Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Talks About Number of Things
That Are Happening in Socety-The
Wee Bird Has Rumor to Tell

,here has decided to do? Well, they have
EARNED a farm unit. and they will on
Anril 1 Out it's not an April Fool story,
ho,eye mel leave their knitting and sur.
,ical dressings and, shouldering rakes and
hoes. march forth to make war upon the
potato bug and the weed.
= Don't think for "a minute that the knit
,,np and surgical dressings will be neg
Iscted on this account; no, indeed; there
are plenty OF others who go to the service
house to keep that going strong.
This new unit which will do farm work
q headed by Mrs. Norton Downs and the
romen on her committee are Miss Wool
s,on. Miss Ernestine Goodman. Mrs Jacob
mission, Mrs Thomas Dixon and Mrs Mar.
shall Morgan Recruits are enlisting daily
tbrough the Council of National Defense
and IL is expected that at least fifty women
will Join in. Mr.. Jacob Disston has con.
tribu,ed large portion Of ground for the
gardening.
There's a certain good common sense
about this work besides the patriotic aspect
OF It. It's awfully healthy, you know, TO
work out in the open. and il the uniform
chosen is not becoming I'm not u good
guesser. I'm only afraid the farmers in
nearby lands will forsake their work to
watch the farmeresses dccked out in brown
smocks, brown boomers. leggings and big
shade ats. You know that will be fetch
ing
Great things will be expected from the
women's farm unit and Chestnut Hill is
loyalty supporting the undertaking.
7 SUPPOSE, of course. IL you had any
thing to send to that queer "Gefoojct"
at 1924 Chestnut street you have already
done so. I wonder who on earth found
out that name. Some one who was high.
brow" enough to own n certain dictionary
which sounds like a safety razor. That is,
the name thereof does.
Anyhow, / hear all the grist that has
come to the GefooJets mill is not old and
worn out but much OF it is new, and so
handsome is some that 1t has been decided
to have an auction each day OF the three
10 be given over to selling, namely Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday of this week.
And who do you think they have invited
TO act as auctioneers? None other than
members of the Lord and Lady Algy"
company. who are to arrive today you
know. So perhaps the beautiful Maxine
Elliott or Irene Fenwick may be auctions
eeresses. or we may see William Faver-
! sham or Maclyn Arbuckle in the role
Who can tell? Anyway. it shows these
women who are interested in the sale have
good news sense. doesn't it?
| am rather taken up with the things
that are to be auctioned, for they include
an ostrich plume fan, a fur-lined evening
wrap with skunk collar, set Of china
and vase worth s4oO. Some donations.
Managers of the Visiting Nurse Society
will run things on Wednesday, managers
OF the Franklin Day Nursery will take
charge Thursday and on Friday Miss Coles
Bible class members will superintend. |
guess I'll stop in and see what bit of old
bric-a.brac | can pick up for seventeen
cents or so.
''HERES very little of personal interest
going on these days in the social world:
q rev parties now and then, but that's
ABOUT all. And in the meantime many
changes are taking place in the camps
among the officers, who are being sent to
various distant assignments, and naturally
the mothers. wives and sisters and sweet
hearts follow along.
About the only Girl | know of who has
gone South to one given spot and stayed
there Is Jean Bullitt. You see, her brother
pcH went down to Georgia with the Troop
ana then after the Troop was disbanded
IN four or five months time Dick went into
Tue onicers' camp there, and so Jean and
ner iather, who went to Augusta in Octo-
oer' nave remained there ever since, and
ias' month they took house with lovely
grounds around it. Every week end Dick
ana any number of his friends go there
ior their leave Of Saturday night and Sun
oay' 1t seems to me that Mr.. Bullitt and
us daughter are doing a great work maxi
ing nome for those boys when they can
get away for minute. Dick certainly
must appreciate their efforts.
MEANING of camps and wives and
sweethearts, wonder If you have heard
what tne wee bird whispered to me about
-wel'-a romance in the making?
concerns quite frequent visits by a
very pretty girl of Philadelphia to an.
o'ner very pretty Philadelphia girl of last
year now matron. The matron lives
near camp to be near her better half.
now the romance is this ''Befoah dc
wan the matron and the Miss scarcely
.ne" each other, though of course they
NV "et' as they vent to the same places
en came the war and the former mar.
.,uu 'he young officer Well, you see that's
~ very we'll and good; and now let me
wi you young officer had a brother, also
onicer, and at the same camp; and
"er' II appears, had been admiring the
ss ior quite some little time; so sud.
Nsny Miss begins to visit Mrs. and Mrs.
-'As her again and. again.
aee swiz!" said the little bird. "She's
ne winner. too" / wonder when we'll
H ABOUT 1t? NANCY wYNNEs
Social Activities
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