Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
PHlLADELPHIANSI IN
TENNIS TOURNAMENTS
Visitors at White Sulphur Springs
Join Enthusiastically in War
Relief Work

coli aud tennis tournaments are being
plaEed at White sulphur Springs. w. Na..5
for the benefit of the Red Cross Last week
was the Greenbrier summer golf tournameni
III which Mrs Herman Ellis. OF Walton
Heath, England. was the winner, defeating
Miss Angela i. Nalle. one up. This week VIII
be the womens special tennis tournament.
and among the many entries scheduled fer
tn" event was Mrs ~ j. Drexel Paul. OF
Philadelphia. who recently returned to Inc
Greenbrier from there
The Greenbrer Country Horse Show will
be given for the Red Cross on August aud
10 at the Meadows.
The White sulphur Springs colony works
with much enthusiasm and uneNhausted pa
tience in both the Red Cross rooms and the
'anteen work. of which there is much going
on at all hours of the day. one never knows
when troop train will arrive at any mo-
ment to call upon the willing patriots to
supply refreshments. magazines and tobacco.
Mrs Thornton Lewis, of the Meadows who
has recently received authorization from the
Fed Cross to establish the cauteens has a
troop of canteen workers who alone are AL
lowed to give out the supplies.
Fortune-telling has been one method sue
cessfuliy pursued for the raising of money
for the canteen fund, of which Mrs !. How.
ard Slocum is the treasurer. and auction
ratlles and entertainment proceeds also go
to the worthy cause. Elmhurst Farm, the
famous old red-brich place of civil War
times, where dinners of fried chicken and
watfied spoon cornbread and hot tea biscuits
tempt even The most iaded OF war-weary
appetities, has offered to donate 10 per cent
Of its proceeds during July and August to
the Red Cross. Parties desiring unusual
dishes in the war-mea menus have found
great delight in visiting the Elnhurst Farm
Oh the banks of the Greenbrier.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oscar Wilbur OF
Philadelphia. arrived at the Greenbrier last
Tuesday to spend several weeks Mr.. Robert
Young Bernard. who is a frequent visitor
there. also arrived on Tuesday. Mrs Roberts,
Jr.. of Philadelphia is also stopping at the
GIeenbrier. where Mrs. H. Howard Weather-
ly. Miss Susanne Smith and Miss Carol Smith
have come TO remain through the summer.
The Misses Smith. WHO among the most
ardent members Of White Sulphurs riding
set are on the trails daily aud will probably
ride in the Horse Show this summer. Miss
Susaume Smith last year rode l.amplight er.
one of the Dixon Brothers Winning
hunters.
Mrs. Il. T. Mackall and Miss Nina Mackall
VIII" motor"d here from Bethlehem, Pa. will
b" Joined for over Sunday by Mr. Paul
Mackall. assistant to MI j. Leonard Replo-
gle. who is at the head Of the war industries
board.
Mi John e. Gailanfet is registered from
Philadelphia. and arriving from Pittsburgh
is Mrs, j. Willis Dalzcl VIII" will he at the
Greenbrer through the summer
At a meeting held Tuesday evening in the
Dld White Mrs. Cary r. Grayson. wife Of
Rear Admiral Grayson, OF Washington. her
self an ardent worker for the Ped Cross.
read the appointment of Fed Cross canteen
officers. Mrs. Thornton Lewis of the
Meadows. heads the work. with Mrs Frank
Davis and Mrs. William Hines her lieu
tenants. Miss Josephine II. Mcclure of Phil
adelphia. is mail clerk Mrs. j. Howard Slo-
cum. treasurer; Miss Iilah e. French, of
New York. secretary, aud Miss Sara l.. Poe.
of Washington, is supply clerk Mr.. Herbert
Clark, of Philadelphia. who is deNoting his