Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28

where they've been having perfectly won.
derful weather all through this awful cpl
domic ands a number of Phladelphians
have stayed down there to get away from
the "nu." Mrs. Joseph widener. who was
there all through october, has come home,
and Mrs. Charles B. Dillingham; Is with
her. Mr.. and Mrs. Petey Roberts have
come home to vilianova and Mrs. Joshua
I.add Howell and Mrs. George willing are
staying on for several weeks more. Mr..
returned from there.
0VHE Donners are in town at their home
= on Eighteenth street. Did you know
that they had had four children and three
maids all down with influenza at one time!
That's going some. Is It not? Well. they
have all recovered. and that's going some,
too. y r..s
Mrs. Donners daughter, Dorothy Rogers.
has gone to Middleburg, Va. to boarding
school at Foxcroft. II seems to me that
the South has this year doomed up AZ a
popular place for sending girls to school.
I have heard Of several who are at Fox
croft; and Catonsville Is always popular.
Don't you agree with me that Mrs Dom
ner IL one Of the most beautiful women
in Philadelphia? think she's exquisite;
one of the kind Of persons you just love
to look at. -...
The Donners closed their Bryn Mawr
home early in the month.
HAVEN'T the Paoli women done won
II derful. work during the recent cpl
demic; that is, the Paoli Auxiliary OF the
Red Cross? When the sickness first
started they turned their headquarters on
Lancaster avenue into a convalescent
home for the Marines from. Camp Fuller,
40 the very III ones were first treated In
the West Chester hospital; but when the
epidemic became worse the Marines were
:. moved to the Tredyffrin Country Club and
an emergency hospital was established IN
the Red Cross headcuarterr
The Government sent an army doctor
and Monsignor Kavanagh. Of st. kath-
crimes Church at Wayne. sends two sisters
every day from the parochial school to help
with the nursing. Diet kitchens have been
opened at. Malvern and Berwyn. while the
Red Cross Motor Messenger Corps has
done wonderful work aiding in the dis
tribution Of food and supplies. ..
and a motor truck to the work, and the
Motor Messengers who help. giving their
time and cars, are Mrs. Si H. Cilley, Mrs.
Alexander Brinton Coke, Mrs. Ned Rob-
erts, Miss Wilt, Miss Okie and Miss Adele
Fountain.
Among the workers in the hospital and
the diet kitchens are Mrs. r.. Mason Lisle.
F, who is chairman Of the Paoli auxiliary;
Mrs. W. 8. Roney, Mrs. w. Wilmer
Hopes, Mrs. William Paul Norris. Mrs.
C. 8. Kurtz, Mrs. c. Colket Wilson, Miss
Louise Blackburn, Mrs. Joseph Sharp, Jr..
Mrs. David Sharp. Mrs. Edward Bracken,
Mrs, George Stout, Mrs. Joseph +. Page.
Jr.. Mrs. Packard Laird, Mrs. o. L. Lewis.
Mrs. Edward Newton and Mrs. Roberts.
IND you know that the British Relief
- Committee of the Emergency Aid is
responsible for getting Helen Fraser to
come here next month to givs four talks
in the Bellevue ballroom on N*o four Mon
day mornings in November? The pro-
ceeds are to be given to the British
Relief.
Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold is chair
man of the British Committee OF the
Emergency Aid and Mrs. r. Burd Grubh
and Miss Kate Forester Robertson are
vice chairmen. Miss Robertson is also
corresponding secretary and treasurer
Do you know her?
She's a most attractive woman and
heart and soul in her work for the British
She lives at Mr. Glen Newbold's. and has
chaperoned Dickie she's Mary Dixon New
bold and Anna pretty nearly ever since
their mother died.
We'll. to return to Helen Fraser You
remember she was here last year and
~aye most interesting talks on the work
OF English women in the war. she haa
been in England and France for the last
three months and will not arrive here be-
fore next week. SO you see she will have
the very latest dope" from "over there"
l think she will find ereat changes in
~omens work here when she comes back
I for We have certainly made great strides
In organized work since her last visit
CHE wasn't very large. but she had
y IDEAS all right. and she generally
knew how to express them. But on Friday
Mother came into tho room and found hel
working on an old envelope. On 1t were
the following: "s.I-M-IL-I.A'R,"" Sim
I.L.E.R." and down at the bottom OF thu
envelope was s-I-M.M'IIA-E'R.
Mother said nothing. but asked daughter
,haf she was writing. Something I'm
roinx to get into . paper some day
Mussy." replied daughter. And she handel
4 TO mother to read. 1t wasn't bad
thought mother. but when she started ts
rad II through. there before her eyes ap
r.arad the word "similiar" That's very
r,c.. dearie, but you have similar spelled
,.,o,r, n should bs s-I-M-IL-A'R." "Ar'
,,,,,s 'nositiye, mother? I tried dineren
,ivs and decided LIAR was right a
s.h.,r,ise how could you spell similiarity'?' ?
NANCY WYNNE.