Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Philqdelphian Volunteers as Nurse During Epidemic at Camp
Upton-Nancy " ynne Takes in Liberty Loan
Paade-ReceptionS to Be Resumed

YOU remember l told you in the summer
L that Marys Clark, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Lincoln Clark OF Bryn Mawr,
had gone over to Camp Upton l.. ]. to do
c~anteen work? Well. there has been an
epidemic Of Spanish influenza over there
and hundreds Of the men have gone down
with the sickness Marys took a course
in nursing last winter at the Polytechnic
Hospital, and when the epidemic became
so general she volunteered her services
and worked awfully hard. She was at 1t
day and night, wouldn't stop to get any
rest, and as a result she went down with
the influenza herself and was quite i'll for
a few days. She is getting better now
though, and expects 10 take up her work
in the canteen again this week. Her en-
gagement to George Harrison Frazier Jr,
who Is a lieutenant in the Aviation, over
seas, was announced last winter. She Is
a lieutenant in the F.. A. A. in this city,
but now that she is so interested in can
teen work there seems to be no prospect
of her coming back this winter. anyhow.
hid you notice how we'll the f. a. A.
- looked on Saturday in the parade? And
the Junior Service Corps, and the Red
Cross. and the Navy League and all of
them? The sings up at the statue on
Broad street were quite as thrilling as !
expected, and ! was most awfully net
up'' over the airplanes from Mineola. !
don't think there's ever been anything so
fascinating as airplanes, even when they
are Just simply soaring along under the
clouds and not turning a single hand
spring.
TIME receptions for soldiers and sailors
l. that the Historical Society OF the Penn
sylvania gave last year will be started
again for the season some time soon. They
have been very popular with the men IN
uniform, and at one of the final meetings
there were about a thousand guests. "A
number of prominent women were hos
tesses and worked hard to entertain the
men,-and had success evidently. This
year the receptions will be under the d.
rection OF a committee composed of Mr..
Charlemagne Tower, president of the His
torical Society, Mr.. John Frederick Lewis,
MIR. John Gribble, Mr.. Harold f. Gilling-
ham, whose daughter, Edith, is doing such
good work with tf@ Duryea Relief in
France (she writes the most interesting
letters about what she is doing, Mr.. VIII
liam Drayton, president Of the council.
and MIR. Edward Robins, recording secre1
tary of the society.
al COURSE you heard about the tea
" that Mrs. Richard Tilghman gave last
Thursday afternoon at her home in ST.
David's. But did you know that this was
one OF a series of monthly meetings of the
kind? It's a regular organization among
tho mothers and wives of the members OF
the 103rd Trench Mortar Battery. now in
France. That may not mean a thing to
you, but when you hear that it is what
used TO be the First City Troop. you now
all about 1t. Once a month these women
get together, bring their letters from over
seas, and discuss the news about the men
and the work they are doing. It's really
a wonderful help. to do that kind of thing,
for il you don't get your letter one month
when you expect it, you can hear letters
from other men in the same division, and
know where your own soldier is and what's
happening to him. q
Among the members of this organization
are Mrs. Ralph Knowles, Mrs. Joseph
Sharp Jr, Mrs. George G. Thayer, Mrs.
wilfred Lewis. Mrs. Elliston j. Morris,
Mrs. Robert III. Page. Mrs. Ralph Hamil-
ton, Mrs. Townsend Sharpless, Mrs. IleIry
Walton. Mrs. Walter Hancock, Mrs. Will
liam Drayton, Mrs. Colket Wilson, Mrs.
Jean Foulke, Mrs. Frederick II. Lee, Mrs.
Llewellyn Jones, Mrs. Clarence Harper,
Mrs. James Goodman, Mrs. Edward JEFF
ferys, Mrs. Robert Heyl and airs. Harry
Csssard. Mrs. Sharp will have the next
tea at her home in Berwyn. sometime In
notpher aud anu p,otler ~ wife Of a man
in the 10Srd Trench Mortar battery, who
hasn't heard of these meetings is invited
TO send her name to Mrs. Wilfred Lewis.
Rose lane, Haverford,
TEDDY has reached the tender age
L where he knows that it's wrong to use
some words, but feels that they have a
pleasant feeliry when they roll off his
tongue. In spite of repeated seedlings, and
serious talks from Mother. he will let out
an occasional "Gosh!", when something
surprises or anroys him. Being only four,
he doesn't quite understand why he
shouldn't repeat a perfectly good word that
almost ever:'bo' else in the family has
as a constant companion. He was taken
recently TO visit his grandmother in New
York, and the sights and sounds of the
city absorbed him. He was staring out
the window at the traffic going past the
house one day, and he turned to his grand.
mother with the question, what is the
name Of this street you live on?" Am
sterdsm avenue" answered Grandmother,
wondering whether the ambitious youth
would attempt the long syllables. Not he,
he saw HIS opportunity and he graspcd
1t. you say the first part of it, Grand
mother" he arranged It, And then let me
say the last part.
NANCY WYNNE.