Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-26
NUMBER OF SOCIAL, MATTERS
Annual Market DAY to BE Held at St. Francis Home for
Comments and Remarks on Various TL;nra many

<NHrEF among the new booths TO be
" added this year 20 the annual fair
hs,d at Lansdowne for the beneft Of the
,well.known Convalescent Home will be
tbe grocery table. which Miss Florence
ablsy will have under her care. The
s.,r this year will be held Friday and
saturday, October 6 and z.
II Is really q most worthy charity, this
hone II was started several years ago
nv a number of women who for years
have been visiting the sick and poor
n the Philadelphia Hospital. So many
Of the patients in whom these women
we're interested when dismissed from the
hospital had no place TO go for q week
ar 90 of rest, but had TO start right in
with housework and simply became III
very soon again. And nowhere In the
city was there non-sectarian home, so
4 these good women, aided and abetted by a
worthy chaplain of the hospital, set to
work to raise money and founded the
home some five years ago, which has
been a bright spot in the lives Of many
sick person since who has needed bit
Of country air and appetizing food. No
doubt many lives have been saved
through this extra care which has been
rfven them so lovingly and generously at
et Francis Home for Convalescents.
To return to Miss Sibley's grocery
shop; there is always something about an
upto-date grocery shop that appeals to
svery woman, and this promises to be al.
brands of everything and the latest nov
cities that the expert groceryman brings
out each fall will not be wanting; no,
sndeed nothing will be lacking to draw
people over to the grocery corner. And
small kiddies who will assist at this
unique table will be dressed to represent
Campbell kids, Fairy soap, cereals, and
! shouldn't wonder. IL II is not too cold,
n we don't see Gold Dust twins dlsporting
and charming smiles.
Further down the row of booths, which
sre to be arranged alphabetically on the
lawn of the home. will be placed a Red
Cross table under the direction of fifty
nurses, who will wear their uniforms
Everything necessary for first aid re.
lief and hospital emergencies will be
found here, and many a soldier In war |
torn Europe will find comfort this win |
ter In the Red Cross supplies sent to him |
by the jealous visitors Of this table.
Another table, and this will be dlscov. |
cred near the entrance, will be the baby |
table, for doesn't Mr.. Baby come right |
ftar In ha
betf Ali, oh, the things from Babyland!
II really will be worth our while to dress
up In our best and carry our market
baskets over our arms both the Friday
and Saturday morning of October's first
week. Among the women on the board
Of the home who are working very hard
for the Market Days success are the
president, Miss Julia v. Laguerenne; first
vice president, Mrs. J. NJ. Quennell: second
vice President, Mrs, Murtha P. Quinn;
secretary. Mrs. James A. Mundy. and
treasurer. Mrs. John J. Coyle.
Others interested are Miss Grace Smith,
the Misses Rivinus, the Misses Trasel,
Mrs Robert T. Bicknell, Miss Agnes
Lewis. Miss Jean Lewis. Miss Frances
Sullivan, Miss Leta Sullivan and a host
Of others.
Yesterday came the news that the first
Assembly date will be January 8, the
nrst Friday in January, as is the Gus
tomary way of Assemblies, and the second
will be on February 16. 1 hope the Sec
ond won't be such a frost as last years.
Perhaps 1t was because last season was
~ Ia httf atnIx |
few there compared with the first. OF
course, IT made the dancing ten times bet
ter, as there was plenty of room. and one
does not usually expect good dancing at
an Assembly just on account of the num-
ber Of people OF all ages who go.
Equally, OF course. there will be the
usual heartburnings and pulling of
strings by those who are not eligible for
the balls. but there will be a number
anong those who are coming out who
viii need no string pulling. for their posi-
uon In Philadelphia may be said to be as
ga as the Assemblies themselves. Wit.
ness Dorothy Newbold. for instance. There
nas been Newbold or some relative on
ne committee for many years. Then.
q course. the Borie family will be repr,
sented by Patty. who, as I before re-
marked. will be the first bud Of that good
od family name since the days when her
Aunt, Emily Borie Beale, now of Boston,
was introduced at the Borie home. then
y Eleventh and Spruce streets. Emily
fspper Harris is another, and of course |
hstty Brock. whose mother was a Cole.
man and who is related TO the Norrises,
nontgomerys and various other Phila-
oelphia families. Emily Welsh is still
mother. In fact. could not begin to
'numerate the debbies OF this years
vintage who are eligible to the Assem- 7
plies. the ball OF the year which estab. :
ushes the social position OF all in this
e'v OF Brotherly Love. OH know it's c
nobbish. but then Philadelphia is snob- {
van. 30 what viii you?
NANCY wYNNE. I
Personals e
Y4AAI