Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

! Drexel Jr., has accepted the position
Of head of the Bureau Of Military Relief
of the Red Cross in Pennsylvania. His de-
partment will be first aid, motor messen.
ger, camp service, and hospital SERVICE
which Is some department.! He has been
associated unofficially with the canteen
service, and this will also come into his
department now, in his camp work. He
will have charge Of supplies, and through
his bureau all needs for various first aid
cases in the war hospitals in the state
can be fulfilled with the greatest possible
speed and completeness. Speed and COM
pleteness would make a good motto,
wouldn't 1t? You know, it is expected now
that there will be four large military hos.
pitfalls in this state, and they will all come
under Mr.. Drexel's direction. The OFFICES
of the department will occupy a whole
floor in the Estey Building, and you can
easily see that it is going to be one busy
little place for some time to come.
THE preparations for the Liberty Loan
l Drive which starts on Saturday recall
the last campaign, when the Statue Of Lib
erty was unveiled, and little Mona Martin
pulled the string that did the deed. Do
you remember how cute she was and just
q little bit fused with so much attention?
Her mother, who is Mrs. Clayton Plat
now, you know, is living in Chestnut Hill,
and her sister, Mrs. F'erdin;i.d de Mohren.
schildt is visiting her for some time. They
are both daughters of Secretary McAdoo,
and Mrs. de Mohrenschildt Ives in WASH
ington.
OCTOBER is going to be quite a festive
~ month as far as weddings go. I know
Of three already, and you never can tell
how many more dates will be decided be-
fore the end of this month. Edith Gillette,
Of Germantown, is to be married to Dick
Brown on the fifth, in Calvary Church,
Germantown, the next one is Frances ALI
sons and Curzon Poultney's on the eighth
at home. Molly Sharpless is going to be
maid of honor and only attendant for
Frances. And then Mariana Gowen and
Lieutenant G.. Dawson Coleman are going
to be married on the twenty-sixth.
MRS. EDWARD s. sAYREs of the Bel,
A7A gian Relief Committee tells me that
clothes for the needy Belgians may be sent
directly to Red Cross Headquarters on
Morris avenue. Bryn Mawr, or will be
called for II Bryn Mawr 1872 is notified.
The need is very great as you probably
gathered from my remarks on the subject
when I told YOU about the beginning of the
drive for five thousand tons of clothing.
I'm sur that Main Line people will be
glad TO know just where to send their
things. Out-of-town people who have
things to 1--WE can send them to their local
Red Cross Headquarters. where there is
always a motor truck to take them in to
the ware house at 1927 Arch street. Mrs.
Alexander Brown, who is vice-chairman Of
the Main line branch No. 1. has had a
number of cards printed with this informa-
ton on them for the benefit Of those who
have clothes to send.
ISN'T it brain-taXing the way you have
i to calculate these days, so that you can
be sure to have enough nickels left over
for tomorrow? I know of one family
that has a special fund of small change
for incidental movies and carfare,-because
some times there are pictures that you
Just naturally have to see. and 1t seems
wrong to miss any war films. The other
night they felt that desire coming upon
them, so they get out the fund, and cal
culated that the tickets would be eighteen
cents apiece, twenty-cents with the war
tax, and then ten cents to ride over on the
trolley would just make fifty cents. Then
they could walk all the way home and
have ten cents left for next week. To
meet any emergency they took along the
ten cents extra. Then they performed
%setting.up exercises in company swith a
number of other s%trap-hangers, and finally
arrived.
1t was Saturday night and the tickets
were twenty-five cents instead of twenty
and SO that removed from their pocket
book and their prospect the nest egg for
next weeks fund. AS a finishing touch
the pun was not my original plan, but now
that it has made itself, I think it's good
enough for me to take the credit for,-the
Smokes Fund chose that very night ia
send out a search party for stray money
A dime which each had surreptitiously
brought along to ride home on in case OF
rain or being too tired or anything like
that, was brought out and placed rever-
emily in the glass bowl,-and then they
had to walk home. Fortunately 1t was a
good picture, and a clear night, but they
did hope that the soldier who got these
cigarettes, didn't waste any of them.
NANCY wYNNE.