Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-14
! lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells Of the First Junior Dance Held a,
the Belleuue,sra'tord Last Nigtt-She Sees Pretty
= Clothes at the Bali and at the Ritz

= AsT night marked the first meeting
Ia of the Junior Dances, which are
hid in the Clover Room Of the Belle.
-,o .stratford, where are several meet
,,es during the winter you know. When
,be Junior Dances started they were
.,o,ned to be Il sort of continuation Of
,hs old Monday Evening Dancing
ress. but the list of the original
,,.sees and the traditions we're never
taken up. Last year the chaperones
ss,ided to turn them into dinner. dances
.,d that has nude them very inter-
.sting.
The claperones for the dances are
Mrs. Robert II. Large. Mrs. Henry
p.ipton Coke, Mrs. George Dallas
nxo,. Mrs. Daniel l.. Hutchinson. Jr.,
Ne Robert Leaning Montgomery.
Si.s r, Charlton Henry. Mrs. Robert
Esiso Cassatt. Mrs. Edward Z. Stotes-
hury.and Mrs. A. j. prexel Biddle..
Mrs. Robert Large looked lovely last
ntpbt in a gown Of silver cloth made
on long straight lines and embroidered
/, pearls and rhinestones. Mrs. Coke
wore light bue and silver brocade and
Mrs. Dixon was in RED velvet. made on
pain lines. with train which fell from
t,e shoulders; a bunch of velvet morn.
,ns rlories finished the drapery Of the
~ ,t,rt at the left side Of the waistlne.
Mrs Hutchinson wore a gown Of greeL
end silver brocade. the short train
bsing arranged at the side.
Among the lebutantes l noticed was
rnrorby l,ce, whose frock was OF tame.
.oiored charmeuse trimmed with silver
snJ mad a long panei down the back
,ho hodice was sleeveless and ehc wore
liver Slippers and stockings. Kitty
Te,rc was in white velvet and carried
an exquisite bunch of orchids. Virginia
,'arnenter wore a darling old-fashioned
trock Of lavender silk made with the
long WAIST and bertha OF lace about
the neck and very full hooped skirt.
Bunny Geary wore q frock OF white
chiffon. 1t was cut round at neck ana
sntire skirt. Mrs. Geary's gown was
" nrav georgette and silver lace. Sarah
rankin Duane wore gown of silver
cloth with q lavender tint, it was very
pretty. -
AGREAT many of the school set ave
"A excited over Penn Charters annual
p,ay which is to be held tomorrow eve-
ning in the ballroom of the Bellevue.
stratford. You know there is always
3 dance at which the young actors ap-
near clothed and in their right
minds" (as to their clotheS) after the
NAV is over. Boys are So funny IN
girls clothes they never look natural.
though they do look better than girls
gotten up as boys.
various dramatic clubs Of the boys and
rirs' schools to collaborate and give
r'ays together? It's an idea and not a
had one. 1atter myself. l wish they
consider il.
Some OF the pa .ronesses for tomor.
rows play and dance are Mrs. Norris
Barratt, Mrs. David Chew; Mrs. Fran
els Il. Cope, Jr., Mrs. Ralph Derr.
Mrs. joseph ". Dohan. Mrs. Houston
Dunn, Mrs. George Earnshaw, Mrs.
John II. Gibbon. Mrs. Herbert
Adams Gibbon, Mrs. J. CiaXton Git
, tings Mrs. Arthur Gerhard, Mrs.
Arthur II. Hacker. Mrs. Gaspar Wistcr
| Hacker, Mrs. Stevens Heckscher, Mrs.
J. Bcrtram Lippipcott, Mrs. George
Horace Lorimer, Mrs. Thomas Lean
ing. Mrs. Charlton Yarnall and d num-
ler Of hers.
ISN'T Mrs. Wilmer Biddle stunning
i looking: ! saw her at the Ritz the
other day wearing a long. black coat o,
a sort Of chenille material finished with
q wide collar Of muskrat fur and large
flowing sleeves edged with fur. The
end of the coat had wide band Of fur.
100. Her hat was 4 picture affair
Mrs. Biddle is always stunning in
large hat Of black panne velvet. and
there was q pink quill through the
front.
QOBBlE having graduated from kin
- dcrgartep. and feeling released from
pettlcoat goverNmen. for time and cter-
nifty, arrived ut rhe dinner table the
other evening with hands that showed
their owner had toiled long and hard
With them. 20 say the least. The? were
certainly the worse for wear. Mother
vas much distressed, especially as
Aunt Helen was taking dinner with
them, and she made a whispered suc.
ssstion TO her young hopeful, which
he ansW cred in perfectly audible tone
ana with great assurance Of manner:
why, ! didn't think I'd have TO wash
my hands just for one piece Of COM
rany. NANCY WYNNE.