Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-17
LANSDOWNE CLUBS
CHRISTMAS TREE
Community Tree to BE Feature
Of Christmas Eve III
Suburban Town

IT'S Il wonderful thing how tho idea nt
having community Christmas tree has
spread from Madison Square. IN New York
city, to big towns and little towns all over
the country! These trees give a great deal
of real happiness to many people who arc
lonely for II. aud thcro IS suro to be u
brothorly spirit among all those who gather
around them. Tausdownc is going to have
It's iirst community tree this Christmas. Tho
women OF the Century club have planned
to decorate II hugo old fir tree that staudS
on the lawn of the clubhouse. On Christ
mas fNe the people of tho town will all
como here in tho most ucighborly sort of
way and every uno ,,i!! sing III" Old Christ
mas carols. The juniors of the Century
Niub ana tn" various Sunday schools III tho
community ar" going To- lead the singing,
which Will certainly sound WONDERFUL on
a clear frosty night.
Mr.. i. l;co8 Phillips will be leader of the
singing at tho christmas trco on Christ
mas Eve. Mrs. Robert l.. Mclean. who had
charge OF the printing Of the words and
music OF the songs, has placed copies IN
'll the churches aud in three ct tho schools
Whcrc the children arc being trained in tho
-lngluS, y feature of the program will j."
chorus OF twenty voices. by which two
.ongs viii bo a'prr, tho audience joining in
the refrain
Mrs. William \. McEwon has charge OF
tho treo and decorations, and Mrs Thomas
o. cooper is general chairman Of the en-
tire entertainment. At S so un Christmas
Eve the Country club members will place 4
lighted candle III front window Of their
homes This custom was successfully in.
auPuratcd last year.
The junior section of the club met last
week in the clubhouse. Miss Margaret Willis
read II most interesting paper OH the SUBJ
jcct of folk songs. which her sister. Miss
Laura Willis, had written. Then Miss Grace
Bond talked for II short time on current
events, after which Miss Ruth Wunderlich
played several piano solos. The girls are
planning to have II large card party during
christmas week. and tho money collected
from it will be given to some charitable or
Eanization At present every junior is trying
10 sell aS many Christmas stamps for the
Red Cross tuberculosis fund as she pos
Sibly can. Miss Dorothy McEwen has charge
of the sale of these stamps in Lansdownc.
At all the movies and other entertainments
IN the town one may Sc" several girls in
Rod Cross costume, and they always sell Il
lot of their stamps.
Mrs. William \. McEwcn was tho hostess
ot tho Century club movies last Monday
evening.
There is the cunningest dancing class out
IN Lansdownc. 1t meets every Wednesday
afternoon at the Century club. and the
small members are of all tho different ages
between siv and twelve years. They have
the best timC in the world learning the
different steps, and they can tell them all
Iust Ike any grown.up person. Tho small
about not being in uniform.
Mrs. j. &. Wright got the class ur and
the three other mothers who are also pa
troncsscS are Mrs Robert j.. Mclean, Mrs
Edward {. Kirk and Miss CroSwcl McBcc
Tho youngsters who belong 10 tho class are
Catherine Mcclure. Betty McBcc Adele
Statzell. Grace GicK, Emiiy Gi,k, Marcella
Kirk, Barbara Kirk, Helen StatzclI. Janet
Herr, Irene Hubbard, Mildred Boyd. Jane
Graulcy, Mary Hoifer. Betty Willis. Nir-
gina Pennock, Alica PcnnoCs Jean Eaton
Marion Almy. Jean Farnum. Elizabeth Cum
ningham. Ruth Letevrc. Jack Wright. Joel
Davis, Conycrs Davis. Franklin Kelly, Court
land Johnson Ralph Mclean, Jack Hays,
Charles Hays Billy Sagcndorph frank
Sagendorph, Charles Pugh. Samuel Phillips.
Whitehorn. Grant Sharplcss. John Sharplcss
and Harold Berry Miss Charlotte S. Brooks
teaches the children.
The members of tho Lansdownc Methodist
Church fixing splendid Christmas box
for each man i'll tho service who belongs
TO their church. And there arc quite Il few
of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Il. Brening, of Tioga,
have announced the engagement OF their
daughter. Miss Edna Brening. to Private L..
Neall Matsinger of the United States Marine
Corps. Mr.. Matsinger is the son of MIR. and
Mrs. Walter X. Matsinger. lie is now sta
toned at Paris Island, n, C..
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Thayer and their
daughter Miss JOY Thayer, who were visit
ing the Louis J.. Gerstenbergers have re-
turned TO their home in Conneaut. O,
Mrs. Frances ID. Maxwell went down 10
the National Woman Suffrage Association