Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-27

uAVE Just heard some delightful
rcvs. 1t is nothing less than the
advent among us of wee MISS flizaue'h
Polk Prosser. ,., On
hear. and she is the daughter OF
Major and Mrs. Prosser. her mother
having been Margaret Keeling, dhugh.
.cr of the Rev. Stuart Keeling, rector
of 81. Peters Episcopal .Church, IN
Germantown. Margaret was m.rrne9
Jnring the latter part Of the war and
w. w. and her husband were stationed
T., ~ ,hc south where Major Prosscr was
.nUnochod TO n military hospital. lie
,,o" sent to this city last fall and they
Inwo hccn living at the Commodore
p"rrv pr" apartments at Eighth and Pine
r. woo Elizabeth is half as attractive
80 bcr mother. she will not have any
Jaiculty in making friends. for Mrs.
prOsscr is Il general favorite and a
most charming woman. Everyone VIII
hc 60 glad to hear Of her happiness.
HEAR, together with other bits OF
j ncws. that the women who are IN.
,orcstpd in the house which Miss Grace
Toyn started here some years ago for
,rc,nnlovcd and homeless men, are about
20 Give concert for the benefit Of the
Lame II is to be held at the Metro
roiitar Opera House on Monday. Jam
,,orv n. and Lily Mragher. who is
John MsCormack's pupil, will be the
artistic Of the affair.
Mrs. Town started in helping few
mon who were down and out about ff-
tccn years ago. Then she gave her house
Of on Vine street to be used by them.
AZ thc need grew and other women
oil 70 work
rho house next door was secured and
cycry wear interest has to be paid on u
mortgage to keep the houses going.
never have heard anything like the
GOOD work that has been done there.
And thc things that have been put to
mso One time I went down into the
liicbcn of a friends house to see her
rcfriccrating plant and we found stand
inC There very respectful man who
Ind II covered tin bucket on his arm.
Tho cook excused herself TO us and
turning to the man gave him, the old
coffee grounds from that and other
mornings coffee.
After he left my hostess asked who
he was and what he wanted. and Mary
said "Why that's one of Miss Towns
moor men: she sends him here two or
three times a week for coffee grounds
You 500 she makes coffee for her poor
men ont of our old grounds
And SO she did and does. And they
have opened wood yard so that the
mon may work there. and some of those
who work Il little outside board there
too Really it is II Wonderful and
worthy charity.
Mrs James Pequignot is president of
The womcn's auxiliary, which has been
formed for the home which is called St.
Ignatius House. and some of the other
officers and managers are Mrs Sylvester
prchan. Mrs. Samuel j. CastnCr. Mrs.
John Bradford. Mrs. Franklin Bachc.
Mrs John Huneker. Mrs. j. F. X
Jones. Mrs. Charles Z. Carpenter. Miss
McFnll. Mrs. Charles Town, Miss Ida
PeOuignot and several others.
AND talking of good work, let us turn
n with loving thoughts to dear Miss
Julia Randall, whose death occurred
yesterday morning after several weeks
Of myaIidism. after the accident she
>lTcrcd early last summer which made
waking 50 difficult for her.
There have been few women who
have 50 devoted their lives to charity
rs Miss Julia. Somehow the thought
of her and the word charity cannot well
hc separated.
Her quiet good deeds could not be
entirely hidden and throughout a life
extending over more than eighty years.
tho greater part was spent in visiting
tho sick and poor. For more than forty
Years >h" was at her post at the Phil
Aholphu Hospital each Tuesday, visit
ing especially in the tubercular wards.
uh"ro the patients loved and looked
fer "NISs Julia every week
And many little home in out of the
way places has been made the brighter
Icy visit from her. n kind word, piece
Of fruit n little money, for she was
always ready to share anything she
had with those who needed it more than
she
She and her sisters Miss Meta. who
ticd nearly three years ago. and Miss
Susie. who survives her. have lived
for the last fifteen or more years at
2O}I SAMSON street. Before that they
ycd for number Of years at 1924
Pin" street. and their old family home
Was on Twelfth street above Arch
from which they moved away years ago
whom III" Reading Railroad built its
terminal at Market street.
Thoir eldest sister. the late Mother
Sarah 7. Randall, was. superior of the
Convent of the Sacred Heart. 1915
Arrh street. for several years. and Miss
Ju'l and her sisters were greatly at
'Achcd tO that convent where they were
devoted members Of the Association o'
Children of Mary. to which many
women in tn" city belong and which
association huSics itself in good works
The death of Miss Julia will be felt
in many quarters of the city, for sh'
was known and loved everywhere, anC
we cannot but be greatly Saddcned t.
'Nlnk that one so loved. so all ON
Tracing in her charity and kindness ha'