Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-18
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
American Organ Players Club Holds Recitals by
"Allles"-Organist OF Antwerp Cathedral Plays
Wednesday for Emergency Aid Committees

TJAVE you heard of the splendid series
IL Of "Allies" organ recitals that is
being given here under the auspices of the
American Organ Players Club in st. Glenn.
ents Church, at Twentieth and Cherry
streets, for the benefit of the Emergency
Aid war relief committees? The first of the
series represented ITALY" and the dstin.
gulshed organst of st. Francis Xavlers
Church on Sixteenth street, in New
York. played on Wednesday night, the six.
teenth. He is Signor Pietro Alessandro
Yon, formerly OF the Vatican and Royal
Church in Rome, and Slgnor Giuseppe
GENTLE, italian consul pro tenn, was in
attendance. The program included the
famous Sonata Cromatica" and other Of
Signor Yons own compositions.
Next Wednesday Monsieur Firmin Swim.
men, organist OF Antwerp Cathedral until
the occupation of that city by our enemy,
will play the recital representing Belgium
THROUGH Miss Mary L. Stone, presi.
L dent, and Mrs. southwick, vice presi-
dent, we learn that the Children's Ward
Auxiliary of the Samaritan Hospital at
Broad and Ontario streets, is in need Of
funds to help care for the children's ward
II is so important to realize that the needs
at home are far greater now than ever be.
fore, and especially among the sick and
helpless children who are dependent upon
the public for proper care. SO the Or
pheus Mixed Quartet, which YOU know in.
cludes Edna Harwood Baugher. Eliza
beth Dickson, Royal r. Mcclellan and
Donald Redding, has done it's bit for
the soldier boys and for the foreign war
sufferers, and now will give musicale and
dance on Friday evening, February / in
the ballroom of the Bellevue-Stratford
for this home need, the Chldrens Ward
Auxiliary Of the Samaritan Hospital,
hoping to realize a sum substantial enough
to help practically the good work of the
institution.
A NUMBER Of prominent women have
"A given their names as patronesse3 for
the affair, among them being Mrs. Samuel
II. Austin, Mrs Cyrus Borgner, Mrs. Wal
ter d. Babon, Mrs. w. Atlee Burpee, Mrs.
G. c. Bird, Mrs. Joseph Il. Bailey, Miss
Mary Il. Converse, Mrs. Edward r. Den
nison, Mrs. Francis 1. du Pont, Mrs.
James Clawson, Mrs. Nathan p. Folmer,
Mrs George c. Thomas, Jr., Mrs Henry
Reed Hatfield, Mrs. John b. Johnson, Mrs.
Wilbur Paddock Klapp, Mrs. Robert Lo-
gan, Mrs. Biddle r. Marsden, Mrs. Edward
Z. Marshall, Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold,
Mrs. C. j. Rainear, Mrs. Rufus w Scott
and several others whose names 1 have
not just at my finger tips.
I'll warrant that the concert will be Il
success, for the Orpheus Quartet is famous
for its excellent work. 1t does it all for
charity, you know, and it is needless TO
say it is pretty constantly in demand.
Nov, honestly, don't you pity him,
~ though? The poor groom. mean. He
actually doesn't realize that at the we'd
ding every single person is breathlessly
intent upon how the bride wears her veil
and whether she smiles as she comes down
the aisle. No, he feels as though the whole
thing is up to him, and so can you blame
him for being bit nervous before the
ceremony, and perhaps pacing back and
forth till the best man nearly has fits?
You see, it would be different II he did this
thing often, but he's firmly resolved that
as he's only going to do it once he just
has to do it right. What if he should for
get the responses he has so painfully
learned? What If he should stumble over
word? oh, horrors, what would SHE
think?
Now this one particular groom that
Nancy has in mind had gone through all
this mental agony, but now that he had
got HER safely to the altar, why,
everything semed to be going beautifully
He felt calm superiority over certain
other newly married men of his acquant.
ance. Now Jim, for instance, remember
how he had mumbed his words? No, our
hero would never be guilty of THAT. But
what was the minister saying?
NJ, wilt thou have this woman to
be thy welded wife?" Poor M real
lied that after saying a few more words
he would pause, and the young groom
would then be supposed to say-but, good
night What would he be supposed to
say? He knew that only a few words
were required. but how to remember
those words? Ah he thought he had them
Well, just at this moment the pause came,
and in clear, distinct tones that could be
heard in the very farthest corner of the
church our, newly-to-be.wedded friend an
swered:
Yes, sir! Yes, sir!"
'I'HE Plays and Players have issued in
= vite1 for one OF their delightful infor.
mai teas on Sunday afternoon at the play.
room, AZ South Eighteenth street for the