Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-23

rrAyE YOU seen the new service shop
III which the overseas committee of the
Emergency Aid has opened at 1917 Mar
10, street? This shop Is a branch of the
,,ain store at 1886 Walnut street and ex.
sct,y the same quality of wool Is being
sod at both places.
The window of the new Market street
.,ore Is most attractive, and the life
.,ve models of soldiers and sailors seem to
..nd forth an earnest appeal for more and
.,il, more warm articles.
Now Is the time to prepare for the next
.ros, and whether your man stays in this
country or goes directly to the front.line
.re,cbes he will need plenty of warm socks
"a sweaters, SO these stores are fine In.
yt,utions The yarn sold includes all OF
A.. service colors-khaki. gray. white and
wonderful shade of French blue FOR the
rnarines. All of the yarn is sold outright
too. so that knitted articles need not be
returned. ,..
" There will be instructions In knitting
avery wednesday afternoon, so that II you
arc not vet quite sure of the proper method
:, ",urning the heel" just stop in the serv-
,ce shop and you will be shown. sock
machine will also be installed In the Mar.
tet street store, and it certainly Is an in
aucement to work when one Is enabled to
,urn out the finished article in little more
than half an hour!
of course, these little shops have been
donated to the worthy cause, and as the
seryice at each is done by volunteers the
entire profits go to the overseas committee
10 help send smokes" and sweets" to our
boys "over there
Mrs. John c. Norris is head of the serv-
Y ice.shop committee and Mrs. Charles Ran
dolph Wood is in charge of the Market
Z street shop.
Tbey also tell me that IA new branch will
open on Monday at the Bellevue-Strattord'
under the direction of Mrs. Dorr Newton
IF YOU happened to go into any of the
Ii j hotels department stores or other pub
H ,,c places yesterday you probably won
\ dered what the girls of the Emergency Aid
were doing in little booths specially
arranged for them. 1t was not Red Cross
work, and it was not Liberty Bonds. nor
was it thrift stamps. What on earth
was At?
WHY, my dears, they were selling tickets
Afor the huge ball that I told you of last
4 week, which is to be held on April In
|Y avery dance room of the Bellevue-Strat'
4 ford
It's to be given by the Fourth Naval
District United States reserve force. and it
certainly will be a wonderful party. The
4 uroceeds are to go toward the chaplains'
recreation work. And let me tell you that
! lis some work; the making amusements ana
recreation for all the young men. IL Is
Of general interest, of course, to us, but
the chaplains of the yards have to be more
than interested. They are taking the re-
rponsibility of it all, you know
Already a number of the ballroom boxes
have been taken. Admiral Holm and his
staff will occupy one box, and others have
been taken by Lieutenant Price Wetherill'
L Mrs Alexander Brinton Coke. Mrs. william
g. Warden, Mrs. Heckscher Wetherill,
Mrs. w. o. Rowland and still others.
The Emergency Aid aide costume is GER
M Anly smart. is 1t not? Dark blue with
livice stripes of red on the sleeves, RED
Athe collar and small red rosette on
tls dark blue sailor hat. They also wear
Sam Brown belts. and most have chosen
tan shoes to match. Indeed, they look
quite fetching.
nooR JOAN PACKARD ELLIOT. How
III short was her married happinessF
NJ Scarcely year. Dick must have been killed
Instantly in the explosion. lie was lieu
tenant commander of the destroyer Man
ley and he and three seamen were killed
when the destroyer colllded with British
Warship in European waters two days ago
Its strange how you see a list of names
Day after day Of casualties which mean a
heartbreak to some one. but you do not
feel It yourself until comes the name OF one
you know personally.
Then it all changes. 1t comes home te
you.
This war had come home to the Ellio
and Wheeler family before, for DICKS aunt
christine Wheeler, who married an Englisf
Nicer was made widow by the war two
bsars ago.
And now this fine young officer, Dicl
Elliot, whom we all knew, the only son o
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mccall Elliott and
brother Of Mrs. Sidney Brock, Mrs. Fitz
Hugh Green and Mrs Robert Donner. Hi
marriage to Joan Packard took place II
this city last spring. do not recall jus
She exact date. but it was about this time
oh, the sadness Of this war! No matte
eow soon we ewin we can never have bac
Qe brave young lives that have been give
Sor US and our safety. But even with tn
rief there must be a feeling of intens
4 pfide that this man died doing his dut
y God and country.
NANCY wYNNE.