Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-27

/ was elad TO hear at first
hand from Mr. viii Irwin's talk lust
what II was that brought about the first
success OF the German drive on the
Italians. | stopped in to hear him speak
to the workers of the Independence Square
Auxiliary OF the American Red Cross ON
Monday, aud believe me that German prom
aganda work had been so insidious and
80 well planned that one can scarcely be
surprised that what happened did happen.
And doesn't il make you wild when Won
think that perhaps that sort Of thing is
being tried on our men, too? The insldi.
Gus whisperlngs of secret peace negotia.
tions, then why fight each other?" said
the soldiers across No Mans Land to
each other. mo. we'll say peace" But
when the attack came the dsaffected
Austrians, who had been used to spread
this talk. were moved away, all but the
thin fringe at the 'front.' and when the
Italians said Brother" the Germans an.
swered Brother" but ran them through
the heart with bayonets as they answered
There certainly were great many there
to hear Mr.. Irwin. Mrs Lorimer asked
him to speak to the workers and most of
iliary came, too and brought friends. so
that the great room was very crowded
Next Monday Commander Payne of the
Naval Home, will speak at the auxiliary
at $3.50 o'clock. and Mrs. Charles " Nc.
Lean and Miss Eloise Dickey will enter.
tain Mrs. Payne and the Commander and
the ladies of the committee at tea at the
Art Alliance afterwards.
nID you know that it had been abso
~ lutely decided by the auxiliary of the
University Hospital Unit of the Red Cross
that the members would take it on them.
selves to furnish all the supplies required
by Base Hospital No 20? Last year the
University Auxiliary undertook the re-
sponsibiity OF furnishing beds. supplies
and equipment for 500 persons, and
already it has given the unit 1876 large
cases of surgical dressings, sheets, conva-
lescent gowns, slippers socks and other
equipment incidental to hospital service
And 1t also collected more than $4,000
for the use of the base hospital. In the
auxiliary there are $50 members, who have
all signed up to continue the work during
the war. and meetings are held every day
from 10 until o'clock in one of the hos.
pital buildings.
The officers of this auxiliary include
Mrs. William w. Arnett. president; Mrs.
Edward r. Stotesbury, Mrs. John Frede-
rick Lewis, Mrs. Samuel Houston and Mrs.
George l.. Harrison, vice presidents Mrs.
Caspar Wistar Hacker, secretary, with
Mrs. Jack Hollingsworth as assistant
Mrs. George II. Frazier, treasurer; Mrs.
John Clark, chairman of the surgical
dressing committee, assisted by Mrs.
John Deaver, Mrs. Bertram Lippincott
and Mrs. Barton Hirst; Mrs. j. l.. Ketter.
linus, chairman of the purchasing com.
mittae, and Mrs. Tom Ashton, vice chair
man, and Mrs. Mitchell Hastings. chair
man Of the wool committee, assisted by
Mrs. Hirst, Mrs. j. w. Dixon, Helen
Doughten. Marie Doughten, Katharine
Hancock, Harriet Frazier, Edith Carpen-
ter. Doris Dexter and Miss McDevitt.
Last June a box of gray wool was do.
mated to the hospital to be knitted up for
the Navy League, and Mrs. Arnett formed
a committee of girls to teach the patients
to knit. That box was used and several
more since then, as it was found that 1t
not only gave the patients something to
do, but was a real mental diversion, which
seemed beneficial for them.
Last October Mrs. Arnett and Mrs. Has
tings decided that 1t would be best to work
entirely for the Base Hospital No. 20, and
few days later the goods of the Univer'
sity held a mass.meeting in Houston Hall
and volunteered their services and also
offered to help raise the needful funds
They and the nurses and patients Of the
hospital put so much enthusiasm into the
work that GOO wooden articles had been
turned into the uni. by the first of this
month and more than $4,000 had been
raised. Mrs. Hastings has written to a
number of graduates to ask aid in raising
money to send wooden outfits to the hos
pital in France for the convalescents
there, the need'6f warm clothing for these
men being very great.
r OFTEN wonder why they think people
don't know It. Why, my dear, he ant
she are to be seen almost at any time ol
afternoon or evening together. And they
make a good looking pair. too. She has
rather fair hair and very good fgure
and quite oh, quite a delightful manner
while he is tall and dark and most atten
tive. They must be engaged, you know
but they both separately and individually
declare they are not; "Just good friends
that's all. Well. the small bird told m'
otherwise; but then the bird often knows
more than its prayers.
NANCY WYNNE.
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