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Meade County news., 1918-09-19
HIS ABLE WORK REWARDED

The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation Of Col. Robert E. Noble of the
United States army medical depart
ment to be brigadier general, and ir
so doing has recognized the accom-
plishment of an efficient officer in po'
sltion that has required courage and
judgment.
AS chief of the personnel divisioB
of the department he has had to pass
upon the qualifications and tJ assign
to duty all the medical officers-more
than 10000 of them-who are now in
the service, either in this country or
abroad.
Later, in addition to his other du.
ties, he has been called upon to assdmO
the Office of director of hospitals on
this side of the Atlantic, and has com.
pleted arrangements for the cSre of
more than 100000 sick and wounded
who may be returned from Europe or
who may need hospital care in the
United States. Brigadier General
the war was declared, was the honor
n 1904: the medical school of the Poly.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Eichu Of Net.

The fichu of net, which has been
such a favOrite during the warm
weather, gives promise of enjoying a
decided popularity this autumn, espe-
cially for indoor frocks. Collars of
filet and sets of collar and cuffs in this
modish lace are still being worn on
dark cloth and satin dresses.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Pleased!

Only men with blue or gray eyes
are accepted for the tank service,
we have been told. They are said to
make better fighters than the brown
eyed fellows. Will the wives of brown
eyed men please confirm or deny this7
philadelphia Public Ledger.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
An lmltator.

Jack-ow curate has been appoint.
ed an army chaplain.
Ethyl-Well, he may have 1t in him,
but / don't believe he ever can be as
funny as the original Charley.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Cotton Caste.

With the increasing scarcity Of
linens, ginghams and other cotton
stuffs have acquired place of first
Importance in the summer wardrobe.
Simple cotton frocks designed and put
together with as much care and skill
as If they were of silk have come to
represent a more formal type OF gown
than was the case few years ago.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
The Way Of It

"The man who backed that play
found his riches took to themselves
wings" "Yes; so to speak, theater
wings"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

ana was graduated second lieutenant of artillery which branch the
service remained until he But there Is
still higher education officers the school of for which
GO pupils selected the General Daz
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
An Over.rina Tomato

An 0ver-ripe Tomato
and other over-rpe vegetables OF fruits often cause
very serious Bowel Trouble in hot weather. Check
1t as quickly as possible. Get bottle Of GROVES
BABY BOWnL MEDICINE, . safe and sure remedy
for Summer Dlarrhoeas. 1t Is Just as effective for
Adults as for Children.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

Taffeta for Young Girls.
Taffeta is a good choice for young
girls best dress.
Meade County news., 1918-09-19


D. had ESQ They
of home"
Meade County news., 1918-09-19

population
making
probably the bureaus
Meade County news., 1918-09-19
Practical Rathlna SUITE

Most practical bathing suits are oi
the chemise style.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
PENN CO-EDS EAGER
TO WORK ON FARMS
Red Cross and Other War Aid Does
Not Satisfy the Girl
Students

The co-eds at the University Of fcnusyI-
vania, not content with aiding Uncle Sam
In a financial way through concerts, dances
and Red Cross work. are directing their at
tentiou TO farming,
Leaders among the women students at the
University have cauyaased their numbers
ana found Il score or more Of girls planning
TO go to farms by the middle of June. \
larg. number Of girls have declared their
willingness to work rs farmhands for one
month during the summer and few have
expressed a desire to try farming the whole
season.
Miss Mary Boyd, president Of the Women'S
Undergraduate Association. mas received
communications from Captain William Bates,
VI. +. G.. Government distributing officer and
Ralph Tomllnson. member of Base Hospital
Init No. 90. expressing the appreciation OF
the United States Government and some OF
:ts soldiers for the valuable aid given by the
University women in Red Cross work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
RED CROSS FACTORY
DOING GREAT WORK
5000 Garments for Belgian Suf-
ferers Made in First "a
Days of Operation

