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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
& Ogonlz- Schoolgirls to Give Play
nospuai reic nay may -iu, reie june o.
; Nancy Wynne Tells About Jamie
' rpHE plans tor Vanity Kalr arc golnc on
nniip. T run inll vnu. AntI what might
Vanity Fair be, say you?
Why, U'h the out-of-doors fete that the
TV omen who arc Interested In the Abington
Hospital are gcttlnR up to add tin Isolation
vard to the fine building they have there'.
Having decided to call the fete "Vanity
1'nlr," the committee v. Ill miry out the
Idea all the way throUKh nnd plans are
replete with quaint and characteristic ie
minders of Thaakeray's masterpiece. There
will be a Becky Sharp shop. Petticoat Lane
and Piccadilly Circus, nnd every other
thing that goes to make a successful out-of-doors
affair will ho an added attraction.
In connection with the fete the clrls of
Ogontz School are getting up a play to be
given out of doors, with tho woods nnd
hills as a background, on May 20, and the
proceedH will go Into the fete of June .1.
The Ogontz girls want to conttlbuto a
bed to the new ward and Intend to kep
up the contributions for Its maintenance
each year.
Tho play is to ho "Jeanne li'Aic" nd
there will be horses In the staging in
fact, It will be altogether chaimlng and
unusual.
To return to the fete, fionerul Waller
has promised to contribute the Marine
Band and Mrs. Stotesbury will donate a
booth tn represent the N'avy Auxiliary of
the Red Cross. A tablo of fancy articles
will be under the management of Mr.
Daniel B. Wentz and a number of aides,
while everything useful will be Mild by Mrs.
John Gilbert, Mrs. Robert Sewell and Mrs.
J. Conyngham Stevens. A utmmaRe Falo
o' large proportions Is being arranged by
Mrs. Harlow Voorhees and Mrs. Voorhees
Drayton, and a fashion show, where living
models will portray the latest sulci, will
bo under tho management of Mis. Spen
cer K. Mulford, Jr. Flowers, ftesh fruit,
butter, ogs and vegetables will bo con
tributed from many of tho neighboilng
estates. Mrs. Barclay II. Wnrburton will
supply somo new war movlng-plcttiro films
for the occasion nnd will contribute the
booth for light refreshments. Including loo
cream, lemonade nnfd tea. Mis. Wharton
Blnkler, Jr., has donated four silver cups
to be given as pilzes, whllo Mis. John Grlb
bel will loan for exhibition her collection
of butterflies, which contains many of the
finest speclmensMn tho countiy.
DID I not tell you that Margaret Smith
and Tommy Hart would be getting
married soon? Well, It was true, anil they
will plight their troth neM Wednesday at
St. Mark's Church and, In fact. I under
stand there will be bridesmaids nnd pretty
fixings, though the reception will bo very
btnall on account of Mrs. Adams's mourn
ing and, too, the wartimes. Inn't It tiue
how tho war alfects cveiythlng'.' For If
the reasons of mourning did not exist no
one would think of having a big wedding
reception these days. It would he bad
taste! But thcie Is no reason why tho
church part should not be pietty, nnd the
little biide. especially If she Is young,
should surely have attendants, don't you
think?
Margaret is very good looking, tall nnd
dark and very brilliant coloring. And as
for Tommy well, he's a peach! What
more can I say.
JAMIE'S big sister was getting ready to
marry a large and penny-full navy .lieu
tenant. Jamie loved that jiavy lieutenant
for obvious reasons and was very anxious
to see him fcaln, for he had been away on
duty for several months. Tho day got
nearer and nearer nnd tho hoube got
splcker and spanner in readiness for the
reception. Jamie was fitted out with a
whole new suit and hat and still the new
brother-in-law didn't appear. He wasn't
supposed to come until two days before
the wedding, but Jamie didn't know that.
Finally he gave up worolng and Just sat
back to wait until something happened, be
cause, as ho explained tajking It oyer with
his mother, "Well, anyhow, mother, I sup
pose slsterli set married whether he comes
or not, won'l she?"
NANCY WYNNE.
