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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
LANSDOWNE ALSO GAVE
LARGELY TO RED CROSS

Naturally Lansdowne. for the last vveel,
has been thinking nothing but Red Cross,
Mrs. T.. Wager-Smith, the very efficient
chairman OF our branch, and her helpers
were busy every minute. The men helped
them out, too, by going on a house-to-house
canvass, and they did famously.
Saturday the corner OF Lansdowne and
Baltimore avenues presented a very at
tractive appearance, for all day wee Red
Cross nurses and bigger ones too, tirelessly
sold their flags to the good passers-by,
amotoring and afoot Those who wandered
up there late in the afternoon were imme-
diately pounced upon by Roberta Craw-
ford, looking very cute in her white uni
form. She told them that they had made
about $500, though, of course they must
have gotten lots Of tips, as they only asked
so cents for each flag
The Country Club gave 800 TO the
fund, and on Saturday each one of the
golfers was charged a penny for every
point he made. "a good chance for
the "dubs" TO be generous, wasn't it?) The
women of the club had cards and tea out
on the lawn, which helped to contribute
toward the hundred,
Monday evening the entire proceeds OF
the movies at the Century Club were given
over to the Red Cross. Lansdowne con-
trlbuted a good deal more than $4,000
altogether, which is certainly splendid for
a not-so-big town.
The borough was very proud Of the three
young women who rode at the head Of the
pageant In Philadelphia last week They
were Mrs, Ralph Hays, Francis Hagy (who
lives with her sister, Mrs Frank Sagen-
dorf) and Nancy Wynne Cook, daughter OF
the Gustavus Wynne Cooks who have such
a beautiful home on South Lansdowne ave-
nue., you know. Miss Cooks engagement
has just been announced to Alfred Put
nam.
Mrs. Benjamin W. Carskaddon has been
studying Red Cross nursing for two years,
and passed her examinations wonderfully
we'll They wanted to send her TO France,
but she declined TO go, for the present
She got up a very successful class to study
nursing this spring (the members gradu-
ated Monday mighty. and she is starting am
other one now
Little Mary Lee. OF Baltimore, Nd, was
married IN the Episcopal Church on Monday
at noon to Preston Hill (the Hills live on
west Baltimore avenue). The wedding was
very quiet and lovely, the bride and BRIDE
groom having no attendants She wore a
dark serge suit. little gray-winged hat
and a wonderful bunch OF orchids and lilies
Of the valley She Is very tiny, you know.
Young Mr.. and Mrs Hill are now up In New
England. They will be az home az Wash
lnrton Court. n Cambridge Mass after
september rs. for Preston expects 70 study
law At Harvard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

count Japanee boy that 'buttles' for Miss
- ober the way" One day quite recently
she poked her head out Of the kitchen
door and very cautiously peered around
the Crimson Ramblers. AT last she was
on the scent Of big game. That Jap boy
was sure actin very strange" The
house was virtually closed for the sum-
mer as the members of the family had
gone to the shore, and why, then, were
all the living-room windows open wide
and the dainty lace curtains hutterlng in
the breeze? Why were the French win
dows, too. thrown wide open and, stranger
still, now and then great showers of
water issuing forth?
The usually calm and docile garden.
hose suddenly wound itself around the
corner of the house and disappeared into
one Of the windows! Susan's black eyes
grew bigger and blacker and the whites
rounder and larger every minute, and she
was about to dash to the telephone to
call up the City Hall, when suddenly
there appeared in the window something
white and ghostlike, that seemed to have
no particular shape, and yet there was
something quite human about 1t, too
She gave one loud Shrek and fled back
behind the Rambler and took refuge in
the pantry where rows of crisp cherry
pies gave her a sense of security and
peace. How was she to know that awful
spectacle was only a bust of Napoleon
in his summer dress Of mosquito netting,
and that Friend Jap Boy" was only
having a midsummer housecleaning,
having once got rid. of the family? To
Susan it was very ominous, however, and
so she decided then and there to stick to
her pies and give up this nerveracking
detective work NANCY WINNIE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
STREET-MAGEE