with virtually no waste of material and
through the employment Of volunteer work.
crs on electrically controlled machines do
mated for the war work and operated without
cost 20 the organization, the American Red
cross factory in the fourth floor Of 1915
Market street has completed 3000 garments
for refugees in Belgium and France in the
first twenty -four working days since Il was
established. There are at present nearly
1000 more garments on which work Is being
done.
The organizer " the Red cross factory
service Is Mrs. Grenvllc D. Montgomery. n
prominent worker OF the Emergency Aid. who
today pointed out the great demand at the
factory for more volunteer workers, With or
without experience.
There Is no limit 10 thc demand FOR gar
meuts that can he made upon the factory.
and every effort t. being advanced to increase
the number OF volunteer workers. who como
from virtually every station In life. In the
morning and afternoon, women well known
In society drive 10 the factory in their auto
mobiles to aid in the work. and business
women devote part Of their time TO the cause.
Two nights week factory and mill girls so
TO the factory TO Speed up with their cN-
perience the efforts of the officials 30 help
fiji tho order of Federal Food Administrator
Hoover for millions of tons Of clothing for
the women and children Of the war-torn Sec
tions OF Europe.
The work Is being done IN two shifts, from
10 TO | o'clock and from . in the afternoon
until O'Clock. ON Tuesday and Thursday
evenings the plant is open from uutil $3.50
O'Clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
"ANGEL OF BELLEVUE" HAS
LEFT HOSPITAL PLACE
Sadness in Wards When Mrs. Mulhern,
Nurse to 25,O0O "T. BIS" Resigns
Position

New York March 26..--Sadness pervades
the Bellevue Hospital today. Especially IS
This true of the tubcrcular clinic. where Mrs
Lawrence j. Mulhcrn administered TO the
patients FOR the last eight years. often de-
voting her own time to caring for the sick
In the wards "rhc Angel of Bellevue" as
she was known 20 the patients In Bellevue.
resigned her position there to accept the
post OF visiting nurse 70 the schools of Tuck
ahoe and BronSville in Westchester County.
In her eight years at Bellevue Mrs Mulhern.
ii is estimated, has uursed 200 tubercular
patients.
Mrs. Mulhern. whose home is in Providence
IT. J.. then Miss Elizabeth Graham, was grad
natcd from the North Hampton AIassachu-
setts. Hospital Coming to New York she
took postgraduate course in the Fordhar
Hospital and in 1910 started her work i'm
Bellevue
Not content with her service among the
tubercular patients in Bellevue, Mrs. Mulhern
devoted much Of her spare time to settlement
work on the East Side
on May : last she married Lawrence 1
Mulheln. Of Emhurst l.. l.. then employed
as civil engineer for the city Of New York.
IN" wedding was the elimination of a
christening in January. 1917, at which the
bride acted as godmother and the bridegroom,
as godfather.
Mr. Muiheln won a first Iieutenancy a,
P.ausburg and sailed with the Rainbow
DIVISION unattached last fall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
LANSDOWNE PLANS
EASTERTIDE SHOW
Vaudeville and Dance of Interest
to SuburbaniteS-Other
DoingS

