Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-29

street lately almost any day OF ''ne
~veek and any time in the morning. you
have noticed the two striking looking little
( sirls under the big striped umbrella IN
front Of the Emergency Aid building at
flas walnut street Furthermore you
4 t.y. not;ced that they have not Stayed
4 put" so to speak, very long under 'na1
n same umbrella. for they have been doing
(. a. lively business. They are esther anu
Dorothy Rowland. and they are sellins
Z fruits and vegetables for the beneht OF 'ne
& Emergency Aid. And Furthermore stil''
tbe veeetables and fruits are brought m
fresh every day from the gardens Oh 'he
members Of the Emergency Aid ana t'ey
I. are fine vegetables, let me tell you! why
the carrots and their delicious green ehds
were almost as big Dorothy herself on
4 Friday when saw them, and Esther haa
some splendid squash to SELL lneir
mother, Mrs Ned Rowland, Is very mucfi
interested in the Emergency Aid shop at
Fifteenth and Walnut streets. ana II IS
n through her untiring effort that so much
has been done there by the various COM
mittees
TT WAS all done over about three or -FOUR
i months ago, YOU know. and some really
\ lovely things are to be bought there The
Belsian committee has exquisite lace anu
the Armenian committee has all sorts OF
embroidery, and the English had a num-
her of tweeds, but doubt II thete are
env left. And of course you can guess
< what dainty things the French have. To
say nothing of a weekly rummase. It's
really very smart shop.
Mrs Rowland and her little daughters
spent the greater part of the winter in
4 w a shington and then returned to Rock
3, Rose in Radnor. in late February or early
& March Every one remembers Mel Pow
land. He was such a favorite and 50
eood-looking And his death was 50 sad
A sudden heart attack. and up in Connec'
ticut where he was on a business trip.
ana had no one of his dear ones near.
He was a son of the late Mr.. EdN ard
Rowland, of Chestnut Hill. and brother
4 of George Rowland. who lives at Haver-
Z ford Mrs Rowland was Esther sHairison.
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cust's
Harrison of Devon. She is a mos; tai
epted woman of a decidedly intellectual
tvpe And she is n great executive. as
her success in this work she has under
J i Haken proves.
inF COURSE every one up in Newport
- ~ was excited to death over Grace Van
derbilts formal debut Saturday night at
(, dinner which was given by her mother.
n. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, at Beaulieu,
their beautiful villa there.
NJ. codp he debut
however, for neither Grace's father nor
j brother was there, and when girl has
father and brother she somehow wants
= them to be right there when the great
hour of her debut arrives. But this time
IN warrant she was bit proud too. that
i they were not there. though she naturally
wanted them. for they both in the
service with the American expeditionary
forces in France, proud and glad to fight
for their country. Cornelius Vanderbilt
is a brigadier general, you know, and
iA .Cornelius, Jr., is young officer
The dinner was followed by a dance
I. later in the evening, which was given for
Grace by Mrs. Ogden Goelet at Ochre
Court. There were about seventy guests
at the Vanderbilt dinner. and various
other small dinners were given before the
\ . in Newport you know, for the naval sta
I tion is there and there are a number of
army camps near, so the hostesses at Nav,
port have innumerable officers - cal!
y upon to attend their entertainments.
syT1E ARE all as proud as can be that
w Constance vauclain won four blues on
IS Friday at the Long Branch Horse Show.
4 She was the top winner Of the daY AMI
received many congratulations. Her pony
ST Celia was the best of the harness
sponies and Beau Brummel scored in the
military class. st. Cecilia and Rolling
Stone were .adjudged the best team, and
in the heavy harness class Lady Dilham,
cher fourth horse took the blue.
- Isabella Wanamaker won two blues on
|ssFriday so II seems to me We have reason
to be proud of our Philadelphia :lo-se-
women and their knowledge of horses.
T HEAR great rumors these days about
= engagements. Don't you? Perhaps
you have not heard about this one. The
girl in the case is tall and fair. with lovely
blue eyes and real yellow hair. She has
sister who was married about three
years ago who was famed for her fellow
hair and blue eyes. and another sister with
the same lovely coloring. who was married
more than ten years ago. And they all
have the most wonderful dimples; even
the fourth sister. who has not such fair
hair and who is not generally considered
'as pretty as the others. but is one of :he
sweetest women know. And they I've
Tor rather the family live) on the Main
"a Line and they have always been vary
popular. and can you ever guess who
II hm referring to?