Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-16

THERE is to be a big Red Cross meeting
L out at "Laburnums," the beautiful old
Sharpless place at Chelten Hills, which
since the death of Mrs. Sharpless is occu-
pied by her daughter. Mrs. Robert Sturgis
and Rita Sturgis. Mrs. sturgis lives in
New York in the winter and moves to
Laburnums in the spring Of each year.
The meeting on July 10, in other words
next Friday afternoon, is to be held under
the auspices of the-now wait a minute
and take a long breath-Ogontz and Hunt
ingdon Valley Branch of the Southeastern
Chapter of the American Red Cross, and
Miss Mary Lippincott is chairman, and
Mrs. George Lormer and Mrs. Fred Morris
are vice chairmen. Mrs. John Newbold
and Mrs. Corbit Lowering and Mrs. s. H.
Cross and all the others who are inter-
ested will be there
Mrs. John White Geary, who is chairman
of the Red Cress membership committee at
headquarters in town, will preside at the
meeting and there will be music by the
combined choirs of Calvary and All Hal
lows Churches in Wyncote.
It's really going to be immensely inter.
esting. Miss Emily and Miss Betty Smith.
sisters of the late Edward B. Smith, who
have been abroad for some little time. will
tell of their experiences ,"over there" In
their work with the American Fund for
French Wounded. And Mrs. Henry
Loomis Of Tuxedo Park, will talk too, and
will tell of her work in the American
Ouvroir in Paris.
1t sounds awfuly interesting to me. And
the invitation is a general one. Every
one who is interested in the Red Cross may
20, and, let me tell you, it's one wonderful
house to go to.
Such furniture! Real antiques Abso-
lutely lovely! think it's wonderful of
Mrs. sturgis to open her house for the
purpose.
r HEAR Robert w. Daniel, of Rosemont,
L has received a captains commission in
the finance division Of the QLartermaster's
Department and left for Washington last
week. They say there is possibility of
his going over shortly. He seems to be
man with a charmed life, as the saying
goes. But isn't it true, some people have
faculty for going safely through terrible
accidents. Mr.. Daniel. for instance, was
In the Carlton Hotel fire in London and
only escaped death by sliding down rope
from his window. At that time he lost all
that he had with him--money, papers,
clothes and so on. He had just about re-
covered from that when he took passage on
the Titanic and was picked up from that
wreckage by boat. l should think
France and the battlefelds would almost
seem tame to him after such experiences
as those.
You know he met his wife in the rescue
from the Titanic. He was at the dance
at the Merton on the night of the Fourth,
and he certainly looked stunning in his
uniform. Claiming Daniel, his brother, is
already in France with field artillery
division He married Katherine Werner
of Wayne, you remember. The Danels
come from Richmond, Va. Their mother
Mrs. James v. Daniels, lives there now.
IT'S awfully easy to take care of an
L apartment, but even in seven rooms
YOU sometimes forget the windows when
II looks rainy. That is, you are apt to, but
then you don't always have the excuse that
Ethel had on Sunday. You remember the
way It rained just about o'clock on
Sunday? Well, Ethel and her family were
going out to supper and as Ethel was busy
W. stA''
Young man in khaki had won the three
stripes on his sleeves, mother and father
left the house before she did, and told her
to be sure to lock the kitchen door ant
window, and all the necessary and uninter.
esting things like that. Ethel remarked
vaguely that she would. and the fascfnat.
ing story went on. 1t was clear then, but
some time later the thunder began to rol
and then the rain started. Father wondered
f. uneasily whether they ought to telephone
to Ethel to be sure to close the window:
before she started. Mother said no; tina
Ethel had sense enough to do that. 81
they took a chance And Ethel, some tim,
later, put on her best hat, found an UNI
brella somewhere, dutitully locked thu
kitchen door and set sail for the train will
the sergeant looking very foolish carrying
the umbrella. During supper some one salt
something about windows. and mothe
noticed a strange look on Ethels face
Didn't you close the windows?" she i'm
medately wanted to know. Mary
window" but I locked the kitchen door.
Fortunately 1t cleared up before the!
started home, and by the time they go
there the windowsills were almost dry
and the pillows on the window-seat II
Ethers room had stopped dripping, but tn
dining room rug was a wreck But really
you know, you can't expect anybody I
think about closing windows just afte
hearing how he became sergeant, cal
YOU? NANCY WYNNE.