Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-04
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
irwin S. Cobb Will Address Chapter and Branch
Of Red Cross on Same Day-Nancy Wynne
gk Talks on Other Things

WI WI. ,or Irving Cobb has consented to
W.. .s.s the former at the Forrest Theatre
sou. s,r.aresday afternoon. April IL. and
latter that same evening at the
sr.',,,np ~ pdon Valley Country Club.
w.. ;nv,tation for the Forrest Theatre
-. .T1nder the auspices of the South
..,srn Pennsylvania Chapter OF the
.-..r,csn Red Cross. the Independence
as....r. Auxiliary working for the Penn
s.Es..r,a Base Hospital No. 10Y invites you
\ {, hear Mr.. Irving S. Cobb on 'Thfice ls
=. Armed That Hath His Quarrel Just
T.rrv VII, at the Forrest Theatre on
sxnursday afternoon. April IL, at 9 o'clock.
~ p,chard Harte, chairman of the
4 .nter. will preside at the meeting In
r..,,,r and IL will surely be thrilling oc'
ss.on Then in the evening Mr.. Cobb
Y, =, ,,roceed to the Huntingdon Valley
r,rh and will speak on the same subject
q tba members of 'The Ogontz and
sy,r,,ngdon Valley Branch of the Amer
s..n Red Cross" which was started only
Ssovt two months ago and which Is do
q. 4 marvellous amount of work since
a.. George Horace Lorimer obtained
A.. charter from Washington. Mrs.
John s. Newbold Is chairman OF the
hrancb and Mrs. Lorimer vice chairman,
vb,,e Mrs. Joseph Spencer Brock is Sec
retary and Mrs. Laurence Butler treas
,rer It is remarkable how'these women
s.ve organized and gotten ahead In this
,,ork Each day there Is a meeting at
Sn.rent members homes and the gen.
ara, headquarters is In Jenkintown, where
supplies are given out and new members
may be enrolled.
The country club has arranged to have q
rnecial dinner for the members and their
friends on Wednesday night before Mr..
cnbb's address. They are calling the af.
Sair "A Red Cross Night" AMI dancing
will finish the evening. Among the
women who have this evening specially
m charge are Mrs. ]. Corbit Lowering,
Mrs. Frederick w. Morris, Jr., Mrs. Gil.
min Lowering, Mrs. John Gilbert, Mrs.
Newbold, Mrs. Lorimer. Mrs. Butler, Mrs.
Brock, Mrs. Beauveau Borie. Mrs. Har-
low Voorhees,, Mrs. George H. Frazier.
Mrs. Writ Thompson. Mrs. Walter Bailey,
Miss Mary Lippincott. Miss Mary Baggs,
Mrs. Maurice Pagan, Mrs. Allen Krips,
Mrs. Benjamin West Frazier. Mrs. Sum.
ner Cross and Mrs. Frank Bachman. all
Of whom are managers Of the Ogontz and
Huntingdon Valley Branch of the Amer
ican Red Cross.
THERE'S nothing like having ones
x,otds oroparlxy <roipod {o <borao Toka
It from me, there's nothing like It! My
old friend, the wee bird. told me recently
that q young man we all know had called
on a girl with whom he is much in love
( and the maid ushered him into the par
lor, but before she called the girl in ques-
ton she closed the lower shutters of three
windows, then arranged the lights becom.
ingly low and proceeded to call the young
woman in question. Now If that is not
aiding and abetting Dan Cupid I'd like
to know what is, for as 1t happened the
young man in question was highly
amused and told the girl when she came
down about 1t. 1t was she who told the
bird about 1t. Reminds me of the old
story about a couple (now happily mar
ned), who when in their counting days
were seated in the parlor talking. They
were not engaged as yet. though that
he had hopes they would be was ap
parent. Well, il was afternoon and
, about $50, when the shadows began to
tall; the maid, bent on her round of light
Ing up the rooms, stood at tho open door
way and knocked loudly on the panel
exclaimed. I'm coming, Miss Rita, Tn
coming"
0F COURSE We all expected a wonder.
ful performance at the opera las,
night. but we scarcely dreamed that the
whole house would be decorated with red
white and blue bunting, and that some
OF the box holders would bring flags with
them 1t was marvellous sight. indeed
Areally never have seen the Opera Hous,
% beautiful. 1t was crowded to the doors
ana though there were the usual wonder
tuliy frocked women and we'll -groomet
men. there was not the usual atmospher,
q hght-hearted enjoyment of Farrar
Scotti night. For the irnminence of wal
was on every tongue. and many realized
now war can and does change the Who'll,
Of life.
The feeling Of intense loyalty to tn,
nation was greatly enhanced when, jus
before the third act, the fire curtain wa
raised and there on high pedestal
dressed entirely In white, with her hal
lowing over her shoulders, stood Geral
one Farrar before a curtain Of blacl
velvet. She held magnificent American
nag In her hand and waved 1t as she sam
tne nrst stanza of the "Star Spangle,
oanner" while thrilled audience caugh
!ts breath and stood with tear-filled eye
to listen.
Inc enthusiasm grew even greater a
sIter the singing of the verse the cur
~ih parted again during the applaus
anu tne prima donna, who never was Il
De'ter voice. making a sign to the or
.hestra' led the entire audience in sing
ms the remaining verses. 1t was a wor
eertui demonstration and one never I
be forgotten.
'tN Livingston Riddle ana his vxifa hav