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Nancy Wynne Tells About Tea House Which Mrs. Cassard and
Her Daughter Have Opened at Cape May for War
Relief Other Matters Discussed
TTAVE yon heard about the Allied Tin
xx Houbo at Cape May? Well, It's Just
simply too cunnlns for anything?. Catherine
Cassard and her mother, Mrs. Harry
Cooper Cassard, nro at the head of tho
undertaking, and tho proceeds are to be
devoted to War Relief, principally to tho
blinded soldiers and sailors, I hear.
The Cassards have taken the Wain
bright house on Columbia avenue, Just
In front of tho old Stockton Hotel hIIo. and
the small house on the side, tho one which
Curtlg and Laur.i Clay had one summer,
has been converted Into a tea house.
It's all painted white nnd the shutters
are bright French blue. All the little win
dow boxes are of the name shado ot blue
and are filled with white and scarlet flow
ers. Now you know that Is some artistic
effct. Isn't It? There nro the daintiest
curtains at tho windows, and rcd-whlte-nnd-blue-striped
awnings shade the porch. It's
Just like a doll house, It's &o quaint and
fresh and pretty.
It's to bo run entirely by volunteer serv
ice. Each day Is apportioned to some
special girl, who Is called the lieutenant
of the day and who asks three or four
other girls to work with her as waitresses.
The attractive little place opened Wednes
day with Catherine Cassard, Agnes tlrockla
and Emllle Kennedy In charge, and cer
tainly they did a rushing business. As tor
the patrons yesterday well, It's going to
be fine If It goes on like that through the
two warm mqnths down there.
Alva Sergeant Is to bo In charge one
day, and Mrs. Ned Crozer another, and
Mrs. Hbtchle Scott, .Tr.. still another day.
It's quite bound to be a success, It teems
to me, with so many people In Cape May
and so many uniformed men who may not
take inythlng stronger than tea.
II Is not under Red Cross, nor National
League, nor Emergency Aid. It's entliely
Independent In Its workings of any organi
zation, but nn awful lot of Emergency Aid
aides are Interested In it and are going to
work there during the summer.
ALL sorts of plans for July and August
. are under way now and the real exodtn
has started. Now, understand me, If I did
not say the summer exodus has started.
I would feel as If I were not doing my
duty. Tt Is part of tho usual wav of writing
In society columns during the summer
months when there's nothing to say about
the city or suburbs. So If you get news
from all around the country, Instead of
right from the city, sigh gladly nnd accept
It with joy, for It's fine for me, to tako
these trips around and see the goings on,
don't you think?
And I'll be doing that off and on through
the summer as usual. So don't be sur
prised to hear this and that bit from Cape
May, Chelsea, Newport, Narragansett, "Bar
Harbor and the rest of the 'resorts.
Quite a. few people are starting off In
"the summer exodus" for the north and
Eaglesmere seems ever popular. While
Chelsea and Capo May hold their own in
spite of the talk of submarines.
The Armltt Browns, who live most of the
year at St. Da Ids, have gone up to Eagles
mere, and Judge McMIchael nnd Mr. Mc
Mlchael have opened their cottage at Bar
Harbor: I understand Hope MoMlchacl.
their niece, is goln to stop with them for
several weeks.
Tho Scotts have opened their house at
Cape May as usual. It's rather sad to .uee
these days, now there are only two of
the family to go down to tho big old house
on Columbia avenue. Mrs. Scott was al
ways a well-known figure there, and Lou
seemed a part of Cape May. Now Mrs.
Scott and Louis have both passed to their
reward, and Miss Hannah and her brother,
Alexander, more Intimately known w? Ex,
will spend the summer there. The Wil
liam Ellisons, of 1434 Spruce street, have
opened a cottage in Chelsea, and mi It goes.
Summer plan after hUnuner plan and tho
"summer exodu3 Is on."
THEY were listening earnestly to mother
as the told a fiiend low funny little
Esther had been when Harry was born.
Esther, you see, had hoppd for u. long time
for a baby bister, and when she was told
one morning that there was a new brother
downstairs she wept loud and long. Well,
mother was telling how really funny It was
because now Esther was so fond of a small
brother, she would not have exchanged
him for all the sisters In the world.
Mother did not realize that they were
listening as she told the tale to Mrs. J .
But she soon realized it when sho heard
three-year-old Harry remark to bister:
"Was that you, Sister? I heard some one
kyinB' when I earned, an' I've wondered
nnd wondered who It was."
NOW why on earth do you suppose they
don't tell It? Of course, it's no one's
business but their own, but It would be
less awkward for their friends if they knew
about It, too, don't you think? Anyway, I
am bure it's a go. For wasn't I walking
along a. country road lecently, and didn't
I see them sitting under tho trees, and
wasn't she reading out loud, and didn't
the pause a minute and look up and smile
at him, and didn't he, "quick as a wink."
lean oyer and kiss her H;ht then and
there? And did she resent it? She did not.
