Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Main Line Red Cross Does Wonderful Work-Dog
Show Will Be Held in Rose Gardens of Bellevue
!. Stratford for Benefit of Red Star Association

rRs. GEORGE w. KENDRICF, Sd.
4 wi YOU know, is chairman of the wool
-.r,,nittee of the Main Line branch Of the
american Red Cross. At the meeting held
~ other day she reported that they had
turned in 1000 garments in the last five
...eks. II seems to me that answers the
4 .,estion, Does 1t pay to knit?'
Mrs. Joseph Il. Page Is the subchairman
- this committee, and the girls who dis.
sr,bute the wool and collect articles are
rIaanor Dousherty. Ethel Townsend, Ethel
hastings, Edith Collins, Martha Ober-
,.uf,er. Margaret Chrystie and Miss Rom
amelia, of Bryn Mawr College.
Some Of the members Of this committee
are interested in a large mass.meeting
,rbich is to be held in the Masonic Hall, in
Ardmore, on January 16, when Captain
peter Latham will speak. There will be
.ongs by q double quartet composed of the
sollowing men: John Joyce, Howard sta
vers Joseph w. Shannon, Frederick l..
paily. r. Mitchell Hastings, George Orr,
clarence Gardiner and Timothy Borda, ac-
conpanied by Armitt Brown.
Mrs. T. Mitchell Hastings, of IIaver-
ford, Is in charge, and under her direction
all the men of base hospital unit No.
20 have been fully equipped with woolens,
and the eighty women belonging to the unit
have received all their woolen garments,
with the exception of helmets.
You know, the Main Line branch has just
completed its membership drive and col
lected 5000 new members. besides 100 re-
ipE pf nf
workers told me that they averaged two
members to every house from Ardmore to
yillanova. Some membership that! Women
certainly do know how to work.
VLyE HUMAN beings are funny things,
w aren't we? We fuss and fume. and
when we hear the Metropolitan is going to
give Faust" or "Pagliacci' we say For
goodness sake, why on earth don't they
give us one of the new operas here?" And
then when they give us a magnificent per-
formance in point of real music and en-
quisite scenery, such as Liszt's "St. Eliza
beth" last night, because it's all beautiful
and pure and high, and there's no special
plot and no hectic love scenes we don't
like IT, Still I do think the audience did
appreciate the tableaux. but doubt. From
the general attitude of the house, which
clapped and applauded through one of the
most beautiful bits of orchestration, be-
tween the third and fourth tableaux, and
was only stopped by the kissing of the
Opera Club, If "St. Elizabeth will be vel
coined here again. They can talk all they
like about wanting new things, but they
want the old ones they know by heart and
that have regular tunes.
Some of the boxes were empty last night
but many of the regular operagoers were
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Gamer, Jr.
were with the Hamilton Collkets Uytendalt
looking extremely we'll in crimson frock
Edith Wayne Ridgway also wore an ole
shade of crimson velvet and tulle, which
was perfectly lovely and wonderfully be
coming Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, who
was in the Stotesbury box, wore a gowr
of bright green satin and black paradise
in her hair. Mrs. George Fales Baker wore
. handsome gown of black. and Mrs. Madi
son Taylor, who was in the Bakers box
was in gray.
There were soldiers and naval officers
the audience as usual, and though ever,
single seat was not filled, 1t was what nigh
be called decidedly brilliant house.
ONE of our worthy war works is beini
" undertaken by the Order of the Rec
Star. And it is a decidedly practical a'
well as sentimental one. The Order o.
the Red Star is a companion philanthropy,
to the Red Cross, but its helpfulness i
directed to the succor Of the dumb beasts
which serve our armies in war. The loca
branch of the order is planning dog shov
for Saturday afternoon and evening o
this week in the Rose Garden Of the Belle
vueStratford. Proceeds will be for tn
benefit Of fund to purchase an am
buance for the war zone to care for battle
stricken animals. Philadelphians inter
ested in the work of the S. p c. A. vii
naturally desire to aid in the good work
relieving the suffering of mans dumb sci
vitors and friends. For we must not forge
the services Of the faithful horses and dog
Of the war zone. The little Red Cross dos
who hunts the living among the dead an
the horse who bears his rider into tn
Should we refuse to help them? ] thin
not, indeed.
AND now we have more weddings on til
Al tapis. There's Sarah Nelson. who's
engagement to Lieutenant Crawford Ms
deira was announced little more than
month ago. Sarah is the only daughte
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nelson, Of 1872
Pine street and st. Davids. Her mothe
was Clara Rosengarten. daughter of Nj
and Mrs. Harry Rosengarten and siste
of Mrs. w. w. Atterbury. George. Adolpl
Joe and Fritz Rosengarten. Her father
an officer in the Pennsylvania Railroa'
He is the son of the late Mr.. Thomas Mel
son and Mrs. Nelson, who was Miss Sara
Claypoole Lewis, and for whom Sarah
named. His brothers are DIR. Tom Neisoi
Billy and Fred Nelson. and his two 81
ers are Miss Emma and Miss Mary Mel
son. So you see Sarah Is we'll "uncled