Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-13

Tho audience us a whole, was most enthu.
.,..,lc and there were thunders of bravos
80, the ever-effervescent gallery. Be.
tween the second and third acts as usual
the grand tier occupants walked Outside
~, stctesbury was in his box and Hope
Il rromwoll was with him. lie was greeting
!. .nd being greeted by many, having but
,.,.,v returned from the South. | do not
.,,rk have ever seen Mrs. John 1iamp-
,on Barnes look as stunning as she did.
e,s had on "A wonderful gown of various
.bades of orchid silk and tulle. with
4 ar,neries of tulle that fell from the
.houIders, and she certainly looked queeny.
~ Mrs James Francis Sullivan also looked
charming. | have never seen a woman
.ho kent her looks and figure as she has;
nosltiyely, she was as young as Frances,
who was with her and who wore a charm
ing frock of nesh-colored satin and silver
and tulle.
There were a number of officers in the
boxes and many in the orchestra. Cecile
Howell Rowland wore a perfectly stun.
ming gown of brilliant green. She had
With her in the box Katharine Kremer
page. Marion F'owle Sturgis and Mabel
Norris Dickson How the girls who came
out that season about six years ago. have
stuck together! They were one of the pref
test punches for many years, and they
have certainly kept their beauty, haven't
they?
THE Chaplin Memorial Home for Aged
{ l Blind, at 6713 Woodland avenue, has
once more come to my attention, for the
Matinee Musical Club is going to give It's
annual concert at the Normandie, Thirty
A sixth and Chestnut streets, for the benent
of the home tomorrow night That is, the
phIlanthropy committee of the music club.
The home, I think have told you of it,
v shelters aged men and women who are
blind and all on voluntary contributions.
There is a board of governors and an aux
ilary committee of ladies, which Is headed
BY Mrs. William Henry Woodward, who, as
you know, is blind herself.
But, indeed, I doubt if many who have
their eyesght do as much for others as
Mrs. Woodward does. She knits for the
Red Cross, she sews for the orphans and
soldiers; indeed she does all her own sew
ing, too. In fact, when l went out to see
her quite recently she was hemming a
{ napkin far better than with my two good
eyes would have been able to do. And this
by the sense of touch, which has become
exquisite by constant practice.
II was simply wonderful There was
not corner in her apartment that Mrs.
Woodward did not know of. And where
everything was In each place. She told me
herself that she arranged her cut glass
and china always, because maids never
put II Just in the places she wanted it. And
can assure you it was beautifully ar
ranged
IA II seems to me a splendid thing that
q woman with so much heart and sympathy
u she has has seen a great work to do
for others, in spite of her own afflction,
and having seen the work to do has done it.
THERE'S another matter in which she
= Is greatly interested that comes even
closer to us, and that is, she is a member
Of q committee of sixty women who
throughout the entire winter have been
n going once a week to the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Blind, in Overbrook, to
hear lectures and to study the best ways
to help the blind soldiers when they come
back home from the front.
N When one has suffered oneself, there Is
L no doubt Of the kind of sympathy that one
an give. And think what help 1t must
. to the blind to meet woman who can.
not see either, and yet can do almost
Verything under the sun.
Mrs. Woodward's one worry in regard
% the blind soldiers is that they will, per-
maps, not be allowed to go home first for
short while before going to the schools
be prepared for them. She says the
pnnd would suffer from homesickness more
'nan anything at first; but once they find
sney can feel to read or do other things
mere Is no eagerness for knowledge like
theirs.
Ars. woodward, by the way, was Miss
tsne Mather, you know. She is a sister of
CHARLES Mather and an aunt of Victor.
SuOert Josephine and Dorothy Mather, all
"hom are certainly working for their
ecuntry.
put this is a depression from the main
~ which is the concert on Thursday
,s n'' There will be piano solos by Mary
'er Mount, violin solos by Miss Florence
-aeie several soprano solos by Miss Ruth
contralto songs by Miss Kathryn
use and tenor solos by Henry Gurney.
Hosether, it will be a delightful evening,
ont you think?
-nECCA COLLIER'S engagement to
r't Scott was announced yesterday
~.esw York and Washington. She is the
snter OF Mrs. De Witt Talmage. you
and has spent lot of time here
10 Atlantic City. Pitt Scott. an
OF the navy, you remember.