Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

up you hear about the dance that was
given in the club at st. Martins last
night? The proceeds we're for the Red
Cross and st. Christopher's Hospital, and
they must have mounted up pretty well,
for there was a good crowd there. Mrs.
Richard c. Dale, Mrs. George c. Thomas
Jr., Mrs. Isaac Starr and Mrs! Charles
DaCosta were the patronesses. The COM
mittee in charge included Richard Foltz,
Robert Hooper Jr., Francis b. Reeves Jr,
Harry McMichael, Edward Starr Jr, and
Robert Whitmer Jr. 1t was entirely a
Junior party, and they did have an awfuliy
good time. The two Glendinnings, Mary
and Ellen, were there. and Margaretta
Dixon, Betsy Davis. Jane Maule, GLADYS
Muller, and a lot of others whom you
would know IL l had room to name them
all.
7 HEAR that Molly Baily Rooms returned
1 last week to Rosslevyn, her parents
home in STAFFORD She has been visiting
her grandfather. Mr.. George Wood out at
Red Roof. Wawa, ever since Brewster, or
to be more exact, Lieutenant Benjamin II.
Brewster Rooms 9. NJ. c., sailed for France,
You can hardly call Molly a war-bride, for
she was married in January 1917, but she
has had the same experience as all these
young brides are having these days. You
know she went down to Atlanta TO llVe'
because Brewster was in business down
there. Then as soon as we got into the
war he hustled up north, enlisted. won
@ commission in the quartermaster corps,
and was stationed in New York. He ana
Molly had an apartment there but about
a month ago he received his sailing orders,
SO Molly had to give up the apartment
and come home to her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Winter Baily.
Lieutenant Rooms has a number of rea-
sons for wanting to fight for his country
besides the just plain love of it,-among
them his grandfather. Robert Walker, sec
rotary of the Treasury under Buchanan.
his grandfather, Benjamin Harris Brew
ster, encouragement under Arthur. and
his uncle, Major.General Andrew w. Brew
ster, Inspector-general of the overseas
army. 1t strikes me that that is some
family to live up to, don't you think so?
IBID you know that Joe Brown has come
JACK lTOW ONeISeds. ~ was WV iISu
you know, while serving in France and has
had some of the most narrowing expert.
ences. going for days without food or
water, and enduring terrible hardships! /
hear that he looks very we'll in spite of 1t
all, and it must be a JOY to him to be home
again. His wife was Juanit Harmer, you
know, and they have the most adorable
children, and the most attractive house in
st. Martins.
MRS. STEVENS HECKSCHER and her
A4A family of children, expect to leave on
Saturday for Washington where they have
taken a house for The winter. Major
Heckscher is in the judge-advocates de-
psrtment, you know, and his family
wanted to be with him, so they are giving
up their home in Stanford. The youngest
baby was born some time in the early
summer Mrs. Heckscher was Mrs. Mark
Hopkins, you remember. 1t looks as If
Washington this year is going to be as
well filled with Philadelphians as it was
last year, for there are a lot of people
going down there to be with their hus-
bands or fathers who are stationed there.
At MANHEIM on Sunday afternoon
"A there was a big audience of friends
and relatives watching the drilling. All
over the grounds there were little punches
Of men being by the right flank
marched, and escaping other groups by
about one inch every few minutes. Then
they all formed a company and stood up
to have their pictures taken. The crowd,
OF course, gathered around to see what
was going on, and got so close that the
drillers almost stepped on them when they
started to march again.-and you Know
II anything is in the way of a marching
body of men, heaven help that thing, be-
cause nothing but an order from an officer
will change the direction of the march,
ing body.
It was pretty hard for the youngsters
to see after the spectators had lined up in
front Of the men, so one little girl who
appeared to be about Ave years old was
hoisted up on Fathers shoulder to look
over everybody's head. The spirit Of the
occasion had inspired her, although she
missed out a little on the letter. She saw
the soldiers all lined up at attention., and
she knew what should be done, so she
called out In her tiny little voice, "'Ten-
ton. Right clothes"
NANCY WYNNE.