Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-28
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week. and worked for their country.
Last summer they had a great sorrow
when their little boy was attacked by
ihrantile paralysis, but with great care
ne was brought through and is getting
along very well, they tell me.
MOLLY THAYER and her father are
Ava gong up to Niagara for this week.
END to see the four Thayer boys, who
are training there. guess pretty much
all the men who have gone through so
rar Will get commissions now. 1t must
nave been a wonderful experience for
them all; though certainly the Troopers
ana those who had been on the border
iast summer were already well trained
in. Think of 1t, the members of the First
City Troop have scarcely been at home
all year. They went down to Camp
Stewart. in Texas in June Of 1915, and
though some of the States troops came
back as early as September and October
they remained until after Christmas
Then they kept up rides and hikes over
weekends, and in April war was de.
clared, and off many of them went in
May for, Fort Niagara, and there they
have been and will be until August IL.
when they will probably be sent direct
to the great State camps.
TO return to Molly Thayer, she Is
going to spend ten days up at Fort
Niagara and then go on to camp in
Maine for the remainder of the season.
She will, of course, attend the wedding
of her cousin, Fitz-Eusene Dixon, and
Eleanor Pepper, which Is TO take place
at the Pepper home in Northeast.
TT CERTAINLY is a pleasure to motor
l. on the Main Line now, since Lancaster
pike and Montgomery pike are no longer
toll roads. Toll-taking stopped last Mon.
day afternoon, and this came as a distinct
surprise to the motorists, as previous
reports had 1t that the closing would be
delayed several days longer, and for
hours automobilists were slowing down
at the deserted toll gates, only to
brighten up and speed away joyously
when the truth dawned upon them.
For more than a century Lancaster
avenue has been the highway from Phil.
adelphia up State" Old Conestoga
wagons numbered along its course in
ancient days. OF course, as the Main
Line developed within a few generations
into one Of the most desirable and beau
tiful suburban districts in the country,
until 1t became a link in the Lincoln
Highway. One more bit of witticism like
that, Nancy, and you will be dealt with
slowly but by no means painlessly.
THERE will be a thousand and one
L weekend parties to record today and
Monday, and why wouldn't there be?
Who under the shining blue would stay
in this city in the heat II they could
possibly beat it" to the shore or any.
where else? OF course, Fort Niagara
calls loudest these days, and / hear that
Mrs William Taylor is going up to see
William and Glenn, who are at the train
ing camp, and Mary Paul is going to
stay up there with her sister-inlaw. Mrs.
Theodore Paul, who has a small cottage
for the summer, that she might be near
Ted. Mrs. Paul was Adeline Pepper, you
remember, and Eleanor has been stay.
ing with her for while, but has now
left to get few things more together
for her trousseau, for August Is is draw
ing nigh. Three weeks from today, you
know!
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE w. CHILDS
lVl DRExEL expect to leave soon for
their summer home In Islesboro. Me.
Mrs Drexel's work with the Red Cross
has kept her home a month later than
usual this year. She has certainly been
wonderful in all she has so unselhshly
done for the cause OF our country 1t
was she who started the Women's
League for National Preparedness. which
has since been merged into the Red
Cross, and she has worked unfailingly
and untiringly for 1t. The Van Hensse.
laers expect to visit the Drexels during
the summer.
n ACHEL PRICE recently returned from
~ visiting Mildred Longstreth in Cape
May; not the Mildred Longstreth who
married Karl Dodge. but the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Longstreth.
Milly and Karl. by the way, are going
to i've here. instead Of way out in Chi
c.so, for which we are al very glaA
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