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. The scene is anywhere—so we
might as well make it Ventnor.
The time is anytime—so we might
as well make it now. It’s a charity
bridge—and let’s pretend, just for
fun, that we could crystallize a
minute’s conversation into a little
lump and take it home with us—
then thaw it out—and see what
we’d have. It’s that hustle bustle
time, while everybody is getting
settled—just before the playing
begins. And we’ll try to catch
a sentence or two from each of
the tables.
“Well, you know Mary. If she
ever got anywhere on time—
“you do! Why I’d rather weigh
two hundred than go through
that”; “—without anything the
third Thursday in every month,
and you’d be surprised—“she
used nothing but milk and eggs,
and they say she lost—”; “that
didn’t do me a bit of good at all.
I never iost a pound."
“Of course, I don’t know any
thing about it, but I saw her hus
band—“three cooks since the
first of the month—”! “—glass of
buttermilk every time you feel
hungry”; “well, I just pretended
I didn’t know she meant me, but
of course it was as plain as—”;
i m so giaa your party s on
Thursday. It’s the one day in
the week I eht what I want to”;
“not a thing to drink with your
meals. Why, the flesh will simply
melt away—.”
“Do you bid a club for no
trump—and double one means—
“lost thirty pounds in one sum
mer—“terribly crowded. I
think they might have reserved
our table near a window”;
“favoritism in an affair like this”;
“I wonder what the prizes will
be.”
“No—no chances on a handker
chief. I have lots of them at
home. Anyway I’m never lucky”;
“—three eggs and two glasses
of milk”; “—as my husband
says—”; “we might as well make
up our minds to start without
Jane—”; “and he held me up just
because I happened not to see the
sign was turned against me.
These traffic cops think they own
the—”; “I never miss a night, no
matter what time I get in. The
people in the apartment below
complained about the music and
the jumping, but I lost three
pounds last week, and I’d rather
move to the country than stop.”
“—wonder how Martha is re
ducing. She swears she isn’t
doing a thing—but you can’t tell
me you could lose as much as she
has without—”; “she didn’t have
to asK me it she didn t want
to—“the calories system. It’s
wonderful. The book tells you
just how many calories are in
each thing you eat—“the way
she leaves those children of hers,
and runs around to parties!”
“It’s simply ridiculous for any
one to cater to her husband as
she does. Why it sets a bad ex
ample—“it’s the pastry that
k does it”; “—and then, after all
that, she said three spades. Of
course we went down for five
- tricks. She might have known
that I was only bidding to boost
our opponents”; “you just don’t
eat a thing one day out of each
. week—and the rest of the time,
eat anything except sweets and
pastry.”
“Of course I’m glad to give the
dollar for charity—but I wonder i
if the prizes will be as wonderful ]
as the paper said they would. If ;
there’s anything that makes me !
f mad, it’s misrepresentation”;
“why, you’d hardly know her. And
what’s more, she doesn’t seem to
care a bit. She isn’t doing a thing
to get any thinner!”
And the thing that broke the
record was a wee small voice in
quiring: “Can anybody tell me
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By Jans Miller
A social column is a plagued
thing. One week there is so much
to write about that you don’t
know where on earth you are
going to put it alt, and the next j
week there is such a dearth of |
news that you are strongly!
tempted to go out and give about
ten parties on your own hook—
just to have a clear conscience in
accepting your weekly pay en
velope. And speaking of weakly,
“The Fashionable Pen” has been
in the grip of the Grippe this
past week, so please forgive it
if it staggers across the page
minus its usual manly strength.
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Let me see, what shall we be
gin with? Oh, yes, before we
forget it, August 22nd has been
the day set aside for the card
party at the Ritz-Carlton. The
object is to “Help the Hospital”
and everybody is working hard to
make the affair a huge success.
We couldn’t begin to tell you who
“everybody” is, because we’d have
to give all the feminine popula
tion of Atlantic City and Ventnor
combined, but we can give you
the names of the committee in
charge. When any of these ladies
get ih back of a project, you may
be sure it is worth supporting for
:hey are women of many interests,
and all of them worth while ones.
Here they are: Mrs. Linton B.
Arnold, Mrs. J. M. Whelan, Mrs.
William Cuthbert, Mrs. A. J.
Purinton, Mrs William Bader,
Mrs. J. J. Nesbitt, Mrs. Ralph G.
Davis, Mrs. Warren Somers, Mrs.
William Burkhardt, Mrs. J. K.
Carmack, Mrs. George Kahn, Mrs.
James Peterson, Mrs. B. Boynton
Filer, Mrs. Albert J. Feyl, Mrs.
Howard Morgan, Mrs. Steven
Damico, Mrs. James Irvin, Mrs.
Harry Jackson, and Mrs. John T.
