Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Belgian Children Cared for by the Jenkintown
Branch of Aid During Winter and Spring
g- Months-Nancy Tells of Hidden Deeds

IT'S quite wonderful how each branch
il ~ the Red Cross is working so well,
"a enough many Of us laugh at some Of
- ,bInes our friends are learning, we all
soroc,ate greatly the spirit back Of the
work.
And some things which have been done
- so splendid II makes one proud Of
-. countrymen and women. Only re-
sen,ly I heard that the Jenkintown
nronoh of the Emergency Aid had under
.ot,on last winter to clothe and keep one
srrdred and fifty Belgian children for
~ months. It cost them $3.50 month,
- thew raised 5000 and paid It down.
Many of the children of the members
=, ,bis branch of the aid helped to raise
AZ money. some Of them shovellng snow
- The winter, some running errands and
hoing various other things.
The little bird who told me of this said
hot Mrs. Arthur Rush was the person
,rno thought the matter out and sug.
-os,ed that the branch do this among its
many other good works.
AIRS. ETHAN FLAGG BUTLER. who
lQ will be remembered as Miss Margaret
penshaw, Of Chestnut Hill, has been visit.
,r0 her mother, Mrs. Louis Renshaw, on
G, Martins lane Doctor Butler, you re-
member. was in service during the first
,sor of the war, and was decorated by
t,,ne Peter for his excellent work In allie
v,ating the suffering of the unfortunate
during the terrific outbreak Of typhus
tover. Mrs. Butler has returned with her
small daughter, Agnes, who was christ
.red on Sunday week at the Church of
81 Martinin.the-Fields. Doctor Butler
sxpects to leave shortly for France.
IT'S quite remarkable how many beau
i uful things are done by kind-hearted
people in this world, and which pass un
seen and unknown Except to the persons
the good deed directly affects. Just such
= thing was done recently in a very deli
cate way, and the doer Che or she) did II
ANONYMOUSLY, so the wee bird who told
me of 1t says.
II appears a young woman who be
longs to the great working class lost q
haps have seemed small to some, but was
a severe loss for her, and though she
made every effort to trace it, there was
no trace, and she finally came to believe
It had been stolen from her.
Several Of her friends knew of it and were
very sympathetic, but 1t could not be found
Imagine her surprise and pleasure wher
Ior Ho6 m hpr
In which she found inclosed several bills
which covered the amount she had lost
There was a little note with it, but thu
monogram on the note had been CAREFUL,
cut out so that there was no trace of thu
initials Showing that the writer haC
done these delicate things in other cases
tool. The note said that good fairy haC
told the writer to send the inclosed, tha
It was so seldom wrongs could be rightet
It gave great pleasure to do it, and /
was signed "a good friend"
The wee bird says there was no post
mark which could identify it; in fact, |
was evident the donor did not want tn
good deed seen of men," and evidentl.
knew the recipient we'll enough to know
lLldt pAS "Oulu ilOI ildNS dSCSpNSu u pa &c
ent given in the ordinary way whicl
would have covered the loss, so did it Il
this way, which made it impossible 70
her to return it and equally possible 70
her to accept it with a clear conscience.
Certainly you will agree with me it wa
q beautiful thing to do.
THE ways of young gentlemen Will
L calling on young ladies are most pc
cular these days. 1 was told the othe
day Of young man who is supposed t
be engaged to a certain young girl b
lieve me, she is most popular and mos
attractive, and she has not taken him 70
lack Of other admirers. Well, he calle
on her one evening recently and was S
much under the influence of liquor
could not rise from his chair when he
mother entered the room.
Poor girl! l do hope she can refori
him, but I think she will have one bi
job. If he does this and other sue
things now, what will it be when they al
married? NANCY WYNNE.