Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-23

many people at the Horse Show would be
putting it mildly.
The world and his wife were there ana
there were lots of other peoples wives
too. and some husbands. Altogether, 1t
was a brilliant sight.
The little willing girl and Emily Sinkler
and several other children. dressed as ht'le
gypsies, were too cute for anything IN
their donkey wagon, which they drove
around selling peanuts to the crowds from
baskets on the cart.
Mrs. Altemus had a group of orange
ades," as she called them. They are the
Falls Of Schuylkill branch of the Elmer
gency Aid Aides, and they wear plue
suits with yellow cloth collars and ours
and small dark-blue service hats. All or
the suburban branches of the f. A. AS
wear blue and yellow. Mrs. Altemus dub
bed the girls "orangeades" herself, ana 1t
seemed good to me. Don't 'ou think so?
THERE have been a NUMBER Of people
L down at Bay Head this season, and
many of them are still staying on. The
Henry Pratt McKeans have n cottage
there, and the Houston Dunns. Speaking
of the Houston Dunns reminds me or the
death of Mrs. Dunn's uncle, Mr.. Taylor,
last week. Mrs. Dunn was Elsie Taylor,
you remember, a sister of Mrs. John VIII
cox, who lives at III Pine street. Usually
the Dunns spend the summer at BRISTOL
but this year they went to Bay Head
They have several of the dearest children
Mr.. Taylor was a wonderful old man and
will be greatly missed.
THE Yardleys, MAINS and Franklin
l. Bakers are also at Bay Head, and the
Leopold Seyfferts spent the weekend at
the resort. Have you ever been down
there? It's a perfect spot in summertime.
Small, but so much to do, on account OF
the wide inlet bay for the sailing and
motor boating, which is the rage there.
Then another diversion is the beach
parties. They are simply great! You get
about thirty people together and you get
somebody's car and you run them down
about two miles over the sand dunes, ten
at a time, including a water cooler, from
which you usually lose all the water before
you get there. Then you carry much
bacon, oh, much bacon, which you cook
on a wood fire and drop in the sand and
eat when it's full of said sand. You also
bring milk and coffee and--other bev-
erages in thermos bottles. and
made of war bread; and you run races in
the sand and have the time of your life.
For you forget that time has changed and
you are no longer sixteen, and you act like
a fapper and forget to be dignifed. 1t
really is great fun.
ELIZABETH CLAY and Dorothy Bullitt'
~ the Roberts twins. did a wonderful
business in Bay Head this summer. They
started a wool shop there last year, you
know, and would you believe it? They
had so much to do, they had to get Kath-
crime Newbold to come down and help. l
think it's splendid. And if you could see
the lovely things they make! They are
awfully pretty!
Dorothy has three of the %darlingest little
Satisfactorily rockingham, Maria and
Mary. And you should hear little Dotty
speak French.
OF COURSE, We are all doing every
thing we can to help the Red Cross!
And it's simply wonderful how the peach
stones. for instance, accumulate. Why, at
the independence Square auxiliary they
have taken in five barrels full already!
And various workers at the auXiliaries
have even gone so far as to put barrels or
boxes out in front Of their own doors for
peach stones. They are great reminders.
you know.
One day last week I went to call on a
friend, who is immensely interested in col
lecting the stones. She has even gone so
far as to put a box on the steps of her
porch, and as she lives in the partially
"built.up" part of Chestnut Hill, she has
coIIaoted q pIvnher from her friends and
neighbors. She has a cousin, who has
recently told her of her engagement, and
she was telling me about it and said: Il
have not met the man yet, but l under
stand he is very attractive. He has a
limousine, and Helen told mother they
would come out soon to see her and then
he would take her riding in the car
That's very nice" said l, and we talked
on on other subjects.
About ten minutes later a smart-lookine
limousine drove up to the entrance to the
place and the chauffeur got down and came
toward the gate. My friend exclaimed
THAT must be his car now" And we set
tied ourselves to wait for the chauffeur
to ring the bell and ask for some one, when
to our infinite amusement, the chauffeur
walked to the box on the step, and taking
a small packet from his pocket, opened i
and dropped from it about eight peach,
stones into the box. Seeing us on the
porch, he removed his cap respectfully anc
then walked back and started off in tn,
car.
1t was a wonder that our laughter wa.
not heard in the next block. I'll never for
get 1t as long as l live.
NANCY WYNNE.