Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
SOCIETY WOMEN BEGIN
WORK OF AIDING NATION
in DEFENSE PROGRAM
Mrs. George w. Childs DreXel
and Committees Co-ordinat-
ing Plans of Pennsylvania
Division
OUTLINE M ANY DUTIES

Society women are busy today CO.
ordinating the details of organization
which they Effected yesterday when they
answered the call of Mrs. George w.
Childs Drcxel to make ready the women
of the state for any emergency which
may confront the nation.
The immediate idea behind the move
ment Is preparedness for war.
Mrs. Drexel ia chairman of the new
organization Her immediate assistants,
bearing the titles of vice chairmen, are
Mrs j. Willis Martin and Mrs. l. II.
O'Harra; the secretary is Miss Mary NJ
Mitchell, and Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills Is
treasurer. ON the Recruiting Committee
are Miss Marian Biddle. Miss Sophie
Cadwalader, Miss Henrietta Ely Mrs,
John w. Geary, Mrs. j. Norman jack
son, Mrs Thomas Mexican, Mrs George
Wharton Pepper, Mrs. Edward Rowland
Mrs. Robert Strawbridge, Mrs. Alexander
Van Rensselaer,. Mr1. j. Gardner Cassatt,
Mrs George Qulntard Horwitz and Mrs.
Barclay II Warburton.
The Pennsylvania Women's Division for
National Preparedness is the name they
will work under. Every woman in Penn
sylvania will be asked to take a part in
the work, choosing herself any of the
following departments in which to serve:
Care of Soldiers and Sailors Fami-
lies personal responsibility for the contin-
ued well-being of the families of the men
in the service or those suiterlnS from
some general calamity.
2.-Nursing and Provision of Surgical
Supplies The services of professional
nurses and amateur aid in preparing ana
| distributing surgical supplies both in and
| out of hospitals
3.-Convalescent Homes and Hospitals:
| Giving and maintenance OF homes lot
! convalescents and the wounded.
/ 4-Messenger and Communication Ser
| vice; Giving use of motors and convey
/ ances and the Offering by the members
/ OF their personal services as drivers
! 5.-Day Service in Hospitals: Learning
! FIRST aid" and diet cooking. Assisting
1 IN the daily routine work of the hos
/ pitals.
| 6-Feeding Troops and the Needy: Col
/ lectng. storing and distributing food sup
/ plies as needed
General Service; Clerical, sewing,
/ knitting, etc,
Every member pledges herself to give
/ time. goods or money at the critical mo-
ment and states IN writing that she Will
/ be prepared TO do her duty, Dues are
25 cents, sustaining; 81, annual; $40 con-
/ trlbutng. The Call Fund, TO which ench
( member will be asked TO contribute with
| I'm 81 hours after the occurrence or calam-
/ ity or the declaration of war. will carry
pledges ranging from 10 cents to thous-
ands of dollars.
For those members who are interested
/ in the Citizens Camps and the sending
I OF the men of Pennsylvania TO Platts-
Z burg and similar camps who, otherwise,
/ without some assistance would be un-
/ able to 90. II is proposed to have a separ-
| ate fund and department sustained by
the voluntary contributions of members
so inclined.
The organization yesterday was in
dorsed by Mrs Ronald r. Gleason. of
Scranton. president of the State FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs. She represents
$50 clubs in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Blanken-
burg is another who has indorsed the
movement.
Among the Philadelphia women who
attended Yesterdays meeting We're Mrs.
Rudolph Blankenburg, Mrs. Imogen B.
/ Oakley Mrs George W. UrquhaTt Mrs.
Alexander ". Biddle Mrs. Francis NJ.
Hutchinson Mrs. Albert J. IIaWksley,
Miss Katherine E. Puneheon. Mrs Arthur
H. Lea, Mrs, Edward W. Biddle, Mrs =.
A. EshneT, Mrs. c. c. Harrison, Jr, Miss
Helen FleisheF. Mrs. J. Palmer Fuller
ton. Mrs. Thomas Robins, Mrs. William
Simpson, Mrs. 5. p. SnoWden Mitchell
Miss Mary Chew, Mrs. II. c. Boden and
Mrs. F, r. Payne.
The women from outside Philadelphia
included Airs. Walter King Sharpe. Cham
bersburs Mrs 5. Blair Luekle, Chester
Miss Susan Carpenter Frazer. Lancaster
Mrs. George S. Matlack Lewisburg; Mrs
NJ. c. Thurlow. Pottsyille; Mrs. W. b
Easton, Stroudsburg; Mrs. George NJ
Phillips. Greenables, West Chester; Mrs
John c. Settler. Reading; Mrs. J, OgdeI
Hoffman. Radnor: Mrs. H. Gordon Me
Couch, Chestnut Hill; Miss Anna G, Bald
win. Bryn Mawr Mrs Harold A Free
man. St Dayids; frs. Thomas Potter
Chestnut Hlll. Mrs Hollis Godfrey, Gym
wyd. Mrs, A. ". Davies. Easton: Miss
Martha Fl n lines. Nerflstown
The nsAt meeting Hla be held early i
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