So now you know, and that's all I'll tell
you: but you want to be careful that
Nancy is not walking around when you
go out with your "bestest," for sure as a
gun she will come upon you unwittingly.
NAN.CY WYNNE.
Social Activities
Mrs. Robert A. Cabeen. of 511 Mldvale
avenue, Uermantown, Is islting her mother,
Mrs. Thomas L. Pcrct, of Holly Tree Farm,
NorrUtown.
Miss Barbara Clayton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Paul Clayton, of Haverford. left
this week to join Mrs. S. Naudaln Puer's
camp at East Union. Me. Mrs. Clayton, who
accompanied her daughter, will be joined
later by Mr. Clayton at Cotachuset Club,
Wlnno. Mas3., and they will make a tour of
ihe K Kngland Slates.
Mr, nnd Mrs. Maurice C. Burton, of 301C
West Coulter etreet. Germantnwn, have re
turned from Buck Hill Falls, where they had
Mr, and Mrs. K. Burton Colket, alro of Cler
nantown, as their guests for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Colket are now taking a mottr
'trio through New York State.
Mrs. Joseph J. ,Pw, Mrs. Katherlne Col
Vlo, of Pittsburgh; Miss Mabel A. Pew, Mr,
v
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and Mrs. Joseph N. Pew, Jr. nnd Mrs E
Caven Hensel motored to Chester yesterday
for tho luncheon nnd launching at the Sun
Ship Company's docks.
Dr. and Mrs. Marshall It. Wood, of Wayne,
entertained at dinner at the Merlon Cricket
Club Inst night In honor of Miss M. Etirana
Ward. The guests afterward attended the
club dnnce.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac It Clothier, Jr. and
their family, of Sunnybroolt Farm, Radnor,
left nn Tuesdny for Narragansett Pier to
spend the summer.
Mr. nnd Mrs. fleorge A. Reuter. of New
York, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Daniel Whltmore.
of Mount Vernon. N. Y were the guests of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Frederick W. Schmidt, of
Juniper Hall, Radnor.
Mls Elizabeth Hood Lntta nnd Miss Helen
Buchanan havo returned from Cape May.
where they spent a week giving concerts to
the sailors nt WIsahlckon Hn'racks, Seuells
Point and the Naval Hospital
Mr. and Mrs John Long hae nnened their
sbmmer home, the Long Tower, Town Point,
Md. The Misses Long entertained a house
party oer the Fourth In honor of Sergeant
I). V. Smith, from Camp Morrison. Va who
Is home on a furlough Among the guests
were Mr. nnd Mrs. John A Long, Jr.. Pr.
and Mrs, Macpherson C Crlchton. Miss Helen
O. Smith. Miss Dorothy P. Powll, M!s
Bessie Farrcn, Miss Lenore Qulllen. M'ss
Anita Sange, Lieutenant Thomas I. Vasey,
Lieutenant and Mrs. D. Montgomery. Colonel
rjodfrey Sehell, Ensign Rnbrt S. Chripler.
Mr Paul A. Savage. Mr. Joseph J. Smith, Mr.
Stew-art Shaw nnd Mr. Albert Qulnn, 2d.
Mis'. Mnrgaret Elliot Jones has returned
home lo East Downlngtown after spending
a week with her aunt, Miss Han lit S.
Elliot, nt Bryn Mawr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Hlckey, 231 South
Thirty-eighth street, will open their cottage
at Cape May tnrlav. Thlr Fon-ln-lavv and
daughter, Mr and Mrs. Karl A. Suelke. will
rpend the summer with them.
A dance was glen at Belfleld Country Hub
last Friday eenlng by Mr. nnd Mrs. Edwin
A. Buckman, 4234 Otter street. West Phila
delphia to announce the ngagnent of their
daughter. Miss Esther Wnlcott' Buckman. to
Mr Mark Khonds. a West Point cadef. The
hall was decorated In red. white and blue
dags, with a large liberty b.-ll hung In the
center of tho room, from which ted, white
and blue ribbons extended to four rorners ot
the hall. During one of the dances Mr. and
Mrs. Rueknian. Mr. Morris F. Brown and
Mrs E Darrah. an uncle and aunt of the
hrldc-lo-lio, caught the ribbons, and bluebirds
nnd hearts fluttered nil over the room with
the announcement written nn satin ribbons.
Mr. Rhoads Is th hon of Mr. nnd Mrs. M.
Rhoads. of Edge Hill, Pn. No date has been
set for the wedding. Miss Buckman Is the
slnier of Mrs. Lewis L. Fo3tcr, of W'cnonah,
N.J.
Miss Elhelwyn Vandlvcr gave a d.inrp on
Saturday cenlng at her home, lun Birch
aenue. In honor of her house guest, Miss
Dorothy Mulford, of New York. Patr'otlc
decorations In keeping with the Independence
Day .'.pit It were ustd and the porch was bung
with red, white and blue bunting and lan
terns. Miss Louise Keefe gave an nttractle
specialty dance during the evening.
