Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-06

i allowed the hot weather to interfere
vv,th its work for one minute Last week
the canning department put up 4S3 quarts
OF vegetables and fruit, which was going
some for last week, II you remember no"
hot IL was. The children all help with the
,vork, and feel terribly important trottins
around the kitchens. Mrs George d. NC
Creary has charge Of this work. This week
q campaign for nurses is going on in CHEST
nut Hill and there is an enrolment office
at the Service House. where they hope TO
take in lot of names. Mrs. Francis u
McGrath. who has had charge OF surgical
dressings I'D there has been appointed
supervisor at the Independence Square
auxiliary of the Red Cross, so Mrs. H.
Norris Williams is going to take her place
II is surprising how much surgical dress
ing work can be done when a group OF
earnest workers get together. There are
classes every Wednesday night now up az
headquarters, 1915 Chestnut street, and al
though they are rather small classes some
times, they do accomplish a good deal of
work in the two hours and half that the
workroom is open.
Not content with working from day to
day in Chestnut Hill. they are making
plans for lectures in the fall, and will
begin enrolments in September. Miss
Limerick will have charge Of these courses
which will be for the Italian girls of the
neighborhood. They will be taught cooking
and bread making and general housework
and at the end of the course will be given
certificates in general household efficiency.
Wouldn't you feel proud and important II
you had a piece of paper certifying that
you were generally householdly efficient
or generally anything efficient. Margaret
.Mellor, who has been secretary at the Serv-
Ice House, has resigned to do the same
kind of work along broader lines, and her
place has been taken by Mrs. Alleyne c.
Martin, who has been organizing secretary
throughout the State in the Liberty Loan
campaign. Sig. NIelor Margaret's
brother, is down in Washington now, by
the way. with Mr.. Hurley. Of the ship.
ping board. Mrs. Melor. who was Helen
Lee, daughter of Mrs Edward c. Lee. is
down at Cape May this summer with her
two babies.
AGooD many people have left town
~Athis month, although most Of the
people who are away have gone just for
few weeks instead of the usual few months.
War work cannot be left even in hot
weather and everybody realizes it. Even
those who are away are still working, for
in Cape May. you know, there is the Allied
teahouse that Catherine Cassard and her
rmother are running. and that keeps Elmer
gency Aid aides busy down there Then
in Atlantic City at one of the armories.
'there is a canteen that works all day sun.
day for men who so down there over the
weekend, and want home-cooked food.
Women who are there for the summer
stand all day in the hot kitchen cooking
"ham and two eggs" for the genial men
their usual pleasant manner OF course,
there are Red Cross workrooms in every
town in the country, so you can be sure Of
finding war work near at hand wherever
you go. A number of people are leaving
this week for a few weeks of cool weather
and sea breeze. Mr. and Mrs. Francis King
Wainwright, of Bryn Mawr. are going to
Northeast Harbor for this month, and Mrs
z 'y,sz,exa nder Randall, of 1717 Locust street,
will leave soon for Cape May. Mrs. Ran.
dali was Miss Helen Wood, of Portland
Ore. Katherine Ogden is also going to
Cape May. Mrs Arthur Emlen Newbold
and Miss Dorothy Newbold. of Farleigh
Chestnut Hill expect to spend the month
|. at Saranac Lake.
1T CERTAINLY was warm reception
- In every sense Of the word that we
gave to the President and Mrs. Wilson
wasn't It? I don't wonder those people
were overcome by the heat down there at
1.-The launching, and it's funny that more of
them didn't collapse 1t was an exciting
moment when Mrs. Wilson, looking SC
broke the bottle and christened the huge
ship, and the cheers of the crowd were
rquite worthy of the occasion. The Presi,
, dent seemed almost as much impressed
witfE I'D as the crowd was with
sthim, ,niled at everybody as If it were
"a pei~tly cool day.
MARGARET is the oldest of family OF
Az seven, and the faults of the "chil-
dren" annoy her terribly, She is fourteen.
$At present she is visiting a friend of her
mothers in Beach Haven, and having a
wonderful time The rest of the family
at home write frantically every day. telling
her about how Johnny was almost bitten
by the dog down the street. and Mary has
one lima bean in her war garden. and so
! forth, and one letter ends, Johnny sends
his love, Mary sends her love, Billy sends
his love, Edward sends love, Elsie sends
glove, and don't forget to bring home a
box of saltwater taffy." The next letter
closes by saying, Bobby sends love, Mary
sends love, Billy sends his love. Edward
sends his love, Elsie sends her love, and
abe sure to bring home box of saltwater
taffy." After receiving six letters with
exactly the same ending. Margaret felt that