The ri Sigma fraternity is giving a Naude-
VILE show nt the Twentieth Century
Club on Saturday evening, April e. for the
benefit of the Y. VI. G. ~ fund.
An interesting recital will be given on
Thursday night. April 4. at the Twentieth
Century club by !. lIclffcnstciu Mason, basso
profundo assisted by Helen Donlevy VIII
liams harpist. and Romeo Celia. violin
celist The accompanist vii! be william
sylvano Thunder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lynne AIishler gave
a dance at their home on Friday evening,
March 80. in honor OF Sergeant Charles j..
PillinG. Jr.. who leaves shortly for France
with the medical corps Among those pres
ent were Miss Marian Misher. Miss Dorothy
McEwen. Miss Dorothy Edwards Miss Ger
trude Edwards. Miss Sue Suddards, Miss
Marguerite Fish. Miss Olive Mason. Miss
Grace Rowan. Miss Barbara Hickling, Miss
Grace stockton. Miss Virginia Coleman. Miss
Eleanor Wilmer, Sergeant Pilling, Mr.. Rich
ard Forrest. Mr.. Samuel Irwin. Mr.. Willard
SCHNEIDER. Mr.. Donald Wenn, Mr. Armistead
Covington, Mr.. Eogan Kerr. Mr. William
Stauffer, Mr. Nelson Girwood, Mr.. Brandon
Scudder Mr. James Wilcox and Mr.. Hugh
Hassan.
Mrs john Davis entertained her bridge
club at her home on Friday afternoon,
March 90.
Some of the junior members of the Twen-
tieth Century Club who have volunteered to
serve In the coming Liberty Loan campaign
are Miss Ruth Decker. Miss Florence Con-
way, Miss Martha Yerkes, Miss Dorothy Nc
Even. Miss Marian Mlshler, Mrs H. Hall
Anderson and Mrs Arthur Brereton
The Chi Omega Delta Sorority of the
Lansdowne High School gave very sue
cessful dance at the Twentieth Century Club
m March Among
members of this sorority are Miss Emma
Love, Miss Elizabeth Clark, Miss Katharine
Landes, Miss Helen Wilson Miss Evangeline
Drew, Miss Mary Bishop, Miss Marjorie
Hood. Miss Alice Goodman, Miss Mary Muth.
Miss Harriet Dolier, Miss Hazel Rowley,
Miss Lillian Gurney, Miss Marie Kane and
Miss Helen Douglas. The patrOnesses at the
dance were Mrs. Thomas NJ. Love, Mrs.
Fred Dolber, Miss Pauline Bender. Miss
Grace Filler and Miss Gertrude Chairman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
SAYS L. s. WOMEN
LAG IN WAR WORK
Mrs. Blatch Calls Upon the American
Mothers and Daughters to
Wake Up

>ew York. March 20.
THE American woman lags behind all
other women of the Allies In war work"
Mrs, Harriet Stanton Blatch dropped this
bomb into the meeting of the Society for
Ethical Culture, ut West Sixty fourth
street when she declared that American
women were not doing nearly enough to help
the war, and that the time would come when
they would be called upon to bend their
backs 10 mems labors, even as the women Of
Europe have done.
"We American women are the only women
of the allies who have not had a proclama-
tion addressed To us by the Government -
she said. "In Frapce, when the war first
broke out. Niviani called upon the women
Up then, Frenchwomen, daughters and young
sons he cried, TO help bring in the harvest
and prepare for the neXts summers crops "
Mrs Blatchs thrusts were directed with
equal vigor against the women themselves
I'VE are too extravagant," she said.
"These things stand in the way of our being
helpful TO our country. We are too fond OF
the way mother used 10 do Imagine fifty
women standing over fifty stoves. boiling
fifty little pots OF potatoes! Women, wake
up. That sort OF thing won't do. We must
adopt the time and labor-saving devices that
science has put In our hands. Mothers way
won't do for the terribly poor world we
have got 10 reconstruct after the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
"PIRATES OF PENZANCE" FOR
CATHOLIC GIRLS HIGH
operate Society Will Give Gilbert and
Sullivan Opera on April 8

With cast composed of well-known local
singers ana a chorus of more than 100 voices,
the Philadelphia Catholic Operatic Society
will produce The Pirates of Penzance" in
the Metropolitan opera House on Monday
evening. April 3, for the benefit of the
Catholic Girls High school.
This performance will mark the second ap-
which was formally organized last fal after
a successful performance OF another of Gil
bert and Sullivan's works, "The Mikado"
The Rev. William $. Murphy. Of 81. Pat
rick's Church Twentieth and Locust streets,
is director OF tile operate society. lie has
been conducting rehearsals for the last two
months In the gymnasium Of the High
School, Nineteenth and Wood streets.
Miss Mary Barrett and Miss Kathryn
Meise will appear in the roles of Mabel"
and Truth respectively. Mr.. Wilbur Ker-
wig will be Frederick" and Mr.. Horace
Hood the Major General" Others in the
cast will include Mr. Frederick Becker as
the Pirate King" Mr.. John Codor as the
Lieutenant" Miss Lulu Becker as Kate
Miss Madeleine Graham as Edith" and Mr..
Charles Betz as the Sergeant OF Police"
The chorus will be composed Of girls and
young men from the various parishes and
church choirs in the city ana adjoining
suburbs, and II Is believed that the reputation
which these voices gained In their first offer.
ing, THE Mikado," Will be sustained in "The
Pirates Of Penzance."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
Hunting a Husband
BY MARY DOUGLAS
fCODyyigJty
CHAPTER MI
The Letter.

