Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-10

r,rEMs TO me some of our organizations
- are getting more and moro govern.
,,,ortal i'm aspect, quite like political cleo
,,ons. for here comes the news tnat ',e
.,,,,aI election Of officers for the OsouN
s,a huntington Valley branch OF u'o
,,,orican Red Cross will take pace "ol
o.. ,,,,,orrow but all day tomorrow. AND
.,., ,oembers who are eligible to vote are
,a,,,ostod. to stop in and do So
y, soo,ns to me an exceedingly wise
49,, co,. some persons cannot always
,o, IN a place at certain honr' ana
r., can stop in ana vote amy time
.,.,,,,h .'1. the day it will certainly be
better ,.- ,,...,,,,. aud
,rbe present officers of the Ogoh'% ana
huntingdon Valley branch are Mrs"Johh
q ~oy,bold. chairman Mrs. George HOT
- 1orimer. vice chairman Mrs. Spen'
ao, BROCK. secretary, and Mrs Laurance
Butler, treasurer
rrPs cOIEY BROWN has gone down
M 70 Annapolis and taken her small
son with her TO stay couple OF mohths
,boro You know, Coley is stationed at
Carn Meade and naturally he wants his
sor,iIv as near him as possible. Mrs,
tro,vn is so good looking, don't you
,hirl,o She is a sister Of Mrs Willie
Uhelen. who has such lovely voice II
odd how beautiful voices are connected
u.;,b the name Whelen, isn't it? There
,,.as AIRS. Charles Whelen. who died sew
erar years ago you remember she was
,be .nother OF Violet and Charlie Whelen
ord all about the sad dying out OF that
,ouiIv0 We'll, she had beautiful voice,
= cortralto. and then Elsie WhclcuGoelet-
,,ovs sang quite prcttily, She appeared
with Mrs. Willie Whelon, her sisterin.Iaw,
:, tho duet from Butterfly at one Of
ronv Riddles concerts several years ago.
that was before she was divorced from
Robbie Goelet She has not been seen
4, philadelphia at public affairs since her
.ocord marriage. for the reason that she
has lived most of her time in Paris.
AIRS Whelen was Virginia Arter, OF
Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Brown was Jane
Artcr. They are both slim and very
smart looking and have wonderful brown
hair with golden glints through it.
WAR. And rumors or war. Sunday
w Wmornng the Wissahickon was awak-
ened from its peaceful nap.
Indians" walled a timid fir tree, as
the first shot rang out, and huddled up
still closer TO her neighbor.
BE calm" said a Graadfathcrly old
walnut who is strong on American his
tory 1T is the return Of Washington"
you're both wrong" sang out a little
birch who lives close to the drive, and
IS therefore abreast Of the times. II don't
know where you old foges have been
while everybody has been talking. There's
sham battle raging between the Chess
nut Hill Reserves and the Germantown
Minute Men and it's going to be "Nctt-
ingw
It pays to he up to date. The little birch
was right. and very soon all the trees.
the old rocks and the entire animal
population of the Wissahickon were
looking on amazed as the khaki-cad gen.
tlemcn sneaked around and shot at one
another.
"AIy, this takes me back to the old
days" signed the walrut.
THANK goodness, they don't wear war
paint and feathers" whispered the fir as
she looked fearfulIy down from her safe
perch.
"Oh, boy, this is great" said the
enthusiastic little birch from his grand
stand seat on the drive.
Be it known that for some .me past
the Chestnut Hill Reserves have been
busy at rifle practice with real bullets"
down at Essingtou. The ladies of Chest.
nut Hin said firmly that they valued
their window glass, to say nothing of the
lives of their children and-well, there's
more room at Essington.
This is a new departure. but the men
have taken hold and there is many a
"crack" shot in the making You just
wait and see.
ND you know that Neddy and Eliza.
~ beth Page have little daughter?
Well, it's true, and she is to be named
Elizabeth Griffiths Page. The little lady
made her bow into the great world last
saturday and found mighty warm wei.
come awaiting her. You remember, Ned
and Elizabeth We're married in Haverford
June before last, just before the mem,
bers of the First City Troop went to
Mount Gretna and thence TO Texas
When the Troop came back early last
January the young Pages moved into
their home in Nillanova, In May Neddy
left for Fort Niagara, where he won his
commission as captain in the artillery,