Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

uSs,,tn wonen's League. for Good Govern
IL men, has sent out lnnflcts to its various
v.cmbcrs, in which Il plan is outlined
rbcrcby their patriotism may be shown
\, n wcll-organizcd and vigorous cam.
c,ian of investigation on city affairs.
Tho Pcnnsylvauti Committee of Public
safety has issued pamphlet also entitled
O.. call to every man and every woman
AZ tho commonwealth and among other
.,,,ps I'm this pamphlo IL this quotation:
yDirect personal work tc secure efficient
.iocal government in American cemmuni-
Nt,os both large and small, is always
Irccded Instead Of being a reason for
viviug up activities, war mako 1t moro
necessary than ever to work for clean
,rects. good schools, careful spending Of
public money. efficient health. police and
fro services. for abundant pure water, for
| ADEQUATE transit facilities, ctc.--in short,
l for efficient local government" The
| League for Good Government goes on to
| s,r. AS a war emergency measure the
oxocutiye committee of the Womcn's
League for Good Government has voted
n begin active work Immediately without
waiting for the next political campaign
and urges llS 1llCIDbtiS 81 Ihti l''i' F''
,co to save time for our special work, in.
stead Of dcvoting all their time other
forms o. relief work, which can he done
nv women who have not had the training
Of this organization" You will agree with
me that these women are wise in their
generation They are trained in their
work of investigating, and enforcing in
So far as they can. the laws fer good
government.
Tho league has also sent out a lcanet
| which in narinG red letters demands: Are
| Won "A patriotic woman?" and follows up
the question by recommending all women
10 register their names. And one thing is
very instructive on that paper. There
are some of us. YOU know, who are very
busy already and necessarily so, and we
might hesitate to sign. up for fear we
might not be able to follow up the sigma
|3turc. We'll, let me explain: signing up
lldocs not bind you for work, 1t simply
n indicates To the Government that you are
Milling to consider engaging in some useful
occupation of your own selection and that
| YOU want to be kept informed of all such
working opportunities. Then it will he
for vol to decide whether you want TO
| take IA job" so the paper says. That
sounds pretty good to me, how about It,
sisters. as our own Tony calls us, when
he has Bible class meetings?
| Il seemeth to me that the Women's
League for Good Government is very
worth while, what do YOU think"
SOPHIE Baker has been out in ST. Louis
~ visiting her future in.aws. Mr.. and
Mrs John f. Shepley. Mrs. Charles
| Nagcl gave "A tea in her honor last Friday
afternoon. Sophie's engagement to Lieu
tenant Ethan Allen Sheplcy, u. s. A., was
announced here the day after Christmas
and Sarah's engagement to John Bell,
Jr., was announced two days before and
\ it looks as if Mrs. Baker would not have
many of her attractive daughters much
longer.
FTHE poor green soldiers how they do
l. get laughed at. The tale goes around
at one of our southern training camps
about a particularly grassy green" soldier
who was on duty one very dark night. He
knew he would have to pass several Off
GERS through during the evening, and
wanting to make favorable impression
he kept going over in his mind everything
he would have to say. lie grew more
and moro nervous as the evening wore
on and no officers appeared, but at last
he heard footsteps and with a deep and
thunderous voice he sent out the challenge;
Halt. who goes there?"
The response came back, "Officer and his
family
Whcreupon our young hero barkcd
"Advancc, officer. and show your face, fam
lily mark timc."
Luckily "ofilcer and his family" all ha'
sense of humor, so the poor man wa
not shot at sunrise; but he afterward sait
he would almost have preferred that pun
shment to the one he got as by sunris'
the story had spread around good par
OF the camp and it was long time befor
no could ever live in peace again.
NANCY WYNNF..