The wedding of Miss Jayne Magee, Of
l222 North Forty-second street and Mr.
Lewis Cass Street, of this city, took place
last evening in the Church of st. Luke and
the Epiphany, Thirteenth near Pine street
Miss Magee was attended by her sister,
Miss Edna Y. Magec, as bridesmaid, and
Miss Mary De Ollier and Miss Elizabeth De
Olier, Of Bridgeport Conn, as flower girls
Mr.. G.. G.. Fox acted as best man, and the
bride was given In marriage by her father
The Rev David NJ. Steele, D. D., performed
the ceremony. The wedding was attended
by the immediate families only and was
followed by a supper at the home Of the
bride The former Miss Magee Is MEM
ber of the Phi Delta Pi Sorority. Mr.. Street
is a member OF the Malta Boat Club, the
Clover Club and an officer in the Philadel-
phia officers Training Battalion Mr. and
Mrs Street will be at home after Septem-
Der Is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

City Hell Plara concert By PhiIadeIphin
Band, s o'clock Free.
Concert by Municipal Band, FotteraIl
Square. Eleventh and York streets, 8 O'Clock.
Free.
Paramount Park Band will play at straw
berry Mansion music pavilion. o'clock.
Free.
Opening of Nicctown Branch Librnry
Building OF the Free Library Of Philadei-
phia- Hunting Park near Wayne avenue,
s,15 o'clock. Free
Rehearsal in william Penn High School
auditorium, Fifteenth and wallaoe streets.
OF chorus for Mcpherson Square Community
Song Festival, s o'clock
Independence celebration, North Branch
Y. NJ. Q. A. Free.
Patriotic minstrel show, St Rapha.a,.
Catholic, Church. Eighty-frst street and
Tinicum avenue. Admission charge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
BUCKLEY-HEARsMAN

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth F. Hears
pan, of 1921 North Fifty.nlnth street, and
Mr.. Charles Buckley, of Sl45 North Broad
street, was solemnized yesterday In Trinity
Church. New York. Miss Hearsman was
attended by her sister. Miss Dorothy n. @.
Hearsman, of New York, and Mrs. II.
Byers Coleman, Of this city. Owing to
the recent deaths of Mr. Buckley's father.
Counsellor @. Henry Buckley, of England
and the brides father. Mr.. William Penn
Hearsman, Of this city, the wedding was
very quiet Mr.. and Mrs. Buckley are
spending their honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
They will spend a month later on Lake
Huron, after which they will sail for Europe
as soon as navigation Is favorable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
KELLY-REDMoND

A pretty wedding was solemnized at st.
Monlca's Catholic Church. Berwyn, at .
o'clock Wednesday morning, when Miss Rose
NJ Redmond became the bride of Mr.. Martin
Il. Kelly. The ceremony was performed
by the Rt Rev. Bishop McCort, assisted by
rather John Mellon, OF st. Francis de
sales; Father Buckley, OF Our Mother OF
sorrows and Father Nugent, Of Our Lady
of Good Counsel, Of Bryn Mawr.
The bride was given in marriage by her
uncle, Mr.. William II. Doyle, and wore an
exquisite gown OF white satin. The skirt
was finished with two broad fiouncings OF
duchess point lace the satin bodice was
veIled with plated chiffon and trimmed with
touches of lace the long court train OF
satin falling from the shoulders. and her
tulle veil was made cap effect She was
attended by Miss Mary X. Redmond. Miss
Helen M. Doyle, Miss Elizabeth Redmond
and Miss Rose Mullin, and the flower
girls were Miss Kathryn Kelly and Miss
kathryn Doyle. The best man was Mr..
Hugh A. Joyce, OF West Chester. and the
ushers were Mr.. e. J. Redmond and Mr..
Emmett Fitzgerald
After the wedding reception followed
Al he home Of the brides uncle, Mr..
William II. Do5le at Berwyn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
BROwN--BOYD