JAMES MERLE did not come last night.
waited until o'clock. went up 10 my
room. tore off the hat that had made win,
Such pleasure In the morning. Flung off nv
=, This morning am irving to forget. But
there was no letter No telephone. How
could he treat me so? / am pluneing into
the floor, But even in the awful oTr tnnrIe III,
the question went round and round in nv
head. WHY ddm't he come? why didn't
There is the bell. Mother came up the
stairs I. littlc breathless \ girl to see me,
usual. ! wish she could give me hers But
! bnnished that thought from my mind.
sh9u ,et Settls my own problems myself.
stray locks of hair that would fan across
There in our little sitting-room sat Anne
Jones' Sh" returned my hand shake with a
hearty grip. | like this girl, She IL un-
hoas nT pSGGmhT Eysys psr at the
serenely.
~ have come to ask your advice" she
said plunging at once into her subject
Ny advice. Is 1t worth that? 1t seems
TO be quite insufficient to help me out of
She was tired OF doing things in n des-
ultory way Tom Angus had told her that
| would be the one to help her had had
experience. She wanted TO do something
something worth while Did ! think She
could be secretary? If she could learn,
she would take the secretaryship of one
OF the Red Cross groups.
But it is hard work I said at re-
quires concentrat ion. steadness. If YOU can
learn you must be there day after day-nOL
one and then skip three"
Anne Jones shook her head. ooh, don't
YOU know that | am not that kind Miss
Lane? shall stick TO it, But where can
| learn?'
| know of several good schools. I would
gladly go with her and get her started
Her eyes were shining. The conventional
words, THANK you so much," had a real
meaning
went back to my bureau drawers. NV
last white collar was folded. II lay on its
pile. Mother came into the room. She held
am envelope prophetic envelope. Even be.
fore | saw the writing | knew il was from
him-from James Merle.
1t was not a long letter. 1t asked my
| forgiveness. james (for so | call him tr
myself said that he had had an attack
| Had been unable to communicate with me
| Might he come in person to ask my pardon,
Somehow ! have vague fear. A fore
boding of trouble. But 1 shall see him.
! can give him the opportunity to right him
| self in my eyes.
| / want to see him
Tomorrow-The Eorehodiny
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
BOYS to Give Minstrel ShBw

The boys guild of ST. James the Less
Church will give a minstrel show and play
on Thursday evening. April a. in the parish
house "Jerry'S job" Il Boy Scout play. viii
be presented by Walter Boocock, Barton
Proud William Muscla'np and W, PiCkers-
gill, Among the Ministries will be Thomas
Davidson. Russell Wyatt William Proud
William MolyneuX, winston Edwards, Henry
KAYE, Harry Weston, Arthur Ferguson, VIII
ford TGylor William Kelly, = Shaw and
william Parker. The patronesSeS include
Mrs. Samuel Wagner, Miss Mary Grindrod
Mrs william Grindrod, Mrs Charles !, Mo
Dermott Mrs. II. BoocoCk, Mrs. William
Wyatt, Miss Lydia Farrar and Miss Lucy
Brewer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26

