Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-18
GIRL "Y" WORKER OVERSEAS
MEETS FRIEND BY CHANCE
Then Soldier Brother Bumps Into
Mss Elisabeth .4rnold, OF Ard.
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GprciGi correspondence OF the Etertr1
Public Ledgor
London, jan. Miss Elizabeth Ar
nr,d. daughter of Dr. Herbert A. Arnold.
lO7 Ardmorc avenue, Ardmore. Pa,
ought by this time to be we'll accustomed
TO unexpected meetings with and part
ings from her friends and family. but
her trip TO Europe to engage in war
worl, brought her several surprises or
this kind.
incidentally it included an unlocked
for gathering OF five Ardmoro people in
England, and Is TO part her again from
another Ardmorc girl with whom she
has been intimate ever since childhood.
The other girl, is Miss Elizabeth Snyder,
of Wyoming avenue.
After the United states entered the
war and the work of the American Y. NJ
e. \. overseas began to expand rapidly
the need for women canteen workers
both in France and in the American
camps In England led TO campaign in
the States for girls who were willing 10
volunteer to come over and serve the
boys wherever they might be needed
The idea appealed strongly to the two
Ardmore girls and they determined t.
join
MISS snyder, who was graduate of
Bryn Mawr in IN" class of 1903, joined
the intercollegiate unit Is the rcpresen-
taiiNe of her alma mater, and was
promptly told to prepare to leave for
! Europe. NJ SIS Arnold however. was not
, 50 fortunate. She found that the War
Department had made "A ruling that no
woman relative uf a man i'm service
overseas could come to Europe while he
was here. AS she had three brothers
in the army, this put an end 10 her
hopes and she bade good-by 10 her
friend. not expecting to see her again
for a year or two.
Miss Snyder sailed for England. in
/ tending to go from here to France. In
| Londor, however. she was induced to
remain because Of the crying need for
American women workers among the
American boys in the camps i'm the
! | nit"d Kingdom. So she wrote Miss
/ Arnold of her change of plans and went
+ down 10 IN" big rest camp at Win
chester.
But her letter did not reach Miss
Arnold IA time. ON August I. the War
Department modified its ruling so as to
permit sisters Of men to come over
while still f"rhiddinE wives. and Miss
Arnold rushed her original papcrs
through and set sail for France via
London. Sh" intended to 80 ON To Paris
at once and look mp Miss Snyder, in the
mop" Of being assigned to the same camp
There Was delay here, due TO pass
port troubles, and. during that DELAY.
some one who had come over on the
same ship met Miss SNYDER and told
her Miss Arnold was in London Mss
snyder did not even wait for the very
important military movement order to
ncrmit her to travel from ono dis,rict
70 another. She rharcad hoir,, ,,n,,,,,,,
by the military uoliro caucbt , ,rai,,
from Winchester and walked 8, ,,' Ta,,
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