Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18

~ reception given for enlisted men at
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
and l did enjoy II so much. There was
an exhibition of the historical relics and
paintings early in the evening, and they
have the most interesting relics up there
things like Benjamin Frankln's punch
keg, John Paul Jones's sword given him
by King Louis XVI of France, Abraham
Lincoln's Office furniture, the manuscripts
OF the star Spangled Banner" Home,
Sweet Home" and Hail Columbia" and
portraits of William Penn when he was
twenty-five, the first portrait ever painted
of Washington and OH fascinating things!
The hall was decorated with the wonder-F
full collection OF flags owned by the Sons
Of the Revolution, who were the hosts of
the evening. DR.. Charles Wadsworth, >Jr.-
made a short address Then there was
community sing. Don't you love to sing
= your head off whenqyou know the volume
Of mems voices all around you will drown
what feeble sounds or fiat notes or thin
high ones you may strike? l do, | feel
} as If ] were responsible for the whole sing,
and that if l failed to sing one note the
whole song would be spoiled Not con-
ceited or Anything like that Just sort Of
exhilarated Mr.. Hoxie led the singing,
and then Mrs. Maude Holzer. Evans and
Mr. Allan, Moore sang, Miss Mary IrVins
played the violin and Mr.. John Curtis, Jr.,
gave a reading. : 1t was big time, and of
course there were general dancing and
"eats" afterward. v.-. ..t..
The War Service Committee Of the His.
torical Society consists Of Mr.. Charlie
magne Tower, MrsJohn f. Lewis. Mr.. John
Gribbel, Mr.. William spofford, Mr.. Har-
rold e, Gtllinghan, Mr.. Edward Robins, Mr..
AlbertrCook Myers and Mr. Ernest Spot
ford The receptions are held every week
at the hall of the society, Locust and
Thirteenth streets, and you have to be
invited. but your uniform is your admis.
sion cafd'Tfor soldiers, sailors and marines.
NFRssRADCLIFFE CHESTON has taken
AV1 house in Chestnut Hill for the win
ter. She; has been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. william Struthers Ellis, at Fox
Hill Farm, their place at Bryn Mawr and
, expects to-, get into. the new house about
Wednesday or Thursday Of this week. ~
She was sydney Ellis, you remember, a
sister Of Mrs. George Eustis Payne of
New York who was Helen Ellis. They are
both granddaughters Of the late Mr.. Ru-
dulph Ellis. Cintra, a younger sister, has
been quite i'll with the. "flu," but L hear
has recovered.
r WAS so sorry to learn OF the death of
l Mr. Charles B. Hart, the father of Mrs
q Ledyard Heckscher William B. Hart and
Tommy Hart. He had been Ill for several
weeks understand, .,and the end was ex-
pected several days before it came. Mr..
i Hart had long been prominent in business
and social affairs In this city. He was a
great favorite with men and his death will
be greatly regretted. He leaves a wife
and three children. Mrs. Hart was Miss
Ida Hill. Tommy Hart, the younger son,
who Is in the aviation school at Princeton,
was married last May to Miss Margaret
Smith, of this city, Mr.. william B. Hart
married Miss Nina Justice several years
ago. .'.>
TIE is lieutenant in the regular army
Il and is now over there in France, and
before that he went to the University of
Pennsylvania, but was never very strong
on French In fact, he "got through" with
out taking up that delightful subject at
all. However, now that he 10 s'aliohe"
in little French village where even the
simplest things must be asked FOR IN a
foreign language, he has taken out MS
book and set to work in earnest to learn
to "parlez.vous." -. ~"
In the meantime she has decided to brush
up her French this winter, because she
does not want to be far behind wben he
comes home. And in his last letter to
4 HER he wrote that he had already learned
ten French ewords! And what do you, sup
pose three of them were? Mercy tray
Il ban" and 'wee, Wee! .,-.#