Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
4 list GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Washington Valley Country Club Members Meet
~ rTonight to Hear John McFadden, Jr.-"Oh!
Mary, Be Careful" Quotes Nancy

~ the Huntington Naiies Sou''
> Spess about his experiences In the
" o''D Ambulance Corps in the recent
Lnel'''" 1,ordun. It's remarkable how
~, y. voung man, who was one Oh & .ne ms. ~
w. 49, ambulance service has STUCK 10
b 'ne and what splendid work 1t Is.
~ rock would have you think he
ict .~ ANYTHING. That is one thing
~ Me talks and pictures-there is
Nv ~ a. no ego in them. 1t is all what
Tuo 80 done there. Last Thursday
W "a ~ audience listened to his thrilling
dovu' ,he Philadelphia Cricket Club,
~ the night preceding that he had
NV at Delmonico's, in New YORK.
~. .o,,ected s35,ooo in that one evening
- s,.rd the work,
~ - Thursday night he told one story
w.. along the road just a few hun
~ sset back of the trenches FOR
..a soldier. On his way from the
rA.., base he had noticed an enormous
s,,o in the ground, and took care.
ss-.o,e of its position that he might
VA 4 on the return trip with the
~ man We'll. he got his man
~ ...,isd back full-tilt to the hospital,
4. \ was desperate case. Remembering
:. y hole he lodged the place only to find
!. ,ront wheels sinking down, down.
-. ,r,o n new cavity which had been
~. Nv the explosion of a shell since he
"a rassed that way within three-quar-
~. NJ an hour. There was nothing to
!. mt wait for help, as alone and un-
.,a.a he could not stir the ambulance.
., with shells falling in all directions
.,d very near, he descended from the
- and opening the door explained to
4. man what had happened. The sol
~. v,s game, indeed the French make
Z. rro,id II there is any French blood
4 mes veins. In frightfully weak
,oca he managed to make young Nc
Ridden hear him. ami said: II am willing
n die and glad to, though it's the first
Nms they've got me. l am so grateful
A,t i've been allowed to fight for France
tr more than two and half years"
Young McFadden gave him cigarette
N snoke, which was comfort to the
,ocr man, and sat beside him as he lay
iyng till help came. They got the car
wt Of the hole and, making the soldier as
wmfortable as possible. raced to the hos
vitsl only to draw out a stretcher on
which lay a dead man. So it is with
these brave soldiers and brave men of
NE ambulance corps; they are dying and
working for a great cause and giving
their lives gladly that the cause may
win.
Mr. McFadden's talk about Verdun
and, by the way. it's some relief to hear
bin, pronounce 1t with the proper accent
md not the awful anglicized "Vurdoon"
me hears time and AGAIN. tonight will be
tven at 8 o'clock. He shows some won.
dsrful pictures, which have been given
hin by the French Government, and he
trtainly speaks WELL A table d'hote
timer will be served at 7 o'clock before
he lecture for club members and their
tsnis, and there will be general dancing
sherward.
NELL, my dears. if you will do these
Hthings in public don't be surprised if
dc world says you are engaged, for not
qg In the worlds eyes but in mine also,
q you're not, you ought to be-" If that's
hs way you behave.
tc cot. l. 1T
which has large safe.deposit vault. and
. order that its patrons may be per-
nctly free to open their boxes unseen
v any other. little compartments Of mar
M have been built on the order of tele-
mone booths, in which are slabs for
'sks, Ink and pen, coupon envelopes and
chair The marble has three sides, and
ns entrance to the little compartment
closed by swinging door which is of
uocd and about half the size of the space
MS I'm other words. the face and
- Oh the person in the compartment
ny be SEEM Judge my astonishment
nd unholy joy, will acknowledge, when,
ne Gay OF late, stopping to cut some cou-
!'ns Oh! quite so, really did, be that as
nay however), I passed one of these
"ner compartments and looked limo.
enuy over the top of one of the doors
see perfectly nice young man and
~ wrapped in each others arms, and ell.
snns a perfectly good kiss. I gasped!
uoked but the poor lambs, knowing
Mat they had closed the door after
y I'm forgot that it did not reach to
W top Sand utterly unconscious of OBJ.
,'sation were having a wonderful time.
! nope when they see this they will know
as' some one else enjoyed it almost as
NUN ~ as they did, though in a slightly
I4slent way, l will admit Naturally, I'm
Yang Tor the announcement Of the en-
4 s.se'nent, for she was not the kind to
-" caresses unless they came from her
tream. NANCv h,,y,1,,r