Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-24

WELL, every minute new officer Is re-
w turning home until you fairly lose an
eve walking I'D Chestnut or Walnut street
every day, seeing first this one and tnat
one and racing UP to him, saying Inns
is simply great to see you aFain! are you
we'll. no wounds? Well, I'm glad IL WASH
vour right arm And you'll be all right III
time? Oh. cheers! BY the way, Ola you
see j over there?' Now j, oeing
pro,,aly with the army Of occupation ana
c.. whom you have thus enusiVeiS
greeted, having been in the dock III nol.
deaux for the past month or So you Nho"
lust how he must feel. But pless Sou'
he's so glad to be home and see all the
familiar faces again, he never even iaus"s
as he patiently explains that he hao not
seen YOUR "ewe lamb" who had never peen
IN the same regiment nor even IN the same
division as he the enduring time
nhARYs CLARK is one happy girl
Wl George Frazier is home! He's oeeh
IN France for more than year, ana you
know that is one long time 10 be separated
from your fiance. now isntit! Marvs anu
Ceorees engagement was announced Just
hs,ora he left for France In OCTOBER Oh
1917 The family, his parents, Mr.. ana
Mrs George Harrison Fra r, and MarSs
ala not know that he was come nome
ca imap ne their JOY when walked IN OH
them on wednesday. He Co. oy way VI
Boston. You must live in state OF peas'
ant anticipation these days instead OF lear.
Thank Heaven!
r HEAR that Ned Law is in Germany
i with the army Of occupation re anu
Charlotte Brown are engaged, you hi'o"'
7 was in hopes he would come nome soo,i'
for Charlotte's sake. She ana her ia,,i''
have had so much sorrow in this war. her
,..,.hrotber Henry Houston. was kiieu
ant, know. and the woodward boy, DR.. ana
ntrs ceorre woodward's son, though not
"a cousin of Charlotte's but COUSIN ol
Henry's, was also among the missing
some have suffered so much in this war!
r HEAR that six members of the mousse
i hold at Castlefn, the home OF Mrs'
Alexander Brown, in Bryn Mawr, are down
With almost if not quite influenza Two
trained nurses are kept quite busy taxing
care of Kitty Penn Smith, Mrs. nioW"
three sons, Alexander. Hobson ana Nei-
son. and two maids. Mrs. r. Penn sml'h
and Kitty have been living with Mrs'
Brown, you know, ever since Mr.. brown
death. Kitty has just recovered from 'o'''
s;,,;t;s and Mrs. Brown, believe, had the
"fu." and they both went down 10 A''an'ic
CITY to recuperate. Then just as soon as
thew "recuped" thoroughly along came
something else, and the Whole household
seems 10 be down with it. I hope 1t won
be ANYTHING more serious than just pad
colds and high temperature. Everybody
xeems TO be having just that these days.
TIME Church of the Good Shepherd III
l. Rosemont gave a turkey dinner this
week for the choir boys and acolytes, about
thirty boys altogether-thirty hungry
boys before the dinner and thirty large
satisfied smiles, entirely surrpunded by
how. afterward. Mrs. kenton Eisenprey'
Mrs Tom Baird Jr., and Mrs. r. Coleman
lanes. all of whom had sons among the
thirty were much interested in the ar
ransements for the dinner, and Mrs. George
Thaver donated the turkeys. Chaplain
Booth, who has just returned from France
gave the boys a talk, which thrilled them
very much, and Major Tor rather Doctor
for he has been mustered OUT Burton
Chance, who has been stationed at the
hospital at Cape May, was also there and
gave a talk.
And by the way, did you know that The
women of the Church of the Good Shep'
herd are among the first, if not the very
first. to start sewing all day in the parish
house, having lunch served there, so tina
they won't have to leave at all? It's JUS
as they worked for the Red Cross ant
they are doing this right away so that thu
organization won't get broken up and th'
interest won't have a chance to lag. The!
are going to start in on the first THURSDAY
in February. hear that number o
Red Cross auxiliaries in the churches arr
planning to do this, but the Good Shepher'
has put the plans into effect first.
TTELEN and Bob. aged three and fiv'
IL respectively, were disputing the owner
ship of some candy. Helen remarked
"Give me at, Bobbie?" NO" returne'
brother "If you don't give me at, whel
I'm DIE yauy WoH ever 6'e sou any
This threat was awful! How did Bobbi
know how soon she would be big lad
"a Id carry out her threat? Mother ha
lid that she was once a little girl. HOY
get around 1t and yet not give it up 70
Keeps?
4M Suddenly he threw the contested bi
upon the floor. whoever takes that Is
\ uirgie" announced he. And he strode fror
s the room. He was no piggie! 1t worked
A Helen departed in high dudgeon and Bob
4 bic, returning by another door, snitche
\ the candy and made off before she knew II
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