Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10

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AVA have the next meeting of the mothers.
wives and sisters of the members Of the
103d Trench Mortar Battery. which, as
you know. was formerly the First City
Troop, next.Thursday. Every month they
have tea at somebody's house, and bring
along their letters from their soldiers and
read them to all the others. Mrs. Groome's
W soldier, Lieutenant John c. Groome.
Jr., now attached to the NJ. P's, has come
home recently. so she won't have any let.
tiers, but I rather imagine she can do with
out them under the circumstances, don't
you? Lieutenant Ben Rush, Jr., who was
a membe of the 1osd, has been transferred
to the NJ. P.'s, too. which means Military
Police. and carries an awful lot Of au.
thority, and is on duty at Autun. Lieuten.
ant John Drayton is also an NJ. p, sta
toned in Paris. His wife is Charlotte
Rush, you know, Ben Rush's sister, and
also a sister of Maisie Rush. Didn't she
Maisie. I mean look pretty at the Charity
Ball, in that white costume with the big
red heart on the waist?
T HEAR that the annual dinner at the
Al Anchorage is to be held tomorrow. DO
you know the Anchorage? It's a delight
full place OH the River Drive, with a
porch all the way around it and a big low
dining room, and a sort of general utility
room where you can dance or play foolish
childish games and laugh your head off
W anything delightful like that.
If you dine there in summer you open
the front door, which leads out to the
porch, and you bet that YOU can hit the
railing with at least two olive stones. OF
course, YOU lose your bet every time, but
nobody knows how many olives you have
eaten, which is always a comfort. There's
a magnetic attraction about olives that
makes temperance absolutely a physical
impossibility.
However, this party tomorrow is a stag
affair, and a; it's cold thereIl be no olive
throwing.
TIE first annual convention of the
L woman's Land Army of America will
be held here next week-on Tuesday and
aesday. to be exact-at the Art ALI
ance. There are to be delegates from all
over the country. Aren't we getting to be
the busy little city, with all these con-
ventions and jubilees that are held here?
On Tuesday there will be a business ses-
sion in the morning, followed by an in
formal luncheon. After that will come the
open session. followed by dinner at the
Ritz. Mr.. William b. Wilson. Secretary of
Labor, and Mr.. Frederick b. Wolcott, of
the Federal food administration. will be the
guests of honor. In the evening there
will be movies Of the Land Army in action
and several addresses.
The next day they will have another
business session, and in the afternoon re.
ports and discussions Of various problems.
The Woman's Land Army has done such
fine work this year that it has been affili-
ated, If that is the proper term, with the
United States employment service, and Mrs.
William b. Hubert has been appointed
Federal director of the Land Army in
Washington. All the delegates to the con-
vention are women, you know. The men
are just guests of honor and speakers.
T WAS so sorry to see the death of Mrs.
i Fred Simonin while visiting down in
Florida. She and her little son have been
living down there off and on since last
April, to be near Lieutenant Simonin, who
is in the aviation corps in Arcadia, Fla,
having been transferred from Kelly Field,
. Tex. Mrs. Simonin was Gladys Camm, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ.
Camm, of Gowen avenue, Mt. Airy. and
her funeral will take place from there to-
morrow at . o'clock. She was i'll only a
few days, but it was pneumonia, which,
whether preceded by FLU" or not, has been
peculiarly fatal this year.
ANOTHER sad death was that of Mrs.
"A Harry Edison, who you remember was
Bessie Megary, the youngest OF the i've
Megary girls. She had such a irulent
case Of "fu' that it was not possible to
nave her friends at the house for the OBJ
seauies. Bessie was married only about
five years ago. She has been living in
Haverford most of the time since then.
She is a sister of Mrs. Barry Colahan, Mrs.
Markoe Rivinus, Mrs. Jack Newlin and
Miss Anne Megary, the last of whom is
with the jefferson unit in France.
NVEN yet we are hearing stories about
II the raw recruits who went into the
camps in the draft and who eventually
made such dandy soldiers, but they We're
funny. nevertheless. when they started in,
One of the men lately returned from
over there told me of a case at one Of our
camps before he went to France. lie said
it went the rounds.
One of the new boys, who had been in
camp just long enough to know that a
man in uniform was a soldier, walked up
to another man who was strolling through
the camp and said, Hey, gimme a light,
buddy?" Surely / will, young fellow"
replied the portly gentleman. I'm only
one of the generals, but you know some
day you'll be asking a second lieutenant
for a light and you'll get -"
NANCY wYNNE.