Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

Zeckver Ensign i'm the Navy, who was
married only last June to Agnes NC
Donogh had died that morning OF douo'e
pneumonia. isn't it the most tragic tHins'
this disease?
I remember the Zeckwer wedding so well.
II was so beautiful. Tool place IN 81
Patricks and Jamard looked so handsome
! in his uniform and Agnes seemed so happF
and pretty, and everything was mass
of greens and pink flowers. And not toul
months afterwards he is dead
He was about thirty-two years old and
efter his father. Mr.. Richard Heckwer, re
tired as head of the Philadelphia Musical
Academy on Spruce near sixteenth Janaru
took charge of the business end, while
Camille his brother had the music In hanu'
. His mother. who died about nine months
ago, was Miss Mary d'Invillers, sister OF
Mr.. Edward V. d'Invifiers, Mrs. william
Tiers and Mrs. John Tiers OF this city
one of his sisters Marie Zeckwer Holt has
beautiful voice and before her marriage
did a great deal of concert work. Her nus
band died about six weeks before Jatharu
was married | remember at the time Vi
the wedding. | thought 1t was so sweet vi
his sisters, who were in mourning tOr 'he''
mother and Marie for her husband TO go
to the wedding dressed in white Em'he'
his older sister married Dick Dooner'
Photographic artist, sNne years ago ana
there is one unmarried sister. lsolue.
Jamard had great charm of manner and
was greatly liked When war was declared
on Germany Ne joined the Navy and was
stationed here in Philadelphia and III
I.ewes Delaware, FOR a short time. He had
charge Of a group of men at the docks at
one time He was taken i'll about ten DAYS
ago and on Friday Of last week pneumonia
set in.
His wife is a perfectly lovely girl and
has a great number of friends. She is
prostrated over his death They were
living at her fathers home 2l27 Pine
street while the McDonogh family was in
Chelsea for the summer and fall. Mrs.
Zeckwer is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ +. McDonogh and a sister of Kathleen
McDonogh who was her maid of honor at
the wedding.
AND Jim Pequignot too. is dead He
"A has had such a long and trying illness
poor man. My heart goes out to his wife.
She was Dorothy Ward and her devotion
to her sick husband has been the edifca-
ton of his and her friends for the past
two wears Jim had been in st. Mary's
Hospital for months and then went to the
University Hospital and Dorothy had a
room at both hospitals next to hi and
was within call every moment day and
night. They were perfectly wrapped up
in each other; and so he wanted her most
Of the time. And Dorothy never seemed
tired worn out, she was always there
by him. her bright, cheerful self.
In some way he contracted influenza and
after his long siege of rheumatism was
unable to throw it Off Pneumonia devel-
oped and he died on Tuesday.
THANK goodness however the siege
L seems to be abating a little and the
doctors are getting more and more careful
and not allowing the patients to get up too
soon 1t. appears the disease eases up in
three or four days and then when the
patients start to get up and go around a
relapse is apt to come and it is very won
derful when pneumonia does not set in
great many think that when the frost
comes it will be entirely stamped out. Let
that be soon, even if our coal has not yet
been delivered for the winter
VNIORD came yesterday that Joe Du
w Barry had been wounded in France.
understand it is only leg wound and
not serious and hope this proves to be so.
Joe is about as pophiar as you make EN-.
He married pretty Ella Brock. whose
mother Mrs. Arthur Brock, by the way,
has given over her house at Twenty first
and Spruce streets an Emergency Hos
pital for influenza patients. Ella and Joe
were married in ST. Clements church about
three years ago And do YOU remember
how lovely the color scheme of that we'd
- ding was? The bridesmaids frocks were
a combination of the colors in the painting
back of the altar in that church and the
deep blue and gold and wonderful red gave
a most unique and exquisite effect 1t
was one of the most artistic wedding par
ties I have ever seen. Ella spent most of
= the winter last year in Washington when
Joe was at Camp Meade, but she is now
at her home on the Main Line. They have
a small son, you know.
am so glad it is not a severe wound.
HAVE you ever thought about the
i school-chdren of the future at their
history lessons? Just think how the poor
things will have to swear when they mem
orize the speeches that make each town on
the Hindenburg line stand out,-"The
: Boches have turned tail and running
like -" Belleau Wood is always known
TO the Marines as Hellwood" Surrender:
Go to -! and so on 1t will be hard
on their teachers and parents, but it will
be a wonderful alibi for them, m,"Why
Alfred, where did you learn to say that
word?' This morning, in history class
But 1t certainly will make their lessons
more interesting for them.
Countries that were just pink places OF
a map will be as fun of romance as Sher
wood Forest And foreign languages arr
now the languages of our gallant allies
II will be a different thing to go to schoo
in the years to come And it's beginning