Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-03
JUST GOSSIP, ABOUT PEOPLE
Donation Day at Retreat-Famous Rummage
Sale on for This Week-Plays and Players
Collect-Nancy Wynne Chats on
Various Subjects

r1yERY day tits something new, eitner |
~ for n local charity or for the Belgian
sot,es or the Red Cross and all sorts ana
S,rds of good things in the way OF help
A.. others. The committee in charge OF
49, Social Service Bureau connected with
AZ preston Retreat is begging today.
II has set aside this day, April o. as
"Donation Day." and is hopefully await
49, a generous response. Mrs. Benjamin
-, "a chairman of the committee and
Mrs. e. Florens Rivinus treasurer.
vv,HEN down the street one goes to the
i much- heralded Rummage Sale for the
s.ne,t of the Jefferson Hospital which Is
,nened today in the lower floor OF the
,Io,e Building, and where every thing
,,,d.r the sun, from a nightie to a tiara,
a. "A he sold all this week. How the
-,,r,en who are in these things stand 1t
: and Il hard to comprehend. Just think
~ II. nearly a week working and collect
,ro and five days Of steady selling and
.uct,oning. And mind you, that's only one
~. and it's invariably the same women
,,ho work lust as hard for the next sale
thar comes along. If 1t were just one
,reek or two you know; but as soon as
40. thing is accomplished another is on.
rypEAKING of Rummage Sales, reminds
y me met friend yesterday who de-
..usd TO me the scandalous way her
.ood little auntie had flirted with an old
gentleman in the car lately and the whoie
thing was brought about by a rum
mage sale. She was going downtown to
che sale, having been at table the
vbole day before and before she left she
.o,d her niece that she thought the table
hod beeun to look scanty and wondered
vbat they might add to it, so the niece
.resnonded patiently: I'll go into the
storeroom, my dear. and take all that
ren,ains of last summers preserves and
1elIies!' So she packed basket with pre-
seryes and jellies and gave 1t to her aunt
n take down in the car. Well she started
m with no top on the basket, as they
decided It would look less peculiar to
carry II uncovered than covered. AS she
boarded the car, the gallant conductor
took the basket from her and a soldierly
old gentleman arose from his place and
offered her his seat. She smilingly ac.
cepted It.: she was used to attention and
saw no reason why she should not. VINO
would? Not so, evidently thought the
dame seated next to her, for she cast an
outraged look in her direction and
bounced herself sideways in the seat
with eye averted.
Then, as the gentleman evidently had
4 sense Of humor, he said sweetly to
auntie, "You have a fine lot of jellies
there" "Yes," said auntie sweetly.
"Ah," cried ne, II spy bottle of grape
iuicew Yes" said auntie. I'm taking
these to a rummage sale" Indeed, are
your" said the gentleman, while the
shocked neighbor founced further away
from the innocent auntie. well, we'll.
won't you let me buy that grape juice?
Why, I'll have a wonderful time taking
It down to the office" And then and
there auntie sold him the bottle, which
he Haunted gayly in the eye of the con-
ductor, saying he would have a great
time with the boys" Auntie laughed
softly to herself, and her neighbor, by
this time ready to explode at the out
ra8e0uS HlrtatlOT, IuTUeu IleI iiiui5 5hah'
back completely upon her. Finally. with
many bows and salaams, the old gentle
man left the car, remarking to auntie,
well, madam, you have kind heart
wasn't 1t delicious?" said auntie when
telling Of 1t. "If I'd only had half
dozen bottles could have sold them then
and there"
TNHE meeting of the Plays and Players
1 was frightfully enthusiastic last club
night, for the plans for the new club
house were discussed and the promises OF
money flowed in. The committee expects
to raise the required sum with little diff
fculty provided things 60 well. Though
with this war cloud hanging over us
who knows who will be able to give or
not? Let us hope always for the best and
each do our part to help in the great
cause for which our country stands
the rights of her citizens on land and sea
NANCY WINNIE.