Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-14

EVELYN Drayton's engagement to
Norr,, Barratt. Though there had been
.,nors Of It this summer, It came as a
snr,e. 10 most persons i imagine, e1.
nt To those Of us mt Cape May where
~ ~ Rsrratts have cottage and where
T%sslyn ~ has been visiting. Evie is the
ssushter Of Mr.. Robert Drayton and
.ss' one of the most popular Of
,sN winters debs. She came out
a. tea, which her grandparents,
" and Mrs. Henry Edward Drayton,
ave in the fall at the Drayton place,
Il. Cedars in Penllyn. She and her
..,b.r have been living at Penllyn since
Mes Drayton's 8 death several years ago.
TNsv lived in Chestnut Hill before.
Evie is most attractive and very
,,etty. with reddish gold hair and a
yyonderful complexion. Her fiance Is
vsry popular. He is the son Of Judge
mi Mrs. Norris Barratt, of 315 South
Eishteenth street. Mrs. Barratt was
Mas Ellen Levering, Of Savannah, /
rink. She is a Southerner at any
rete have heard no date for the
vsdding, but it will probably take
Mace fairly soon. Evie Is to be one
~ Cornelia Rankin's maids of honor.
Emily Barlow is to be the other, on
October Z, so that will keep her pretty
busy this autumn. r.
cPEAKING of Cornelia Rankin re-
y minds me that I saw her the other
day looking attractive in a plain black
canton crepe dress with a long draped
siirt and small, close fitting hat en-
circled with gray feathers. Her gray
stockings and black slippers matched
becomingly and long string OF crystal
beads gave an unusual touch to her
otherwise plain dress. Cornelia's mar
riaee to Alfred Hunter will take place
on October I, as I said before.
MD you hear about the remarkable
~ experiences DR.. William Emhardt
and his daughter Nancy have been
having? It seems they were prisoners
Of the Bolshevists for three days. They
left this country (they live in German
town. during May, bound for Constan-
tinople, as DR.. Emhardt is on a mission
In the Near East. Celestine Warder,
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Warder' s
daughter. went with them and they ex-
pected to stay abroad for six months
at least.
No one has heard any details of the
happenings except that they were among
the passengers Of the British steamship
George, which was seized at Batum,
where they were all held for three days
and then allowed to 90 aboard French
boat I hope they did not suffer any
hardships. but whether they did or not
II certainly must have been most re-
markable, not to say alarming expert
ence.
! suppose Celestine's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Warder, are up at Gloucester.
Mass, where they usually 60. but I
have not heard. In the winter they live
In a pretty gray stone house in st.
Martins, near the many brides.
Henrietta Wilson Shakespeare and
Ted Shakespeare have house the
street above. The Warders' is on Lin
coin Drive and theirs on Crefeldt
street. They were married last spring
and have just taken the house for the
summer, as they expect to have an
apartment in town during the winter,
] hear. Henrietta is the daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. w. Reynolds Wilson.
who have a beautiful place out ut
Villanova.
fEAhlNI OF houses the stable
~ which Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boiling
bought from the Frederick Dunns in
Chestnut Hill and turned into house
looks most successful and very cute.
saw Mrs. Boiling in Broad Street Sta
tion few days ago wearing good
looking large black straw hat with Il
yellow water lily on either edge Of the
erim, and blue and white dotted Swiss
drsss WITH an Irish lace collar and
Guns. MRS. Boiling was Elizabeth
La1,er' OF Greenwich. Conn.,. and went
10 nryn Mawr to college.
MARlE LOUISE HEPBURN is VS.