The guests Included Miss Marlon B'rd, Ml-s
Louise Hiegal, Ml-u lhabrlle Spcrlng, Miss
Katherlne Thompon, Miss Mary Peebles, Miss
Mildred Harris. Miss Mnrlon, Plokford, Miss
Jane Laird. Miss Sara Miih-in. MKi Marga-eC
Peebles. Miss Katlierin- M-l'laa-h.v M'ss
Mvrtle Johnson. MImi Mnrlon WIIko-i. Min
(Siace Vandlver. Miss Alible 0'Larv, MSi
Marlon Davis, Mrs. Aithur O'Neill. Mrs
Lvnnwood McCluro anil Mr. Bertram Vnlo.
Mr. Gilbert Van Ilostn, Mr. Dewecs Klvsh
rncr, Mr. John Waters. Mr. Robert Traeey.
Mr. Gilbert Lane, Mr. Verdon Simpson, Mr.
Robert Neal and Mr. Richard Weston, of
New York, and Lieutenant Thomas Vanel'ver,
IT. S R.
Tho Caour 'lub held Its annual outing
last Sunday at Burlington 'sland Park on
the Delaware. Miss Mllzaheth Schenkel dis
played much uthletlc ability, winning the
flft-yard clash, throwing the baseball 210
feet G Inches and batting It 267 feet away.
Miss M. Pleurl was second and M'ss Rose
Palladlni was third in ihe (Uty-yard dashes.
Tho young men's 100-yaid dash was won by
Mr. Horace Querquen; Mr. Carl Sramuffu,
second, and Mr. James Clements, third. The
swimming honors went to Mr. Frank
Ermlllo.
Miss Sehenkel's baseball ability drew ths
attent'on of Mr. Paschall Feters, the mana
ger of the Cavour baseball train, who will
gle her a try-out In a week or so for the
team. The literary and athletlo commltteen
combined for this eent. The affair was con
ducted according to Hoover rules, one lunch
being mndR to serve for dinner and supper.
The members' of the committee were Mr.
Pomlnlck La Kazti, Mr. Csrl Scamuffo, Mr.
Fiank Ermlllo, Mr. Louis Marasco, Mr. Vito
Maurlzlo. Mr Oeorgn Fltchtal, Mr. Runk
Dlorlo. Mr. Henry Clfnui, Mr. Presbl and Mr,
dl Klplo.
Miss Sarah Haines, Miss Mne Muth and
Miss Margaret Bacbtell are the guests of
Miss Blanch Oldham at her cottage In Wild
wood, f
Miss, Sara Mlltenbergcr, of 2368 North
Twenty-first street, and Miss Helen Chatham,
of 5818 Catharine street, have gone to Ocean
City, where they will be the guests of the
Phi Delta Psl Sorority House.
Mr. Paul V. Ronch has closed his house,
Chelten avenue. Uermantown, and opened hla
summer home at Ocean City.
GRADUATES HAVE
WEEK OF CAMPING
Lansdowne Girls Spend Vacation on Spring
Lake, Perkiomen Oilier Doings
Some of the members of this year's gradu
ating class at tho Lansdowne High SchrAl
have been enjovlng a week's camping on
Spring Lake, at Perkiomen, Pa. Miss Frances
Cowdriok chaperoned the party, which in
cluded Miss Margaret Dunn, Miss Elizabeth
Brackin, Mlsa Nettle Greer. Miss Mellnda
Walton Mls Catharine Mllllken, Miss Ame
lia Ogden, Miss Lillian Wilkinson, Miss Anna
Claw lord, Miss Esther Anundsen, Miss Doro
thy Jackson and Miss Dorothy Taj lor.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Sparks Bishop and their
family will spend a part' at the summer at
Beach Haven, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Johnson, of En
glewood, N. J., spent several days with Mr.
and Mrs. J. Ross Smith recently. Mr. and
Mrs. Smith left on Wednesday for Portland,
Pa., where they will spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McGregor and their
family are now- at Laalette, N, J., 'A here
they expect to spend the summer,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Schreiver nnd their two
daughters, Miss Rebecca Schreiver and Miss
Elizabeth Schreiver, will spend the summer
at Capu May,
Miss Helen Moon, of Pittsburgh, is visiting
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John W,
Moon.
Mlsa Florence Hutchinson, of Fairmont, W
Va., has returned to her home after spending
reveral weeks With Miss Bessie Jones.
Mr. M. Stokes, of New York city. Is visit
ing Mr, and Mrs. Harry S. Young.
Miss Elizabeth Anker, of Mount Holly,
N. J., Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Albert S.
arltnth.
Mrs. C, W. R, Smith Is vbltlns friends In
Massachusetts.
' EVEftlNte PUBLIC liEDGER-PHIIiADBLPHIA,
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Wliat Women Arc
Doing in Washington
ITrHEN Secretary Lansing recently ex
W' pressed the sympathy of this country
with the national nsplrntlons of the Czecho
Slovak and Jugo-Slnv peoples, ho opened tho
door to official cognlznnco of the presence In
this country of the great Czech leader,
Thomas Gnrrlgues Masaryk, and his daugh
ter, Olga.
