Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-29
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells of Turning Saturday Club at Wayne Into
Service House-Four Little Boys Are Welcomed in.
Society-Other Matters Discussed

nID you know that the Saturday Club
of Wayne had been turned into a
service house for the duration Of the war?
Yes, 1t has, and some Of the time is given
over to entertaining the marines who are
at Camp Fuller, in Paoli. Every Friday
night there are dances given for these boys.
An awfully good idea is to limit the invi-
tations for these affairs, for then the floor
does not become too crowded for dancing.
The club has adopted this method Of pro-
cedure and "invites'' are limited to men,
bers and their daughters only as hostesses.
and the guests consist in the marines. Last
Friday there were about a hundred boys
and girls, and the music was simply splen-
Mr.. Norman ]. Coudert, who is famous
in all Wayne events. was the drummer.
The patronesses were Mrs. Marshal
Hughes Smith, president Of the club; Mrs.
George e. Stone, Mrs. w. Allen Barr,
Mrs. William H. Roberts, Jr., Mrs. Roger
Mitchell. Mrs. Arthur Holmes and Mrs.
Henry Roever.
The club also has a Red Cross unit.
which meets every Tuesday under the
leadership of Mrs. Charles Kennedy. And
they are doing splendid work. Just think,
on that memorable Wednesday recently
when the thermometer registered LOG they
turned out twenty finished garments. That
wa some record, don't you think?
CMALL sons seem to be the fashion dur.
~ ing the last week, do they not? Did
you know that there is a young Samuel
w. Morris, Jr. Yes. indeed. and he made
his bow to the world last week. His
mother was the beautiful Mrs. Straw
bridge, and before her first marriage was
Barbara Warden, a sister of Mr.. William
Warden. Her first husband died some
five or six years ago. and she married sam
Morris about a year since.
Another little man Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sydney Godfrey Biddle and was born
on Tuesday. Then the Henry Rawle Geye-
Inns have a small son, who was born on
August IS. Still another boy is the dear
little baby Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gowen
Parry, of Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Parry was
Sally Fox. a daughter of Mrs. George Fox,
and a sister of Mrs. Arthur Brockie, George,
and Joe Fox.
Mrs. Geyelin, you remember, was Gladys
Marks, of England. a sister Of the Captain
Marks who married Nancy Hollingsworth
Of this city. The Geyelins have lived in
New York ever since their marriage. Doc
tor Geyelin Is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Laussat Geyelin. of Nillanova, and a
brother of Tony Geyelin, who married
Marie Flagg. His sister, Beatrice Geyelin.
married Bill Churchman. you remember,
some four or five years ago. Bill Church.
man is a captain in the service and Is now
stationed in the West.
r HEAR that Gladys Earle Mather sur
! prised her family last week and walked
in on them" for a two weeks visit. Gladys
had been with her husband, Captain Gilbert
Mather, down at Camp Sam Houston, San
Antonio, Tex, all spring, and just recently
Gilbert was transferred from the cavalry
to the artillery and sent to the School or
Fire at Fort Sill, Okla. Gladys went out
there with him, but a desire for a glimpse
of home faces made her decide on a hasty
visit.
Few families, I think, can boast or a
service flag like that of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
at Broad Acres, their home in Bryn Mawr'
They have one on which six blue stars
CLEAN proudly in the sun. They nave TWO
sons in the service and four sonsln-iaw'
Three of their daughters are at the various
CAMPS with their husbands. George H.
Earle, Sd, is an ensign In the naval re-
serves, and Is now stationed IN BOSTON,
Mass. Ralph is a second lieutenant In the
signal corps, U. s. A., and Is stationed IN
WASHINGTON. Captain Victor Mather' VINO
msrried the eldest daughter, Catherine
70 r,e. ia with the remount department
". s. A., overseas. Mrs. Mather and her
two children are at their home IN HaVer
ford, Avonwood Cottage. Then Victors
brother, Captain Gilbert Mather. married
Gladys last August and Hansell Earle mar
ried Bud" Patterson. Bud In other
words, Joseph NJ. Patterson, Jr,, Is in the
Ordnance Department and Is stationed al
WATERFOWL, in New York. His wife and
baby are with him at present. Then, Edith
the last of the Earle girls to marry and
the next to the youngest, is the wife OF
Ensign Alden Lee, who recently was grad
mated from Annapolis. He is on sea duty
now, but Edith is able to see aim once In
4 \ while, when his ship puts in.
q Lawrence Beggs is another son-in'law OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle. He married Frances
the second daughter. some years ago. HI
Is not in the service. but is doing Govern
ment work in his business. Mrs. Earle her
self is also very busy with war-relief work
so you see that is one family which Is
giving much to the great cause.
AND has not the Houston family giver
~ of it's utmost? Houston Woodward
killed several months ago, and now Lieu
tenant Henry Houston. AS l said a few
days ago, almost every day it's another o.
the men you've known and liked ant
danced with and had delightful talks will