Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-12

II HEAR that the British American war
= relief fund and the Bryn Mawr Hospital
are to be the benefic.arie5 of the second
Bryn Mawr War Horse Show on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. September 10, 20 and
II. Mrs. Robert Z. Strawbridge, executive
chairman of the show, has announced all
kinds of interesting plans. On the first
day of the SHOW Thursday. there will be
dog show with so many classes that they
will include all breeds of dogs. That will
be pleasing to a great mIny people, be-
cause I think most of those who love
horses are just as fond of dogs, don't you?
Friday will be filled with the events of
gymkanna for youngsters of all ages. Mrs.
John A. Converse will have this feature of
the show under her direction and promises
that 1t will be an exciting day. There will
be all kinds of stunts, including, of course,
the potato and egg races, that are always
so amusing, and in addition to the games
there will be mule racing. That surely will
be worth seeing. Saturday will be Military
Day, and on account of the title, rs well
as the fact that it is the last day, will
probably be the biggest day of the show.
There will be contests in the tan oval
GERS, in which they will display their eX-
cellence in horsemanship, with jumping
contests both within the ring and over
the outside course-and you know that's
going to be something to Sec And it's not
all either. for there will be one event for
pairs Of Jumpers one horse to be ridden By
q lady and the other by an officer in UNI!
form. This is something very unusual,
and the committee expects to see it well
nlfed
The horse show committee. which in
cludes DR.. Thomas G. Ashton, Mr.. Charles
e. Coke and Mr.. William II. Wanamakcr,
Jr., with the assistance of the women who
are on the executive and special commit
tees, have given the show stronger appeal
for children, as special classes have been
arranged for them to enter their ponies
kept as family pets. These ponies will
have classes all to their little selves" for
the regular show ponies will not he ad
mitted into the same classes with the
pets. So each youngster who enters his
own special pet will have fair "chlnce
Of winning a blue ribbon. Two other special
classes have been added this year, one for
horses best suited for cavalry use, and the
other for horses best suited to artillery use.
British French and American remount
officers will be there to see these competi.
tons and it's more than likely that they
will buy a few of them right there on the
spot
]. TNHERE was quite an exciting time in
- Narragansett Pier on Saturday. You
S know. the Greenwich Village Ball was
given then for the benefit of the Red Cross.
1t was held at the Casino, and a miniature
village was built around the grounds. At
midnight a play was given and pageant
marched through the little village. Mrs.
Joseph Bailey is up there now, visiting the
John c. Norrisses at their cottage, and
Maria Frazer Dougherty also is sperdinS
the summer there. Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. Lieber, of Buttonwood, Bryn Mlwr.
have taken cottage there for the re-
mainder of the season.
sHNHE family is up in Maine for the sum-
= mer, and father is trying to teach the
two children to swim and paddle a canoe
we'll as he does. You'd know Father
right away if | mentioned his name, be-
cause. aside from everything else, he made
his name famous at college by getting 1t on
the All-Amercan football team Marion,
the daughter. is nine, and it means nothing
4 but a huge joke in her young life when
Father picks her up off the edge of the
dock and throws her into the lake. She
ewims back and asks for more, and Father
beams at the masterful way she welds Il
paddle in her own little canoe. But Johnnie,
~ aged six, is a trial He will not try to
swim without water wings and the con-
fdence of a nearby helping hand He howls
+ when anybody splashes him, and just gen.
orally disappoints the fearless father.
A. In desperation one day Father said, II
think I'll call you Gladys that's the only
thing to do with a boy that's afraid of
everything" and promptly forgot all about
eit. That evening Johnnie was late for din
ner and came scuttling in after everybody
else had started. His short, fair hair was
\ all pushed back from his forehead and tied
in various places with ribbons from
Marion's top drawer. WHAT" asked
Father; "Why?' began Mother; Nine"
cried Maron-and Johnnie, smiling
sweetly. made reply, I'm Gladys"
NANCY WYNNE