Professor Masarvk came (o this country
by tho way of Vladivostok from Russia,
where hpj had been engaged In the organi
zation of Czecho. Slovak regiments to fight In
France ngalnst tho Germans. He wns
Joined In Washington by Miss Olga Masarvk
who had been In London for two years close! v
arsoclated with her father In tho movement
for the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary,
hnd the estnhllshlng of Its peoples Inio inde
pendent Stntes.
olga Masaryk Is half Slav, half American
(her mother was nn American), lenuer of the
student movement among the women of Aus
tria, tennis champion of Bohemia, n brilliant
scholar she has nearly completed her work
for n doctor's degree In the University of
Prague j she Is cood to look upon nnd verv
magnetic to talk with
DR. ALICE MASARYK. her sister, wns In
Jail In Austria soon after tne outbreak of
the war. She wbr arrested because of her
suspected complicity In tho movement for Bo
hemian frcedsm. Through the efforts of the
American ambassador, before this country
heoame a belligerent, she was freed nnd al
lowed to live with her mother In Prague.
The Au.s'rlnns keep both under strict survell
limces ns hostages for the good hehnylor of
Professor Masarjk and ibis other daughter,
Olga
"Bohemian freedom" 'ffma to western
ems a redundancy In terms The word
Bohemian Is glpsy-talnted. It has a wild
nnd lawless flavor Few In Amerlci know
exactly where Bohemia Is in the first place
and why It wants to be free In the second.
The English are ns lvid ,n we Kime of the
hardest work undertaken by Miss Masaryk In
Ingtand was to educate the British public as
to the Czecho-S:ovnk ration She had to In
form the press nnd public that It wns tin
same as Ilia Bohemian, nnd then she hid to
Induce her own people to use the technical or
other term to avoid the popular misconcep
tion of Bohemia.
"Czechl" (pronounced checkee) Is what the
Masarjks call themselves, a branch of the
Slnv race of which the Russians, the Serbs,
the Croats, the Slovenes and the Slovacs are
nil members. The Czechs are tho most liter
ate and have, perhaps, the highest cultural
attainments, according to Miss Mararyk. All
Czech men and women can read and write,
nnd they are devoted readers of newspapers
The nation's capital Is Prague In Bohemia
The Austrian Emperor, Karl, wanted to be
crowned as Bohemian King when he suc
ceeded to the throne, but the Czechs and
Slovaes refused to allow the ceremony. For
them, as for Olga Masaryk and her father,
the tlmc-j of klns are passed and done with.
LADY MURIEL PAGET has been twice In
Washington this month, once as guest of
Henry White, the Ward McAllister of the
capital's society, nnd again with the British
war mission at their headquarters on Mas
sachusetts avenue, near du Pom Clrcii.
Lady Muriel, returning to England nftci
three j ears tpent In charge of a hospital In
Kiev, Russia, is1 one of those demanding Jap
anese intervention In Siheila. It can be un
derstood that she has little liking for the Bol
shevik!, who confiscated her hospital ambu
lance ."-oon after they came Into power She
tells an Inc'dent. which shows that she be
lieves i hey would make but slight resistance.
"I let the ambulance go." said she. "on con
dition that It be used tolely for peaceful pur
pose I stipulated that the car was never to
be cmplo.ved In a military way. Imagine my
surprise when a few dajs Inter one of the
B'ilhell.l ch'cfs ihove up to the hospital in
our machine with guns (fli inly mounted fiont
nnd rear. I told him nt once that he hail
broken bis agreement and thai he must give
the cai Uih-U lo us again which after a while
he did Vi there was some argument. He
did not want to return it , In fact. ou might
say that It ieulrcil finnrusa on ni pan to
make him do so."
WILI, PUNISH DEALERS
GIVING SHORT WEIGHT
Federal Food Authorities to ProiCe-iUe Re
gardless of State's Penalties
Complaints have reached the United States
food administration of Pennsylvania about
the number of dealers in various cities who
give shoit weight and short measure.
Howard Hehiz. food administrator for
Pennsylvania, sa'd yestrday it was his pur
pose to take cognizance of all such offenses
In the future and that lo!atoin of the State
and local laws again! short weight and
short measure. If found guilty, would be pre
sumed guilty of violations of the United
Stute food-control acl and would bo dealt
with accordingly.
C. J Hepburn, chief counsel for the Penn
sjlvanla food administration, said:
"Dealers In food commodities who make
a practice of giving short weight or short
measure In their sales are unquestionably
violating the provis'ons of tho Federal food
control net and are subject to penalty there
under. The food-control act declares It to
he unlawful 'to "engage In any discriminatory
and unfair or any deceptive or wasteful
practlco or device or to make anv unjust
or unreasonable rato or charge In handling
or dealing In or with any necessaries.'
n
Who was one of the aldei at Mr?. Nath
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BLOCK SONG SERVICE
MOVEMENT SPREADS
Custom Stnrtcd by JMiss Beatrice
Eaton Soon Taken Up in
Other Neighborhoods
The movement started by Miss Beatrice
Kendall Eaton. 12T North Fiftieth street,
for the block song service Is spreading rap
idly under her zealous and enthusiastic
leadership.