Social Activities
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ford Hansell, Jr.,
of Fifteenth and Locust streets, will enter
tain at dinner tomorrow evening In honor of
Miss Dorothea Karow, of Savannah, Ga.,
whose engagement has recently been an
nounced to Mr. Ncllson Edwards, bon of
Mr, and Mrs, Richard S, Edwards, of 2017
Locust street.
The guests will Include Mr. and Mrs. John
Ehlplov- Dixon, Mrs. Graham Dougherty, Mr,
and Mrs, J, Ernest Richards and Mr,
Edwards.
An engagement of Interest In this city and
Detroit, announced today hv Mr. and Mrs.
Heniy Klrhbo.d Jones, of 893 Jefferson ave
nue, Detrv.lt, l that of their daughter, Miss
Anna Sang Jones, to Lieutenant W. Henry
William Shenrti. U. S,. A. O. R.
Lleutt-i.uiii Sionett Is the son of Mrs.
F. Tl. W. SKent-il, of 304O Spruce Mreet.
His grand rather vv..i the late Admiral Joseph
S. Skerretl. U. S. N.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, of Rose
moot, will entertain at a chlcken-and-watMe
supper at Penn Cottage, Wynnevvood, on Sat
urday ovt-t.'tig at we. benefit for the Baldwin
Day Nursery and will later take their guests
to the dai.ee at the Merlon Cricket Club.
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Eldon Graham have
opened their house ut Devon for the summer,
Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison Frazler and
Miss Harriet M. Fraxler have closed their
house at 2134 Spruce street and have moved
to Chelten, their countiy place at Jenkln
town. Mrs. John Lord Butler, who has been utay
inr at Camp Funiton. Kan., where her hus
band, Lieutenant Butler, Is stationed, will
-visit her mother, Mrs. Tpwnsend Sharpless.
of Wyncote, this month. t
Lieutenant Charles D. Sharpless, of Camp
Hancock, has been visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George K. Yarrow will open
their Devon home tomorrow, Mrs. William
K. T, Yarrow will spend the summer with
, tn. '
'Z Mr. Louis C. Madeira, of School House lane,
rmaniown, ya ciuhitu irum visit vu
son knu aaugnier-in-isw, lieutenant, ana.
.Cftwiora Msoeira, ai nrownsvuie, ex.
lira, wilt rememDerea as miss,
iw. otfw. u Mrs.,
in Connection With Abington
Mrs. Joseph N. few, Jr., at Bryn Mavvr.
Mrs. Louis B. Former, of Jcnklntovvn, has
returned from Atlantic City.
In order to raise funds to help carry on
the work that js being done by the Jewish
Consumptive Institute. tOG Whnrlnn street,
tho auxiliary of the Institute Is making final
arrangements for Its veoiitl annual May
hop, to lie held mi Wtdnesrtiy evening. May
IS, tn the Moose Auditorium, 1314 North
Broad street,
Mrs. J. William White 1ms leased Mr It
Stockton White's home at N'arberth and will
move In about June t
Lieutenant Herbert Jenness mid Mrs
Jenness, of llye Beach, N. H are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Putnam, Jr., at Radnor
Mrs. Joi-hua A. Pearson, of Trice street.
Oermantown, has as her guest for the week
her niece, Mrs Guy Vteese, of Baltimore,
Mrs. Pearson will open her cottage In Cape
May next week for the season.
Mr ami Mrs. Samuel S White. Jr have
taken a house at Narberth for the summer
The marriage of Miss Helen de L. Nash
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kdgar S. Nash, of
Wyncote, to Mr Robert H McCracken. of
West Philadelphia, In Calvary Preshyterhin
t'hurih. will take place on Saturday May
Is. at 7-30 o'clock Mr nnd, Mrs Charles
il. Beck, of Wjncote, will give a dance for
the bridal party nt their home on Friday
evening, May 17 Miss Kveln McCracken
will be maid of honor, and the bridesmaids
will bo Mlt-s Helen S. Shepherd, of Cam
bridge. M.ibs ; Miss Julia do L. Beck, Miss
Kathcrlne K Blclrlck and Miss Dorothy
Chestnut, of Ridley Park The flower Klrt
will be Miss Mary Elizabeth Nash The best
man will bo Mr, Prank f! Taxon, of Ches
ter, and the ushers will be Mr. William B
McCracken, brother of the bridegroom , Mr.
