Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-26


here at Fifteenth and Walnut streets? II
is situated right at the entrance to the new
Convention Pier, and as the room was
given to the committee by the Mayor, and
all of the things for sale have been donated.
there are absolutely no expenses and all
the money which is taken in is clear rofit.
The proceeds go to the Victory Committee,
which includes the work of all the Allies
the French. English, Belgian, Serbian,
Polish and American committees.
Since its opening in July the little shop
Interesting things ars for sale there, One
.nloyely old d-fashioned doll dates from 1902,
4 and was exhibited as an old doll during
the Civil War. Then there is some quaint
and fascinating jewelry which Mrs Robert
Drayton gave and a wonderful old cameo
sent by Mrs William Pepper The Polish
dolls have come all the way from that
war-stricken country, and there are scv-
eral delightful squares Of embroidery
which made by the Convalescent
soldiers in an English hospital
DESIDES the articles which arc for
- sale n number of interesting war
souvenirs are on exhibition. These include
a German identification tag which
taken from the first Hun captured by an
American. a German 77.mm shrapnel shell
showing the deadly time-fuse, and tho belt
buckle taken frcm German infantryman
and bearing the inscription. Cot Nit
Uns." There is also a genuine French
Croix de Guerre and one of the small
glded boxes which the Princess Mary Of
England presented. filed with chocolates,
to the British soldiers in the hospitals
Christmas 1914.
4 letter written by former Ambassador
Won Bernctorff to a Philadelphia woman
In August. 1914, is another unusual OK
'hioit. This will be auctionad off some day
during the summer One night last week
Hannah Wright had a very good.lonking
scarfpin which she auctioned off for the
benefit of the Emergency Aid Her aunt
Miss Mai Conover, is in charge of the
shop and in fact it is owing to her un-
firing efforts that it has been so success
full. Mrs. Samuel MegarSee Wright has
helped her sister considerably. as have
Hannah and Margaret; and Mrs. Edward
K. Rowland who is head of the shop on
Walnut street and Miss Kate Robertson
of the English committee have been very
generous in sending down many of :he
most attractive articles from town.
MRS. CRAIG BIDDLE is doing little
A'A quiet entertaining up at Newport
small luncheons and dinners when there is
time to take from the usual round of Red
| Cross, bazaars and other things which are
going on for the war. Craig is with the
aviation. you know. and has lately been
given commission. Mrs. Biddle is just
as beautiful as ever She has such an
exquisite skin and pretty hair and those
things do add to ones appearance: there's
no question about it, is there?
What a change years make! Do you
ever go back to the time when Laura and
Elsie Whelen and their cousin, Violet
Whelen were among the younger set, and
every one was talking about their beauty
and attractiveness? Poor Violet! What
a tragedy that all was. Will you ever
forget the pouring rain the day. of her
wedding? She was married at Holy
Trinity Church and Elsie was her maid of
honor and was dressed entirely III violet,
while the bridesmaids combined violet and
blue in their costumes. Violet, who was
extremely artistic. wanted to carry out
her name in her wedding attendants
frocks.
Violet married Malcolm Greenough, of
Cleveland and they were ideally happy
until his sudden death some five months
after the wedding. Violet returned to her
home and died several months afterward
through some complication that attended
the birth of small Malcolm. Charlie, her
brother came on to her funeral con-
tracted cold and died within ten days of
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs Whelen kept the little
Greenough boy and moved from their
home on Walnut above Twentieth street to
2135 Walnut, the house where. the Wal
laces now live. But tragedy seemed to be
their lot, for within two years of their
Il moving there both were stricken with
different mortal sicknesses and, unable to
see each other, though in adjoining rooms
died within two or three days Of each
other And the sole survivor Of that
charming family, small Malcolm Green
ough, returned to his fathers people In
Cleveland 1t was a most pathetic and
sorrowful thing.
Elsie whelen you remember, married
Bob Goelet, of New York; and later
divorced from him. Several years ago she
married Henry Clews and when last heard
of was in France hard at war.reief work.
r HEAR that Mrs. Charlie Mum, Jr.. is
visiting Governor r. Livingston Beck.
man. Of Providence r. l.. and Mrs. Beck
man. at Lands End She has been spend
Ing some time at Belcourt, Newport, with
MrS bel nf Ma
York The Beeckmans, you know, have
Just gone back to Newport from a trip tc
Block Island on their speedboat Shark