Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
TO ASK 100000
FOR MOTHERS FUND
Civic Club Committee Decides to
Seek Appropriation by
Legislature
SAY MANY ARE IN NEED

For the purpose OF carrying Ou the
work of assisting needy families tn,
state Legislature will be asked TO appro
pirate 1000 900 for the mothers as.
sistance fund.
II was decided to urge such an ap.
preparation at a meeting Of the volun
teer committee # the mothers assis.
tance fund of the Civic Club here to
Gay. Mrs. II. Gordon McCouch pre-
sided. Mrs. McCouch said the prin :
cipal object now was 10 educate the
public to The realization Of the necessity
of more money for the work. She said
there are now 800 families on the wait :
ing list and the funds available were
far inadequate to meet the demand
Mrs. Maynard Ladd. who founded the
American Red Cross Studio for portrait
masks for disfgured soldiers in Paris in
1917. spoke before the Philomusian
Club this afternoon on Art in Rela :
tion to Life
The meeting was under the auspices
| of the literature and art committee. of
which Mrs. MontroSe Graham Tull is
chairman
The musical history class of the Phil
! adelphiG Music Club held q meeting
, this morning at the Orpheus Cluhroom.
/ ''Tronbadours' and Medieval Period
and Renaissance were the subjects.
Mrs. Charles Raymond arranged the
program.
At this afternoons meeting of tho
music cluI at the Bellevue Stratford
the Manuscript Society presented Gil.
christ memorial program, consisting of
the compositions of the late Dr. W. W.
Gilchrist. Mrs. Duncan Campbell sang
group of children'S songs. and the
club chorus. directed by Stanley Ad-
dicks, gave several numbers Miss
Frances McCollin was in charge Of the
program.
The Sisterhood of Rodeph Shalom
held reciprocity meeting this after
noon in the synagogue at Broad and
Mount Vernon streets. The Hindu
poet. Dhan Gopal Mukirii. was the
speaker.
Under the auspices of the music de-
partment of the New Century Club.
Mrs. John G. Rolfe. Chairman John
Grolle made an address this aft
ernoon on The Naturalization of
Music, Miss Ethel Drummond con-
Quoted a practical illustration of group
teaching along modern lines i'm
mediately after the lecture.
Tho monthly meeting of the Philadcl.
phia Mothers Club was held this after.
noon at the Art Alliance. Mrs. Oliver
b. Wait. the president, presided
Phillips Endicott Osgood was the
speaker. He discussed "Madonnas and
Historic Ideals" bringing out the idea
that the history of folk development is
traceable in faces Of successive Ma
donnas
Mon0loGueS portraying the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch were given by Mrs. Anna
Mengen Schwartz this afternoon. NJ the
stated meeting Of the WOman's Club of
Swarthmore. DR.. George Earle Raiguel
talked on Palestine in Egypt" before
the New Century Club Of Chester
The Rev. William V. Berg spoke on
'Th" Pilgrim Spirit of 1921" at the
meeting of the WOmans Community
Club of Narbcrth. Mrs. Imogen 3.
Oakley discussed "Civics" before the
Woman's Club Of Allentown.
Th" New Century Club Of West
Chester was addressed by Mrs. Rudolph
BInnk"nburg on "W0man's Rrsponsi-
hility as Voter. This afternoon
Kenneth L. NJ. Pray spoke on "Legis-
Lative Bills of Speciul Interest to
Women" and japanese Love Song
was presented by eight girls with
Eleanor Starkey as the soloist. Mrs
Chester =. Martindale presided
The program of the Twentieth Cen
tury Clul of Lar sdOwnr at it's meeting
this afternoon was presented by the
m"nh"rs, Paper and Its Ancestors. "
by Ms. Mary GurretSon Cook; "An-
rirut Egyptian Music and Dancing
by Mrs Willis Dalzell Tamison
hurpist. Mrs. William b. Ward
dancer, Miss Marjorie Carter.