Samuel Stewart, Mr. Stanley I! Paut, Mr
Samuel T Lambert, Mr James Copley, of
Altoona; Mr Bisil U Alton, of Pittsburgh,
and Mr John W Shaw, of Chester The
ring bearer will he Master George Dyer Beck.
Mrs. James It. Turner,and Miss Elizabeth
Turner, of Mount Vernon, N. V, are visit
ing Mrs. U P. Nicholson In Jcnklntown,
Mr and Mrs. Robert Carnwath, of Green-vvo-hI
avenue, Jenklntown, are receiving con
gratulations on the birth of a bon
Mrs William Troot will entertain nt
luncheon and cards tomorrow. Her guests
will Include Mrs Bertha Keen. Mrs Oscar
Null, Mrs. A Biixbaum. Mrs Charle.t Brlcker,
Mrs. Lillian Ball and Mrs 13. G. Harkness.
Mrs William Hllynrd, 117 Lindsay ave
nue Drjn Mavvr. will enteitaln the members
of the Thlmhln flub of the Cass of 'SS of
the Girls' Not mil School on Filday May
.11, nt her home The annual reunion of
the class will be held on Saturday nftei
noon, May IS. at I o'clock at Hamilton Court
The latter nffa'r Is 1n charge of Miss Mabel
Cannon. 1720 South Sixteenth ttrcet
Ml", and Mrs. David Madden, of Ji'ilo
North K'glith street, inti-rtalned at dinner
on Monday evening In honor of Mr. and
Mm William I? Kiberts, whose marriage
to.iU place last month Mis Roberts will be
itnn-mbercd as Jilts Anna V. Torpej, of
l'raukford.
CIIAUFFEURETTE AT OUR DOOR
"Home, Jane," Will Soon He Milt!ii)' Oi
reclion to Her Auto Driver
Watch your stp'
The chaufrouritte has arrived In Philadel
phia. The scarcity nf men has led the manager
nf a large mrage In the vicinity of Twenty
thhd and Walnut htrects to In-crt the fol
lowing advertisement In a morning paper.
"WANTED Young women to qualify as
opeiatois of electrical passenger automo
biles; gort opportunity"
Wo have girl elevator operators and In
Camden the conductorette. bo why not the
chafffeurette?
Of the numerous applicants for the posi
tion five were accepted. No age limit was
set and the girls were not required to know
even wjiat nn automobile looks like.
They will be thoroughly Intruded In the
gentle ait of driving a machine. I'pon the
completion of their course they will drive
mllad.Vs car to her dooi, take her for a spin
and return the machine to tho garage.
It will then be "Home, Jane," Instead of
"Heme. James."
ALL ASKED TO HELP WITH
FETE CHAMPETRE THIS MONTH
Sisters of Mercy Need Funds to Equip Mis
ericordia Hospital for Gov
ernment Men and women of all denominations are
asked to co-operato with the Sisters of
Mercy In completing and equipping the
Mlscrlcordla Hospital, which has already
been accepted by tho Government. The sis
terH hope their many friends will help them
so that they may open the hospital early next
month. The annual Fete Champetre to be
given on the grounds of the convent nt
Merlon will open on Memorial Day, Thurs
day, May 30, nnd will continue on Friday
and Saturday, May 31 nnd June 1. At the
last meeting of the executive committee a
novel plan, worked out by Monslgnor Crane,
was the establishing of a trust fund for
the hospital. A drive for $100,000 was Im
mediately started. Already the responses
have been most encouraging.
Mrs. M. E. H. McMlchan is chairman of the
executive committee of the Fete Champetre;
Mrs A. N. Burke, vice chairman; Mrs. A.
A.'HIrst. Mrs. N. P. Qulnn, Mrs. J. M, Quen
nell, Mrs. John C, Shecan, Mrs. Jnmes M.
M"ndv, M' Lnuri Blackburne and Miss 8.
Moore. This committee has promised many
luteirstlng novelties and Innovations. "Maids
of Mirth," an esthetic dance, to be given each
day nt twilight on the beautiful lawn sur
rounding the convent, will be one of the
many attractions of the fete.
Monthlr meeting of the Fathers' Asso
ciation of the Frankford High School, with
an Illustrated address by Fullerton L. Waldo.
