Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-06
NANCY WYNNE CHATS ABOUT THE
VARIOUS DOINGS AT RESORTS
Coast From New England Down to Jersey Teeming With
Philadelphians-The Latter Held a Prominent Part
in Newport Parade independence Day

DBL1EvE me. 1t was some parade on
ID the Fourth at Newport. Never be-
fore have 1 heard of women of society
walking in a nve.mie pageant to show
their patriotism. OF course, many OF them
have walked in the suffrage parades, but
there are not very great number OF
society women who are suffragsts as yet;
that belongs more to the working woman,
be she in the social ranks or otherwise,
though many of her sisters not of the
world of toll see the help that such law
might be. And on the other hand, there
are many who do not see that suffrage
would be help; and so 1t goes.
However, suffrage was not the question
at Newport on the Fourth when Mrs.
Clarence Dolan, Mrs. Craig Blddle, Miss
Pauline Disston, Mrs. Joseph NJ Gazzam
and Miss olivia NJ. De B. Gazzam walked
in the pageant to show their grea love
of their country. OF course, ther, were
numerous New York women. but equally
of course, we are more interested In our
own from the Quaker City And, by the
way, they had a parade down at Cape
May, too. I suppose this Is the way of
celebrating a safe and sane Fourth, and
certainly 1t is better far than having half
of ones family manned and hurt by fire.
works which go off unexpectedly.
Prizes were given at Cape May for the
motor decorated in the most novel way.
Most Of the cottages are fast filling
UP down there and all the old.timers have
returned. The McCabe girls, Margaret
and Mary, are there and. of course Mrs.
Porter Cope. Cape May would not be
Cape May without her.
There seems to be certainty almost
that certain handsome member OF the
LIST City Troop, one of many brothers, too,
1 understand, and a certain charming
girl who lives on the Main Line, and
that not very far from town. will very
soon II not at once announce their en-
gagement though members of the two
families both declare 1t is not true but
somehow the principals in these affairs
are apt to settle things for themselves,
don't you think? The girl in question
is very pretty, with fair hair and blue
eyes. She is an only daughter I under
stand. Can you guess who 1t Is? For,
seriously speaking, 1 think it's co.
Every day the system exercised in the
Pennsylvania Womens Division for Ma
tional Preparedness perfects itself and
yesterday Mrs. Drexel, who, by the way,
Is quite i'll at her home in Bryn Mawr,
received word at noon that Battalion b,
of the New York National Guard, would
reach this city at l o'clock that day. Mrs.
Drexel communicated with Mrs. Henry
Coke, who Immediately got into communi-
cation with various women, and with the
aid of willing hands and automobiles in
one hours time they were all there at
the station and all those men were fed
with sandwiches, coffee, oranges and
chocolate, and tobacco was given them as
they went on their way rejoicing. The
women also took a number of messages
from the men for relatives In this city
Among those who rushed in, in their
cars, and gave such efficient service were
Mrs. Langdon Mitchell. Mrs. Tom Robins,
Mrs. Henry Boyer, Mrs. Bob Strawbridge,
Mrs. w. Atlee Burpee, Eleanor Hopkins,
Jeannetta Lee and several others 1t goes
to show how splendidly the work has
advanced; that a whole battalion of SOL
diers can be fed and aided in every pos
sible way in an hours time. All praise
tC these good women who give of their
time and money to the cause of home
and country. NANCY WYNNE.