Beckwith. I
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Mrs. Adrian Jenkins and Mrs. j
Walter Monterey were combined
hostesses at a bridge party last
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Jane
Hunter, of Wilmington, Del., who
is spending a month at Mrs. I
Jenkin’s Ventnor Avenue cottage, |
and Mrs. Harry Sharpless, of;
West Philadelphia, who is thej
guest of Mrs. Monterey at her i
marine villa for a fortnight, were i
the two guests of honor. There
were six tables in all, with a beau
tiful vanity box at each table for
the respective winners. Mrs. Jane
Hunter, Mrs. Gertrude Prettman,
Mrs. Harry Morris, Mrs. W.
Harry Williams, Mrs. Arthur
Chester and Mrs. Henry Water
man were the lucky ones. The
other guests were Mrs. David
Wray, of Norristown; Mrs. Henry
Beecher, of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Gertrude Prettman, of Baltimore;
Mrs. George Coleman, of Wil
mington; Mrs. Harry Sharpless,
of West Philadelphia; Mrs. Ar
nold Godfrey, Miss Betty God
frey, Mrs. Harold Gibson, Miss
Nellie Gibson, Miss Blanche Em
mons, Mrs. Forrest Still and Mrs.
David Avery.
A big chicken dinner, with
waffles and corn and everything
delectable that goes with it! Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis B. Glenn, Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Poffenberger, Mr. and
Mrs. William Voss, Mr and Mrs.
Thompson and Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton motored over to Beazley’s
loaf- MAn/1 oit pironinfv i
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such a party.
€ uOn v occm tO be vcijr Cieai ;
on our dates this week, hut we
know it was one day about the
middle of last week that Mrs.
Charles Gardner entertained at
a delightful bridge party at her
Ventnor Avenue cottage, in honor
cf Mrs. Jacob Matthews, of West
Philadelphia. The prizes, dainty
little leather vanity cases, were
awarded to the winners at each
of the four tables which were
made up by the following ladies:
Mrs. Jacob Mathews, of West
Philadelphia; Mrs. Joseph Con
roy, Mrs. Elizabeth Fox, Mrs.
Robert Fishman, of Philadelphia;
Mrs. Arthur Duberson, Mrs. Law
rence' Duberson, Mrs. Joseph
Simms, Mrs. J. W. Nixon, Mrs.
Wesley Tilton, Mrs. Theodore
Wilson, Mrs. Clinton Watson, of
Lancaster, Pa.; Mrs. Sarah
Gardner, Mrs. Sylvia Nelson, Mrs.
Andrew Fortner and Mrs. Harry
Griffin.
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Only eight years old, but my,
she looked sweet in her frilly
party frock, her eyes sparkling
over the excitement of coming
events—little Miss Elizabeth
Downing, daughter of Mrs. John
Downing, of Winchester Avenue,
who was given a surprise party
last Tuesday afternoon in celebra
tion for her eighth birthday. Mrs.
Claude Turner was there, too,
helping Mrs. Downing to give the
kiddies the time of their young
lives. Games, and of course ice
cream and cake were the order of
the day. The following young
masters and misses were there:
Misses Elizabeth Downing, Jane
Downing, Clarice Garwood, Bea
trice Nelson, Anna Nelson, Flor
ence De Haven, Nelly Griscomb,
Florence Morgan, Grace Morgan,
Dorothy Turner and Leila Turner,
Jack Morgan, Jimmie Downing,
William Downing, John Downing,
J. Walter Griscomb, Milton
Jordan, Stanley Garwood, Jr.,
David Steelman, Thomas Murray,
Frederick Simpson,' Jack Down
ing and Frank Murray.
Another bridge party last week
was that of Mrs. Edward P. Beach
with Mrs. Francis E. Croasdale,
Mrs. Joseph H. Shinn, M?rs. James
J. Farrell, Mrs. Thomas H. Rodg
ers, Jr., Mrs. Clawson S. Coles,
Mrs. James Leeds and Mrs. Fred
W. Schwarz in attendance.
Also that of Mrs. Charles
Ritter, of 4014 Ventnor Avenue,
on Monday afternoon. Other
parties included those given by
Mrs. Charles Friedman at her
cottage on Trenton Avenue, Mrs.
Jack Gordon at her cottage on
Winhcester Avenue, Mrs. Ralph
Chester at her Winchester Ave
nue cottage, and Mrs. Lewis
Young at her Ventnor Avenue
cottage in honor of Miss Gertrude
Donahue.
Meeting at the home of Mrs.
Harry Webb, at Sacramento and
Atlantic Avenues last week, the
Colony Club nominated officers for
the coming year. Mrs. Godfrey
Mahn was selected as President,
Mrs. Charles Beyer as Vice
President, Mrs. Thomas Young
man, as Treasurer, and Mrs. C. B.
Stevenson as Secretary. Mrs.
Harry Webb will be the chairman
of the Entertainment Committee.
In the interest of the Venanor
Memorial Hospital, a card party
will be held by the Colony Club
on Thursday, August 31st. Mrs.
