Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-11

m HIONESl L 10 EoOuileSS' heNt' navy hcaiu u
II ANYTHING like the work the women of
/, This town are doing! Why' my dears' yes
,orday morning there was meeting of the
emergency Aid Overseas Club at the Emer-
vency Aid headquarters, at 1928 Walnut
.,reet. and they have been so successful
l., their endeavors to collect money for the
tobacco fund that they have actually placed
an order with one firm to send $4,000 worth
of tobacco every week; and what is more.
,bey expect to place other orders of like
magnitude We other firms.
Mrs, william Warden presided at the
veetlng and told the club members that
.be had been notified from New York not
~ expect TO hear from the men who re.
ceiye the tobacco for at least five months.
n takes easily thirty days to go across
and from thirty to sixty days to go from
bordeaux to Paris in these wartimcs. and
4 then again time is apt to bc lost before it
reaches Dean Beekman, and he can actu-
ally send it out from our Soldiers and Sail
o''
TIIE much talked-of crocheted blanket
4 l.vas rafIled off after the business part of
,he meeting was over. You know, it has
fhp flags OF al lDe AllltS On ~ anu lllt
winner is to give it to n soldier, sailor or
marine.
Mrs Joseph Snellenburg, who gave out
the chance books, brought them in and re-
norted that s2l3 had been raised for the
tobacco committee through this means.
After much preparation the numbers were
sntirely ready and a disintorested person
was brought in to draw the lucky number.
You may imagine the suspense while the
4 number was being looked up in the book
then suddenly Mrs Snellenburg exclaimed:
ooh. here quickly. some one, any one. pull
another number" and of course every one
Guessed that she had won the blanket her.
self This was true but she would not
take It and insisted that some one else
draw, so Lisa Norris stepped up and drew
Il mt another number and this time it was
Mrs. Warden, and though she demurred as
have not heard to whom the blanket will
bs given.
A. LEN Tue se"e' at niec'''is ""l'" lol'
AAIowed the committee niee'ihs' the ne"
shop winch 'he nome cof'i'i''''ee eAPcc's 'o
open next week next 10 inc hl'z'S aritoh
headquarters was uiscusseu' All KiiluS o'
yarn ana wool VIII ne soio there' ana aiso
such accessories as yarn WiiuerS' h"i''hls
bags heeales' etc'' ana all 'ne pro"'S VIII
go 10 'he oNersedS Nluo.
present at 'he inee'i's were MIS- Eus''r
M. Church' MIS- nark'ie fehrE' Mrs' HOW
ara W. fahcoast Mls' 'harlcs farhuih'
Mrs' Nlhiain u. "aruch Mrs' d. NaiuileF
Cassat'' MRS f'o"aru oro|ler' MIS- lrench'
ara NeWpoio' MIS- hiiis 'iihoel' Mrs Eo-
ward russell Jones, MIS- Kent NllllnG,
Mrs Coriies Morgan Mrs!frank Gummey'
MIS- "oouEiiie hohieii' MIS- Nlilain H.
Grange' Mrs. samuel Ben, !r" MIS- Sey-
3 "'our DAVIS, Mis' 'ohi, H. Nasoi'' Mrs' JOS
sph NJ Sheiehpufs' MIS- george wharton
repper' MISS EnZape'n MOTIFS MISS tiar-
ret Geyehn' MISS huth israel MISS FLOR
ehce Del" M's' uriS"o'u r'ass' N'S' 'a'''es
Heeu ana Mrs' oohh norrahce
Il Az "o" It's '"o'"eI 1u'i'o'' VI "''''
mage OF "hile eicp'i''hl S"''
ana bargain prices are W pe 'Ie N"'s"el
and IS at 35l5 Market street, under the
management of Mrs. Thomas u. Hunter
and her aides, and it's to be for the benefit
OF st. Leonards Golden Jubilee Fund.
For several weeks Mrs. Hunter ana her
AIDES, airs. McMichan ana MIS- Mphdy'
I. have been canvassing the town for sellnB
material Attics have. been searched and
researched. cellars have been emptied' Inea
a closets ransacked and clothing rooms left
desolate in the hunt for saiab!e goods
which others might find useful. Articles
OF all kinds will be sold, from stoves t"
mittens, many Of the things being Almost
new
The rummage will begin each morning at
o'clock and continue until 10 O'Clock at