Korty-tlilrd annual meeting of the Young
Men's Hebrew Association, 1618 Master
street.
Liberty Loan Cemmllte meets at til
Hotel Adelphla. ,
Monthly meeting of the Haddington Im
provement Association. Room 202, Dietrich
Building, Sixtieth street and Olrard avenue.
Open forum discussion on "Freedom of
Speech"- and "Freedom of the Press." Young
Republicans of Philadelphia', 221 South
Broad street.
Monthly meeting of the -North Kensington
Business Men's Association. McPlierson Park
Library Building. Kensington and Indiana
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BETTY COX WOODWAHD MARY WENDELL WOODWART1
, Tlie three small daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Graham C. Woodward, of l.tfH Pine
first summer das in Rittcnhousc Square when along rjinc the ramcrman and
SOLD JEWELS TO BUY
BIBLES FOR SAILORS
Now Philadelphia Woman Is Dis
tributing Testaments to Sol
diers in Southern Camps
Having sold her jewels to provide funds
to tuinibi) Lncle Sam's sailors with poiket
Tistuineiils, Mis. Julius B. Wolfe U now
vultlng the kouthern cantonmenta. dis
liiUUHliB Testaments among tile suldius.
Mis. vVultu Is a number of the Columbia
Avenue .Mvthudlsl Lpifeuipal Churcli. Twentj
nttn uiieet and Columbia avenue. Her hus
liand, who is a Gideon, Is conni-cted Willi
tne Bubines-i Menu Sur Council of the
rocket 'lvfclnnu.nl League. Sho accom
panies him a3 ho goes trom camp to camp,
talking lu Hie "bujs,' giving mem advice
and pucl.U Tes.taiiu.nts.
Gee, but Us tine to have a mother In
camp, exclaimed una joung Kentucklan,
aliei his llrst luii creation wuh Mis. Wulte.
She. is a 'motherlj," plain-spoken, big
heaitvd woman, 'witliuut an trills, as me
loldleis u
III a hospital .it I'liattanuoga, Mrs Nolfe
found one lad wnu made an unuauul ton
tciifciua I in ashamed to wy I have never hecn a
Testdtin.nl, he conndrd tu tlie I'liilddeipliu
wo.iidli ' 1 have a wile uii .Noilh, and uc a
piujing for me. '
Ueluie UdVlng thu hospital Mrs. Wolfe
gave the oung hUoband u Ttfcldinnit and
e.dLtcd u pionilso tioni hliu to r.ad a
iliuptir iveiy daj,
hlia began her Christian work by lilting
the Naval Hospital, on Uiay's Fury ioau.
jliat waj a tar ago. bctore Mr. Wolfe waa
coimectid with thu uuslnesa Men's War Cuuu
.ll. Mr. and Mrr. Wolfe are plain people and
mere was no money In those US) 3 to pur
ihauo Testaments. However, Mrs. Wolte had
a lew jew lis, family heirlooms, and the car
ilea lliein to the pawn shop to obtain nione
for IHbKi.. .NowaddSd tne Testdinenta aio
imnibhed by a group of Philadelphia busl
mss iin.li, led by Joseph M Steele, Allan
bulherland and J, Lewis Twaddell
A Chattanooga woman, who has hi.cn visit
ing the hospital with Mis, Wolte, becime to
imeiested In the work that she contributed
5U for Teiitamcnts.
I have llttj dollars of the lord's money,
and It shall no for our work," she told Mrs.
Wolfe. ' 1 Know uf no better way of spend
ing it."
Mrs. Wolfe and her husband have only ono
cooked meal a da This Is In the morning
before they start out for a tour of the camp,
with their pockets blurted with sandwiches.
Their best opportunity for conversing with
the "bos" Is at meal time, and they work
while the, lads In khaki eat. At odd Intervals
they munch sandwiches.
JUNIOR LEAGUE GAVE LARGE
ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHARITY
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Knickerbocker Plavers Presented Comedy
at Benefit Affair in
Syracuse
An Interesting event of the week In Syra
cuse, X. Y . was the Junior League benefit
night which was given at the Umpire Thea
tre on Monday evening. The popular Knick
erbocker players presented their new offering,
'Nothing But the Tiuth."
The boxes were occupied by Mrs. Fred
erick S. Wicks, Mrs. Lrnest I. White, Mrs.
