Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-14
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Large Fete Under Auspices Of Emergency Aid
Committee to Open This Afternoon.

Large Fete Under Auspices Of Emergency Aid
Committee to Open This Afternoon.
The extensive preparations which have been
under way for some time for the "Made-in-
America" fete, of which Mrs. Barclay II. War
burton is chairman. have been completed and
the bazaar will be opened this afternoon In
horticultural Hail. under the auspices Of the
Emergency Aid Committee, and the proceeds
will be dedicated to the relief OF conditions at
home and abroad" This afternoon will be
tirely devoted to children. There will be real
pond, with real nsh and real ducks swimming
therein A knock the babies" down will de-
light the young hearts, particularly II they are
successful and win prize. OF course the af
fair wouldn't be success without n Punch
and Judy show, whcih will please the boys,
and a don show for the girls To say that Hor-
ticuiturai Hall will resemble the steeplechese
would be putting It mildly. for there will be
grab-bags. seesaws. swings Kelly slides, can
dies and ice cream soda. Miss Anne vauclain
has given three Shetland ponies to be rafhed
of, a feature that will be highly interesting
and success financially. The committee in
charge Of this department: Mrs. Ralph NJ
Townsend chairman; Mrs. Alfred Reginald AL
len, Mrs William Pepper, Jr.. Mrs. Edgar M
Church, Mrs. Dallas Dixon, Mrs. b, Boyer
Davis, Mrs Edward Grocer and Mrs. William
]. ClothIer.
There win be an old-fashioned Kitchen where
all sorts OF good things are to be had, Mrs.
John C. Groome has charge OF the kitchen and
has asked the following ladies to assist
Mrs Charlton Yarnnn Mrs. Samuel Bell, Mrs.
Archibald BarltlIe, Miss Gertrude Hecksohor,
Miss Clay Miss Helen s. Tower. Miss Marion
Taylor, Miss Louise Blake Brook Miss Ella
NTiue Inlu
Buchanan cassatt Miss Mary NJ. Mitchell. Miss
Harriet Morgan Frazier. Miss Elizabeth Ches-
ton Miss Margot scull. Miss Sidney Ellis, Miss
Gertrude Tower, Miss Mary C. Norris Miss
Elsie Sinkler, Miss Alice Clay. Miss Emily
Markoe Thhyer, Miss Anne Lewis. Miss Sarah
Lippncott Miss Priscilla Murray Bohlen, Miss
Helen Ellis, Miss Sylvia Barnes, Miss Christine
Chambers Miss Katherine Ashhurst Bowie, Miss
Nancy C. Reath and Mrs. Albert Smith.
Mrsl b. Campbell Madeira and Mrs. J. r.
Evans Roberts are chairmen OF the country
house booth. Those who visit this stall will
find many suggestions for their summer homes;
all manner of things have been gathered, and
the ladies' in charge feel that they have every
thing from the door-mat to the match safe.
that any one would be likely to ask for. The
ladies who have been helping Mrs Madeira
and Mrs Roberts are:
Mrs. Robert Sewell, Mrs. A. NJ. Watts, Mrs
J. T. Starr Mrs. St Phalle, Mrs, ]. Kearsley
Mitchell Mrs. George McFadden. Mrs. Samuel
X. Reeves, Mrs George Willing. Jr., Miss Mar
garet NJ, Wright, Mrs, Benjamin Chew, Miss
Sophie B. Norris, Mrs Arthur Rush and Mrs
Walter Ross.
There will be French booth. OF which Mrs
Arturo Heeren lie chairman. She will be
sisted by Mrs. Andrew Wheeler. Mrs D. Pear
son Pearce her younger sister, Miss Marie
Louise wannmaker; her cousin, Mics Mary
Brown Warburton: Miss Katherine Walsh. Miss
Edwina Blklns Bruner, Mrs J. shpey Dixon
and Miss Katherine Herman Kremer.