A very pretty wedding was solemnzed
on Wednesday in Bethany Temple Presby-
terian Church when Miss Muriel Lyle Boyd,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boyd, of
this city and Mr.. Robert Brown, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Brown, were united In
marriage. The bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Evelyn Boyd, as maid OF honor,
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Roy NJ. Boyd,
as matron OF honor. The bridesmaids were
Miss Jane M. Welte and Miss Christine
Mohrfeld. The brides gown was of satin
and tulle trimmed with orange blossoms.
The bridesmaids wore dresses of pink tulle
over cloth Of gold Mr.. Samuel Brown was
best man, and the ushers were Mr.. Robert
Orton, Mr.. Robert Briggs, Mr.. Paul Boyd
and Mr.. George Thomas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
HAFNER-sERRY

Miss Elizabeth NJ. Serry, daughter Of
Mrs Elizabeth Scrry, and Mr.. Joseph Vim
cent Hafner, eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Hatner were married last evening in the
Church OF st. Vincent dc Paul, on East
Irlce street, Germantown The bride was
attended by her cousin Miss Margaret X.
Gilligan, and Mr.. Edward A. Hafner, n
brother Of the bridegroom, was best man.
The wedding was followed by a reception
at the home of the brides brother, Mr.. John
Serry After two weeks tour through
New England. Mr.. and Mrs. Iafner will
live at 5649 Matthews street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
KILKENNY-MULLEN

A pretty wedding took place yesterday
morning in the Church of St Francis Assist,
Green and Logan streets, Logan, when Miss
Mary A. Mullen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Mullen, Of 1903 Germantown ave-
nue., became the bride Of Mr.. George A.
Kilkenny, OF Roxborough The Rev. J. d.
Nevin offciated at the nuptial mass The
bride was given in marriage by her father.
and attended by her sister, Miss Anna Null
len. Mr.. William Devereaux was the best
man. After a breakfast at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. Kilkenny and his bride
left for Atlantic City, and upon their return
will be at home on Delmar street. Rox-
borough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
RUGG-MITCHELL

The marriage of Miss Anna Mitchell.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell,
of 223 South SlXty-second street. to Mr..
Herman L. Rugg took place Wednesday
evening at the home OF the officiating
clergyman, the Rev. j. c. Levengood, at
Wayne, Pa. The bride was attended by
Miss Lillian Hall and Mr.. r. Pohlg was
Mr.. Riggs best man.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Rugg
left on n wedding trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
MANY WEDDINGS ARE
IN THE SOCIAL DAY
Miss Lii Thomas Bride of Mr..
Samuel Wadlow on Wednes-
day-Other Nuptials

The marriage Of Miss LII Thomas, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus A. Thomas. of
..9 Wingohocklng street. to Mr. Samuel w
Nadlows Of 34l7 North Eighteenth street.
took place Wednesday at noon in old St
refers church, Third and Pine streets The
prloes father gave her in marriage and the
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Harry
- ~ Nlets Following the service was a break
iast at the home of the brides parents for
the FAMILIES Of the couple. Mr. wadlow
ana his bride upon their return from an
extended trip will be at home. at 729 wingo-
hoGking street, until September, when they
VIII occupy their new home in Logan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
BRoADNIX-LINDSAY

Mr.. John A. Lindsay. OF 1926 Haverford
avenue, announces the marriage of his
daughter, Miss Esther NJ. Lindsay, to Mr.
Kirk NJ. Broadnix on Saturday, June 23
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
o. G. Mcdowell at the home of the brides
father. Miss Sara Woolston was the brides
only attendant, and Mr.. Wray Lindsay was
best man. A reception followed the cere-
mony After a wedding trip. Mr.. and Mrs.
Broadnix will live at $3.50 Hunter avenue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
Boost Paw of Conner Miners

SALT LAKE CITY, June 29.-Voiuntary
Increase in wages Of twenty-five cents day
to skilled laborers and twenty cents to un-
skilled workmen was announced by the
Utah Copper Company. The company con-
trolls large mining interests at Bingham.
where strike rumors have been current
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
RoBERTS-CONAwAY

