Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-19

doing it Is mending and patching And
most women feel the same way, I find So
, really think of all the heroic work done
so far by the Red Cross workers the most
heroic Is this now. For they are mend
Ing, mending, mending and sewing buttons
and patching and putting things into per-
feet order
The surgical dressings have stopped, for
all the auxllaries here were making front.
line parcels, end of course there is not any
front line now. The Southeastern Penn
syvania' Chapter had big meeting yes
terday and decided to devote all the time to
mending old garments and making new
clothes. There are enough dressings and
bandages on hand and there won't be any
more wounded.
And now there is demand for paper
vests for Siberia. And they told me at
Independence Square Auxiliary yesterday
that they are going to keep open every
night and on Sundays for two weeks to
get their allotment Of 1000 finished. And
understand other auxiliGries will too.
It's just wonderful the way everyone
goes into these good works heart and soul
= Mrs. Fred English and Mrs. Clinton
Rogers Woodruff we're working away
busily. Mrs. Woodruff is treasurer Of that ,
Auxiliary, you know. Mrs. George Fales
Baker is head Of the Navy Auxiliary there
and expects soon to be able to take up her
work again. She has been Ill since her
return from the mountains
DID you know the James Francis Sulli-
- Sans are not going to open their house
at Twenty.frst and Walnut this winter?
They. have decided to spend most Of the
time. ire Radnor, taking an apartment in
town for a short time probably. The house
at Twenty first and Walnut streets is for
rent. "a wee. bird told me they had sold
the house, so many people live in the
country all the year round these days.
It's not d;fficuit;if they have cars, but If
one has to be dependent on trains or troll.
leys It's mot much fun, is it. The country
is not for the medium sized pocket book
In the winter time
DoN'Tyou feel sort of extra thrilled and
- excited over the opera tonight-the
first opera since the. war ended? l have a
feeling sthere are going to be big times.
Something like the surprise the orchestra
sprung or Is it sprang, on last Friday.
I never remember which is correct and I
always want to say "sprang." and "swang"
don't you? There's another past tensed
word always feel is incorrect and that is
preached" Doesn't it sound queer to
you? Don't you think it ought to be
."praught"? ] do. Teach, taught, you
know.
Well, anyway the opera is going to be
great Everyone will be there and in
s-,o
wear mine.
A RENT they modest these heroes Of
\ ours who are coming back one
by one, now? It's just as easy to make
them talk about their part in the war as it
is to break a piece of molasses candy into
three equal parts,-like all Gaul. And how
they do hate publicity and admiration. One
Of them lieutenant, had a terrible expe-
rience the other night. He had been dining
with friend at one of the :.otels and Just
as they were leaving the hotel for the
theatre, a well-meanine but very, very,
boresome person stopped him and got him
absolutely cornered. so that the only thing
he could do was to answer, yes. he had
been at Chateau Therry, no he wasn't
wounded until later, yes, they had fine
food, no. he hadn't met up with Jack. or
seen Bill, they were in the Navy, and so
on. He was desperate. and was Friend,
safely out of sight, but worried about get
ting to the theatre in time for the opening
chorus. Finally Friend confided his woes
to his favorite bell-boy, who Immediately
found a remedy. And the modest Lieu
tenant was transformed from bored, har-
assed but very military officer to a
fused blushing boy. when several rows of
buttons stopped just about foot away
from him and remarked at the top of a pair
of twin six lungs. LIEUTENANT JONES.
CALI. FOR LIEUTEANT JONES'" OF
course everybody in the place heard it and
saw first the bushes, then the uniform
overseas stripe, etc, and the poor thng
had to run a regular g untlet before. he
reached his triumphant friend and the
cooling night air. 1t was worse expert
.enoe than anything he had gone through
''over there,"--but they got there in time
for the opening chorus
NANCY WYNNE.