Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-15

ii r,mergency Aid besides sending $4,000
.or,b of tobacco every week to the boys
s.y.r there" has collected $1,000 for jam?
xr,u IT'S true, and furthermore the jam
"a chocolate committee Of that wonder
-, institution told us at the meeting this
-..t that It had cabled over the $1,000
.rder for jam to England, and 1t had
s.ard since that. the jam had been re-
-.,r.d In France, and not only received but
..,.n within three weeks time after its
arrival.
Certainly the women in the overseas
.ommittee know how to work and how to
attain results all right. They tell me tho
,ohacco is shipped every week directly
,hrourh the American Red Cross and is
c,sssed with the other absolute essentials.
such as surgical dressings and food. The
main object of the committee. of course,
!. "a get the tobacco to the men in the
,ront line trenches just as speedily as pos
sible.
Among other activities Of the enter
arising club is the issuing of little books
sor subscriptions to the chocolate fund.
These books are eagerly sought after by the
t,ddies. who save their pennies and deny
themselves sweets for the soldiers.
It's wonderful how the children will give
mn things they dearly love for the sake Of
others and to help in the great war work.
Children take things home to themselves,
and do not stop to argue what good will
nv not taking that piece Of chocolate do
one of the soldiers. My self-denal is but
I drop in the bucket" No, it's the sense
Of personal responsibility that can be
brought home to them better than to the
\ erown person. Not that children are gen
\ erally considered responsible factors in
the ordinary events of life. They aren't,
4 bless their hearts, but the sense that he
4 or she personally by self.denial NAV be
Giving a soldier just one piece of choco.
I late will stop a little sensitive, generous
hearted child from eating the dainty it
most loves.
T Is there anything purer or sweeter in
this world of sorrow and trial than the
heart Of little child? I think not.
THE Service Shop of the overseas COM
N - Wlltt6 Has DStl tNtl IL Sledltl ouNNSS'
than was anticipated, and you should have
heard the cheers with which the first
check for money cleared from the venture
was handed over by Mrs. John c. Norris.
who is at the head Of that undertaking.
You know they have no rent, as the
\ Rtt-Carlton gives the shop. Then they
have no salaries, as the attendants are all
volunteer workers, and SO 1t is possible
h 70 make a little profit, though the prices
are almost cost.
All praise to the women who are making
X q go of this undertaking.
WHAT with Boy Scouts in pretty nearly
w every family, and mumps and measles
too, you couldn't blame a certain mother
who has three sons for eing a bit wor-
ried on Tuesday morning when she arose
K and found the glands in the necks of her
three small sons unusually large. The
boys seemed a bit droopy, too. So she
watched them carefully, but they spruced
up quite considerably. Still thu glands were
bit swollen, so she and auntie stayed
a away from Red Cross work.
W. W viz iuSl iS" uoy tiC boSo iidu bOSi
n practicing on the scout bugle till mother
and auntie pretty nearly went crazy
Auntie settled herself Tuesday Afternoon
comfortably into a great armchair with
her knitting and a book, and growing g
Tiny bit drowsy slipped off to sleep, wher
suddenly the strangest grunts. whoops ant
srowls fell upon her ears, and she sprans
up from her chair to find that it wa.
only Jack-trying the bugle.
"a n the first hours of dawn, you know
n taAt delicious moment when you walker
ana find 1t is only o'clock and you car
"A turn over for another doze? Well, mothe
mad Just that delicious feeling on Wednes
eay morning, and had just trailed off t
Geamand when she was awakened by ;
prolonged and horrible howl. She tor
oownstairs to find Richard at the from
ooor-blowng on the scout bugle.
q Richard looked we'll. he had no fever, bu
eerainly the glands looked like mumps
doctor was sent for, and he examine
me three youngsters carefully.
NO. WAS not mumps At that momen
smmie, the youngest, picked up the bugl
And blew blast that would have knocke
you Into next week. AS he blew the doc
'or and his mother both turned and gaze
y MIN, and with one accord they fell bac
mo their chairs weak with laughter, 70
'ne constant blowing on the bugle had Ia
s enect all right. 1t wasn't the mu nps
was the unusual exercise that had de
veoped their glands to an abnormal size
<4
HERE seems to be a sort Of let.up @
weddings these days. Before Lent an
tail there was one after another.
esess pretty much all those who have ar
ouhced their engagements have marie
ssners having decided to wait until aftt
~ war; However. there are a few moi
sagements coming out the wee bird say
-nd In fact, it's whispered there might |
~ or two as soon as tomorrow or MOI
You never can tell, can you?
NANCY WYNNE.
Social Activities
nr, and Mrs George w Childs Drex