Mayor \. 4. H. Britain and Mrs. Britain. of
Wichita.
Mrs. Carl IIirsche; OF 3sl7 North Nine
teenth street. will entertain at luncheon to-
morrow when her guests will include Mrs.
Florence Dalrymple, Mrs. ~ w, Benjamin,
Mrs. Sanford Craven, Mrs. Robert Fries,
Miss Margaret Hilton, Mrs. William q.
Boggs, Mrs. Clayton Taylor. Mrs. A. Weikel
and Mrs. Joseph Miller.
Mr.. and AGrs. II. L. Frechie are receiving
at their new home 3Sis North Nineteenth
street.
Mrs. Franklin r. Kribbs of West Tioga
street, entertained AT luncheon and bridge
today at her home Her guests included
Mrs. William c. Carman, Mrs. Henry Barry,
Mrs George Gravenstine, I'd, Mrs Webb
Mercer Mrs. Charles Russell and Mrs. Alfred
Miller.
Mr. and Mrs II. +. Cadwallader Of Tioga.
are receiving congratulations on the birth
of a son, Harry Lukens Cadwallader
Mrs Il. I.owber Temple, of Tioga, an
nounces the engagement of her daughter.
Miss Grace Lowber Temple to Mr.. Willard
X Ross Mr. Ross Is "A graduate of the Uni
vcrsity of Pennsylvania, class of 1911, and
a member of the faculty of the Northeast
High School
Miss Helen Marie Boyd, Of the Powelton
Apartments. spent the weekend at the Chalr
fonte, Atlantic city.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas st, John Westervelt
will return home from Atlantic City, where
they have been spending the last two weeks
| at the Marlborough -Blenheim.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Gilbert Donahue and their
| family Of Germantown, have opened their
home in Chelsea.
| Dr Adam Geibel announces the engoge-
| ment of his daughter Mrs. Kathryn Geibel
| steele, TO Mr. Clifford II. Skinner. or this
| city and Houston, Tex. Mrs. Steele makes
| her home with her father, at 22 East Mount
| pleasant avenue, Mount Airy. Mr. Skinner Is
| engaged In the oil business In Texas
| A birthday surprise party was given for
| Miss Mae Seltzer 1921 North Thirty-hrst
| street on Sunday evening. The house was
decorated in flags and bunting, with Miss
| Saltzer's name inscribed upon the mirror In
| red white and tinted blue carnations.
| Among the guests were Miss Francis u
| FeIdman. Miss Bessie Prosen. Miss Sarah
| Erank Miss Esther Frank. Miss Henrietta
| echwartx. Miss Moilye Aftergood, Mr. Gus
| Rothnan, Mr.. David Mutchiniok. Mr. lsedor
| Krsspey, ~; IrvtH Lttens nsand NJ. - Ian
(; oe'' h y 'ss, Z II y, N \
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
1Society Plans to Help Wool Fund of Navy League by
Large Bazaar-Interesting Meet at Red Cross
Auxiary-Archbishop of York Speaks

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Webster t,ox a,,,, ~ al N'. tt,, ~
pearco anu WI anu WI '' 'o'' w.
Mg ana Mrs. Murdock kendrtck, OF STAFF
,oru, VIII give boz party on saturday
Aprii o. at the Mask and Wig show in honor
captain Victor Mathcr spent Tin" Weekend
in llaverford with his family
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Mr, ahu MIS- II, H. lI,son. Mh" nave Dr'h
SpenuIls the WINTER AT the Nuihe nave re-
,urhSu !" tne'F nome briar lilII' l'"St'no"t.
Mr' Ellison mas gone 10 ttorio" oh " h"hlhE
ulp'
Mrs. ". : Belding. OF BTyu Mawr, re-
turned today from visit to New YORK
Mrs Thomas Mexican, OF losomou', ieft
Yesterday 10 spend three weeks at French
Lick Springs. Ind
Mr.. and Mrs - Williamson uobor,s of
Nillanova. will Iaay, White SuIphur Strings
this week and will ypend n short time in New
York before returning hotn. ON \pru
Mr.. and Mrs James T. Winsor Jr of
Rosemont, spent the weekend in Atlantic
City
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
PERSHING'S NEPHEW WEDS
Lieutenant Hanson Takes Hagerstown
Girl as Bride

, New York, March 98.-Lieutenant Harold
=. Hanson, in the medical corps of the United
States army and a nephew OF General
Pershing, was married yesterday to fancy
NJ Butts, eighteen years old. n student, Of
Hagertsown, Md.
The ceremony was performed by Michael
j. Cruise, deputy city clerk, in the Municipal
Building marriage chapel. Lieutenant Han
son lives at Az Washington Park Drive.
Washington is twenty-eight years old and a
son of George p. Hanson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
DIR. Wiley to Lecture on Food

