Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-25
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Affair at Jenkintown Last Week Was Very Sue
cessful-Drill to Be Held in Chestnut Hill
on July 4-Other Subjects

,ornoer president of the House Of Rep
rssentatives of Belgium, and his charm.
Inc daughter, Mademoiselle de Sadeleer,
.rrived in this city on Saturday and
Noye been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
,avard Henry at their Germantown
home in Walnut lane for the weekend.
n was Monsieur de Sadeleer, you remem.
her who King Albert sent over to this
country in September Of 1914 at the head
~ the commission which came TO present
N the President of the United States the
account Of the invasion of Belgium.
Monsieur de Sadeleer is a most charm.
ing man, and it is TO be hoped he will be
IN this city long enough for some of us
20 meet him and hear what he has to
.av on the subject of his brave little
country.
IDEALLY, you ought to have gone out
~ to Dr. and Mrs. Henry Middleton
Fishers place on Thursday or Friday Of
last week for the bazaar and country
house sale which was held there. The
Fishers place, Alvethorpe, is a beautiful
spot in Jenkintown, and was an ideal set
ting for the bright-colored aprons and
hats which were worn by the aides, who
were here, there and everywhere.
There was everything for sale. from
chickens winged ones, Of course) and
butter down to porch furniture and fancy
work.
The flowers, think, were especially
lovely. They were given to the cause by
the John Newbolds and the John Peppers,
whose estates are very near the Fishers,
and who robbed their hothouses of their
lovellest blooms.
Mary Frances Fisher was there helping
her mother in doing the honors, and
equally, of course, she was being con.
graduated on all sides by every one she
met You know her engagement to Jimmy
Drinker was announced about two weeks
ago, and so it was a dandy opportunity to
wish her we'll The Red Cross was rep
resented by a booth, and one of the women
confded to me that they had gotten three
life members in one afternoon. And
that is doing something my dears; quite
q tidy little sum, in fact, for life mem.
bership means subscription of seventy
hve plunks.
OF course I did not hear just what they
made, but I'm convinced it was worth
while and keeping it up for two days
was a help. I haven't told you what
It was for yet, but, Of course, it had to do
with the war. Everything has these
days, but this particular sale was for the
Jenkintown Branch of the Emergency
Aid, Of which Mrs. Fisher is chairman.
7 AM so sorry to hear of Henry Walton
L Jr.'s illness. He and his brother have
joined the First City Troop, and, of
course, with the other members, camp
out every weekend on the old Merton
Golf Club links in Haverford; but young
Walton was attacked with very severe
pain on Friday morning, and the doctor
discovered an acute case of appendicitis.
He was rushed into the Medico-Chirurgi.
cal Hospital and was operated on by DR..
Ernest La Place, and I am glad to say
all is well; but, Of course, 1t will be many
day before he is fit to join the Troopers
on their weekly trip, and If they go to
the Philippines in August, as some seem
to expect, doubt If he will be considered
strong enough to go by the examining
medical men, and that will mean much
to him. I am sure, for these men all want
to do something for their country, even
If 1t is only sweltering in the Philippines
TNHE signers of the Declaration of In
dependence had nothing on the Home
Defense Guard in Chestnut Hill for pa
triotism, let me tell you. And on July
the Chestnut Killers are going to prove
1t to you by drilling pretty nigh all aft
ernoon. All brothers, sweethearts, hus
bands and fathers will display to the ad
miring crowd all they know about han
ding gun in the approved manner and
swinging Column right" present arms
and all the rest of it.
And the ladies'! Oh, yes, the ladies are
thrilled to pieces over 1t. In fact, they
are so excited they can talk OF nothing
else, and all plans for the Fourth are
made around this afternoon event.
No doubt there will be no end o
motors and carriages lined up to see thu
excitement, and hear there is to be {
buffet supper afterward at the Philadel
phia Cricket Club, and informal DANCING
will finish the evening for those who ar,
not too footsore and weary after thu
strenuous afternoons work.
SPEAKING of this patriotism at Chest
~ nut Hill, don't let yourselves think TO
minute that Chestnut Hill is the onl.
spot where all the manly specimen
within the precincts are drilling. Not
Dit Of it! Nearer town, at Germantown
things are stirring every Sunday morn
ng' and it's no longer possible to linge
over grapefruit and the morning paper
NO. indeed, the men hustle into thei
Khaki uniforms, and those who hav
them mount their champing steeds, toe
and beat it up to St. Martins. It's tru
that some go to st. Martins but other
stay and drill in Mannheim. Last wee
he Germantown minute men marche
up to join the Chestnut Hill cavalry an
infantry, and they met at the field o
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