Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-21

= o'clock and her brother, the Rev. II.
otis Patterson, who was ordained this SUM-
mer, performed the ceremony. DO not
doubt that Becky looked perfectly sweet
she has such an open, pure face and lovely
expression.
1 suppose Lieutenant Crocker will De
sailing soon and then Becky will go PACK
! to her mother and father, who must be
! pretty lonely these days with all their
children gone and the youngest son IN the
army. I heard perfect story about
that youngest boy, by the way. 1t appears
! he wanted to get into the cavalry, because
! he has the greatest love for horses. So II
/ I remember the story rightly, he appeared
! before one of the officers one day and begged
to be transferred to the cavalry. The or
ficer laughed and said ''Why, you know
nothing of horses" But young Patterson
simply remarked, TRY me-" WE'LL thev
sent for a horse that had not been broken
and was known to be an absolute terror.
Up he got and up stood MIR. Horse with
/ backward toss, but bless you he did not
/, toss our young friend off. On the con-
Z, trary. the more he carried on the more the
boy held on. Even the head officers yelled
to him he'd better jump at the first pos
eible opportunity, but the young feilo"
held on and finally brought that horse IN
conquered. And now he is In the cav
airy all right and is most highly thought
of, can tell you.
ISN'T 1t nice that Roddy and Katharine
i Pages baby is a boy and Is named after
his big soldier-father, Louis Rodman rage
ID? You know he has grandfather LOUIS
4 Rodman Page, too, SO this Is the thiro
man in the family to bear the name'
Major Page is already in France, has been
there about two months, but 1 DOUBT not
the cabled news made him happy man
when he heard of his small sons arrival
on August IT. Mrs. Page was Katherine
Kremer, a sister of Mrs. William Drayton
Grange and Mrs Robert Martin Williams.
noEsN'T @it seem strange how close
France and England and Italy seem
to US these days? It's simply because so
many of our men are over there and we
are getting letters more frequently than
we did at first And, do you know
think it's a great help to us who knit for
the Red Cross or make up the comfort
hays for the boys and all the other things
the Red Cross does to hear some of the
letters Of appreciation from the boys over
there.
The Independence Square Auxiliary OF
the Red Cross received this week letter
from one Of the boys who had been
wounded in the first days of the July
drive, in which he spoke OF one OF the
comfort kits. In fact, think I'll quote
quite a bit from that letter, for 1t will
certainly encourage some Of the weary
workers to keep on and at it in spite of
summer weather and that awful tired feel
ing that comes from the recent heat.
He says: 1T will interest you, I'm sure,
to know that I'm at this moment comfort
ably wearing Red Cross slippers. pajamas
and bathrobe; that shaved this morn
j ing with Red Cross razor, combed my
hair with a Red Cross comb, refreshed
my mouth with Red Cross toothbrush
and powder and sent my first letter home
from here in Red Cross envelope and on
Red Cross paper, and, oh! yes, cabled
mother after coming here through the
kindness of one of the Red Cross visitors.
"Pretty nice work! The Red Cross bag
which each Of us received here contained
exactly the things we needed and needed
badly at the moment. This little trip dowr
through the Evacuation Hospital ant
here in the wonderfully complete hospita
train ian overnight trip by raiD has giver
me an opportunity to see at least som'
work of the American Red Cross and t
better appreciate 1t. That Red Cross bae
and its contents coming to me when
was wondering how and when and wher
I would get those very things has Ger
tainly made the A. R. c. look even NOR
useful than ever to the humble soldier
It's the same with the others here, toe
Once more I say. FINE WORK"
AND from abroad comes the news tha
n Henrietta Ely has been doing suc
wonderful work at her canteen at 81
Remy-sur. Busy. General Gourand, com
mAnder of the Fourth French Army. ha
expressed his appreciation Of her work Il
a communication which has Just beel
made public. The General says: '"The BAT
tie affords me the opportunity of extend
ing to you my deep appreciation of the grea
services rendered by the American cantee
in my Fourth Army. No small share Of tn
success of our arms is due to the comfor
moral and material they have brough
our soldiers. refer not only to the car
teen for permissionaires at Chalons, bu
also to Miss Ely's canteen at st. Remy-su
Busy. whose beneficial Influence is fe
4 throughout the army corps. Kindly e.
press my gratitude to all those person
whose generosity has supported the cal
| teens and accept my heartfelt thanks"
According to General Gourand the CHI
Ions canteen was under Miss Notts. b,