Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

and Jenkintown Canning Club, is doing
great work these days 1t. was organized
IN June, you know, and has canned hun.
dreds Of Jars Of fruit and vegetables and
about 200 glasses of jellies and jams.
And maybe they don't look spendferous
a standing in neat rows all dressed up in
labels done in red, and stating that the
contents of said Jars were prepared and
made and put up by the C. A. j. Canning
Club!
All the people around that part of the
country have entered into the canning
project with the greatest amount of in
terest, and many offered their gardens,
that the extra produce could be given over
to the Gamers.
Again think and dream of string beans,
Tor never anywhere on earth does anything
grow like string bean.
Connected with the canning workers are
the Gatherers and Pickers, with Mrs. James
!, g. Merritt, Of Arlington, at their head. This
IA work has been systematized into various
teams under certain captains The cap
tains drive their own motors and take the
Gatherers and Pfckers to the gardens early
in the morning and carry all the picked
| produce to the cannery by O'Clock i'll
the morning.
Can you see those girls who compose the
Gatherers and Pickers getting up at 4:S0
and g. m. and going down to- the cars for
their early morning work, girls who in
other days thought nothing of staying in
bed until II or 12 o'clock? We'll. you could
Z see them If you were up yourself for they
ftare getting UP and they are working, and
the Gamers are canning. and the results
show what good work has been done.
Ordinarily the extra produce or the
country places almost went to waste be-
cause there was always more than the
family needed. Sometimes the surplus
would be sent around to neighbors or poor
relations, but oftentimes it would not be
convenient to send and then the stuff
would go to waste.
|sf Now there is no waste. Mrs. IIyndman.
Of Wyncote; Miss Elizabeth Thomson, of
Rydal, and Miss Dorothy Bacon. of Jer-
kintown, are among the captains of the
Gatherers and Pickers teams. and some Of
the girls who work with them are Marjory
Kent Helen Sewell, ldella and Elizabeth
Gribbel. Clara Du Puy and others.
And some of the places they relieve Of
an overstock belong to Mrs. Frederick
Morris. Mrs. John n. Frazier, Mrs. Beau
veau Borie, Mrs. John Newbold, Mrs. Rob-
ort Sturgis, Mrs. George Lorimer Mrs.
sJqhn s. Merritt. Mrs. Herbert Taylor, Mrs.
=. T. Frame and a great many other peo-
pie whose country places are in Elkips
Park Ogontz. Wyncote, Noble, Rydal and
other Arlington sections.
|NCOME energy about the people who get
~ UP war affairs these days. Do you
kknow that meeting held on Friday
evening at Mrs. Bob Strawbridge's to plan
for the coming horse show to be held in
Bryn Mawr in the fall? And though the
dateis not Yet settledNu believe it is to be
in October, after Long Island show, all
s1the committees We're organized at the
meeting on Friday. For, you see, they in
tend to make it into a sort of sporting car.
nival such as last years affair. and they
are to have gymkhana and eats and all
aorts of side shows
Mrs. Archibald Barkie, who carried off
the sporting carnival so wonderfully last
October, will be chairman Of the refresh
ments, Mrs. Charles A. Mum will be in
charge of the prizes Mrs. Ned Browning
and Mrs. Charles e. Coke will be in charge
of the committee ponies, Mary Brown
Warburton will have the candy booth, and
Mrs. Victor Mather and Mrs. Antelo Dev-
ereux will preside over the chldren's booth
and toys Isabella Wanamaker will take
mp subscriptions on pony and Constance
vauclain will have charge of the girls who
will sell cigars and cigarettes.
The women who will be in charge of
the gymkhana and sports will be the new
Mrs John w. Converse. Mrs Harry Vain
Harrison, Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills. and
Mrs. William J. Clothier.
Mrs. Strawbridge is chairman of the
horse show, and will be assisted by Mrs.
David Sharpe and Dorothy Mather. =
The whole affair will be given for the
benefit of war charities in the form of
moneys for the support Of American hos
pitfalls in England which are now looking
after our fine young fellows who have been
wounded in the recent great battles.
The horse show proper will be organized
by DIR. Thomas G. Ashton. Mr.. Charles E.
Coke and Mr.. William III. Wanamaker.
These men were in charge of the recent
Devon war relief show which registered
= decided financial success, so you know
what to expect of Bryn Mawr's show.
ANNA STEERS engagement is interest.
Alng, isn't II. Anna is an aWIully nice
Girl. She is the daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
sdollingsworth Sitter. She is favorite with
girls and men, too. She came out. you re-
member, the year before we went into the
war and the family had a big tea for her
S2t their house on Rittenhouse square. And
there We're any number of luncheons, dim
hers and theatre parties held in her honor.
The lucky man is Lieutenant Melvin =.
Talbot, U. s. A., of Portland, Me.
HIvINGSTON LUDLOW BIDDLE, JR.
~ was christeued Saturday afternoon at
the Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr
BY his great-uncle, the Rev. Charles c.
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