Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

Mothers. daughters and sisters of men
in the scrNi"e SHmboiiz'd the War
chest drive with y parade--the wom"n's
service flag raradc--ln Broad street
this afternoon.
Several thousand women. headed by
Rrigadier General l.. W. T. Waller
United states Marines. as chief marshal,
were to be in line"
Forming at, o'clock. at Broad street
and Girard avenue. the parad" moved
south on Broad street and passed the re-
v!ywiug stand near Filbert. Every wo-
man in tn" parade carried service
flag, significant Of her right to par
t~pate. Twenty-Five bands cnlivcncd
the marChers with patriotic airs.
Mrs T.. T. StoteSbury. Mrs. Thomas
j. Preston. who was formerly Mrs
Grover cleveland. and Mrs. l.. W. T..
Waller were in III" reviewing stand
People Giving Wholpheartcdly
Leaders ur the War chest drive. in
receipt Of subscriptions from 1000 Phil
adelphians, believe that tn" city is en-.
tering upon an unprecedented era OF
humanitarian giving
They believe the early results Of the
campaign is CvidNn"" that The people
are giving wholehcarted support to the
fighting men of the army and navy.
Pledges Of more than S2.O0N. 900
formed the first days contribution to
the "Great"st Muther." according to re-
ports made public, and leaders predict
the district viii exceed the 10000 600
mark before the end Of the campaign
next Monday.
\ feature Of today's parade was the
lied unit Of Camp Meade soldiers, who
formed an honor guard jor Cen
eral Kuhn, commander of Camp Meade
has consented to the participation in the
parade of Company j.. 3l5th Infantry
composed entirely of Philadelphians.
Leopold StOkowslli, conductor of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, will lead the
Philadelphia Orchestra Band one OF
twenty-five musical organizations which
will accompany the marchers.
The Marine BanG of the philadelphia
Navy Yard headed the parade. follow.
ing Immediately General Waller and his
staff. Then came the Camp Meade
soldiers under the command Of Captain
Ward w. PiersOn, a company of ma
rnes and a company of sailors.
sI,1II,257 in Central city
Reports show that $1,71i,257 has beer
raised in the central section of the city
b. forty teams which obtained 1896
pledges. The outlying sections brought
S293.233. In all, 1898 pledges were OBJ
tanned, with a total of S2,OOi,49O
The team of honor" was that headed
by f. II. Stotesbury, with pledges
amounting to $439,S04. L. Dewitt Guy.
lers team was second with $27O,6SS
Several other teams realized 100000.
1t was announced the Girard Nationa
Bank will subscribe $4,000 and thu
Corn Exchange National Bank. 100000
EensingtOn's report of S156,251 is th
biggest showing among the outlying
sections Joseph II. Bromley sgneC
for $4,000, and his company, the Qua
ker Lace Company. for $4,000. J. How
ell Cummings pledged $4,000. Droodin,
Brothers, $4,000; two members of tn
firm $4,000 each and Burk Brothers
S2S,0OO.
A rally was held at Hog Island to
day at noon. Rear Admiral Bowles an
Alba b. Johnson, president of the Bald
win Locomotive Works were the prin
cipal speakers.
The house toulouse canvass will be
gin tomorrow in the most systemati
three-day campaign ever conducted Il
the city.
The centra! district, which covers tn
territory between Poplar and SOut
streets and the Delaware and Schuylki
rivers, has been assigned as follows:
Fifteenth Ward-Red Cross Urquhar
Auxiliary No. and United Gas I'm
provement Company teams.
Tenth Ward-Seven wOmen's teams.
Eighth and Ninth Wards-Women'
committee of the Council of Natioha
Defense, under Mrs. w, c. Rhoads an
Mrs. Taylor.
Seventh Ward-Harry S. Mesirov.
Eleventh, Twelfth. Thirteenth, Fift
and Sixth Wards-Eighteen Bell Telt
phone and United Gas Improvement
Company teams.
Hotel hooths-7 Mrs. Edgar w Rairs
chairman National League for Women
Service. 81 N