Lyman C. Smith and Mrs. H. WlnHeld
Chapln.
Mrs. Jerome D. Barnum, president of the
league, was the general chairman In charge
of the entertainment. Miss Helen Holden
had charge of the ticket sate and Miss Helen
Nash of the boxes. Miss Flora Bernlce
Smith arranged for the flowers offered for
Bale and Miss Marion Wttherlll had charge
of the sale of attractive knitting bags.
The patronesses Included Mrs. Frederick
8. Wicks, Mrs. John S. Gray. Mrs. Charles M.
Crouse, Mrs. 'Krnest I. White, Mrs. John
Francis Nash, Mrs. Llston Ames Wltherlll,
Mrs. C. Henry Hubbard. Mrs. Henry W.
Stiles, Mrs. Lyman C. Smith.. Mrs. llobert II.
Oilman. Mrs. James C. De Long. Mrs. Don
ald Bey, Mrs. Willis A. Holden, Mrs. Charles
C, Cook and Mrs. Hiram 1). Mason.
The proceeds will be ued for the work
which la carried on by the league and the
Women's and Children's Hospital.
DE WOLF HOPPER WILL
AUCTION BENEFIT SEATS
Noted Actor Cancels Engagement to Join
Associates In Aiding Red v
Cross Here ,
De Wolf Hopper will be the official auction
eer today for the sale of boxes and seats for
the performance of' "Out There." which will
bo given at the Metropolitan Opera House
Wednesday evening of next wetk.
Mr. Hopper canceled his engagement with
a theatrical company to aid In this cause.
All the proceeds of tho performance hre
will be devoted to Rod Cross work. Tho
auction win iaa piacs in ino smrrosi tho
air Friday afternoon at t.N o'olook,, -
SAILORS TO HE GUESTS
AT UNIVERSITY EVENT
Several Hundred of Them Invited to
Performance of "The Tluy
Shop"
"The Play Shop" will be prevented by the
Phllomathean Society of the University of
Pennsylvania at Welghlman Hall Friday eve
nlng. Several hundred sailors have been
Invited to attend and following the perform
ance the thirty-piece band of the sailors'
training camp at the navy ard will furnish
music for dancing.
Three original plays will be given. "Mat
rimony and Monopoly," written by John F.
Lewis, Jr., '20 C ; "The Dlll-emma," by MII
ford Bendlner, 'ID C. and "Strong Medicine,"
by Crnest L. Noon, 'ID C.
Miss Dorothy Buckley, '21 IM , and Miss
Margaret AMibrriok, 'ID Ed of the French
Plays, and Karl Harrl.son "21 C, and Bryan
Seilurt, 'ID Wh , of the Mask and Wig, will
play the principal parts In the three pro
ductions. .
Meeting on Triday Aflcrnoo'n
On Friday afternoon of this wiek at 4
o'clock, at Witherspuon Hall, Charles Fred
erick Aked, I) I), I.L D, a man of vision
and courage will speak on "Palestine and
Armenia Today Since the British Occupa
tion," under tho auspices nf the Armenian
relief commute.- of tin Kmergency Aid of
which Mrs. George Horace I-orhntr H chad
man and Mrs. Ilobirt ,N". Downs Is treasutrr
Doctor Aked was for many years head of
the hlstoilc Pembroke Chapel, of Liverpool,
KngUnd, and was a friend of Gladstone's.
I.aUr he was called to the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church (the John ltockefellcr
church), of New York city wheie he becamo
noted for his fearless lUnunclatlon of Indi
vidual and social wrong
Tuday he is pleading for the future of an
ancient race, with burning entliuslajni and
passionate Idealism
Theie will he music by Armenian singers
and the meeting will be open to all
Items of news for the mwletv pajre will tip
neiented und printed In tlie Ktenlns Puhllit
I.edcer, provided ttie.v are written on one
fciitn of the tiiler nib nnd nre klsned with
full name nnd telephone number of the
fcrnder. us It mtlht lie immkIIiI tu verify the
notes. Aililress "Society Kdltor." Kvenlnc
fiihlle l.edeer. 04 lieMnut street.