She has her h"art In the work, and such a
spirit Is Infectious, especially since, as she
sns. "Everyone wnnls to do something as a
tribute to the bovs ; It Just takes some one to
get them started "
So she star' d them herself, nnd tvvle" n
month nil ttu'riolghbors on the block and
from the next block and' the next, often, up
to several hundred, group themselves In the
cool evening under the service flag thnt h-ings
over the street nnd sing.
Tho singing Is lusty and cheerful, for every
one knows the words of the famous camp
songs that will one day be history.
Letters have come back from France, says
Miss Eaton, from the boys that once played
with her on that fiulet, shady street, from
bovs In the trenches who only a short while
ago were long-legged knlckerbockerid young
sters The letters expiesn the appreciation
they feel for the little sti vices th'it arc held
ns a .tribute to them
M'ss Eaton has thrown herself Into the
work with an inergy thnt rises from a real
patriotism She has sung at several of the
enmp". nnd entirely by herself has raised
money for several patriotic organizations. She
hat a gnod contralto voice, and finds a tre
mendnuslv enthusiastic audience In the khakl
clad soldlets who love to roar out the chorus
of a song like te-gular cavalier of yore.
A new seiv'ce flag goes up over the street
tomorrow "th ntosi" patriotic street In
America." raid Mls Eaton, with conviction:
nnd she bucks up this statement with the
fact that twenty-live boys from on" small
block ii i e in the service, seventeen of them
me In France and there Is n $1000 Liberty
Bond behind each bo.v.
Miss Eaton bis been i-arring h r vvoik
Into a gieat ninny field- -Only a short while
ago she went over n few of her songs, put
some tickets into her bag. sold them and at a
delightful Impromptu concert raised enough
mone.v tr. si nd a talking machine and some
rollicking tunes to a division of lonely sol
d'ers In a small camp that was five miles
fiom an.v where at all.
"It's the best thing I can do," she said.
"I want these bovs to know that we remem
ber them till the time. I think that It may
be lather nice for them to know that at T
o'clock on alternate Tuesdayo hundreds of
their ft lends hic standing out In the street
that they remember so will singing to keep
jol' and to be able to keep them jolly."
WAR CHEST TO YIELD
RED CROSS $6,750,000
Allotment Is for Period of
One Year Starting
July!
The American Red Cros3 will receive
Sfi.750.0nn for a period of one ear starting
July 1 from the tirst appoitlonment of the
War Chest, according to the announcement
of the War Welfare Council of Philadelphia
and vlelnlt. This teport was submitted yes
ttrda.v In the form of bulletins which will be
Issued from time to time to show how the
$20,000, 000 War Chest fund U being dis
posed of.
The Bed Cross allotment was determined
after many conferences with Tied Cro?s offi
cials, who explained that the Bed Cross
campaign for $10n,l)On,nOU May 20-27 was
expected to leld sulllclcnt funds to meet lied
Cross expenses for eight months, anil that
another campaign would piobnbl.v be neces
sary next Februar. But the national fund
was so tremendously nvei subscribed that It
is possible that the February campaign will
be unmcessary
The iiuota for Bucks, Chester. Delaware,
Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties In
the campaign last May was $1,500,000 and
was dcteimlned with the expectation that an
other campaign would be lequlred after eight
months. This community's eiuota for the re
maining four mouths of Kid Cross expense
was estimated at J.'.r-ou.noo
But the ai -Che-st drive took the place of
the lied Cro-s drive last May. and Instead
of a si pirate e-ampalgu for the Bed Cros
the penpiii of tin five countle win aski el to
make nd their war oiganizatlon contributions
to the War Chest, with the understanding
that the Bed Cross ijuota fot this community
would be allotted fiom the War-Chest fund.
So the War Welfare Council added the Bed
Cross epiota for he-first eight months to the
iUota for the temalnlng four months and
voted that $11,750,000 was the just and equl
lahle. sum.
A committee to make recommendations to
the board of dlrectots of the War Welfare
Council respecting the disbursement of the
fund among the various war welfaie organi
zations was appointed with these members:
Samuel T. Bodlne, chairman: Peicy M.
Chandler. Thomas lie Witt Cuyler. Samuel S.
Fels, James A Flaherty, Horatio O. Llojd.
George Wharton Pepper, Perclval lloberts,
W. Hlue-kle Smith and E. T. Slutesbury.
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FftlDAT, JULY 5, 1918
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CHAPTER VII (Continued)
In a pouring rain six of us slept alongside
ot the gun which was thortly to make history
for the world.
We- vyere up at S o'clock looking eagerly
toward' the enemy's countiy. It was still
rnlnv nd misty s-d we ceiulil not see more
300 yards awnv We carried a few rounds of
ammunition over to our position and awaited
developments.
