Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-16
SERIES OF PARTIES TO BE
GIVEN SAILORS AT M. H. A.
Neo Gross Auxiliary Gave First Party
Wednesday Night


In this unusual time OF the worlds crisis |
we are proud Of the extraordinary activity
VI our Philadelphia women They have ac-
eVHpnshed results of which the Poet of the
sieiIas never dreamed when he went back
W 'ne beginning to be witty In looking into
tne history Of woman. TN the beginning
uuVtes ne from the Bible. God created the
heavens and the earth Then we read that
ne rested on the seventh day. Then lie
,naue man of the dust of the ground And
Ihei ne rested again. And then the Lord
pou planted garden eastward In Eden,
ana there He put the man whom he had
torned.' And then tho Lord God rested
again And hope It was a good long rest.
ror the next that the Lord God made was
woman. And search the Good Book in
VAN Tor any word or sign that the Lord
Pou-or man, either--ever rested after that
woman was made =,
but the poet forgot to add that woman
lever rested because she had been created
heipmeet for man." And il IL in the
our OF adversity that the wonderful spark
heavenly fire in woman kndles into a
p'aHe In addition to all the mechanical
WORK done by the women of the various
heu cross auxilaries, they are now doing
the work OF mothers and sisters In Great
ing pure, happy social life for the sailors
ana marines stationed at League Island
Last evening a series of home social
y
Hebrew Association. 1916 Master street by
the Rodeph Shalom auxiliary. No. 124, Of
inc Red Cross Society, which was organized
by Mrs. Alfred Rosenstein and of which
sne Is chairman. The women are wording
| IN conjunction with the Y. NJ II. A. and
Abert kaz. who Is stationed at the Island
| py the committee on army and navy. Aux
| iliary No, 12+ is community affair and
the meetings are held on Tuesdays N the
benjamin +. Teller Memorial Schoolhouse.
southwest corner of Broad and jefferson
streets. The members take great pride in
| their chairman. who is active in all Jew
| ish circles and in educational work In this
| city and State and Is a model housewife
and mother. She was just the charming
| personality needed to preside last evening.
| The guests numbered twenty-five They
were brought from the navy yard to the
! entertainment and taken back in the auto
| mobiles OF the entertainers, OF course there
were good things to eat and cigarettes
! a-plenty. The billiard room and library were
open for the use of the laddies. But every
| laddle loves a lassie. SO the good mothers
| invited twenty-five young women to assist
| in making a good honey time. Rebecca
| Teller Mayer and Irwin Stone had the vaude
| vile program in charge. 1t included tune
| full musical sketches by Julia Silvermar
| and Byron Kaufman; delightful impersona
| tions by Oscar Loeb; funny stories by Meyer
Hermann which, l am sure will be retolc
| to the brother sailors who will wait anX
| iously for their turn to be invited; ant
bright. breezy entertaining by w. Fnggen
Assisting Mrs. Rosenstein were Mrs. ID. f
Hilborn Mrs. S. Langstadtcr, Miss Rsbecc;
Teller Mayer and Mrs, Max Berkowitz.
When Walter S. Dressauer, of 2l4S Nortl
Twelfth street, and his brother. Leo A. Des
sauer, started on four weeks trip through
the mountains and along the Atlantic coas
they were carefree bachelors. But the,
stopped at Asbury Park, and thereby hang
a tale Walter met a charming young wo
man from New York, Miss Hazel Kaufman
The courtshp was brief and there will b
n wedding in New York in September. Mrs
A Dessauer mother of the young mer
spent some time at Wernersville and Wild
wood, going to Asbury Park to meet ther
and met also her wonderfully pretty daugh
| ter-to-be,