelphians will go
n on TO New York today to attend
leila Burdens wedding. She's going
10 marry Lindley Chaplin, Of New lork.
who is a brother Of Mrs. Francis BID
die. Of this city. Some OF the attendants
et the wedding are awfully interesting;
for instance, one Of the bridesmaids VIA
be Mrs. Joseph Burden, who was Mar.
gerry Maude, the daughter OF OSrii
Maude. the actor. Will you ever forget
him here some years ago in Grumpy ;!
He's an Englishman, you know, ana
very popular In his own country, 30
wa do not very often have q chance to
hear him here. Cornelia Chaplin Lind-
Iev,s sister. is to be another attendant.
u
,ate Mr.. Joseph w. Burden and Mrs.
Bnrden. of 100 East Seventieth street,
New York. She Is very pretty and at
rractIye. and has visited here quite a
lot. John Agar Is to be Mr.. Chapin's
hast man. and Brigadier General George
Noseley, Chester Burden, Francis Bid
dle, Lawrence Miller, John Hughes,
lack Chaplin, Bill Clark, Lee Garnet
Day and De Coursey Fales are to be
usbers.
MARY RIDGELEY CARTER will
ku be an attractive debutante next
winter. She is Virginia Carter's
Younger sister and a daughter of the
Rev. George Calvert Carter and Mrs.
Carter, Of the rectory Church OF the
Redeeuer, Bryn Mawr. Mary Is rather
fair and has lovely hair and eyes. Nir-
rinia Is dark. you know, and they are
the most attractive. pair together; r;,,, Mrs: :.
Edwin Benson, Of Chestnut Hill, IS
Mary's grandmother, and she will
doubtless give party for her.
TTAVE you heard that new little
IL Miss Morris has come to town!
The Efingham Morris. Jrs.. have
little uauRnISF, "HO Noo uo'h
day, and is perfect darling. il she Is
one-half as pretty as her mother (who'
YOU remember, was Julia Lewisl when
she grows up we have a mighty pleasant
prospect before us.
MOTHER was Ill the other day and
lHl unable to 20 downstairs to dinner,
30 Elsie and daddy. whose other name
Is Ned. had dinner together. Daddy
was very entertaining, but he was also
a bit trying. For instance. he would
ask Elsie all sorts of queer questions
she could not quite understand, and
call things by very queer names; He
spoke Of proboscis, and he said that
dog he had seen down street seemed
almost to have prchensilc tail, and a
few such things. and then he asked
Elsie had a proboscis. and finally Elsie
thought that was going too far. SO,
copying her elders very correctly but
for one word, she said: Ned, You
must not ask me so many imperial
questions.
NANCY WYNNE.