Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-07

~ Earle family? You know Edith, Mrs.
Alden Lee. and Mrs. Lawrence Dilworth
Beggs have both been seriously Ill with
pneumonia at Mrs. Beggs' house in
Haverford. Edith was visiting Mrs.
Beggs and they both went down to-
gether For several days they just
hung between life and death. and last
night Edith died Mrs. Beggs was still
just living this morning and the family
is hoping against hope that she may
pull through. 1t is so terribly hard for
Mrs Earle and all the rest Of the family,
Gladys, you know has just been home,
but has gone back again to Oklahoma
Mr.. Beggs is away from home, and is Just
getting over pneumonia himself Fortu-
nately Ensign Alden Lee, who has been
away on his ship. came home unexpect'
edly on Saturday, but II was very sad
homecoming. He has had Spanish influ-
enza, but is getting better now. 1t all
seems so tragic for Edith was so young
and 50 lovely, and they have had such
hard time ever since they have been mar
ried You remember. Alden got orders 10
report to his ship, just the morning OF the
wedding. and they had planned for at
least a weeks trip. Since then he has
been cruising the coast, and Edith mas
been going down South quite often so
that she could see him as often as pos
sible, when his ship came into port. 1t
has all been so pathetic and they nave
been so brave about 1t that this tragic
end of it all just makes your heart acne
for them
THIS influenza is surely changing lot
L of wedding plans. Every day you hear
OF another marriage that was to have been
in church. being arranged for the house,
and the large reception given up. MIS-
Francis A. Alison of St. Martins has had
to recall her invitations for the reception
after Francis wedding to T. Curzon Poult-
ncy tomorrow. The ceremony is to be at
home as it was originally planned. but m
stead of a large reception there will ne
just the service with the immediate fami-
lies present II you had planned TO be
married at home 1t wouldn't be such
disappointment to give up the reception,
but IL you expected to have the ceremony
in church, and had got yourself all Keyed
up and then calmed down again and over
the shalkey stage about walking down the
aisle before all those people, without look
ing too conscious or too scared or too
happy or too white or too blushing- |
should think it would be a terrific blow.
Wouldn't It?
T HEAR that Leonard Bealc has Caught
L influenza. They are still out at ST.
Davids, at Thirdacre. And Hope Beaies
husband, oliver Cromwell has it, too. They
are brothers.in.law. you know. and Oliver
Cromwell is Mrs. Stotesburys son.. Mrs.
Stotcsbury, by the way. is asking for ice
cream and oranges for the Navy Hospitals
Committee to give to the sailors who are
in the hospitals with influenza, or e.se
the wherewithal to buy the delicacies. The
sailors seem to want these two things more
than anything else, and the greatest desire
in the world just now is to give any man
in any L. s. uniform. anything he wants,
so | imagine they won't wait long for
their ice-cream The fruit is to be sent
to the Navy House, 221 South Eighteenth
street.
IT'S getting so that when you see some
one you haven't seen lately you don't
saw what have you been doing since
saw YOU last? You say, How many Of
your family have had t?" And everybody
knows just exactly what you mean. It's
not funny at all when you think about the
number Of cases, but like everything else
in the world 1t has its own little funny
side, and anyhow. l think our soldiers
overseas are teaching us to hunt frantically
until we find something amusing about
everything that happens to U.S. just as they
do over there, don't you?
r SUPPOSE you're selling Liberty Bonds,
i Il know very few people who aren't.
And does everybody you approach say,
We'll, I'm sorry, but my sister is selling
them and 1 have to give her all the bonds
/ buy? 1t is rather annoying when you're
working yom head off to sell them to have
everybody asking you to buy them of them,
il you get my somewhat obscured mean
ing isn't it,? I heard of one seller who
, had spent one entire day which she was
taking as a day off to rest up for further
campaigns, in telling people that she was
giving all hers to her little daughter.
Finally. late in the afternoon. the bell
rang, and being right beside the door, she
opened it, knowing full well what was out
side.
small boy in Scout khaki stood on the
threshold, I'm selling Liberty Bonds. DO
you want to buy some?" he asked. She
went through the same story, I'm sorry,
etc.. He had such nice, clear, boy voice
that she really had to be pleasant to him.
Don't you want just fifty dollar bond,
he persisted, Fifty cents a week the
attractive voice failed to save him. I'm
selling Liberty Bonds" she announced
Don't you want to buy one?' The stunt
worked. and the young salesman took his
nice voice away with an apologetic grin
Why don't you try 1t the next time you
have to say the same old thing?
NANCY WYNNE.