Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-08
NANCY WYNNE is INTERESTED
IN GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL FETE
rbp Germantown Academy Grounds Will Be Used for a
Large Lawn Party and Fair in Aid of the German
town Hospital Tomorrow-Society to Helm

ac,rrY will be kept pretty busy to-
E ~ ..orrov rushing from the fete to be
- -, ,be grounds of the Germantown
sNS ,, for the benefit of the German
tYo.nital to the National Tennis
& soWn t,,ent at st. Martins and back
1oI ~. 90 ,he fair, as there will be no END
sl..t,, hs~, GIRLS. debutantes of this year and
u Ps 20 come. who will serve a deli
s,oas supper under the huge snaue Trees
# lin surround the building. Ihey VIII
& 80 biaok.and-white striped aprons ana
~, ,ooi, altogether fetching. Then wheh
W. o,e has bought all the pretty fancy
8 s.,,c,es. as we'll as the good Things 10 eat
4 .... rri,l he dance in the Assembly
s.Nt :, ,he school. And by the way, the
~ ~ that hall could tell of many
s.nonce begun while our mothers anu
.s,hors danced together for the dances
d I. ,ho Germantown Academy are no ne"
4 .h,nes they have been source ol ue'
.,.. 90 the Younger set in Germantown
..,o,v a wear. To get back TO the
...,,,ot fair. the entertainment Is pelng
n,.snod bvi the board of lady visitors, OF
s. which Mrs. CnaTleS e ANSi
,,,o other members of the board are
-. Alexander wister, Mrs Edgar But
= Miss Maria Logan, Mrs. George
8 r..,,ron Mrs. Arthur Haines Mrs Fran
i, strawbridge, Miss Elizabeth >.
.s,ott Mrs. Baltzar de Mare and Mrs
4 .,sso,der wister, Jr. Mrs. Charles z.
& gath will have charge of the fancy taple'
"a Mrs George Cameron and Mrs. WIS
& a. will arrange for the supper Ihe
Sonce will be in charge of Mrs. Wister'
Mrs De Mare will be at the head of
4 .ha white elephant table, which Will have
4 no end Of odd and unusual articiesi 1t
i could not help it, you know, II every one
brings his or her white elephant 10 dis'
rosa of. II seems wonderful that there
& .hou,d he in the world some who Will ap'
& nreciate and like the things which others
4 40 not. but true it is and 1t Is q goou
ching Mrs William Beard will have the
& iorconade table under her care, and Mrs.
4 ]. A. Virgins and the Readers Ciuo oi
q Germantown will have candy tables MIS-
s Calvin smyth will have charge or pal
i yoons. while Mrs. George Bonaffon VIII
4 sell sugar from a cart done up In plack
s. baper to represent pieces of coal. There
will also be a Mother Goose table, ana
Miss Nancy Smyth will wear an old-fash'
ioned froclz with great side pockets in
q which will be mysterious packages tor
3 old and young. Then there Is to be a
al;ding board for the hddies. Mrs. Joseph
s Earnshaw will have the orange tree and
4 Mrs George Franklin Brown will sell ice
cream.
The formal opening of the Business
Girls Home, at 804 Pine street, took place
yesterday afternoon, when the women in
terested in the undertaking gave an open
ing tea. The home is arranged so as to
accommodate about 80 girls, who earn
their own living. The project is not a
charitable one 1t is backed by several
wealthy women of this city, but the girls
are to pay board and lodging and receive
: many comforts in return. as
The building which will have the new
club is four.story structure. 1t con
talns living room, two dining rooms
kitchen, laundry. two bathrooms and
five lavatories. Each girl has a single
8 enameled bed, oak bureau and rocker In
4 her room A washerwoman will be in the
& building every day to do the washing OF
8 clothes for the girls at nominal price
The living room on the first floor is
8 beautifully furnished with wicker fur
niture, piano, rugs and everything thai
& spells home" OF course, there will bt
& rules, but those rules will be just the
same as the rules that would be set dowr
by the girls parents. Weekly entertain
ments will be given for and by the girls
i After the girls get their breakfast II
the mornings, there will be plates piled
& high with sandwiches, fruits and cake
s They will be given paper and string ant
s allowed to make up their own luncheoni
q TO carry to work with them. There will
4 be no charge for this service. There are
& number of girls installed in the house
s already.
i There are about 80 prominent womeI
who are on the board of managers, all o.
whom helped bring the club to realiza
tion. The officers of the club include
Mrs. George Fales Baker. president; Mrs
F. Joseph Taylor Jackson, Mrs. Lewis Fl
& Parke Mrs. George G Ross and William
& c, Hesse, vice presidents; Miss Emil!
Hawkins, recording secretary; Miss Heller
R. Welch. treasurer and corresponding
secretary. NANCY WYNNE.