Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-08
list GOSSIP ABOUT people,
nancy Wynne Tells of the Gratitude of Two
N''OW Workers in France-Joy That We Are wv
X With the Allies

NJ nD - me hospitals, the ambulances
" Wo.eg We.s.g y the blind soldiers and not 80
sd an. ,Se children Of France, and yet
nucn " "a 40 very great. Miss Jane
Der NS - yillanova, you remember col
sies sn,ts ~ a good-sized sum of money
ec'eu after receiving an appeal from
saF,ll ,,lla Tyler Fleurot, who is inter
Yrs =. The work Mrs. Mona Daven'
s'so heen carrying on in Paris for
y 4. s,tle orphans and refugees
~ Bates tells me she collected sl2S
hs. and sent it on to Mrs. Fleu-
uli Z = s.r1vard TO Mrs. Davenport, and
r' the grateful letters Of thanks
receiyed one would think these
ps women had been given a small for
~ - sreat is the need. And as Miss
VIZ AVS It really cost her very little
D.,,olly. as she collected the greater
,ron, friends. 1 am going to quote
P p,tIe extract from Mrs. Daven.
Wv ,o,tsr TO Miss Bates. She says:
.,row can ever thank you for your
III oontinued kind thought in our need?
-, most generous check came as such an
.nacted and happy surprise just when
~, needed help-needless to tell you.
~, been such long and severe winter
"a although It is now the 22d of April
.s,. uas written two months ago, you
a seem and feels like mid-winter
=. scarcity and high prices of coal-it
ma as high as $50 francs $50 a tom
"a ,be ever.increasing cost of food are
..rv grave problems to fear.
arbsre are so many demands upon
..,,v one and refugees pouring in that
!, times we did not know where to
,rrn we are praying the sun may shine
,rcA more on poor gray Paris and help
/, one way TO cheer our poor little ones.
N. day before your kind letter came a
,I.nd in Madrid sent us 120 kilos Of
,,,sd beans so this week has given us
,,o very happy and unexpected surprises.
n Al seems too good to be true. (Think
A dried beans and a cheeky And I
spbot tell you how deeply I appreciate
vo,ir help and interest in this work; with
ne numerous charities now demanding
htlp in the United States, 1t is dear Of
you 10 remember our children. Our
Tresh Air Home is occupied by refu-
rees and has been taken over by the
Nayor Of the village for the duration of
ths war, so all is doubly hard for the i'll
children (of whom there are many, who
must be kept in Paris. We are trusting
now that "Old Glory" has taken her place
By the side of the Allies the end of all
this horror may he FASTENED, but, alas! 1
fear the results of all this suffering and
misery will be in our midst for many
years, to come" This interesting letter
b signed by Mona Davenport.
Mrs Fleurot, through whom Miss Bates
sent the money to Mrs. Davenport, also
writes: II am very sure that you would
De rewarded if you knew the enormous
good even a small sum of money can do
We all feel very glad and relieved to have
the Stars and Stripes flying with the AL
iles and am sure that she (the United
states) will do a great deal q good The
present offensive seems to be doing very
good work-and the spirit at the front
Is very good
Il am sorry we have not Miss j
with US now-we are very busy and will,
Of course, continue to be so. The wounded
who come in are physically in good condi.
tion, but their nerves are pretty we'll
worn out, poor things. We see many hor-
'ros and the day that 1t is ended will be
happy one, but our lives will never be
the same again. Julia Tyler Fleurot."
a Miss Bates is so grateful to those who
helped her to send this little sum to
france, and says that she did absolutely
Nothing but collect it, but you will admit
nat is certainly doing something and the
gratitude of these two ladies proves it.
TUE Little Harvesters, a club of small
Apoys about ten and twelve years of
ge Will meet at the home of Mrs. How.
ara Eisenbrey, at Haverford, tomorrow
uternPon. These boys have organized to
PICK fruit and vegetables during the sum.
mer' They wear a uniform of blue over.
aus white waists and red ties, Some of
inc members are John and Charlie Nc
nVaine' William Alexander Lieber, Fran.
eiS Lieber, Howard Eisenbrey, William
ana Anthony, HIrst. Charles o'Donnel Lee,
a. Harrison Gibbs, Lawrence Beggs. Jr.,
mo y. Clayton Banks, Jr.
NANCY WYNNE.
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