Captain I It McLendon came up nt 8
o'clock He wns accompanied by a French
colonel who had the firing data.
"Bnttery attention'" called the battery
commander In n cool, even voice.
The momentous event was close at hand
the odicial opening of the war for Uncle Sam
ngaln fltrmnny.
I thrilled fiom head lo toe. but my head
was co T nnd my hand steady.
The gem was whirled Into position. Its busi
ness end pointing toward flermany. There
was bnrely enough light for us to rend the
markings on the I'ttle piece
The bnttery commander rave the word to
the sergennt and the sights were set.
"I'se second piece only," rapped out the
ccmmnndi-r
A gunner cut the fuse ef a shrapnel to meet
the requirements of the order and the shell
was placed In the -hreerh of the little 7G by
a noncommissioned officer
"Bange 3500 yards," snapped the com
mnnder. I set the deflection and saw that the cross
salr was on the target.
I wns tlngllni; from head lo foot with the
tenlty of the moment
There was a hrlef pause, during which
eveiy m ther's son of us were on our toes.
Fhe"- rasped out the commander
And the shot Is I'ired
Flllfil with a thousand cnnfllctlne e-motlnns
I pulled the lanvard of the little spitfire and
America's flrt shot of the war went scream
ing Into lieiman territory.
CHAPTER VIII
77ie Infantry in Action
Till: savage departure of that piojectile
for the Oennan lines was ns sweet music
to our ears
It was a shrieking battle hymn without
words
The warning n-ream of that eighteen
pounds or shrnpnel terved formal notice on
the Kaiser that the United States had
started In on the Job of exacting retribution
for the sinking of the Lusltanln. the rape
of Belgium and n thousand other outrages
committed against civilization by (iermany
since she set out to rule tlie world by the
sword
Theie was not an American within sound
range who did not whoon with exultation
when the first shot for liberty rang forth.
It was an event akin to ths ringing of the
old Liberty Bell In '76, and It wouldn't have
surprised me a bit If that little French 75
had cracked from pure joy. The little
Trench gun really had excuse for cracking,
for it spoke for world llh'itv I'll bet any
thing the old hell In Philadelphia vibrated
from puie delight and sjmpathy when that
shot vi as fired.
As for me. I got the reaction when my
hantLJeft the lanyard I shut my eyes to
stop l-Hie" dizziness, but In a minute I opened
them ngaln nnd tried to see through the mist
Inlo No Man's Land. I would have given a
v ear's pay Just then to have observed where
the shell struck, hut I couldn't see through
the mist that enveloped the Cierman line.
The shell as It ricocheted thiough the fog
probably had no specUl meaning to the Cei
mans crouched in their trenches acioss No
Man's Land ,
It was Just one blast In ei chorus ot blast:,
for French guns were barking away, at tho
Notes on Women's Work
in War Activities Here
In the Independence Pay procession at
Slate College every branch of women's war
work was represented A section was given
to food conservation, another to the Bed
Cross and others to the numerous activities
of a patriotic nature, In which women air
Interested.
Beglonal meetings for the prnmotlou of
fond e-onservatlon and war cooking are being
belli in every part of the State Mrs. Charlea
In. chairman of Ihe women's committee on
food'. Is delivering addresses at many of the
meetings. MI'S Virginia McCombs, executive
secietary of the committee, is In Hairlsburg
today at a meeting attended by women repre
senting several adjoining counties
Mrs. J. Willis Martin, chairman of the
women's committee State Council of Defense,
is planning her first week of complete rest in
two .vears In the many branches of war
work touching the Council of Defense and
looking to the women's committee for ad vie
and assistance, Mrs Martin has been found
ready for every call Members of her com
mittee have learned with keen satisfaction
that their chief plana a much-needed week
of quiet withdrawal from the heavy respon
sibilities of her office
To aid In relieving the tedious hours of
men on the smaller vessels, especially when
at sea, the Fmergeiic Aid, through a com
mittee appointed for the purpose, will nbialn
contributions of musical Instruments Mrs.
II Pohson Altemus was appointed i-'ialrman
ot (he committee, which will kork In conjunc
tion vvith the Department of Nn; Recrea
tion, of which Mrs. I'. T Stotesbury Is chulr
man. Talking machines and recordu are .i
pecially deslreel Contributions of Instru
ments ma lie left for Mrs Altemus at l'mer
grnc) Alel headquar'ers. H28 Walnut street
Madam S v. (rnuht-b, wife of the Serbian
Minister to Switzerland, took with her four
large wooden boxes of clothing for Serhlnn
children when she sailed for home They
were collected through tho efforts of the
Serbian relief committee of the Lmergenej
Aid, of which Alls i Nlnn Le,- Is chairman
FOX CHASE CLUB OPENS
Rcrreation Center for Men in Service Is
Dedicatee!
The new Fox Chase Country Club for
men In uniform opened vestcrday with
.nearly 3000 soldiers and marines und the
entire population of Fox Chase In attend
ance. The old Ilockledge Hotel, the clubhouse,
has been remodeled nnd equipped with all
modern conveniences for the benefit of the
men In the service, nd a baseball diamond
has been laid out almost within the shadow
of the building.