MISS FAYE POLLOCK
MISS'LILLIAN POLLOCK
Two of the "Friends of Soldiers" who ,
are working for the men In the ennv
nd,jvy to Make their third, dance this
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RAISE FUND TO SEND
KffiS TO THE COUNTRY
University Students Asked to Con
tribute $2000 for An
nual Cunip
The annual "kids-to-the country" cam
paign has begun at tho University of Penn
sylvania, under tho direction of the Christian
Association.
The object of the campaign Is to raise
12000 among the students, which will be
spent In maintaining a ten-day camp at
Green lane,
A canvass of all the larger lecture classes
In tlu-Vvarlnus University departments was
begun today hy a committee of twenty-live
students. Kacli fraternity will be asked to
send at least one boy to camp, at a cost
f ?5.
University co-eds have entered heartily
Into the work nnd will attempt to raise more
money than the "eds" The progress of tho
rivai lacuon ai renn will be posted dally
ANNUAL SOCIAL SATURDAY
.Members of Alumnae Association of Girls'
High and Normal Schools to Meet
The anriii.il Mm n,.li -nih..!.. -- .u-
members of the Alumnae Association of the
Girls High and Normal Schools will take
place on Saturday In the High School. Sev
cntecnlh and Spring Gaideu streets. The
new offlceia and directors will be Installed,
and the entertainment will Include selections
by Ml- Dorothea Neebe, pianist: Miss Bthel
Nelthammer. soprano soloist: Miss Minnie
Sherman, violinist, and a Russian dance by
Mlsn Bote Concn and Miss Sara Cohen On
Ma 2q there will be a patriotic pilgrimage
to alley Forge, under the direction of Mrs.
oeorge S. Chapman, of 2D33 North Camac
New England Women Will Meet
The Pennsylvania Society nf New England
Women will hold a meeting tomorrow after
noon at 3 o'clock nt the Sedgley Club. Mrs
I-ranklln Baker. Jr. will read several war
poems and Miss Kllse Darby will sing. The
car marked No y on Arch street will be met
at the Twenty-seventh and Aspen streets
entrance to the Park by several automobiles.
Jrrc.,i ' rath'r ',n1n11 ln ,hls clt-- having
about 20(1 members, but all the reserve
funds In the treasury were devoted to Lib
erty Bonds and about $10,000 worth were
bought Mrs. C. Howard Clark, Jr.. Is presl
dent of the society and Mrs Frederick W
Hockwell Is vice president.
Hunting a Husband
By MARY DOUGLAS
fCopjnafiiJ
CHAPTBU I.VIII
Sorrow Enters
A SOLITARY tea-cup on my table Soda
crackers and a Jar of Jam. My brass
kettle hummed nicely. I sat down at the
window to look at the Btrlpped trees outlined
against tho cold sky.
But a solitary life Is not possible in the
Square. My Scotch neighbor Is never kept
out by the look of a closed door. He came
In. hardly waiting for my Invitation. An
other cup on my little table. We sat munch
ing crackers nnd Jelly In silent rontenu
He can recite imetry and drink tea at the
same time. But I am a little tired of talk
on art poetry music. .1 was glad when
he came back to real things.
"Our friend below," he pointed ludlcrouslv
vvlth a thumb, "Is pretty much all In, Don't
think he'll lust much longer!"
"What?" I said In startled fear.
Mr. MacAlllstalr nodderl his head. "Great
friend of yours, too, Isn't he?"
I could not answer.
Why, my sick man could not die! Just
last night I had taken him a chocolate pud
ding. He had seemed so gay and bright
Though theso last days he had not left his
room.
I piled the cups In the little closet. I
wanted to go out and walk on: this feeling
of fear.
Bobby MacAlllstalr and I wandered
through the streets. I forgot my sorrow In
watching the antics of some children plavlng
soldiers. 8uch happy faces In spite of their
ragged clothes !
When wo came back through the park,
we both looked up to the sick man's win
dows. ,
"Look!" said Bobby MacAlllstalr. Tho
shades In the sick man's room were all pulled
down. They looked like closed eyes.
"It means?" I asked.
"Yes," said Bobby MacAlllstalr. He pulled
off the Scotch cau from ms shaggy hair.
1 went past the closed door softly. He
was no longer tho "Sick Man." 1 sat down
In my unllghted room.
