Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-10
|lANTYC CITY DOES
IT'S BIT MOST NOBLY
orves in All War Branches and
Now Entertains Sailors
and Soldiers
HAS KNITTING EXHIBIT
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 10.

.IftH AILANIlC aug. ~.
Atlantic City is not only establishing one
- the best equipped aviation schools in
ne country. recruiting war cooks. provId-
& yng . nautical school to train seamen to
Secome marine officers, building ships and
providing two military companies besides
being the first city of the State to form
. State Guard. but It is also seeing that
tho soldiers and sailors who are doing their
BIT are comfortably and economically housed
when they come to the shore for a furlough.
The Y. M. c. A. In entertaining $50
oailors and soldiers. They are 80 cramped
3or quarters that many of the boys cheer
euily take whatever Is offered and think
q great lark to bunk ON the roof. The
Woman's Auxiliary. under the direction of
Mrs. John T. Beckwith, Is serving the
Boys with q substantial breakfast every
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer,. who is
mead OF the Pennsylvania Branch of the
Navy League and who opened the exhibit
on the Garden Pier, Is sending out AN ap-
peal Tor matrons and maids TO realize that
tho sailors are In need of knitted articles
and to visit the exhibit to see how to knit
the necessary garments. number of new
knitting units were formed this week Mrs
!. wade Dumas Is In charge of the exhibit
don. OtherNPhiladelphia women Interested
are Mrs. Filter Mrs. Ernest Law, Mrs
samuel b. Vrooman and Mrs. Jules Mast
baum
Mrs. John T. Beciwith is directing a
Knitting class, which meets Tuesdays and
Fridays Enrolled In tho class are Mrs
George Gumphert, Mrs. John Moore, Miss
Anna Moore, Miss Jane Kennedy Mrs
John Blake, Mrs. William Morgan, Mrs.
William Donahue and Mrs. Conrad Eek
holm.
Mrs. A. Lincoln Myers will entertain at
bridge on Saturday at the Atlantic City
Country Club at Northheld instead Of at the
Chelsea Yacht Club as originally planned
because OF the water carnival on that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hirsch, Duncan Nc
Donald and James l.. Rogan, u. S. NJ. c.,
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard are here.
Mr.. and Mrs w. Haywood Florence are
receiving congratulations on the birth of a
daughter.
Mrs. George Coryell entertained at cards
At the Ostend last night
Alfred I. Barton, OF 22S South Broad
street, who Is spending the summer with |
mis- mother. Mrs. J. Hunter Barton, will |
saii Tor France on Saturday to Join the |
Har1es-Norton Ambulance Service
Dr' and Mrs Ferd nand A. Loeb gave |
Q dinner-dance at the Chelsea Yacht Club. |
peas. Present were Commodore and Mrs.
William +. Metzger Mr. and Mrs. ha.r- |
Humphreys. Mr. and Mrs. Charles lS-rs- |
niger, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Rollman. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Baltz Mr. and Mrs, !
Gustavus Sedel. Mr.. and Mrs A. l.. Myers |
Mr.. and Mrs. William Datz, Mr. and Mrs, |
George Shisler, Mr.. and Mrs. William AL |
len. Mrs. Ethel Keebler. Mr.. and Mrs Sam
uel II. Whan. Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Matthews |
Afr. and Mrs. Harry Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Thomas l.. Rogers, Mr.. and Mrs Charles |
+. Bonsor. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Sinclair
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Young, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Weld, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Will
son. Mr.. and Mrs George l.. Young, Dr. |
and Mrs Parks. Captain and Mrs. Leon |
Rubens, Mrs. Knittel, Mr.. and Mrs George |
c. j. Fleck. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Witt |
man. Mr.. and Mrs Robert G. White, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Samson. Mr. and Mrs Bert
ram Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bedford
Mayor James H. Preston, of Baltimore
and his son, James IL. Preston, Jr, came
70 join Mrs. Preston and the Misses Preston
and to accompany them TO White Sulphur
Springs. where they usually spend August
Miss Eta Kahn and Miss Virginia Steel
man were the guests Of honor at bathing
party given on the Maryland avenue beach |
by Miss Margaret Hurst
Mrs. Charles +. Bonsor gave n bridge of
sixteen tables at her Longport villa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Moore gave a |
sailing party for their daughter, Miss Elsie
Moore.