A flag-raising was the opening number of
esterday's program, In charge of Com
mander F. It. Payne, director of the club.
In the evening a boxing bout on the base
ball diamond, moving pictures and a vaude
ville show were features of Ihe program.
Dancing was popular throughout the day
Members of the Bed Cross, the Kmrrgency
Ald and the Needlework Oulld had charge
of the entertainment.
What's Doing Tonight
Municipal Hand, ronrert and dunce,
Twenty-fourth and Jackson streets. Danc
ing permitted in roped off sectlqn; 8 o'clock,
Ktlrmount l'ark Hand concert, Htraw
berry Manalon, 8 o'olook.
Philadelphia Hand concert, north City
Hall plaxa, 8 o'clock.
Kill
THE FlteSTSHOT
6zr CORPOQAL OSBORNE DE VAl5l LA
BATTERY C. SIXTH U.S. FIELD ARrniL.ElS.V
Copirfoit, ;!, Ity John C. Winston Company.;
Serjeant Hupli Marsh in full Irene h
costume
Huns nil along the line. If the bodies had
grasped the significance of the shot they
would probably have been a glum lot ot
creatures, nnd undoubtedly their beer would
have gone bitter In their mouths.
T want all lo.val Americans to paste It In
their hats that It was C Battery. Sixth
United Stntes Field Artillery, that fired that
shot, and that every member of the battery
did his bit toward sending Uncle Sam's first
tailing card into the trenches ot the. Kaiser.
We sent a few more shells over to help
Fritz warm up his morning coffee, and then
vve were relieved and leturned to our quar
tets In the village for chow.
After chow, shovels were Issued to us and
we began the aiduous v,ork of digging gun
pits and building dugouts We constructed
the pits by digging Into a depth of three feet
and then pkiclng logs, concrete slabs and
sandbags nround the edges of the excavation.
We ciimoullaged nui new positions by sti etch
ing wire netting over them and covering the
netting with marsh grass.
'The Huns shelled us repeatedly while v
were at wink, but all the bos stood up und r
the music like veterans. We thought the
bodies weie getting our tange when they
landed a nlx-inch shell within thirty yards
MARINE TAKES BRIDE HERE
Mis Margarel Slcinman Married to Mr.
Ricliartl West, of Somerset, Kv.
The niuii'age of Jllii Mui caret K Sleln
uuiii, daughter of Mr and Mrs George W
Stelmnan, of 4 414 North Nineteenth street, to
Mr Ttlchard K West, of Somerset. Kv , of
the United States Marine Corps, took place
on Saturday afternoon at the borne of the
Bev Samuel W Purvis, of the Thiiteenth
Street Methodist Lplscopal Church. Mr
West and his bride will be at home at 44U
North Nineteenth street
LNULISH 7.1JIIN
Announcement Is made of the marriage of
Miss Lmmii II. Zero, daughter of Mr ana
Mrs. Alfreel W Zeru of 1 SIS North Twent.v
flfth street to Mr Frederick L. English, of
Chester. Ia . on sundny. by the I'.ev. A II.
Harris, pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist
Church. Mr. Ungllsh and his bible will be
at home after September 1 at 2010 Madison
avenue, Chester, Pu
SPA LL1 O.VIC C.ALIANA
The wedding of JIN .Millie (Jaliana the
daughter of Mr. T CallaiiB oi lfi24 Koutie
Twelfth sheet, and Mr Daniel Spilllnue, of
12t9 South Sixth street, took place on
Wednesda at I o'clock at the Church of the
Annunciation. Tenth und Dickinson streets
The bride wore n gown of white satin with
a tulle veil caught with orange blossoms anil
carried a shower bouquet of Bride loses and
lilies of the valley The braldsnidid wore a
gown of flesh coloiei silk wllh a geoig-tli-crepe
hat to match and a corsage bouquet of
orchids
EMERGENCY AID AIDES
ORGANIZED AT WHITE HOUSE
Kalis of Frhuvlkill Tonus Junior Branch of
War Relief at Hcaieuarters
I'ndei the direction of .Mrs Kllzabeth Dob
son Altemus a number of .voting women ot
the Falls of Schulklll have orgamzeil a
Falls brant h of the emergency Aid. These
aides will meet on Monday evenings at the
While House nnd have military drills directed
b a United States marine The young women
will do first nld work, assist with the next
Liberty Loan drive and all Ihe work of the
senior body Tlulr unlfoims are similar to
those worn by the aid. but being-Junloia
their collars and cuffs are led Instead of
blue. L. A. A on the sieve will Inellcate
llniersencj 11 Allien Mrs Altemus will
present the hats to the members. The fol
lowing havo enrolled Miss Marian Morrow,
Miss Maigaret Calhoun Miss May Mont
gomery Mlsj Marian Cray, Miss Ida Cray.
