Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
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Plan 10 SERVE STATE
(ogin Mobilization of Resources
and List Activities of
Women
he'd CROSS ON WAR BASIS
committee Bushes Work of Taking a
Complete Military
Census
ATLANTIC CITY. April II


Atlantic City suffragists are mobilizing
: lheir resources TO render efficient services
4 20 the State. To that end printed lists
( naming q number Of occupations are being
Z eent out to women. asking them to desig-
4 nate what they can do best to help In
Z time OF need. Thirty-eight kinds Of work
/, are listed. including truck farming, poultry
/. raising. clerical work, cooking, sewing. Knit
\ ting. reading, care Of children, translators
s of languages. telegraph. telephone and wire
physicians The Atlantic City Association
n working in conjunction with the Red
Cross and the + Emergency Aid.
The local chapter Of the Red Cross has
been reorganized on a war basis. The Of
hcers are chairman, Mayor Harry Bacha-
rach; executive chairman Dr. Gurney Will
liams, formerly Of Philadelphia; secretary
d Miss Elizabeth White, daughter of Judge
John j. White treasurer, Brnkle Gummey :;
Vice chairman, Hon. Walter T.. dge; the
Z Rev. Charles Martin Niles Mrs. ], White
and the Rev. Henry Fisher Walter J.
Busby heads the executive committee. Up
Y to the present time no cottage has been
offered for permanent headquarters for the
z bed Cross AS soon as school is over.
the school buildings throughout the city
: will be used as branch workrooms More
than 1000 members are now enrolled. Visi-
Z tors are interested in the work that is
being done and give great deal of time
In aiding with the work
Citizens are heartily cooperating with
the census committee named by Mayor
Bacharach to list men of military age and
also all motorboats, automobiles motorcy-
cies, motor trucks and wireless plants A
home guard will be formed under the drec-
ton OF Director of Public Safety Sooy,
who has had military training. being for
merly an officer of a company in the Sixth
Regiment. Ventor City also has a home
guard. many of whom are Philadelphia cot
stagers. Mayor Schimp, of Ventor Is a grad.
uate of military school and has had four
years of service. He attended the camp at
Piattsburg last summer. and has applied
Tor commission in the officers Reserve
Cors.
Commodore Allen X. White of the At
lant,c City Yacht Club, expects the fifteen
boats turned over by the club to the Navy
Department to- be inspected on Saturday
should the officials request it. Commodore
white Will name a committee from the
yacht club to recruit crews to man the
yachts. and predicts that the full compile
mcnt Of men desired will be made up in
less than week. The commodore him.
self is an able yachtsman. His boat. Sand
Burr, held the worlds hydroplane cham
pionsnip when this class of boats was first
introduced. During the championship race
Conimodore White was at the helm
Lord and Lady Aberdeen concluded a
ver| successful sale of Irish lace at the
h-Blenheim yesterday, Assisting
SS-Ae' weIo several fHllauelpnlanS: Mrs. H.
TAFT Mckenzie, Mrs Robert Daniels Miss
Marie e. keating. the Misses Burchenan
AisJ Donaldson, Mrs. Brinton Lucas and
Arr. John Muckle. This was the first visit
OF these titled folks. and they are so de-
K hghted with their reception here that they
are planning to come again in June.
s Mrs. John Newbold Wilkins, Jr, wore a
London smoke tailored suit with q moleskin
y sto and a turban of the same dull hue
rs lIrs. Samuel P. HUM wore with her
\ elose-htting black turban chenille. cob
--weo veil and topped her frock with broad
K tail coat
,rs Charles Turner prepared in a mixed
gre On sport suit with green sailor
"a fiss Alice Brady chose a smart rig con-
sis ing of a white broadcloth skirt. dark blue
coat and blue tailored hat. She carried
Llannish cane with curved handle.
Ilr and Mrs. Charles Watson entertained
At luncheon at the Brighton for Mr.. and
MI. Frank ]. Watson. Joseph S. Lowrey
joiled his father. w. A. Lowrey. Mrs.
Re bert Steel is here accompanied by Mrs.
Aca Hayward.
lTrs. E. s. Lawrence has Joined her
uc-her. Mrs. w. d. Moore.
Miss Margaret Smith entertained at
luncheon at Haddon Hall for Mrs. G. II.
Ciamer.
1'hiadelphians who are recent arrivals in.
cit ie Miss Mary L. Bachman, Richard
4 Buchman, Mrs. George C. Thomas, Jr, DR..
and Mrs. r. Tail Mckenzie, Mrs Henry
a. Rogers. Mr.. and Mrs. d. Lewis Moore,
& Miss Julia A. Brill, Mrs. A. J. Sloan, Hor-
ace Brock, Mrs. Wharton Sinkler and Sam
vel Humphreys.