Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

| do not know when 1 have enjoyed an
evening more thoroughly.
fTNHE Girl Scout Rummage Sale. which
l. was scheduled to take place last week.
was obliged to Be postponed. as the war
work committee took possession of the
building at 1907 Market street, where the
sale was planned to be held.
AS a consequence the committee in
charge which is made up of the local cap
tains and leutenants under the chairman
ship of Harriet Deaver, is planning to hold
the sale on Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day of next week at 1928 Chestnut street
Although in the nature of a regulation
rummage sale, where secondhand articles
Of every description, from Ford car to a
penny whistle, will be sold, many novelties
are being introduced Four-mnute speeches
by various prominent men will be dcliV-
cred at intervals during these three DAYS
An up-to-date restaurant, under the man
agement of Ceclly Barnes. will serve lunch
con and afternoon tea while d day nursery,
where babies and small children can be
checked while their mothers shop. is an
other practical accessory to the sale. One
VI lllf IlbSl pOpuldI departments, tildl OF
household furnishings is under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Nicholas Roosevelt, while Mrs.
Gardner Cassatt and Mrs. David Stern will
sell clothing of all varieties.
An ideal toy department, which, after
the spring cleaning of many richly fur
nished nurseries, has much in the way of
attractive toys to offer, will be managed
by Ellen Mary Cassatt. The various other
departments will be under the direction of
other members of the committee including
Miss Elizabeth Adams, Miss katherine
Hutchinson. Mrs. Alexander Coke, Miss
Cecily Barnes, Miss Edith Bidde Miss
JGuSenia Cassatt, Miss Anna +. Davis Miss
Gertrude Ely. Miss Helen Fleisher, Miss
Anne Thomson, Miss Elsie Foerderer, Mrs.
John Grollc, Miss Katharine Lea, Mrs Rob
ert Lesley, Miss Anne Meirs, Mrs. Richard
T. Nale Miss Dicky Newbod Mrs. Nicho.
las Roosevelt, Miss Aimee Stone and Mrs.
Edward Marshall
The contemplated summer camp is sit =
uated on the George II. McFadden estate
at West Chester, Mr.. McFadden having
donated the ground and two houses for
his purpose. There are accommodations
for about thirty scouts at one time who
while enjoying camp life are under strict
military discipline, the camp director in
charge being graduate of Chevy Chase.
ENTHEL--that isn't her name, but it will
LIDO well as any other-Was at the
dentists the other day. Ordinarily this
is something of pleasure. because he has
the chair right in the center of big bay
window and tb
goes on down in the street five stories
below. incidentally, one of the largest
hotels in town is directly opposite, and /,
sort of takes your mind off the hurt wher
you have something like that to look al
and wonder who has the different room,
and wish you were hearing the music uI
on the roof Well, the other day the den.
tist put a porcelain filling In Ethers tooth
Did you ever have a porcelain filing pu
in? You have to sit and wait until i
hardens. Sc Ethel did, her upper lip-it,
awfully short, anyhow-propped up on
level with her eyebrows and everythin;
hat the dentist could find in the office il
her mouth.
There were no curtains at the window
and Ethel would have been in full view o
anybody who happened to look out of
window in the hotel. Ethel devoutl
hoped nobody would; she was all garnishe
up with apparatus until she looked lik
a new gas range and the adenolds eS
preston was far from becoming How
ever, she had her knitting, so she settle
herself for as comfortable a half hour a
possible. Every few minutes an ambl
lance changed by and the whole front c
the hotel Immediately stuck it's head ou
Of the opposite windows. After a mnut
inspection of Ethel and the dentists too
they would go in again and Ethel r'oul
calm down the embarrassment.
As soon as the windows closed a bug
would start a war-stamp entreaty and U