The stillness of the room below seemed
to climb up Into my own studio. I realise,
now what he has meant to me. No longer
I could darn his socks. Nor straighten tho
papers scattered ovor his room. No longer
can I sllp.a flower Into the Jar on his mantal.
His face with Ha spiritual beauty. Ills
hollowed eyes looking Into mint. I snail aoe
thorn no more.
A blc choke- In my throat ''The tsars silo
ing down my otieeks, I. am so lonely, do
iQWosir Mr yap egjiea, nMi ees im mot
FARItHffirraS ENJOY
DANCING IN "BARRACKS"
Wynnewood Unit of Women's
LanjJ Army Finds Daily Diver
sion in "Futigue Duty"
"Fatigue duty" thev call It, the khakl-clad
farmerettes of the W.vnnewood unit of the
woman's land army, who are dancing In tho
living room of their barracks on the estate
of Miss Mary K. Gibson nt Wynnowood after
working hours
For they are nothing If not military, these
thlrty-IHe women who have gone back to
the laud to free that many men for service.
Their captain Is Miss Julia Ciesson.
livery day they go through their setting-up
exercises and all the other military drills
necessary to keep them In condition for their
work.
Nineteen of the girls are taking an agri
cultural coure under Miss Ituth Metzger.
expert agriculturist from Cornell, and Miss
Helen Bell, nn expert In animal husbandry,
also from Cornell
Miss Metsger. In addition to doing post
graduate work In agriculture at Cornell, was
Instructor In pomology which means fruit
tree culture In that Institution.
Miss Bell maiiHged the New Jersey State
Reformatory farm last car and was agri
culture secretary of the Woman's Council of
National Defense ut 1C0J Walnut street last
winter
Ten ncrea nf the estate are given up to
tho school. The remulnder of the Wnne
wood unit stationed at tho Gibson estate Is
ncupled 111 the regular work of conducting
the farm.
YesterdViy the farm school occupied Itself
In clearing and getting ready for planting a
patch of an acre for specimen gardens, ln
this acre each pupil Is to have a plot 25 by
M feet In which to do laboratory work
Uvery vegetable, a -row of each. Is to be
represented and for four hours In the after
noon th pupils will be occupied In cultivat
ing this and tho three-acre patch which Is
to be planted with vegetables, such as beans,
corn, potatoes and others most needed by the
citizens of Philadelphia. The morning hours
are taken up with lectures on the subject.
The remainder of the unit was occupied
yesterday tn arranging quarters for hun
dred chickens purchased to augment the
thirty-five already on the estate. In other
words, they were tacking up chicken wire
In spite of the commonly held superstition
that a woman cannot use a hammer.
Tho young women who are taking the agri
cultural course and thus pledging themselves
to a ear of service on the toll are Mrs.
Janies J. Moore, Mrs. Josephine S. Palmer
and Misses Flora K. Bowden. Mildred C.
Brlggs, Allco Pascne, Mary Vaseoe, Mabel
Crist, May Pellv, Dorothy Bailey, Esther M.
Burkholder, Rosalie Hirst, Alma B. Miner,
Mary Weinberg, llthel London, Ida Bloom,
Amy M. Robinson, Mary Graham Smith and
Lucy lldmond Hammond.
liencfit Tomorrow for Hospital
The Governor of New .York nnd Mrs.
Charles S. Whitman, Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, the Health Commissioner and Mrs.
Royal Copeland. Mrs. Simon Baruch and
Rear Admiral Nathnnlel n. Usher, U. S. N,
will be among the patrons and patronesses
of an entertainment ln the Strand Theatre,
New York, tomorrow afternoon with the
object of equipping a one hundred-bed hos
pital In France for the Women's Homeopathic
Hospital Unit. The movement Is national.
Pittsburgh and Baltimore have given similar
benefits, with the result that half the sum
needed has been raised. The fund will care
for French women and children.
Mlscha Lcvlukl and Miss Sara Ouro
vvltsch will play, Leon Rothler, baritone, and
Miss May Peterson will sing nnd Sergeant
Guy Rmpey and Mrs Jessica Lozier rane,
will speak. The performance will ho under
the direction of the New Y,ork Homeopathic
Medical College for Women, of which Dr.
Cornelius C Brant Is dean.
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