Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-07


! night and there were yesterday. too, for
that matter. There's to be the big meet
ing for the Armenans this evening at
Scottish Rite Hall and the Penn Charter
play at the Bellevue -stratford. And then
last night there was the big rally OF the
National League for women's Service at
the Academy Of Music and there was the
Junior League luncheon at the Acorn Club.
\ at which Mr.. Francis Hackett. OF the New
Republic. talked on the Oppressed Eng
lish." Altogether. it's been almost as busy
q week as II one had had a ball to go to
svsry night instead Of some interesting talk
L or bit Of music.
IND 1t ever occur to you what learned
- generation ours will be- especially now
| that we have cut down much on dances
and other ways Of entertaining? We learn
something new every day and hear the old
things dressed UP in new clothes. and we
hear one mans theories and another mans
proved stories, and now and again in be-
tween We hear some woman who has "A
message for us. until we all will be SO full
Of knowledge hope we won't burst.
nID you know they are having a sale
- all day and-wel. no. not all night.
but part OF the evening-at the suffrage
headquarters. 1871 Chestnut street? I
think they speak Of II as a bag sale, but
goodness knows they have about every.
thing else but the kitchen stove. so far as
] can see. II opened on Wednesday and
will keep up until tomorrow evening. They
have clothes, pictures. jewelry, books. an
tiques. old silver, afternoon tea and all the
other things which go to make up a sue
cessful SALE It's worth going to, really,
and it's under DR.. Z. NJ. Hiestand Moore,
who is chairman of the Ambulance Aid Of
the Woman Suffrage party.
Mrs. George Dunning, you know. is gen.
eral chairman of the Woman Suffrage
party and she Is interested in the bazaar.
as are a number Of other women who so
regularly to the Chestnut street head
quarters.
At THE Armenian meeting tonight at
"A Scottish Rite Hall the committee OF
men and the women's committee of the
Emergency Aid will both be represented.
Bishop Rhinelander will make the opening
address-he is the head Of the men. you
know-and Mrs George Horace Lorimer
.
work. There will be music and the Honor
able A. J. Elkus, American Ambassador
to Constantinople, will speak.
AMONG the auXiliaries looking forward
"A most eagerly to the Red Cross drive
for membership the week of December II
is Auxiliary No. 324, which meets every
Friday afternoon In the parish house OF
the Chapel of the Holy Communion, at
Twenty seventh and Wharton streets, from
1 to s o'clock.
The auxiliary started last July as Group
rapidly that two weeks ago it became
separate unit. Out of a membership OF
sixty there Is an average attendance of
forty-fiye. who already have made and sent
in forty.two shoulder capes seventeen
pairs Of bed socks. fifteen pairs of patamas,
twenty-six hospital shirts and 15s towels,
while they have knit Ave sweaters. nine
pairs of socks, five pairs Of wristlets and
nine trench washcloths.
Plans are being made to have various
speakers during the winter who will tell
Of their experiences in Red Cross work.
This afternoon Mrs. Walter Fox will tell
Of her work at the Hopital Jardin Colo
NAL. near Paris.
Mrs. Frank Williamson, OF 1902 Spruce
street. is chairman of the auxiliary. and
Mrs. Thomas Harvey is chairman of the
new membership committee.
AND two more engagements to be talked
xAabout! Did you ever know anything
like the number of them these days? Mar
garet Burton and Cowan Balm and Mar.
jorie Wilcox and Alberto Santa Maria.
They are very nice ones, too. l am sure
you'll agree with me on this matter.
Margaret Burton Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Burton. you know. Her
mother was Margaret Handy, very popu.
lar belle In her debutante years. Cowan
Balm Is a son of the late Frederick Balm,
well-known broker. who married Miss
Charlotte Mock. Of Salisbury, N. c. Mrs
Balm lives at 2213 Pine street with her
daughter Charlotte. Cowan is in the avia.
tion corps Of the United States army and
is stationed at Princeton.
Marjorie Wilcox is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James Wilcox. Of wawa, and
sister of Mark Wilcox. who married Mar
garet Heating about ten years ago. Her
nance. Alberto Santa Maria. ca:ae here
from Cuba to attend college and later en-.
gagged in the automobile business with
Bruder Biddle. Several months ago he
Joined the Imperial Royal Flying Corps
and has been commissioned lieutenant.
His mother was Miss Marie Laine, a sister
Of DR.. Dana Laine, her mother having
been Miss Garesche. 1t is an odd thing
that through the Garesches the Laincs and
the Heating family are related. Mrs. Santa
Maria being a cousin Of Mrs. Mason Lisle
who was Miss Mary Heating. The Santa
Iarias now live at Ardmore.
There is no talk yet of a marriage late