Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-19
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Hears Many Things of Many People-She
Meets Returned Lieutenant of Mmines-E. AS
Sell Foodstufs

7 HEARD yesterday that Mrs. Rich
ard Mccall Elliot, Jr., is going to
stay in France six months more. You
know she went over there ip April of
this year with Miss Anne Morgan S
committee to do reconstruction work
and has been actively employed in the
devastated regions there ever since. She
has become so deeply interested that
she has decided to stay until next April.
And incidentally ! hear that she has
F.. done splendid work while there.
She was Joan Packard, you know,
and her husband, Dick Elliot, was one
of the first of our Philadelphia men to
give his life after our entrance into the
war.
He was lieutenant in the navy and
was on boat that was blown UP, and
was killed in the explosion. Mrs. Ell
lots parents. the John Packards, who
were living ih New York at the time
Joan was married, have moved back to
their country home in Bryn Mawr, next
to the Tilghman place. Mrs. Packard
was Miss Agnes Tilghman. you know.
Mary Denckla married Francis Pack
ard, a brother of Joan Packard Elliot,
about three years>ago.
TNHE Roddy Pages have come up from
4 Cape May and are visiting Roddy's s
parents, Mr.. apd Mrs. Louis Rodman
Page, in Bryn Mawr for a while. Their
baby is more than year old now and
just as cute as can be. They will open
their house at 2015 Locust street for
the winter in few weeks. Mrs. Page,
1r., was Kate Kremer, you remember,
sister of Mrs. Robert Martin Will
liams, and Mrs. William Drayton
Grange. She and Roddy's sister, Polly
Page, now Mrs. Marechal Brown, Jr.'
came out the same winter and were
great friends. I saw Roddy, who was
q major in the war, riding with the
troop as a private when Pershing came
last week.
MRS. DICK BERRIDGE and her
lRl children are back Mt Haverford
again. staying with the Robert l'es-
lcvs at Lesselyn Court. Mrs. Bcrridge
Lad been staying up in the CatskiiiE for
August and half Of September. Sht
was !.alite Lesley. you know, aud came
over here in the spring with her chill
drcn to visit her parents for the first
time since the war. They will prop
abIy stay on n while longer before re-
turning to Ireland.
r MET Carl Dietrich on the street
l. Yesterday looking wonderfully well
In his marine corps uniform. You re-
member Carl went over with the nrs'
of our marines from here. He wo'
then Sergeant Dietrich, but now he's
an aide 'neverything, and certainl,
do like the marine uniform, don't Won
He's up here from Quantico or
leave for about month, but he doe
not expect to get out of the service fol
about six months more. He was Gen
eral Nevile's aide and was in man!
major engagements. | heard IRON
come one else that he had two Croi'
de Guerrcs, one with a palm and on
with star, but he does not wea
them. However. I confronted hin
with it and he had to admit it. Fl
certainly had some funny experiences
too. He has been appointed to writ
the history of the marnes in the war
Some job that. but Carl can do it.
I know he'd hate me to say nic
things about him. because he's tina
kind. but as his friends are BURSTING
with pride about his record, If he isn't
am telling them, you see.
One Of the Croix de Guerpe was re
ceived for driving up to the front !
truck that several others had refused
to drive. And three men who Were
with him were killed going forward
This was stated in the citation
Speaking of citations. he's had TIVE
besides the Croix de Guerres.
uAvE you seen all the Emergency
IL Aid women selling government
foods lately. I stopped in the othe
day and was perfectly overioyed to Sc
one showing another how she manage
to count up what people owed. NJ.
dears. she had regular little table o
prices made out and | heard her say
"Iook what my husband did for m
last night?' And there was regula
table.
For instance there would be tn
word "Beans." then opposite tina
would be two lines of figures. The up
per line had /. =. 2, 4, ). 6; under wa
written o. under . was IS, under
2. 81; 4. SO; 5, A.; and 6. "a. A tabl
if you please, of how much two. three
four. five or six cans of beans at min
cents each would cost. Under "Beans'
was written ''Peas" and diagram car
rying out the prices of the peas. Fortu
nately every purchaser was limited I
six cans. for otherwise the tables Nigh
have taken up a whole sheet of foolscap
Don't you love it?
~ NANCY WYNNE.