W. L. Rodelheim, Mrs. I. W. Hart
were newly elected members.
The Thursday morning movies
at the Ventnor Theatre have been
a prominent and successful in
stitution. Next Thursday Mrs.
Rodelheim and Mrs. Beyer will
chaperone the children of the
North American Hospital and
Mrs. Mahn and Mrs. Youngman
the children from the Children’s
Seashore Home.
Weiner’s Chelsea Pharmacy
makes a specialty! of prescrip
tions. A telephone call to 7826
will reach us at 4207 Ventnor
Avenue and insure prompt
delivery.
Thursday Evening
Dance at Derby Hal
Last Thursday was the occasion
of the evening dance at Miss
Mildred Hagan’s Derby Hall
The orchestra was composed en
tirely of well known college boys
such as George Halphern, presi
dent of the A. C. H. S. Glee Club,
and of Villa Nova College; Andre
Halphern, also of the A. C. H. S.
Glee, and head of the High track
team; Sheridan Beaumont, an
other A. C. H. S. student, who will
leave shortly for a European trip;
Frazier . Grame, U. of P. Or
chestra and well known football
star; Frank Sterling, Jock Slapt
and Charles Young.
Most of the younger set was
there, the feminine half wearing
some very pretty gowns. Those
present included Charles Young,
Adrian Phillips, Miss Frances
Hagan, Miss Abbie Burlingham,
Mrs. William Caller, Mass Mildred
Wolfington, Miss Esther Ball,
Miss Justine Perrot, Miss Frances
Vickers, Miss Katherine King,
Miss Helen Crane, Miss Mary
Hamburger, Miss Emily Ham
burger, Miss Mary Louise Benoy,
Mrs. C. E. Benoy, Mrs. Heaton,
Miss Virginia Moore, Miss Helen
M'cLaughlin, Miss Eleanor Bar
rington, Miss Helen McCracken,
Elwood Valentine, George Miller,
Toddy Kuh, Thos. Griffith, James
Griffith, William Shedaker, James
O’Neill, Charles Parsells, Kent
Finley, Hugh Sinclair, Allen
Perry, Paul Osborne, Frank Ham
mell, Joseph Walter.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mitchell
and their two daughters, Miss
Theresa and Miss Elizabeth,
arrived in Ventnor recently,
after spending several months in
Miami, Fla. They traveled North
as far as Baltimore by rail and
then joined friends and motored
to the shore. Mr. and Mrs.
Randolph Jenkins, of' Philadel
phia, Mrs. Mitchell’s parents,
have been occupying their cottage
on Winchester Avenue . during
their absence.
WATCH US GROW
The PreSs Store
1616-1618 Atlantic Avenue at Mt. Vernon
Advance Showing
and Sale of
Exclusive New
Autumn
Dresses
$19^to$29^
You will experience unusual pleas
ure when you see the exquisite beauty
and quality of these distinctive
Autumn Silk Frocks.
Women who desire a moderately
priced frock, which combines style,
materials and fine workmanship,
should see these lovely dresses now.
Materials include silk back Canton
Crepes and exquisite Sports Silks in
white, colors, navy, brown and black.
Wony oyg beautifully beaded others
are draped models with handsome
buckles at waist line.
Women and misses’ styles for
street, afternoon and Boardwalk or
evening wear.
Cur u|Hri Corsetiere at Your Service in Our Corset Uept.
Ventnor and
Chelsea
Ladies
Can pay off their social
obligations by entertain
ing their friends in the ■
Oriental Tea Room
All that is necessary is to
call 5800 and ask for the
Maitre d’Hotel. Tell him
how many guests you will
have and what you want
served and your worries
are over.
Dancing every afternoon
at four o’clock. Irresist
ible dance music by those
famous
Kentucky Serenaders
These greatest of all song
and dance musicians have
scored an unprecedented
success since the begin
ning of this season’s
engagement at
The Ambassador
In addition to playing
every afternoon in the
Tea Room, they play
nightly in the
Pompeiian Grill
Here, assisted by Mr.
Ralph Wonders and Miss
Gay Young, they attract
not only tne leaders ot
the hotel colony, but also
the residents and cottag
ers who appreciate the
opportunity of dancing to
good music amid luxuri
ous surroundings and
among refined people.
Every Friday
Evening
The premier entertain
ment feature of the week
is offered in the Grill
and Swimming Pool, Fri
day evening, August 18,
will be known as
SPORT NIGHT
Miss Gay Young and
Ralph Wonders will ap
pear in special features.
The Kentucky Serenaders
will play. Miss Ethel
Bleibtrey, the world’s
greatest woman swim
mer, will exhibit her
prowess.
Come in your sport
clothes or your bathing
suit.
The Ambassador Pool
will .be open.
For these special eve
nings there is a cover
charge of $1.50 per per
son and reservations
should be made in ad
vance. JjUst call 5800
and ask for the Maitre.
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