Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-16

to pc who moves Heaven and earth as II
were to go, and who is rejected for physical
disability And then when he Is sure ne
cannot. get into the actual service takes
Job as ship builder and works and works
until he is weakened and liable to take IN
fiuenza, as in the case of which am
going TO tell you. Has he not served his
country and died for her, as surely as his
brother, who is fighting for her, over
there" and as surely as the rest OF the
boys and men who are fighting and work
ing to make the world safe for democ'
racy? I think SO indeed.
You know young Howe Adams Bird who
died last Friday OF double pneumonia fol-
lowing the influenza. He contracted the
disease working at Hog Island. He was
most lovsble fellow, with a bright CHEEKY
word for everyone and he had friends
everywhere. He was always delicate, ]
understand and the shock of the shooting
of young Duaney, followed few years
later by the injury to his head from
horses kick, which brought him TO deaths
door and which resulted in two delicate
and serious opera tions, practically put him
on the invalid list.
When war was declared Howe tried 20
enlist in the Navy and was rejected on
account of his deaf ear. Then lie was
elected TO the Second City Troop in which
were all his intimate friends. but he was
again turned down for phys.cal reasons.
He waited until the registra don, hoping
he might he drafted and accepted al last,
hut it was not to be, and so he began
work at Hog Island after he had refused
l.. 81 ,iNy''
He felt that the work for him was ship
building SO he began in the ship school.
and was graduated to the ways and as one
OF his family expressed it, There was no
prouder mah in the country. the day the
first ship was launched at Hog Island.
lie worked ali during the heat Of the
summer had several accidents, over
come by the heat finally and had 10 lay
of in hospital for week, but he went
right back to his hard manual work
before he was able.
And when influenza and subsequent
Pneumonia came upon him he had little
powers of resistance, even though he
fought a brave fight
The boy was a patriot lie longed for
a uniform and happy only when
using all his energy to build ships. He
came of splendid fighting stock, too. His
great great grandfather wa' General
Abbot of General washington's staff and
on the other side of his family he was de-
scended from Captain Stuart of the War
of 1912.
He was buried at the little church in
Valley Forge. And through the Kindness
OF Major Meade the coffin was draped with
the flag and the bugler from Camp Fuller
gave the piercing sweet notes Of taps"
just the sun began to sink behind the
hills.
Howe was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howe
Adams Of Dinsley Del, Paon. His brother
Agnew Adams is over there Fighting for
the cause young Howe loved SO well.
T HEAR that Mrs. Coley Brown and her
little son and daughter, her mother Airs.
Winfield AFTER. and sister Ms William
Baker Whelen have closed their respective
houses and have taken Miss arriss board
ing house at Devon for the winter. In
other words they decided to annex house
and Miss Harris and her maids and her
coal rather than worry through the win
spective houses. It's good idea. don't
you think? And might he practical way
OF answering many Of the problems, to
double, treble up as in this case and
various relatives live under one roof
Coley Brown is over there" fighting for
the U. s. A. and his little family are car
rying on" over here.
FTNHE Wayne women members of the Red
Cross who turned the Saturday Club
into an Emergency Hospital, last Friday
are working wonderfully. They nave
twenty-seven patients and the temporary
annex for babies will be finished to-mor-
row..
You see they had no room to put the
little ones who ar. i'll in with the grown.
ups and so to need is to have and the,
built 1t. Amanda Jeffries Rosengarten and
Mary Paul Mum have been working thee
every day since the hospital opened and
Julia Leaning Wood is also Nursing. Mrs.
William Henry Brooks. VINO is president
of the Wayne Red Cross, is indefatigab!e
and so are Mrs. James Hancock, Mrs.
Philippus Miller Mrs Fred Embick, Mrs
G. W. Anthony, Mrs. Robert Wilson, who
Dy tne way, is supeflntClclns the whole
thing, 'ey tell me. and Caroline Reed and
Catherine Putnam.
+ HEAR tkat five members of the Earl
Putnam Jr.s family are down with in
huenza: Mr.. and Mrs. Putn,m, the two
sittle girls and one of tn, maids. But
they are all Citing better now, Pm thank.
ful to say. aid expect to be out of it soon.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Putnam Sr.. WHO are
In WATERFOWL. n. Y Were expected home
yesterday, but like many others who are
safely out of this stricken town. have de-
cided to stay out until the epidemic is over.