Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-15
WOMEN ROCKIES
Oh CITY TO LEAVE
FOR CAMP TODAY
Twenty four Philadelphia
Recruits to Take Up
Chevy Chase Work
zoo VETERANS" QUIT
Bv a star correspondent


z CHEVY CHASE, Md. May 15.-The first
two weeks of the Chevy Chase Military
Camp for Women, the first of its kind in
the worlds history, will come to a close
3 tonight. ~ -
Tonororw morning women from many
States will begin to assemble for the sec.
ond two weeks of the camp. Philadelphia
+ Is to have much larger delegation during
the second two weeks than IL did during the
first session. There were five the first half
Of the month, while. "a have paid up for
4 the coming two weees and are expected here
within the next "a hours
Among the women from Philadelphia who
arc expected here today to take UP the work
: IN the camp for the coming two weeks are:
Hiss Georgene G.. Butler. Rydal Miss Caro-
line r. D. Baird, West Chester; Mrs Ctar-
ence Wyatt Bispham, 4220 Pine street Miss
Ainey Develin, overlook !; Miss Rebekah
A Ward Elliot 514S Hazel avenue Miss Caro-
( line English, 210s Spruce street; Miss Kath-
erinq w. Field, 1918 Spruce street. Miss
Marion D. Grant, St James place; Miss
Josephine Hayden, 595s woodbine avenue
Mrs A. b. Hubbard, Jenkintown; Miss
Emilie G. Hnfr. 2O2T Upland way; Miss
Catherine M. Lennig, 2304 Spruce street:
Miss Alice Logan, West Chester Miss Anne
Lewis, Moreland avenue, Chestnut Hill:
Miss Ellen Newbold, 2221 st. James place
Miss Sophie 3. Norris, 2104 Locust street;
Miss Dorothy Oberteuffer, Haverford Miss
Sarah q. Parks West Chester Miss Eliza
beth Snucker. Overbrook; Miss Marion
Field Sharpless, Wyncote; Mrs Henry Mil
Ter Watts, Ogontz Mrs. Claiming Way,
West lChester Miss Elizabeth Scott 26l
South 21st street. and Mrs Carl Williams
School House lane and Greene street. Ger
mantown.
WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED.
Today 200 sunburned feminine rockies
from. 16 States are packing their belongings
and going back to their homes. They have
hnlshed their two weeks course They have
learned to knit and learned the first rud- |
ments or wig-wagging and telegraphy and
vireiess- They have learned the principles |
OF caring for the sick, and they have
learned how to bandage and many other |
Things that they never thought they could |
possibly learn TO do in two weeks
One pretty little blonde who two weeks |
ago mad the time of her young life trying to |
learn how to manage a knitting needle to |
make surgical sponge. Is iublant TODAY |
because she has actually learned" to do |
many things which she never felt herself /
capable OF doing.
She is only one OF many, and all feel
that the two weeks have been fraught with
q deep Significance for them They have
learned to know that clothes do not make
the woman. They have acquired a new
respect for the woman who tolls They
nave deeper feeling of love and respect
ror the wonderful big nation, of which they
are > part
PLANS SIMILAR CAMPS.
Expression from the various rockies as
they left the camp today bound for their
respectye homes showed without a doubt
tnat the girls feel the camp was worth
whas. They are enthusiastic about the ex-
perenees OF camp life. They say they are
going home to tell their friends about the
camp and the things they have learned
az Chevy Chase, and they declare they are
going to do all in their power TO start sim
|lar camps in their home towns
The girls who are arriving now for the
second two weeks of camp are I'm marked
contrast to those who have been here for
The last two weeks. Those who are leay.
Ing today have well-tanned skins and they
walk with a swing, which shows they have
peen IN khaki uniforms and have become
used 70 the low heels required in camp.
But the new rockies still have snow.
white necks and hands Their manicured
nalla have not lost their lustre and they
NH take mincing step caused to a certain
iesEse BY the high heels to which they
ltFa been accustomed during their years OF
tfe u the social circles TO which they
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