Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-15

IIAVE you heard about tho Reath
IL Canteen out at Paoli? It's a farm
house about half mile from Camp Fulir'
the Marine encampment out there, ard 1t
was fitted by the National League for
Woman's Service. and IL named for BOD
bic Reath, who was killed in action IN
France this summer. The Reaths are all
much interested in 1t of course and Elsa,
who is now Mrs. John Appleton, you
know. spends a great deal OF time there,
helping with the various duties They
serve ice.cream, candy, cigarettes anu
other luxuries that soldiers love. and there
is a pool.room, and piano, writing tapies'
talking machine, and an entertainment
every Friday night. Mrs Meade sn'''h
and Mrs Brannan Reath have been sing
ing and entertaining the men at these
affairs.
Mrs. Howe Adams is very active in the
work. Mrs William Field, Mrs george
= Rosengarten and Mrs. Charles Hatch are
also out there a great deal. SO you see'
It's quite busy place, and can imagine
how we'll it's patronized.
DID you hear that Sophie Norris is
~ coming home next month? She mas
been "ovsr there" for the past two years
YOU know. She had charge OF hospital
for wounded soldiers at Toul at one time
ana the rest of the time did canteen work.
she is the only daughter of the @. Heide
Norrises. and Is a most interesting young
person Her aunt Mrs. Arthur Ryerson,
who went over TO France in the spring to
finance and establish a hospital, having
accomplished this work, will return with
Sophie.
r WAS sorry to hear that Fritz Drayton
i had been wounded in the recent st.
Mihiel battle. He is'a lieutenant In the
s1sth Infantry, of the same division as
Ben Pepper and Harry Ingersoll, both Of
whom were killed in action. Lieutenant
Drayton was named for his uncle Fred
erick Meigs. but is usually called Fritz.
However, since the war with Germany,
understand that Lieutenant Drayton de-
cidedly prefers to be called Fred.
NO Fritz" for him! His mother,
Mrs Robert Coleman Drayton, received
a telegram stating that he was slightly
wounded. And really in these days
Of death and sorrow it must be al
most Joy to know that ones son is
wounded so that he must be out OF the
heat of battle for a time at least. And
so wounded that If all goes well there will
be nothing to fear about that wound.
Frederick Drayton is brother Of Emlen
Drayton, who was named for his grand
father the late Colonel Emlen Meigs of
this city. Emlen is also in the service.
He Is a cousin of the four sons OF Mr.
and Mrs. William Drayton. who are all
in the service; Bill with Base Hospital
no. TO- Harry, with the air, John, with
trench mortar battery and --Newbold in
some other branch They are all splen-
did men and citizens I can assure you.
hid you know that Lieutenant and Mrs.
- Crawford Madeira are receiving con-
gratuiations on the birth of a son? He
was born on Saturday. Sarah has been
living down in Brownsville, Tex. ever
since her marriage last year, and came
UP with her mother Mrs. Lewis Nelson
at the end of the summer. She has just
recovered from an attack of influenza,
but fortunately 1t didn't turn into pneu-
monia, as so many of the cases do.
!T TITLE Katherine Welsh's death from
IL pneumonia which followed upon her
attack of influenza, was very sad. was It
not? She was only thirteen and a dear
child. Her father the late Samuel Welsh
died some ten or twelve years ago, and
her mother since married T. Henry Dixon
Katherine was a sister of Maris Welsh
who married Louis Madeira and Of Emily
Welsh. who is studying nursing at Camp
Dix. The Dixons live in Chestnut Hill
and 1t was at their home there that Kath
terine was taken Ill.
L.. A..
"A Dallam of Germantown. He w.s the
husband Of that charming Southern gir
lilly West. They were both taken down
with Influenza last week and English con.
tracted pneumonia. He died on Sunday
after a brave fight. Mrs Dallam is still
very Ill at their home Wissahickon ave-
lnue and Stafford street There werc few
young married COUPLES in Germantown
Iwho were better liked than English Dal-
lam and his attractive wife. And they
were SO happy together! My heart aches
" for Mrs. Dallam! And their dear little baby
too young to know fathers love!
II HEARD such an interesting thing abou
LA group of women who posed for tn,
movies to raise money for comfort kit
for the Emergency Aid. They didn't pose
they simply acted natural" appearing II
evening gowns in the background Of biz
scene. can't tell you the name Of thu
picture. because it hasn't come out yet
and they aren't named until they are is
csued Mrs Edward Grocer Page. who wa
elizabeth Griffith you remember, got vi
the scheme and persuaded the others Il
go into It with her. and do you know
they earned ten dollars a day as "extras,
and made two hundred ard fifty dollar
for the Emergency Aid. Mrs. JOSEPH
Marechal Brown. was in it and Eleano
Macauley Mrs. Thomas ]. Megear. an,
Frances Alley of Haverford. I'm per
fectly crazy to see that movie. aren't you