Evening journal., 1921-03-30
ISABELLAS in
SOCIAL SESSION
Miss Elizabeth Walsh and
Charles F. Ernst Ad-
dress Daughters
MUSIC, PLAY AND
DANCE ALSO GIVEN

The first social meeting OF the
Daughters OF Isabella since the be-
ginning OF the Lenten season was
held last evening in the Knights OF
Columbus Hall and was well attend
ed. Charles +. Ernst, Of the Com
munity Service. gave a short talk on
the playground work OF the Com
munity Service and spoke Of their
plans for the future and what they
hope TO accomplish in this work II
granted the appropriation by city
Council. which they are now seeking.
The principal speaker was Miss
Elizabeth Walsh. registered nurse,
field representative OF the Pennsyl-
vania- Delaware Chapter Of the
American Red Cross. Miss Walsh,
who served abroad during the world
war, spoke on Opportunities in the
Nursing Profession" She asserted
that health legislation will never
save lives and prevent disease unless
/ the public is educated in the matter
of health preservation.
Everyone should be interested in
/ health matters, Miss Walsh said. and
added that it would be "a benefit for
every mother to have some training
as a nurse. The members Of the
order. she said. addressing the
/ Daughters OF Isabella. could help in
keeping up the health standards by
encouraging every young girl inter-
ested in nursing to go ahead and
study Il.
The war. she said. tore down some
of the camouflage Of the health
conditions Of this country and show
ed that more than two and a half
million men were barred from ser
vice by physical defects that could
have been prevented or corrected I'm
childhood. Public health nurses
she said, were necessary to keep this
country fit
Miss Walsh told Of the useless
spending of huge sums in provid-
ing hospitals and nurses to keep uI
the health standards, when people
20 about splitting and spreading dis
case. She called attention TO minol
unhealthy conditions in some restau
rants and about the home and saiC
that though they were apparently M
cause for worry, they were at timei
the very cause of illness. The com
pTexities OF modern life, she said
enlarge the dangers of disease.
Her lecture was illustrated with
motion picture entitled Following
the Footsteps Of Florence Nightin
j gale"
/ After the lecture by Miss Walsl
b the Dramatic and Glee club of tn
/ Daughters OF Isabella gave the fol
I lowing program. Voices OF tn
5 Woods" Rubenstein. Glee Club
- sketch. Engaging Janet" directe'
y by Miss Helen Casey; cast OF char
e acters: Janet Clark. Miss Florenc
e Rimlinger. Miss Bumpus. Miss Mar
- Fitzpatrick, Miss Briggs, Miss Ell
y Mccarthy; Miss Spike Miss Mar
D. garet Cassidy: Miss Higgins. Mis-
s Eleanor Hughes; Madame Maud'
Mrs. Francis Talley; Bridget, Mis-
% Eleanor Fairy; dance. Whispering,
@ directed by Miss Kate McClaifert,
y Miss Cecilia Touhey. Miss Maria
70 Casey. Miss Jane McCafferty. Mis-
e Margaret McCafferty, Miss Elizahet
n McCanerty Miss Mary Higgins, Mis-
IS Grace Kavanaugh. Miss May Hughes
a solo. by Miss Nan Walsh. Mother
/. Sweetest Lullaby" Greenwald. Gle
t Club: solos, by Mrs. Lillian Collins
o Miss Mary Moore and Miss Agne
10 Horty. accompanies.
h The glce numbers were under tn
n direction OF Mrs Florence Power
e chairman OF the Glee club. The othe
- officers Of tho Dramatic and Gle
5. club are Miss Helen Casey. assist
j. ant chairman and director OF dra
Is maucs: Miss Alice Riley. secretar
e and treasurer