Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-11
LANSDOWNE RED CROSS
MOVES HEADQUARTERS
Though Many Workers Have
Gone Away, Others Fill
Their Places

: The LansdoNne branch Of the Red Cross
has moved its headquarters from North
Lansdowne avenue to the big roomy house
on the southeast corner OF Baltimore and
wycombe avenues that has such cozy
look with all its shady trees. The members
are delighted with the new place, for, be-
sides being larger it is more centrally
located. Then. too, as one wee miss eN.
pressed IT, Though there isn't any more
furniture. II doesn't look so bare as the
other house"
Although some OF the women who have
been so interested in rolling baudages have
gone away for the summer, there always
seem to be new ones to step i'm and help.
Truly the work is growing greater and
greater The final report of the amount
that Lansdowne contributed to the Red
Cross fund is registered as Sio.25O on
the big clock over JeSsups store that one
OF the Facltler boys made.
The ten women who compose the Lans-
downe unit Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
womans Division for War Relief have
done splendidly and accomplished an al
most incredible amount Of work. With
Mrs. Charles A. Bonsal, Of East Green
wood avenue, as their leader, the small
unit has made, duNng the last four months,
924 dressings and a great many fracture
pillows. The women interested in this
special branch are Mrs. Bousal, chairman,
Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. r. H. VI. Stuart.
Mrs Charles lie Fevre, Mrs. Jane Jones.
Mrs Eden b. Hunt, Mrs. George Allen Uhe
mer Mrs. Louise Nathans, Mrs William
Reese and Mrs l. Elkins Nathans, Of
Brooklyn.
Yesterday afternoon the women Of the
Twentieth Century Club heard an interest
ing and helpful lecture on the subject Of
canning and preserving. Every Tuesday
and Friday energetic housewives meet in
the clubs big kitchen, and can or pre-
serve such fruits and vegetables as are
In season Cand there are plenty for them
now. This week Mrs John jackson, Mrs
Eugene Greiner and Mrs Il. J. Decker will
form the purchasing committee for this
food conservation" The committee Of
workers will include Mrs. w Frank Eng
| lish Mrs. Henry T. Kent, Mrs. Grant. Mrs
Paul Lachenmeyer and Mrs, Caspar Pen
mock
Listen, all ye dog-lovers (and especially
| those who simply adore" wrlnkled -noSed
! bull pups TO this lively little tale. II hap.
! pened that a certain lady in South Lans.
downe was going to leave with her two
| small children to spend the summer In
| New England. She was the proud owner
| OF a perfectly huge bulldog, and as said
dog wasn't fond Of travelling my lady ,hat
decided to put him out TO board" oveI
! on Wycombe avenue. So, looking very
| dainty in n bright satin skirt she started
| out leading the fierce young giant by 9
| perfectly harmless leash. on the way sh,
was Joined by another lady who is not 2
! dog-lover, and soon the beast was tugglnl
| so hard and pulling poor Mrs ---- alonl
| so fast that every one was quite out o
| breath and the nondog-lover refused t,
walk IA step further So they FASTENED int
a grocery store. where an obliging cIerl
| held the animal till the two women ha,
| found taxi Perhaps IT had better b,
| said that the taxi" was a Ford an,
| consequently with such a strenuous com
panion they had some difficulty. befor,
| they finally started. 1t was a wild ride
for Sir Dog assumed the dimensions O
an elephant. and occupied the whole foo
of the car, now and then planting "A heav,
| paw on the feet of the nondOg lover AM
hopeessly mussing the gay skirt of hi
| pretty owner.
At last they tcaChed their destination
only TO find that the man who had prom
ised to keep the animal had gone ava,
for the evening. SO, sadly and fearfully
the two allowed themselves to be tugge
out to the waiting Ford, and once NOR
| started on an endless ride to the hous
| Of the mans son. Arrived there, the,
| implored him TO take the dog But no. h
could not, he said. Wouldn't they take hir
| over to fathers? Father wasn't home the
walled, and the prospect Of having to TAX
the dog home again was too much for tn
dogs owner, so desperately she told tn
man he would have TO take him. Wei
at last he consented, and our two sorel
tried friends heaved a weary sigh Of re
lief as they rode off in their taxi, ,'-wavinI
joyful good-by to the dog they left be
hind them,