Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-08
AUXILIARY GETS
LETTERS OF THANKS
Germantown Workers Have All
Meetings on One Day on Ac-
count of Coal Shortage

Red Cross Auxiliary No &c. connected
with the Methodist Episcopal church of the
Advocate, Wayne avenue and Queen lane.
and the United Presbyterian Church, Ger
mantown which held its meetings every
Monday and Thursday. has on account OF the
shortage Of coal been Obliged to concentrate
It's meetings on one day, Thursday, from
$3.50 a. m. until 10 p. m.
Since january - this auxiliary has given
over thirty one knitted articles to the diff
ferent mon who have left for camps and
over there" and has turned In over 1900
surgical dressings
The cautcen branch of the auxiliary has
met the troop trains twice. and is waiting TO
be- called out again to give the soldiers
smokes, papers, chocolate. etc, as they pass
through the city There are now 100 mem-
berS belonging to this auxiliary and about
hftN arc in attendance at every meeting.
The last monthly meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Lukens on West School House
lane. where several very interesting letters
were read from the men. thanking the
auxiliary for the sweaters, helmets and other
articles which had been sent them
Mrs Henry Tetow I'd, gave a surprise
miscellaneous shower at her home 5llI New
nan street. for Miss Georgiana Gaylord Pit
htld, whose marriage to MIR Jacob Ricgel,
Jr, VIII take place on Saturday. February l6
very interesting meeting of the Women's
Army and Navy Relief Society of German.
town was held on TUESDAY afternoon M tho
nome OF MRS Francis Howard Williams. pres
ident Of that organization. Miss Miriam
clark Kane who has just recently returned
from abroad where she has been engaged I'm
war rel Of work for the last two years told I'm
her delightfully."- natural way of the expert
ences she had while working on the Hospital
AnglaiS' IN France. She also told Of her work
among the blinded soldiers In the Lighthouse
Paris, which is conducted by Ms Wnifrcd
Holt.
Miss Kane is genuinely sincere in her ad.
mraton for the FreuChmcu and considers IT
Il privilege to have had - chance to nurse
them The spcnd d courage aud endurance Of
which they have proved themselves capable
cannot be surpassed by any other nation
She could not say enough for the wonder.
iul work which the English girls are doing
IN the hospitals over there. Girls of every
class are thrown together do the hard
work which constitutes "thc'r bit and no ex-
ception is made Of the persons Of ghcr rank
or even royalty. For instance Princess Louise
oi Battenburg scrubbed paint. Stcrili2cd bowls
aud did the hundreds Of other unnteresting
but none the less important tasks VIII .Ch make
up the life of IA Junior probat oner
Df course, all types of mcu AMI natiounli-
ties fighting under the French flag are brought
into these hospitals, although AN effort is
made to keep the nations Separate--that is 10
give up one hospital to one particular ma
tiuualty. The men belonging to the Foreign
Legion are volunteers made up Of every ma
tiOnality and their courage and bravery are
such that theirs is the only regiment which.
as Il regiment. has received the Legion of
Honor. Their losses, however have been enor-
NOUS.
In northern France and Belgium the people
are scattered that soldiers coming back
to what was once their homes find all of their
families and friends gone Some Of them have
not heard of or from their families since the
war started For this reason different agen-
ccs. such as the Red Cross. in Geneva. etc.
have been started for the purpose Of collecting
information to the whereabouts Of these
dispersed families.
Miss Kane exhibited her war posters which
were most interesting. There are posters
everywhere in Paris, which add a touch of
color to the rather gray atmosphere of the
city, and artists are now dcvotnE all their
time and talent to the max ng OF war posters.
There were several Of them painted as AN adj
NertSement Of the national war loans and
Hirplanes flying over the city dropped cards
urging the people to subscribe to the loans
Some of the Russian posters were issued by
Kcrensky and a great many were painted
by famous French artists
suffered as much from the war as any
other one people, prnCipall,- because
they are far from help. The trim from
Paris to Rumania used to he "a twenty-four
hour iourney--now it takes three months
quick travelling. II is necessary to go first
to Russia, then through Norway and Sweden
to England, and from there to France. In
each country the traveller Is obliged to wal.
two weeks and often longer to procure his
Passports into the next country
II Is the blinded sold ers who have per-
haps made the greatest sacrifice of all We
hear 30 much of the happiness of the blind
but II is only after months of heart.rending
despair that they finally come to Il certain
degree of philosophy which brings them hap
piness only because they have learned to re-
nounce everything that ~ dear to seeing men
and begin whole new life. They give up
ambition, career, independence and the hope
of ever marrying. \ few do marry but
only Il very small percentage. The educated
men learn to read by the Braile system and
TO write on "A typewriter in order to be able
to communicate with seeing people, while the
chairs. hroomS etc. and sell their products
It Is dreadful to think of these strong,
healthy men, who have given more than their
lives for the principle for which they are fight
ing and it is not charity. hut a debt on our
part to take an interest I'm and to further the
work of these women who devote all their
time and In many eases their lives to the care
of these unfortunate men.
At the close of the meeting the members
of the Women's Army and Navy Relief at
the suggestion Of their president Mrs Fran
els Howard Williams. indorsed the food con-
seryation pledge which was submitted by
Mr.. Aonzo Taylor at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Stotesbury on Monday evening