Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-24

" committee of the Emergency Aid has
filled over 10000 comfort kits since it
began the work in March? The women
are busy at overseas headquarters. 1888
Walnut street, every day, and the piles
of gaily colored chntz bags increase
amazingly fast. The contents of each bag
are certainly complete for each one holds
writing tablet and pencil, khaki hand
kerchief. package of safety pins. tooth
brush and cream, pocket comb. bath towel
and soap, chewing gum, shoestrngs, play
ing cards and even some smokes when
they are donated.
The object of the service star commit
tee is to see that every drafted man in
Philadelphia receives the proper send
or from his own district and also that
: he leaves the city with all the necessaries
OF camp life Each man receives a comfort
kit and sweater and socks ana when the
committee is unable to provide the knitted
articles to all Of the men in any district the
American Red Cross supplies that part
star committee is done in entire CO.
operation with the heads Of the fifty-one
draft board districts.
In order to raise funds to carry on the
work Of this committee sale of discarded
bags, shoes and hats will be held at 1882
Walnut street today. tomorrow and We'd
nesday, from 9 o'clock until 5. There will
also be a table containing other miscella.
neous articles which have been donated
TIME service star committee is endeav-
1 oring to form auxiliaries in each of the
fifty lone draft board districts, so that each
section of the city will be able to care for
its own men, Three Of these auxiliaries
are now organized and others are just
being formed. The money which is col.
lected for this work is taken to headquar.
ters, at 1888 Walnut street. where all sup
plies are bought in very large quantities
and at greatly reduced prices.
One Of the most active of the auxiliaries
Is located in District No. /, at Third and
Dickinson streets, under the chairmanship
of Mrs. William F. Voelcker. This section
recently collected SIS for the men leaving.
from their own district, and IS of this
amount was in pennies! Each contribu-
tion represented the personal sacrifice of
some individual and one dime was the of.
fering Of two little boys, who denied them
selves the delight Of seeing Charlie Chap
lin at the movies" in order that they
. might be able to give something to the sol.
diers.
nVHE officers of the service star commit
1 tee are Mrs. Louis Rodmun Page, chair
man; Mrs. Percy NJ. Chandler, vice chair
man; Mrs. John H. Mason, secretary, and
Mrs. W. Barklie Henry, treasurer. Those
s in charge of the various departments Of
E the work are Mrs. Murdock JSendrick. pur-
chasing; Mrs. Richard NJ. Elliott. wool;
Mrs. w. Howard Pancoast, special needs;
y Mrs. e. w. Beach, bag supply, and Mrs.
Norris S. Barratt. who was the organizer
OF the service star committee, is in charge
Of the draft boards
Others who are active on this commit
tee are Mrs woodville Bohlen, Mrs. Clar-
ence Clark Mrs. William Ellis. Mrs.
Charles Farnum, Miss Harriet Geyelin,
Mrs. Henry Harrison. Mrs. Jack Hollings-
worth, Mrs. Trenchard Newbold, Mrs Fitz
Eugene Newbold, Mrs. George Wharton
Pepper, Mrs. William T. Wright, Mrs.
Francois de st. Phalle, Mrs. Samuel Bell,
Jr., Mrs. Jay Cooke, Miss Bessie Wallace,
Mrs. Samuel Reeves, Mrs. Shipley Dixon,
Mrs. Campbell Madeira, Mrs. Archibald
Barklie, Miss Ellen Hopkins, Mrs. Stanley
Smith, Mrs. Harlow Voorhees, Mrs. Samuel
d. Lit Mrs. Dobson Altemus and Mrs.
Ned Roberts.
AND Philadelphia can boast of what is
IA believed to be the only exclusively
mems class in America engaged in the
sort Of war work that is carried on by the
Emergency Aid Society Of this city.
1t is known as the Italian Section of the
Emergency Aid, is headed by Mrs. Irma
Herring Evans, of Abingdon, Montgomery
y County, who formed it, and consists Of
twenty-five young native Italians of Phil
3 adelphia, who meet once a week and for
three hours do prodigious amount of
work for the soldiers Of their native land
|exs'over there"
These twenty-five young men not only
make and roll all the bandages that are
sent to Italy by the Emergency Aid So
cisty, but also all the ambulance pillows,
gauze dressings and like medical and hos
pital supplies that all armies constantly
need.
The work is entirely voluntary; there
are no dues and no other than moral and
patriotic obligations are placed upon the
men, who offered their services as soon as
Mrs. Evans made the plan known, But not
D. man in the twenty-five has missed a
single meeting since the unit was formed.
italians TO the aid of Italy" was Mrs.
Evans's slogan. and it has more than met
/ her expectations and hopes in results. 1t
gave the Italian youths an opportunity for
patriotic service and at the same time re-
lieved the women members Of the Emer.
gency Aid of great deal of arduous
hbor.
Some of the, work of this unit was
among the first supplies to reach the
Italian army after the retreat last Novem.
ber, and there has been no slackening up
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