Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Maud Warren to Speak at Red Cross Auxiliary No.
40 OF Her Experiences in England and France.
Mr.. Vain Marries Miss Lawrence

MAUD RADFORD WARREN is going
A'A to speak at the next afternoon talk
al the Independence Square Auxiliary Of the
Red Cross, but my dears | cannot yet tell
you whether it will be Monday or Tuesday
OF course 1t was to have been Monday
but then, you sec, came Doctor Garfeld's
order TO shut down Office buildings; 50 un.
less, because it is Government work, the
rooms are allowed TO be opened for the
women to do their Red Cross dressings,
etc, the day will have to be changed to
Tuesday. 1 will certainly tell you which
day 1t will be as soon as l hear, for none
OF us who go to work there and to hear
these weekly talks would want TO miss
hearing this delightful writer tell Of her
experiences in France and England.
THINGS seem to be SO mixed about the
l. orders for the five days and the ten
Mondays that great many strange state
ments get about, and one which / hap.
pened to nail yesterday was the fact that
the Alcott lunchroom, i'm the Sheridan
Building, at Ninth and Sansom streets
would not be opened until next Wednesday
This is mistake. 1t will be closed on
Monday. as the Sheridan Building must be
closed, but on Tuesday the lunchroom will
be open as usual.
While on the subject Of the lunchroom,
did you know it is gotten up under the
auspices Of the Pennsylvania Association
Of Women Workers? They have another
lunchroom in the parish house attached TO
Old Christ Church, on Second street, and
food is sold at both these places almost at
cost. This is only one or the good works
attached to this association, which also
runs Whitford Lodge for the working girls
in the summer time. The current events
talks at the Broad Street Theatre on
Wednesday mornings by Miss Janet Rich.
ards, of Washington, are held for the
benefit Of Whitford Lodge.
TT WAS interesting to hear Yesterday Of
L the marriage Of Ned VAIN and Miss
Edna fitz.Hugh Lawrence which took
place in Washington on Thursday. Ned
VAIN, you know is Il brother Of Mrs.
Charles Custs Harrison and Mr.. Jacob
Vain. He married some thirty or more
years ago Miss Charlotte Sharpless, who
at present, with her daughter, Fannie Nor.
ris Vain, is living in Santa Barbara, Cal.
ago and subsequently were divorced ana
Mr. VAIN has been living in Virginia.
His bride is the daughter of the late
George d. Lawrence, of Vicksburg, Miss,
former president of the Mississippi Central
Railroad, and her mother was Miss Edna
Fitzhugh, of fredericksburg Va, whose
ancestors in the year 1900 built Chatham
at Fredericksburg, one of the most beau.
tiful places in Virginia. Mr. VAIN him
self is a greatgrandson of Robert Morris.
the financier of the Revolution.
7 LOVE to study people, don't you? And
one of the things l love best is to hear
them classify things, as it were, in their
own minds. The other day l was sitting in
the Bellevue-Stratford and the crowd at
the front elevators was so great as to hold
up the traffic, as it were. People entering
the hotel had to push and shove their way
through the crowds, and it was as much
as your life was worth to see or recognize
any one you might intend to meet. Wen,
as / sat there watching the crowd one
woman approached the long.suffering at.
tendant and demanded, whats going on?"
"Oh," said the long-suffering one, there's
dog show and a wedding this afternoon"
MIE HAD such n delightful little informal
w time yesterday afternoon at the Char.
lotte Cushman Club, despite the snow and
bad weather outside. Mrs. Otis Skinner
gave a little tea to the members of her
husbands company and invited a few of
her friends to meet them. You know, Mr..
skinner is here playing in Mister Anto-'
Mo-" and Mrs. Skinner is as much inter.
ested IN the work and the players as he is,
though she no longer appears herself. Il
was just a splendid, cozy party and every
one had a wonderful time.
NANCY WYNNE.