Or. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert,
viii conclude his course of lectures at the
Wagner Institute Seventeenth street and
Montgomery avenue, tonight His subject
will deal with chemistry. nutritive values and
economy of foods The lecture is free.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
Earl Barnes to Lecture

Earl Barnes win deliver lecture entitled
''The Nineteenth Century; 1ndividuaiism and
colIectivism," one OF the series OF THE His
tory Of Civilization tonight at Association
Hall. The lecture win be given under the
suuFioks Of the University nxtegs|oa Gooiety.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26
Douty in Lecture-Recita

Nicholas Douty, tenor will give a lecture
recital tonight in Witherspoon Hall under
the auspices of the University Extension So
ciety. The subjects of the lecture win be
sssrhe Development Of the Song" and The
eores of the Anglo -sAxons." Mr.. Douty will
- ssslrfed ~ the plano b5 Jos1rh ". clssks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26

TNHE first thing on the tapis for Easter
Il week Is q sale for the free wool fund
of the Navy League for men in the service.
II Is TO be held on Easter Monday at tho
BellevueStratford and there will be "a
motion picture show OF Mary Pickfod In
cinderella, in the ballroom at 2:3O o'clock
Some Of the women of the Navy League
who are interested in the work are Mrs
George W. Childs Drexel, Mrs. Alexander
Biddle Mrs. William G. Bullitt, Mrs. Rob
ert Kelso Cassatt, Mrs. William Ellis Scull
Mrs Robert c. Drayton, Mrs. Stanley G..
tIagg. Jr., Mrs. Horace Binncy Hare Mrs.
Francis /. Gowen. Mrs. Thomas Leaning
and Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer,.
The committee in charge includes Mrs.
Van Rensselaer,. Mrs. Theodore Cramp, Mrs.
Ernest Law and Mrs. Daniel Hutchinson.
Among the boxholders are Mrs. Law
Mrs Stephen Fuguet. Mrs. Charlton Henry
Mrs Flsgg, Mrs. Sam Morris. Mrs Sydney
Hutchinson. Mrs. Paul Mills, Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, and host Of others
TT ANY of US think we are duing much
L for the Rcd Cross. It won't do a bit of
harm to hear Warden McKcnty tell about
the work his men under Auxiliary No. 1G9
are doing FOR their brothers across the
water and in the cantonmeuts here. why,
the headquarters could not supply them
fast enough with bandagc materials to
roll when they first started. They did 2000
rolls in one day and shouted for more.
And now that the Red Cross has decided
not TO make bandages any more the men
have turned their attention to making knit
ting needles and socks. And IL any one
10 the door OF the Eastern Penitentiary
they'll make them while you wait"
Warden McKenty told US this yesterday
afternoon at the Independence Square Aux.
iary, No. 276 And he told us some per.
fectly wonderful things about the men he
comes in contact with every day. There
are 1901 men and twenty.four women
at present in the Penitentiary. Tho
the men make dressings frames socks and
knitting needless Think of It. At one time
they sent ten carloads of socks to Lyons.
France. Some one asked him chow much
the men charged for making pair of
socks" and il would have done YOU good
20 hear him answer. Charge? Why, they
do II for nothng--certainly they do; they
think that is doing their bit" And he told
Of various unselflsh acts on the part of the
men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-26

NEXT Monday ther. is to be big time
Vat the Independence Square Auxiliary
Of the Red Cross. They are going to organ
ize a ravy auNiliary and Mrs. Edward T.
Stotesbury will speak to the workers and
tell how this is to be done. Mrs George
Fales Baker will be chairman of the aux.
Hilary, with Mrs. j. Bertram Lippincott as
vice chairman. Mrs Stotesbury will he
accompanied by Commander Payne and
Mrs. Payne and II Mr.. Pennington, whose
rank in the navy did not catch. but he
has been over and back several times and
he will be able to tell Just what the men
need.