Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

the New Jersey coast and along the Main |
Line and out in Chestnut Hill and even |
hIong the Reading. For every one is in |
The act of coming home or travelling to |
another resort for the last month Of the
season.
Really, it's quite ren2arkabie how many
people are home already and how many
did not go away at all. There's too much
TO be done to spend much time vacation.
Ing, don't you think?
So after month or so of rest most of
usS are back at our posts. It's simply won
derful how many women have stuck to
town or close to town to keep up their
interest in war work. which must go on,
- matter who goes away. And have you
seen that the Red Cross is going to make
drive for number of surgical dressings?
Quite a few people who have been up In
Northeast Harbor are planning a return
in the near future. The Brinton Roberts
and their three sons have been up there
most of the summer They expect to re-
turn next week to their home in Bala.
Mrs Roberts was Miss Alice Butcher, you
remember, a sister of Mrs Alfred Thorn
ton Baker, who was Miss Laura Butcher,
Eleanor Butcher. The Brinton Roberts
have perfectly beautiful place, Llanen-
gan, in Bala, and live there most of the
year. The boys are George B., Brinton p.
end Laurance p. Roberts.
ALICE DAWSON, of New York, is set
"A ting splendid example, is she not?
She is the daughter of Mr.. Henry p Davi.
son, of the American Red Cross and J. p
Morgan & CO., and she is very wealthy
Well wealth or not, she is to don overalls
and has taken up work, and every day she
is to be seen at a radio telephone and tele.
graph company in New York, where she is
employed as an inspector and receives in
Remuneration $40 week
Alice took trip through the radio fac
tory several months ago and decided that
che could fill that sort of a job and so
release man for the army, and so she
took a special course in radio operating
and passed good examination and was
given her present position.
INCIDENTALLY, Alice Dawson is only
twenty years old and had AN awfully
good time the year she came out in New
York and has had much attention all her
life. Now it may sound just ordinary
thing to do, this studying and taking job,
but for a girl who has not rad to get up in
the mornings if she did not want to nor
for that matter had to raise her little
finger to do anything for herself, going to a
regular job on regular hours and day after
day, whether she feels like it or not is no
Joke and she certainly deserves all the
encouragement coming to her. Let us
hope that her example will be followed by
a few more of the rich girls of the coun-
try who do not have to work, but who by
working can release another man for the
front
I'm proud to know Alice Dawson.
AND / heard another story of working
A to help the boys today which has a
very unselhsh side of it. A friend of Mrs. }
Archer Rulon, of Devon. told me that Mrs
Ruon, who is motor messenger, had
gone down to Cape May for short stay
and rest, as she really mas been going
very hard all winter. She took her car
with her, intending to take few pleasant
runs in with the rest.
MAY, whchs has been turned into a hos
pital had a number Of wounded men who
had returned from the front; and so she
forgot all about her much-needed rest and
went to the officers and asked if any of the
men could be taken out Being motor
messenger. she was given the privilege
and every afternoon she gave the hours
from until 30 taking three boys Out
Tor the air and pleasure of ride SHE
usually took young girl with her to heir
entertain the boys and they certainly die
enjoy themselves,
1t was certainly unselfish to give VI
every afternoon OF a muchneeded holiday
but the mems pleasure was an ample re
ward. I'm sure. And what Mrs Rulon di'
tOthers could do. and il may start some ca
jcwners thinking. There Are 10 many way,
of helping and doing just by little trouble
AWHoEvER' for instance would hav'
~ thought that old peach stones woul'
Nbe of any use? Well, the Government
asked for them and have you by chanc
seen the barrels and windows at the va
rious Red Cross headquarters? Why. the
are filling fast. The barrel at Independ
ence Square Auxiliary. into which hav
fred my discarded stones, was about
quarter full after one afternoons try a
putting it out. The prussc acid obtaine
from the peach is used in the mannfactur
of the gas masks, and so every one
saving peach stones It's little thing t
do but think how It helps. And it's YER
easy to tell the cook to save them, an
after you have box or more carry then
= to the Red Cross. now isn't it? ....
WHIcH reminds me of a story hear hear
lust a day so ago She is awful
- xatareSted in Bed Cross work and will d