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Riehl Conaway
announce the marriage Of their daughter,
Miss Leah Florence Riehl, to Mr.. Henry
Roberts, Jr., on Wednesday of this week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Red Cross Members Canvass for Extra SIGNATURES
From House to House to Augment AuxiIiarv
No. 7-Other Doings

rr rs a truism, spoken not many weeks
zoo In our city and, in fact at the
ar.-,,antown Cricket Club by none other
.h.n DIR. Anna Howard Shaw, that "in
,,,,a Of stress and crisis country turns
~ ,,s women to help solve the problem"
We'll women from that suburb, name.
- Germantown, have surely been living
an 10 their highest ideals Of what women
.,vbt TO be and ought to do, and Auxil.
,sry No. Z, American Red Cross, has done
more than its share of work during the
csmpaign being waged the last week; and
%, Mrs. Francis Howard Williams was
az content to have only 600 members on
her list. so she organized a house.to-house
canvass in the northern part of the city
,o raise the number of Red Cross mem.
hers OF her division TO 1000.
The girls-you know them, Margaret La
Rue. Katherine Sexton, Lee Shipey,
Nancy Hoyt Smyth and all the rest of
them--start out from the home Of DR.. and
Mrs. Carl Williams every morning and
sfternoon in gayly decorated motors, Red
Cross flags, our own flag and those of our
And the girls themselves, all dressed
up in their white frocks and Red Cross
headdresses, are about as cute as any.
thing you would want to see. Honest to
Roodness, this collecting business by all
these pretty girls is as good as highway
robbery, only somehow after you've given
them something, they smile so prettily,
darned If you are not glad TO have given
II. Amt 1t the queerest thing, their
taking little ways?" one man was over.
heard to say to another in the trolley car
It's some pretty sight to see these
youngsters starting off morning after
morning. They go from house to house
and ask sweetly II there are any members
Of the household who have not yet been
signed up for the American Red Cross.
If there are, a sweet look and q charming
smile does the trick, and Pa, Ma and the
children receive neatly fllled.in receipt
for his or her subscription, which feat
the pretty girl accomplishes by writing
on the wall or the porch railing or the
back Of the other girl who is with her.
In any event, she does it, and eats her
luncheon at the first soda fountain she
Encounters around l o'clock
Thus do they slay their thousands,
these wlnsome maidens, without the shed.
ding Of a single drop Of blood! And it's
really not any easy task; these girls are
making real sacrifices of time, energy and |
not little reserve; but it's all for the |
comfort and relief Of their brothers"
and who would not go on and on even |
when eyes and feet and hands are tired |
out, for a cause such as this, for the
men who must go on and on and fight and |
fight for a great principle?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

CROSS KEYS SaEKE5 nsy. ESQ., I'iIss ss.. soss sss
"THE NIGHT CLERK
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REGENT Ii a: NJ to Ii;15 p. NJ
Daily. l0c Evgs., 15o
VALESKA SURATT THE 15nr,r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-29

AnEI PHI LAST TINES
LAST NATINEn TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-01

to ss,7Uzsi pounds and IN 1917 70
t.ab4.5sl ESQ.
Before the war the per capita consump-
tion OF sugar In England was ninety
three pounds per year. This has been
reduced since the war to twenty'six
pounds. The annual per capita consump-
tion in the United states is ninety
pounds. The Food Administration asks
for a reduction OF an ounce per day per
person. The per capita consumption In
this country would then be slxty'seven
pounds. as compared with twenty-six
pounds in England, eighteen pounds in
France and twelve pounds in Italy. IL
each person in America has five times
as much sugar as each person in Italy,
we can scarcely argue ourselves into the
belief that we are suffering undue hard
ship. Certainly n decent man would fear
to face his God with his stomach full
while millions of other human beings
were actually suffering for want of the
bare necessities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-01
HOWEVER"

