Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-07

i ia n DeBn WOnueTluS WHY 81 many
i people who usually are gone by this
time to New England and the Adiron-
dacks and various other places are still
in town or at their suburban homes, and
realize that II Is the call of the owners
of the brass buttons up at Mount Gretna,
who have not yet started down toward the
border; for peace or no peace, it seems as
if the United States had at last walked
up to the necessity of preparedness, or
rather to the necessity of showing that
we are not afraid to fight in the least and
that we will demonstrate IL they want 1t.
Morris Stroud, Jr, and Billie Forbes. who
were at a training camp in the South
when the President called for troops,
have been, of course, up there at Mount
Gretna, both of them members of the
First City Troop, which am told Is one
of the best equipped Of the cavalry troops
In the matter of tents and such things,
showing that they at least were prepared.
Mrs Billie Forbes has been staying up at,
the Inn so as to be near her husband. And
yesterday came the news that the cavalry
would entrain about o'clock from Cole
brook, and great were the preparations for
their feeding and tobaccoing by the ener.
getic women of the Preparedness Divr
sion here. 1t was a wonderful sight to
see those devoted women in the middle of
the night working away handing out the
many things they had provided with such
cheerful words and winning smiles that
even the "laddles" who apparently lacked
FLASHES" were marvelously helped on their
weary way. And the cheers which rang
oh fhair
probation of the kindness shown them
went over to the Baltimore and Ohio
at IL o'clock and never have I seen such
q crowd, but the first section never
showed up until 1:15 and then such
time really, l almost thought / was at
the Assembly instead of the rattle trap
old railway station, except that there
were no stately curtseys nor dignified
men and women in evening clothes. 1
caught sight of Bertha Snowden and
her mother, armed with huge
package for Brother Billie Church.
man; Eleanor Pepper and Molly Thayer
were together, with several Thayer broth
ers, to see the Thayer boys and Theodore
Paul Off You remember Theodore Paul
married Adeline Pepper on June 15.
armed with packages, and so was Brownie
warburton; also Mrs. Stewart Wurts,
Mrs. Henry Boyer, Mrs. Beylard, Mrs.
John Groome, of course. for both her
husband and son Jack are in the cavalry;
Mrs. Joe Tiers, Mariana Gowen, many of
the Wetheril clan and Mrs. Billie
Cochran-all turned out. Gay Tilghman
was on hand to see her brother
Dick off, and Margaret Chrystie, with
a bundle tucked under her arm, for
her brother Phin. Mrs. John b. Thayer
and Peggy and Polly were early on the
scene in their motor, for young Jack
Thayer is a member of the troop. Jack
Hirst came to see his brother Tom off.
Really, it was frightfully exciting and
thrilling and, even though we expect no
war now, it was pretty bad to see them
going off for so long a time. Every one
was CHEEKY, however, so that saved the
occasion, and much amusement was
'Nused by the grimy condition of our
,btwhile immaculate fellow-townsmen.
If the wee tale I have to tell does not
show the irony of things in this world.
would like to know what does. A certain
girl and man were married lately and
among her friends was one young man
who had worn his heart on his sleeve for
many a day, who had found he was not
the lucky person, but had, however, de-
cided to see the thing through and not |
run away anyhow. In fact, he was
asked to be member of the bridal party, |
so great a friend had he been to both |
bride and bridegroom. Well, the night |
before the wedding the bridal party was. |
of course, there and they began to prac-
tice to the "tum tum ii tum" of the |
wedding march. when the parent of the |
bride, who was to give her in marriage. |
failed to appear, business or something. |
you know" Well, who do you think |
those unthinking people called upon. to
give the bride away in Fathers place? |
None other than the erstwhile suitor, who
faced the music like man, let me tell
you. but it was rough you will ac-
wasn't it, even if it only was
in practicing? NANCY WYNNE.