Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-27

Episcopal church that Is open an tle year
round? 1t is the most charming, quaint
little place and many of the Philadci-
phans who go down there for the sum-
mer attend the church and their children
sing in the choir. They all love it, and it
is supported. entirely by the summer peo-
pie. They own the whole property now,
and are going to have Il garden party and
fete for the benefit of the parish funds
next Saturday. August 3. 1t is to be held
at Mrs Horace Eugene Smiths house on
, Beach avenue, and there will he movies,
and Johnson's Band to play for dancing,
and all kinds of interesting stunts It's
to start at 10 in the morning and end
at 10 in the evening. Mrs. Smith is
chairman of the committee in charge, and
others who are much interested in it are
Mrs. Curtis Patterson, Mrs. James Ncilds
Mrs. William Drayton Grange. Mrs. Henry
Patton, Mrs. George Grocer, Mrs. Howard
Pancoast and Mrs T. Mitchell Hastings
and number of other people who are
spending the summer down there and
love the picturesque little old church. SO
If by any chance you are going down
that weekend. or happeE TO be in the
neighborhood at that time. dent fail to
stop in. because it sounds if it's going
to be awfuly attractive.
NNHE old johnson house in Germantown,
which has been through about all the
wars we ever had. is gathering more
You know it is the headquarters for the
Womans Club out there, and there is a lot
of work being done there all the time,
and every Tuesday the patriotic commit.
tee, under the direction of Mrs. Edward
" Kane. cntertains a number of con-
valcscent sailors from the Naval Hospital.
Some of the committee who have cars
lend them for the day, and tire men are
taken out for ride through the Park if
they want it, or they can sit around the
attractive house and play the victrola or
work jigsaw puzzles or write letters or
postal cards. which are provided, to
mothers, wives or sweethcarts." or just
st-and a good many of them are delighted
to Just sit'-and watch the time go past.
Supper IS served out in the garden, which
is awfully pretty now with the hollyhoSks
against the white fence. which has The
Revolutionary Aulletholes in it. Each week
there are different hostesses. Last week
they were Mrs. w. Beaumont Whitney,
Mrs George Henderson, Mrs c. s. Under.
wood and Mrs. George Harris, and, of
course, they have other people to help
them receive the men and entertain them.
Next Tuesday the hostesscs will he Mrs.
William Motley and Mrs. c. Goode There
were twenty men last week most of whom
were recovering from pneumonia and ty-
phoid fever, and one week they had man
who had been sunner's mate on a battle
ship and had lost arm. 1t sounds like
awfully interesting work. and it must give
the men a wonderful amount of pleasure
IFS hard on the practical joker of
course, but there never was a better
time to get married than now for the
bride and bridegroom Rice is going up
steadily, so is leather, and paper is very
scarce. With this in mind, where is the
man who is daring enough to throw rice
or old shoes or even confetti on the fleeing
bride and her protecting groom?
1t always was vulgar way of doing
anyhow. wasn't it? And it meant untold
embarrassment and suffering to the prin-
Cipals in the little game. Speaking of
wedding pranks, listen to this wee tale
have to tell. At n wedding at which the
principals thereto known to YOU and
me and the dog there were two Young
ushcrs who determined that there should
ctDN
young pair If they could help it, Well. i'm
spite of them, He and She being ably aided
by their best man and maid of honor
slipped down the back way and slid into
an extra car which had been provided
The only trouble about it all was that
they had to go out the side way past the
waiting bridal party on the front lawn. for
1t was early summer and they were nut of
ss.doors. Well my dears. they slid beau.
tifully OUT and We're just going past when
bridesmaid caught sight of them trying
TO hide in the tonncau of the car. and with
one whoop she started the whole pack after
the car. Two Of the ushers reached the
side steps and chung on for dear life They
were well on their way to the station, but
still those men hung on. ut was a G o'clock
wedding and they wore dress suitsD Well.
the bridegroom by this time began to use
his brains and he neatly leaned out of the
side and caught the coat tail of his brother
in-law and pulled hard as he could.
when, rip'zp-bing. the tail ripped off as
nicely as you please and much dis
gruntled young usher detached himself
from that car at the station. minus one
tall of his coat, and he and his fellow.in-
crime were obliged to ride back to the
scene of the wedding on a trolley car flor il
was in the country and no taXls were
about without hats and with one coat tail
missing. 1t wasn't funny as it started
out to he, for them, that is; but the bride
and groom had a fine time laughing over
the fact that they had got away wlthou,
any rice or old shoes and had adhnl u