Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-19
NANCY WYNNE EXPATIATES AT
LENGTH ON A NUMBER OF THINGS
She Has Been Studying the Emergency Aid Report and Is
Astounded at the Marvellous Amount of Work
Accomplished by That Society

r WONDER if many Of us, as we read in
i the papers that this or that has been
sent to Belgium, or France, or Germany,
or any of the warning countries, realize
for a minute what a great work the
Emergency Aid of this city has been do
ing and is doing and with what perfect
system. A look at the recent report of
activities during the year gives one a
slight idea of the extraordinary amount
of work accomplished by that busy and
untiring society.
Let me give you an idea of the num-
ber of branches and who is at the head
of each and who have given OF their time,
money and energy and best of all their
heartfelt charity for the benefit of the
fJcl and wounded and suffering and dy-
ing on the other side of the water and
who stand reader to help our own here
at home should necessity call-the good
self.sacrificing women of this city and
State. Among the committees are the
Armenien Relief, with Mrs. George II.
Lorimer as chairman: Mrs. Bayard Henry
heads the Belgium Relief Committee,
which has numerous special funds, among
them donations to support the American
ward in King Albert's Hospital, the Ma.
ternty Home for Belgium Gentlewomen,
the support of beds in the Convalescent
Home for Belgian officers at Cannes,
France, and the Cardinal Mercier Fund.
Miss Mabel Brice has charge of the
packing and l could not begin to recount
all the things she and her associates have
packed off for that brave little country
which has so won the admiration OF the
whole world.
Mrs. r. Burd Grubb an Englishwoman
herself, for she was Miss Violet Sopwith,
of England before she married the late
General Grubb, is the chairman of the
British Relief of the Emergency Aid.
while the chairman of the British.Ameri-
can War Relief Fund is Mrs. Bob Straw
bridge, who lived for many years in Eng
land. She was Anita Berwind, you know,
and considered one of our most beautiful
women. Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson heads
the French Relief Committee, and the
recognition of her work will be remem'
bered when, in May, she was decorated by
France for the services rendered to that
country. The italian Committee Is head
ed by Mrs. Benjamin Miller, while Mrs.
Robert Won Moschzisker Is chairman or
the Polish Association. The Philadelphia
County Auxiliary of the American Red
Cross has Mrs. Reed Morgan for chair
man. OF course the Russian Committee
has Mrs. William Ellis Scull at its head.
for Mrs Scull is a great lover of Russia,
and Miss Nina Lea is in charge of Serbia.
I wonder as 1 read all the countries
named. why there has been no relief fund
t. Mo- hD Il
as Poland am told. Perhaps when we
learn more of these people something can
be done for them also. 1t certainly is
gratifying to every American woman, be
she actively engaged in the work or not.
to know what her sisters have accom-
plished, ana with me, 1 am sure, she
wishes them godspeed in their future
undertakings.
was highly amused yesterday on hear
ing of the departure for the West of
large family of boys and girls, together
with their parents, for trip of several
weeks duration. No, was not amused
at the departure, but at an incident in con.
nection with the proposed trip. 1t ap.
pears as often happens in large families,
there are apt to be quite some differences
of opinion between the brothers and sis
ters of this bunch, so the father. who
really needs a rest from arduous labors,
was heard to promise a handsome prize
on their return to the son or daughter
who did not lose his or her temper during
the entire trip. AS 1 heard one friend of
the family remark, however, He knows
he won't lose anything by that; all of
those boys and girls keep their tempers
for two months! 1t simply can't be did"
1t is amusing. though rather sad. How
ever. from all I know of them, do not
think the differences are very serious. and
like most families, no matter what they
think of each other personally, just let
some one else say something unkind of
any one of them, and 1 for one would
not like to be that person.
NANCY WYNNE.