Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-30
RAIN CAN'T DAMPEN
/, SHIP GIRLS SPIRITS
Hog Island Clerks Hold High
Carnival in East Lans.
downe ~"

It rained so hard around and even
under the willows at Fast Lansdowne
last night that an open campfire was
impossible. so the Hog Island girls
cooked their corn in the hotel at the
shipyard, instead of in the forest. They
took the corn over to the new Y. NJ. G. A,
building to eat it and raised a racket
for several hours.
Residents of East Lansdowne. espe-
cially the male population, were dtsap-
pointed. Before the corn feast the Girls
Club held an Indignation meeting In the
"Y." and old Jupiter Pluvius got his all
right for soaking the woods and fields
with rain and compelling the girls to
boil their years and eat their marsh
mallows untoasted. Roasting and toast
ing facilities are both lacking In the
unfinished 'Y" building.
But at that the girls had lots of run
and planned some more which they are
not telling. Miss Sarah Ferris played
the role of a coauette to an empty house
so far as males we're concerned. She
danced the part with an old costume" ana
taking WAYS that were wasted upon n
lot Of girls. Miss Marjorie kavle maze
A belt Of corn husk. and. with mat a
lNtle too large and showing signs or
Shining downward all the time, she went
through with n hula hula hornplpe' or
something like that. and ma 10 nav
mora corn and m~arshmalows right
.fter Nrs Elsie Carver scissored seven
newsnapers into q Salome OUTFIT and cur
loose with her feet and hands. too, unt'l
tbe nins worked loose and the costume
got tangled up with her foots!es ana sus
was compelled to quit in the m,n"'s w
Tho act. But she recovered in TIM "
do a cskcwalk with Miss Ferris.
Right here 1t was that the, only h,a,
there horned" in. He had 10 guy "a,
uov though, A cakewalk without the
r.a,iar old standby cakewalk tunes
would be far worse than one man IN tne
room. the girls figured, so they leu 'he
"y,s" night Waterman in after ne ma"
demonstrated that he could lml'a,e 'he
ukelele with his nose and mouth an"
make the cakewalk music sound IKE 'ne
real stuff. As soon as his contract "aS
performed he withdrew by request ana
the fun went on. The rest OF IL w's
censored. The hogs left Hog Island a
little too soon and now the ! has a
nile of cleaned corn cohs on its hands.
THERE Is A SONGWRITER among the
shipworkers at the Pennsy'vSnia yard' at
man. and he Work, in 'as Dol. ard NJ. ID Dc:
song and whistles out The tune while hand .
Musician, he has to Esi snYo's%r t. .oD SCI s shs
w now sr to 9hl mn mH3ic s Soms OF W. rs d sSnfT near ear
by that they are simply piled ,ur there l..
Was wss for tor 1 msny of years. saT@ also al" 'T inseTes; HsI'G i
theatrical work but he has no mors , TIN n
Els H Ss "iIa5uS5sisr, city !" has SSs% 's !, ,S,
5 Glousssier hHI H. Is soci %s"" and lives !"
81 Mercer street. Gloucester city.
ya a y, Gioaass,er +" c H. n astonndsd a er rS,S;
q shipworkers yes,sTdaE when he sprIp,
s sfim hospital and insIstcS ot going hsSi
s ss york, sssvg piece Re w 81 s a"S' h ssT' ,a 1Hs
s en his foot w aqS q man WaI,ln nsaf foT t fsn a tSG
with the injured man on I toward tn
R Eosp "p and M"e decIared himself against leavln,
the job. Re limped back TO work and ,sool
was lost. in the big crowd, lie has not beer
NIGHT SUPERINTENDENT H0RNSBY
Of the Pennsylvania yard. at Glouceste
City, has gone of on ~ vacation to Civ
e : Willie. AsS Horn sSs" Ga 70 ne ss'' III 'rs Were SsT% r E
was going to spend the time but as he
sSaid hnd him at one OF the Sis Shore re
new board OF control Xesterc?r and IN
names of the winners will be given out to
day. Twenty-Five 6epartmonts elected on
man from each. Some OF them nominate
three and there were several hot contests
In seven departments there was no contes
at all.
J.. Francis Hickman. II the Chester Shir
yard blacksmith shon, Is tuning up tn. sin
"Believe Me. II All Those Endea ring Youn
Charms again. He obliged with It. at
recent dance given by the Che ster Shipyar
Band. of which he Is a member. but WI
have to. do 1t over again at the next affai
the coming week.
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