Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-23
PLAN FOREST CORN ROAST
Fair Hog Island Workers to Have
Might Feast

My. but that's a great crowd of girls
At Hog Island Always at it. If its
Now they are going to have a corn roast,
and probably the next event will be a
whole evening at home to renew ac-
ouaintance with the families. But the
on Saturday have to smile pleasantly at
the cashier. so they figure they must
have recreation or let those drotted boys
have all the fun.
The corn feast will come off and go
down. too: next Thursday evening. No
company is wanted. for there Is not GO
maybe only one or none for those who
may be second behind time The af-
fair will be held in the wild woods near
Lansdowne. There now. that's as close
as we dare. come to it, SO don't ask us
any more.
The girls can only imagine what the
wives and sweethearts of the quiet sub
urban place will think OF hundreds of
nymphs dancing around a big bonfire in
the woods. but It will be too late for them
TO break up the party after the men
=, Why any previous engagements with
the eats we don't exactly know, but it is
fact that ALI the girls will tackle a
f9li M course purse. dinner lime, at the Hog Island
they Will raid the hotel kitchen and at
6:16 climb into buses that will take
them circuitously to the woods.
All the good roasting ears In the city
are said to haze been cornered for the
event. 1t will be about dark when the
girls take possession of the woods and
wood from the ground f or carrv se it tf from rom
home. The Hog Island supply has been
cautiously put away, When the embers
4 Est. red-hot IL IT. the corn viii be laid in with
the girls will finish it In time to get
"a home without a night key
" The reason for holding the feast out
there is that many of the girls say they
y will need the subway trains to get them
home before working time next day.
p PAVE GRAHAM, ,sA auarteImsn on hulls I
RIVER r., He , waited s for the tide to 60 Out
He is still getting along without them.
THERE'S MANY A WAY to. spend lunch
\ ware River shipyards have tried aimos.
every one; AT the Merchants, shpysId
= nee" Some q the boys there insist that
\ and contralto and also are graceful step
70 beat good dance time &c on the the old piano
and everybody who can get a girl devotes
pine. boards. il would never do to spread
the wax on the floor right after the eats;
dancing. the hour seems mighty short to to
most of the live YOUNGSTERS of both sexes
2. anu u Iew oluSters, LOO, whose ieet are
y still in the ring.
JIMMIE" GRASSLAND. of the plant
engineerng department at the Merchants
yard. has been doing tall lot of thinking
but mighty little talking since he deserted
the gang 'for better or for worse about
two months ago. He explained that he has
all the say in his house while the other
half of the happy family is allowed to do
ell the thinking in the house Therefore
Jimmie has to do his thinking at the office.
MRS. e. p. GOODIsON and son. Earl P,
have both left the Chester Ship Company.
The mother was secretary Of the research
and experimental department until she be
came interested in the Rodman wanamakeI
became secretary to Dr.. J. X. Dixon. who
- with the expedition. Mrs. Goodson gave
up her boy to the military service. The
SON. who also worked in the research and
\ experimental department, enlisted in the
(. tank corps and Is now training at Gettys
mothers place in the shipyard.
MEN OF THE LAYER-OUT department
n At the Pennsylvania shipysrd, Gloucester
buried the Kaiser yesterday In the yard
z They dug a deep grave and erected a sla'
N At one end, inscribed Here Lies kaise
BILL