Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-15

TIME drive for student nurses is going
strong at the Chestnut Hill Service
House. Next week a movie house in
Chestnut Hill will present "The Life Of
Red Cross Nurse to stimulate enlistments.
Mrs. E. w. Clarke, who is an active
worker up there, is much interested In
this campaign.
You know the latest kind Of work that
women are doing for the men in the serv-
ice is mending. There is a regular head
quarters for this in town. and now the
Quartermasters Department is going to
send consignment of overcoats to the
Service House every week to be over
hauled. Every Thursday the women OF
Chestnut Hill will meet and work on the
things from until s. Miss Julia Heebner
will be in charge. The first meeting will
be held on Thursday. August %. It's an
interesting kind of work. and is much
needed, because, l don't know how you
feel, but I don't think there's anything
much more pathetic and helpless than a
man with button off his coat, or man
with a needle and thread in his hand
trying to put the button on. The men
need everybody they can get to do this
work at the Service House, especially the
women with service stars in their win
dows. In West Philadelphia. the Philo.
musian Club is headquarters for such
work, and all clothing that needs mending
is sent there. The club, which is at 3944
Walnut street, will be open every Monday
and Thursday, from 9 until 5, starting
this week. The things are sent to a
cle n
rooms, which is a help, because, after all
kinds of dirty work in the dust, or, for
instance, skirmsh drill in the mud. a SOL
dier's clothes are apt to be slightly
soied." 1t is necessary to take the oath
Of allegiance at the Service House before
you can join these classes, but I should
think that would encourage recruits. 1t
must give you a terribly solemn, i'm
portant war.like feeling to take the oath
of allegiance, don't you think so?
MRS J. CONYNGHAM STEVENS, of
AVA Rydal, has Brookside cottage on the
estate of the Sidney f. Hutchinsons, in
Beverly. Mass, this summer. and tomor
row there will be a garden party there
for the benefit of the parish house fund
of st. Johns Episcopal Church at Beverly
Farms. It's wonderful place for lawn
party and they ought to make quite
success of 1t, I should think. Mrs. Will
liam f. Littleton has a house, Lilac Lodge,
at Beverly Farms, you know and several
other Phladephians are there for the
summer.
hid you know that DR.. Carl Williams
II has Joined the army and is at Mineola?
Mrs. Williams and the two children, An
nette and Jane, are going over this week
to spend the balance of the summer at
Allenhurst. Doctor Williams certainly
will be missed in Germantown, for, aside
from his patients he has lot Of friends
there. And what the Red Cross will do
without Mrs. Williams I don't know be-
cause she is the busiest little worker you
ever saw and is always getting up some
kind of a benefit for it.
CINCE the hot wave began, the favorite
~ indoor sport is taking cold baths. All
day long the chief thought in everybodys
mind has been to get home and into that
cold shower-and it has been no surprise
to hear water running during one of those
3-o'clock-in- the morning intervals when
you just naturally can't stand the hot
pillow any longer, and discover that
somebody is taking another cold bath. And
even the children got the habit. GER
tain golden-haired four-year-old was mis-
sing the other day. and her mother hunted
all over the place for her. Half an hour
later. behold Helen fully clothed, calmly
descending the stairs, smoothing back her
soaking wet hair. II had bath, Mother"
she announced. Later in the afternoon,
Helen was playing with Buddy, aged two,
and noticed how awfully hot he was.
Want a bath, Buddy?" she asked. 'Uh-
huh" replied Buddy, enthusiastically. So
she took him up stairs, filed the tub and
started in. Being somewhat short as
to 81 ure and length of arms, she found
it difficult to reach Buddy as he sat in
cool content in the middle Of the tub. So
she took a short cut to efficiency, and
getting into the tub with Buddy, pro-
ceeded to scrub him as she felt he de-
{ served. And Mother, in another wild hunt
for the children, found them both enjoying
the present national pastime.
NANCY WYNNE.