TN THOSE charming Interpretations
L which Congressman are wont to write
for the Congressional Directory, that
innocent-minded rural product, Mr. Will
liam Scott Ware is fond of inserting the
fine phrase, Born on a farm in the First
District of Pennsylvania" Further on
in this material for political obituary he
inserts: Unsuccessful candidate for the
mayoralty Of Philadelphia at the Republi.
can primary of September, 1911, receiv.
ing, however. nearly $4,000 votes"
Note the however" That however"
is eloquent Of great ambitions, Of great
expectations. My personal strength tsays
"however'D is, at rock bottom, never less
than $4,000 Had l not been stabbed in
the back by treacherous friends declares
"however'O l would long ago have been
Mayor of Philadelphia, my fellow Con-
gressmen. But in spite of the criminal
conspiracy against me, polled as many
as IS, 900 s--nearly-however
The autobiography in the Congressional
Directory proceeds to tell what sort of
Mayor he would have made: "As a citi.
zen and public official [hel has been
particularly solicitous in behalf of the
public school system of Philadelphia"
and, to show how far those nearly $4,000
had weight at Harrisburg, "as Recorder
of Deeds Ghel was instrumental in having
the Legislature of Pennsylvania authorize
and Governor Tener appoint a commits
sion to investigate and suggest a more
modern system in order to expedite and
cheapen"-the cleaning of the streets?
No-"the cost of recording deeds and to
insure titles of property, his administra-
ton of the office being publicly com.
mended by the secretary of the Civil
Service Commission as well as all the
leading trust companies and real estate
brokers'" Here the record of public
service abruptly stops, just when we
hunger and thirst for more righteousness.
What is of singular interest just now
is whether the record will have to be
changed for the next Congressional
Directory. Will that formidable array
of nearly $4,000 votes" be increased to
fully $4,000" or perhaps TO nearly
SO .O00"? Six years is rather a long time
to keep on talking Of past performances
The issue is infinitely more important
now than it was in 1911, according to Mr.
Ware. Now, he maintains. the issue be.
tween the Fifth Ward party and the
Town Meeting party is a national issue
The fate of the Republic and the pro.
tective tariff hangs upon the condoning
of the trivial offense that was done to
Special Policeman Eppley on that down.
town sidewalk.
Surely, on such a momentous occasion.
il should be worth while to be able to
record in the Congressional Directory
that one polled as many as nearly $1,000
votes-nay, nearly $4,000 votes-however!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-01
WHOM THE GODS WOULD
DESTROY

WHEN political organization. many OF
w whose representatives in public office
are accused OF major crimes, searches
the statute books and robs the Libraries
OF technlcalties in desperate attempt
to deprive citizens Of the right even to
have the names of their candidates ap-
pear on the official ballots, thinking
thereby to win a victory without fight
1t is high time that the community as
sert itself. We have known the law to
be invoked for purposes of lawlessness
We have never known it permanently so
to be used. The gang, with its accustomed
stupidity, is adding fire to the flame OF
revolt, and it's present disgusting tactics
foreshadow its ultimate reputation.
Whom the Gods would destroy they first
make mad.
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PAY OF FIGHTING MEN

Grades and pay go together, A second
lieutenant receives yearly S1700; a first
$4,000 Capt lins, majors. lieutenant colonels
and colonels draw, respectively, $4,000, S3000
$4,000 and $4,000. This is the initial or base
pay; Il is increased 10 per cent for every
Ave years of service, up 10 40 per cent /;
this Increase is known In the army as
"fogy." Lieutenant colonels and colonels
however, stop at $4,000 and $4,000. respec-
lively The pay Of a brigader is S6O0O
that of a major general $4,000. Gem
erals get no "fogys." Officers receive
besides quarters. fuel and light The pay
OF enlisted men depends on their grades
ratings and length OF service IT is too COM
plicated TO set out at length here. A prl-
vate, however. gets a base pay OF SIS a
month; a corporal s21 or s24; a sergeant.
$40 or S36 first sergeants, S45-all with
increases for length OF service. In addl-
tion, be Il said all noncommissioned officers
and men draw clothing and, OF course, are
fed, These rates have been materially in
creased during the present emergency.
commencing June l. 1917, and contin-
uing until the termination Of the emergency.
all enlisted men OF the army OF the United
states IN active service whose pay does
not exceed S2l per month shall receive an
increase Of SIS per month those whose
base pay is ga, an increase OF SI2 per
month; those whose base pay is $40, Sss or
$40, an increase OF IS per month, and those
whose base pay Is s4b or more, an liner ease
of - per month. Colonel Q. Dew. WIN.
COZ. IN Harpprs Magasine.