Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08

hiding, / sometimes wonder what on
.rtb we would do IL that Penfield Build.
- lower floor should ever be rented. 1t
-.,,d be pretty bad. wouldn't it? For the i
Il .r,table women, anyhow, for certainly
n. owners have been good to them. This
IN. will open on Thursday of this week.
4, certainly is great to have a big calendar
IA on the wall SO that when l don't feel
'stA saving January 10 | can just look up
sra nut down Thursday Unsteady Well, to
f.ontnuc the subject at hand. the benefi-
.,.rv of the rummage sale this time is not
shs Red Cross but Presbyterian orphan
..v,um. and we must all admit that an
Es,pbanage Is a worthy cause indeed. And
kscause we have all gone crazy over work.
/ lng for the soldiers and sailors is no reason
INV the little lambs at home should not
~ thought of. l believe the School for
|cbristian Workers is also to benefit and
various works of the Presbyterian
ehurches.
Mrs. t. Dobson Altcmus is chairman of
she sale, and as she has proved heretofore
how efficient she is in her engineering OF
seyeral such affairs the ultimate success
! n the sale is an understood thing.
| rTs wonderful what you can get at these
j rummages! At one held. recently "a GER
lain bride you know and know who
wanted an odd chair or two for her living
\pom decided to look i'll there, having heard
mat there are sometimes quite some bar.
rains at these sales. Wei, my dears. she
| bought two solid mahogany chairs for sl.50
zach. It's true they were covered with
=. bnH hra
hacks had been filled in with leather. But
{>bess you, it took her just about two days
| 10 Dry the leather filing out of the backs,
sandpaper the marks off the wood and pol.
ih it up cover the seats with beautiful
Iold brocade, and behold. two graceful old
Fashioned open.back mahogany chairs
which would grace any living room.
That same small bride picked out some
Of the lovellest old glass bowls of a rich,
deep amethyst glass, for which she paid
something like twenty-five cents, and stood
/ them on her tables with a tea rose or two
and the effect was artistic, to say the very
least
IDESlDES Mrs. Altemus, the committee
- on the sale includes Mrs. William j.
Cother, Jr.. Mrs. Edward Browning, Mrs.
William l.. Mclean, Mrs. Barclay H. War
burton, Mrs. Alba johnson, Mrs. Richard
Norris, Mrs. Perry Allen, Mrs. Thomas
Jackson Jeffries and Miss Blanche Ramsey.
From all I've heard about it, they will
have one of the most wonderful collections
yet. Why, my dears, those women have
actually got piano player among the
latest donations received. The department
stores won't be in it with the sales made
these three days. for the sale will go on
jnto Friday and Saturday.
Mrs Billie Clothier and Mrs. Jeffries, the
latter the smartestlooking of the five Dob
son sisters for she is Mrs. Altemus's eldest
sister, you know, and the mother of pretty
Mrs. Albert Rosengarten and Mrs. Pear.
son Pearce, will have department devoted
to all sorts and kinds of bric.a-brac and
ornaments. Mrs. Edward Brooks, Jr., and
Mrs. Aubrey Weightman will have books.
Mrs. Johnson will have the lunch counter
and there are to be mems and womens
Clothes for sale, cast-off hats, candy, flow
ers, jewery and goodness knows what else.
] think I'll run in early and try to avoid
the rush. Maybe 1 can pick up a chair or
b hghboy or perhaps some parlor curtains
LNNGAGEAIENTS crowd on us apace,
II don't they? Nell Ryerson's, which was
announced yesterday. is interesting to four
diferent cities, in that she has lived in
Chicago, Boston. New York and this city.
Her engagement is announced by her
mother, Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, to Mr.. Vic
tor Salvatore, a noted sculptor of New
York. Her mother was Emile Borie, of
This city. a daughter Of the late Mr.. John
Borie and sister of Mrs &. Heide Norris
Mrs Arthur Rush, Mr.. Adolph f. Bore
md Miss Sophie Borie.
Nells father was Mr.. Arthur Ryerson,
who was one of the brave men to so down
pm the Titanic that his wife and children
Ind other mems wives and children might
pc saved. At that time the Ryersons were
Fastening home from Europe. whittier they
had gone On account of Mr.. Ryerson's
health, to attend the funeral of their son.
Arthur, Jr., who had been killed in an
automobile accident several days before.
fogether with Lewis Hoffman. 1t was a
ferrible experience and Nell was one Of
nose on the ship with her parents and in
Fact, II am not mistaken, was the daugh-
or around whom her father wrapped his
roat as she stepped into the lifeboat. as he.
cared she would suffer so much from the
bold.
AFTER sad return to this city, where
lmilie and Suzanne, the elder sisters. had
een introduced, Mrs. Ryerson and her
rhildren went to live in Boston and then
pack to Chicago, where the Ryerson family
nas large business interests. Suzanne,
fter having taken course in bacterioogy.
at present in France, where her cousin,
sophie Norris, of this city, is also, but
sophie is working in the Red Cross canteen.
Fhe wedding of Nell and Mu. Salvatore will.
AXE place in Chicago on February 12.
yNHE news of Mrs. William Cochran's
death came as great shock to many
no had not even heard that she was I'll.