Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Doings of Woans Club-Nancy lynne Cire Bits of Ne,us
From Newport and Cape May-Youngsters Raise
4 Money for Y. M. C.. A.

[/oU know the woman's Club OF Ger
L mantown, with headquarters IN the olo
johnson House. has a tea Tor its ihe",oe's
every Monday afternoon. There are ABOUT
500 members, and as little reiaNa'ioh
from the war work they do almost every
other day IN the week they have an IN
formal entertainment for themselves. Next
week they are going to entertain IN honor
of Commander Neal. u. s. N. Mrs. John
Macarthur Harris was chairman OF the
supper committee this week, when the
sailors went out from the Naval Home
They go out every Tuesday. you Know
and arrangements have been made Tor the
Motor Messengers to take them out
BY the way, I heard of conversation
p the other day which shows the general
spirit of the women of the times. one OF
the Motor Messengers. who always goes
away for the whole summer. was discoN'
cred in town on one of those boiling days
last week. Some one said to her, why.
thought you didn't approve or fhiaoei-
phia in the summertime?" She said, Il
don't. think it's awful, and I've never
been here before in August. But I'm
Motor Messenger and there is work here
for me to do. and I felt that II were
needed I ought to be here. So I came
home" And there she was. and 1 saw her
, later driving an officer down Chestnut
street and smiling cheerily as If she
were riding down Bellevue avenue on
cool day. It's the spirit of today and they
all have 1t.
vYp TN Newnort summer people are
- catering. for the Red Cross. There was
dinner at the teahouse on the polo neid
last night for the Red Cross, and several
members of the committee had part or
the food cooked at their own homes and
taken to the teahouse to be served. So.
you know. that was good dinner. There
were movies afterward to make 1t thor
oughly exciting. Mrs. Craig Biddle was on
the entertainment committee, also Mrs. w.
Goadby Loew Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Herbert Harrisan, Mrs. E. S. Reynal
Mrs. ]. Frederick Pierson, Jr.. Miss Ruth
Twombly and Mrs. William A. M. Burden.
of New York; Mrs. oliver Perrin, of Balti
more, and several others. Mrs. Biddle gave
a luncheon on Tuesday at her home and
Mrs James b. Duke, of New York, gave a
children's party for her young daughter
Doris, the same day. They had music and
games on the lawn and then supper. There
were about twenty young guests. l hear
that Midcliff, the beautiful place that Mrs.
Alexander J. Cassatt is occupying this sea.
son, has been bought by the T. Suffern
Tailers. OF New York. They already own
Honeysuckle Lodge, which is next to Mid.
cliff.
Clarence w. Dolan is going abroad in the
interest of the Red Cross? The Dolans
are up there for the summer, you know,
and Mrs Dolan is going to stay on after
Mr.. Dolan sails. Rose has been in France
for about a year driving an ambulance,
and Alexandra is training to be a nurse
here.
TN THESE days of strenuous activity,
L when each one is trying to do some
thing toward winning the war, it is rather
fine to see how the children are working.
And when you think about it seriously it
makes 1t more gratifying that they are
not expected to work, doesn't it? 1 heard
the other day of a group of very young
girls in place that is surrounded by farm.
ing country who are helping along in a
novel way. Some time ago they put a
basket in a large store in this town where
they are spending the summer, with the re.
quest that every farmer who came In
would put two eggs each week in the
basket. When the basket was full the
eggs were to be sold Ind the proceeds to
be given to some war relief fund. The
farmers read the little note. put in their
nice fresh eggs and every week these
youngsters sell the eggs like hot cakes
for who wouldn't buy wonderful big eggs
Ike that, especially for war relief? And
also every week they send a surprisingly
big check to the Y. M. c. A. fund. I think
they deserve a lot of credit, in the first
place, for thinking Of such a scheme and
for using the clever bit of resourcefulness
for such good cause.
,TNHERE's to be a house party over the
weekend in Cape May. Mrs. w. Wall
lace Atterbury. of Radnor, is the hostess,