Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-05
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
The Treble Clef Club Will Give Concert for Benefit
of United Service Club on January 80 in Bellevue
Stratford-Nancy Wynne Has Tale to Tell

sr,uE United Service club, at one time
L the Children's Hospital at 2O7 South
,,or,v.second street. but now the tenn.
,orary home FOR sailors and soldiers, has
s,e.n selected as the sole beneficiary of the
large concert that Is to be given by the
treble Clef club in the ballroom of the
p.,,evue. .Stratford OH the evening of Jan
uary 90
MANY members of this club, which is the
.,aest woman's musical organization In the
.,,v are also on the board of the tnitcd
cervice club, and are familiar with the
,,st amount Of good that Is being done by
..,s latter organization, as well Us aware
~ the fact that much of the current ex'
nenses must he met by voluntary conti.
hutton open at all hours not only for oil.
listed mon but for their mothers. wives.
.isters and relatives. an ideal home Is being
RIM by board of managers with
c,pacity that housed 450O men during the
recent holiday week. Here can he found
A poolroom restaurant, barber shop,
baths. roof garden, boxing ring. ballroom
theatre and all other modern club facilities
Amusement Is provided for every evening,
while the public at large is invited to at.
tend the informal Sunday afternoon at
home.
II is to carry on this work that the
Treble Clef Club is planning concert
which from a musical viewpoint is to equal
ANYTHING before given by this famous or
eanization Under the musical direction oc
Mr.. Karl Schneider, with Mr.. Ellis Clark
/. Hammann as the accompanist, the addi-
tonal artists will be Madame Adela Boune
Kirby and Mr.. Harry Saylor, while the
Treble Clef will render several selections.
Between the first and second part of the
concert will be an intermission of fifteen
minutes, when music will he furnished by
the sailors band from one of the battle.
ships.
ENLLEN MARY CASSATT is to preside at
IL a special meeting Of the Girl Scouts
to he held Monday night in Court No. 3.
City Hall
After delivering an address, Mrs. j.
Willis Martin will present merit stripes to
the Scouts who have secured thirty or more
new members to the Gin Scouts.
Representatives from the various troops
throughout the city will be present, while
among the captains who will assist in pre-.
siding will be Mary Packard, Gwen Martin,
Harriet Deaver, Mrs. Radcliffe Cheston,
who was Sydney Ellis, you remember;
Eugenia Cassatt and Mrs. John White
Geary, Jr.. the latter was Elizabeth Wister.
CHE was only two and very good, one of
~ those lovely, dimpled babies. and just as
cunning as she could be. They had had
company the night before antf Baby, who
was supposed to lie sound asleep. had evi
IDENTIFY watched Father" on his various
trips back to the kitchen for sundry
objects. which We're in "A case under the
refrigerator. Well, and why shouldn't he?
OF course. why certainly. Anyhow, be that
as II may, next afternoon the revered
clergyman friend of the family. a strict
white ribboner. arrived to pay his respects
to Baby's mother and father before going
away Father" was out, but the rest of
the family greeted him with evident pleas
ure and satisfaction, rs he was highly
thought of in that domain. by and by
Baby ran out of the room and down the
corridor of the apartment, The conrersa'
ton went on; in fact, there was simply a
subconscious knowledge that Baby had left,
for the minister was in the middle Of a
good story and Baby's mother was politely
listening. Then she heard Baby coming
along tho hall banging something along
the floor. OF course. the darling had gone
TO get her doll to show the minister, so
with pride in her tone she called, Come in,
deare, and show Mr.. - the dolly Santa
brought you" In came Baby (who Is built
much like her father; she even walks like
him) and in each tiny hand was clasped
"a large and juicy beer bottle
NANCY WYNNE.