Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-17
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Madame Butterfly" on Saturday evening
January PC. Miss Elizabeth Roberts will
read and Miss Jeanette Hayes will play
piano selections. Mrs Jenny Kuccdcr John
SON lyric soprano, will also sing Tho girls
are going TO make the affair as Japaucsy as
possiole, So the ushers will be dressed in
qua nj Japanese costumes and there will be
PINK cherry blossoms everywhere. \ dance
VIII follow the regular program
On tuesday afternoon tho meeting ur tho
New century club in Chester was i'm charge
OF hr. Katharine Ulrch who is chairman
ol public health and hygiene Mir VI w
| pformon gave an illustrated lecture on
child Welfare and its Influence in the Com
munty"
on the same afternoon pr Jesse H.
Holmes n professor at Swarihmorc College
addressed the members Of the Swarthmorc
Leisure"
Mrs S. NJ Wilson. Jr, Of Llancrch on
| tertained her sewing club on Saturday after
| noon Her guests were Mrs Walter Jones
MrS. S. warren Myers Mrs Freeland Req. Miss
! Arce Hachar rias Miss Catherine O'Ncall Mis-
| Margaret Westermar. Miss Margaret Brad
! way and Mrs. Donald Powell
! meeting Of the Crochet club was held at
| inc home Of Miss Henrietta fnglc last Thurs
| day evening. Those who attended t,c u,cc,
! ing were Miss Bertha Shorthand N,iss lane
| y"wan, Miss Virginia Camden Niss Helen
! telt"nbaugh, Miss Florence Wilson Miss
Margaret Goodman, Miss Edna Bridge. Miss
Irenc BnlL Miss Dorothy Welsh aud Mrs
| Richard owens
There win he a card party aud dane,
E'"n on saturday evening. January 2e at
! Nebcr.s Hau in DreNel I'M Tho Womou's
'Inh out there is rivius it FOR tho benefit
| "t tho free wool fund Of tho prrvpI mn
RCD 'ro7s branch The committee in charge
| NJ tic affair includes Mr. i Lawrence " i'd
| wlor Mr.. Thomas BaruhlI. Mr. ThoraG
| Moloy Mrs tharloa Nohh. Nra. LOWS Wi.
sou and Mrs William White
| Tho different churches I'm Uroyol IUU ha,o
recently c,-opcrated with tho Rod Cross.
and now q cpccisl day Is aot AS de for each
one" when tho momberg come 10 the Ted
crosse workroows and spend tho DAY doinC
| romC CpoCinc branch of work IN Nou-
days tho women Of tho catholic church meet
thore, and make surgical dressings. undcr
tho direction of Mrs Henry cool, aud Mra
lialnh S Martin
| Tho Womcu's club now has it, service
day thcro on Tuesdays with the except on
Of the fret Tuesday in each month. when
| the regular club meeting is held In Wchcrs
Han Wool Is distributed at tho work
| ro ms on Tueadaya. tuo Presbyterian
Church women meet every Wednesday and
make pajamas. under Mrs Charles $ oscn-
| haCh's direction
Mrs Robert Goodman has charge Of tho
making Of bathrobcs on Thursdays. These
are made by the women OF tho Episcopal
Church The Baptist church has set aside
Friday as the day ON which its members
come to the Rod cross rooms and maxi
hospital shirts. Mrs. Hiram Mcintosh ha.
charge Of this branch Of work.
The Junior Red trosSerS meet every SAT
urday. aud make comfort kits, afghans au'
congresses. There are generally about thir
ty children there Mrs. Thomas NJ. sim
mons Is tho chairman Of the Red 'r'S
auxiliary out there. and has dOuc n Erca
deal toward bringing together the various
organizations Of tho town and getting then
to devote a certain part of their time reEu
larly 70 Red Cross work.
At the meeting OF the NOmen's club, las
| Thursday, plans were dec ded upon for IN
clubs service day. Tho women brough
their knitting and sewing TO the meeting
and Mrs Edwin Fay sang several charmh
| songs
No one who looked in upon the 100 wome
gathered on the service day Of the Ride
Park woman's Club for War Relief Wor
! could doubt their interest and enthusiasm
| cooperation with one another TO do All the
| could in service for our soldiers and sailors
The women of the Red Cross chapter, VIII
arc making a drive to MI out large ordf
| of surg cal dressings to be completed Febr'
airy I, were busily working.
, The Emergency Aiders, in their blue un
forms were turn 'ng out dozens OF pneumoni
i jackets bandagcs, congresses, pillows, ho
pital shirts and cushion pads for wounde
men. 'rhe lVnitters, with their teacher wei
patiently trying to learn the art OF lnaNll
sweaters and ether woOlen garments Mr.
D Robert Brooks of Swarthmore, spoke for Il
l. Delaware County womaus council Of defcn
e.. in it's effort 70 form education classes
the art Of public speaking to arouse patr
otic spirit among our citizens, q sort
American propaganda.
S Mrs Finn led the clubwomen In patriot
q, go0gs and the chairman Of the Red Gro
and Emergency Aid made announcements
Z | future work.
+ buffet lunch was served by the hospita
: ity committee Of the Woman's Club. TT
. next meeting will be on Monday at o'co'
with the department Of home economics, MI
q f. II Beardsley, chairman.