Miss eiiaeo Kle, Miss Betty Ferguson, Miss
Laura Adums, M'ss Marian Byrne, Mlsu Mar
gate! Nagele Miss Bcatr'ce Harrison. Miss
Sue Maher. M'rs Kllzabeth Langan. Mlbs
Alicia Furman, Miss Lmlly Jenklnson. Miss
Mary Murray, Miss Mary Itoney. Miss Klsie
Ldwartls, Miss Margaret Buff, Miss Kdnit
Badcllffe, Miss Mary lUdcllffe, Miss Madeline
Hagy. Miss Lisle MacKenzlc. Miss Motile
Baijcliffe Miss O'adys K Smith, Miss Alice
Fox, Miss Jean Ferguson. Miss Isabel Ker,
guson. Miss Bessie McCarthy, Miss Jeanne
Hallow ell, Miss SI. Ferguson, Stlss (Jrace D.
Walker, Sliss Dorothy Slachuloe, Sllss Fun
nle Thompson, M ss Katharine Hopkins, Miss
Frances Hopk.na, Sllsd Lavlnla S'arrett, Sllss
Besslo Moore Stlss Agnes Hardwlck, Sllss
Anna Flynn, Sllss Helen Flynn. Sllss Kthel
Slorrls. Sllss S.idla Calhoun. Stlss Isabel Cal
houn. Miss May Burns, Silas Slay Ward, Sllss
A SIcLrugh'ln, SPss Jennie Bodgers, Sllss
D. Carwardlne, Sllss Marian Chadwlck. Sllss
tirace Stnmm, Miss Itcglna Cassey Sllss SI
Cunningham, Sllss Anna Kelly, Sllss Slaila
Kelly, Mlsa Slary Calhoun, Sllsa Kllzabeth
Calhoun, Sllss Slary Bonouiu, Miss Slury Mae
Anlffe, Stiss Jean SfacKay. Sllsa Stat Ian Fer
ris, Silas Jerry Cordon, Stlss Stary StehltJ.
Miss. Mary Kyle. Miss Slary Kennedy vnd
Mibs Alice Newls.
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m uur position, out linn was tne nearn
they came to us that day. i M!pf
That night the American Infantry, '!
meted nnd ready for battle, marched Into1!
front-line trenches. The Infantry beataal
France by nearly two months, but we oti'i
iiriiuery got into action more than tWfsV"(ji
Hours ohend of the doughboys. ??.;
After two weeks of work on nitr hattr-
posltlons behind the front line, our reglm'fitS ;
of artillery went Into winter quartern aMjp!
wo were kept out of the scrap until JhuvXiI
nn, when we went In again with a walfeWKH
Our battery was paid special honors W -i
along that hike to winter quarters. s&fJ,
Drrkrtl I lie (Inn Willi Vloirers :,.J-:
The little gun that fired the first ehoi torMl
world liberty was decked with fresh flowr-Jfti
In every village, and we of C BatteryhftcA-J
to run a kissing gantlet almost every Btepv&Jf
of the way I can tell you the French 'V?jji
preelated the significance ot that first hOtJSJ
iney anew tnat it spelled rre$clom for tnemjg,
from the Invading Hun ., " f
Sergennt Hugh Marsh, of Belleville, ItU
who was with the flrrt contingent of Gnri!"
Pershing's forces to reach France, haa ajWen Ml
me a graphic descilptlon of the experiences W
of the infantry during the period I was ab-7si
Fent at winter quarters, and I shall tell it iM
as nearly ns possible In his own W0j,'de-ty',
After that I will resume my own story ,,'and $Pi
take the render back again to the Yankee A';
batter.v positions behind the lines.
.sergeant Marsh spent four years on the j'
Mexican border doing patrol work before he, A
went across with the first contingent of ttHi, y
Pprsblno. fnr,lne 5-
The infantry moved right Into the flihU,2-
.wiie ui'uii men- arrival in r rnnce ana siarcea-j
drilling eight hours a day under tho guidance .vfi
of the famous Alpine Chasseurs, or "Blus ',tj
nevus, as they are called by the Huns. VU
They taught the Americans the latest V
wrinkles In bayoneting, grenade throwing irJ
and the use of the trench knife. "' !l
.,.. . .... . ............. ... .. d
ei me nrsi emy 01 ironing tne ooya arew va
their full trench equipment, which Included Jl
packs, gas mnsk. helmets, trench knives and rsi
grenade aprons The latter look exactly 10.S JSfi
a carpenter's apron with pockets, but In 'this -?Si
case the pockets are usid to hold the deadly JfJ
gienades and not tools ' ygk
Crren Hut (iulrk lo Learn
Of course our lads were pretty green wlit Kj
they started training for trench warfare, VJ
although most of them were seasoned United "B'i
States soldiers, and were well up In the sort $3
Hun Inaugurated the most Inhuman struggle $1
in nistory Hut the Yankee Infantrymen fjj
weie not nmiils .,nl In n fi.it w,lf, 4l,tt.r 'u
outclassed their Instructors In the use ""ot
the baionet and crenade
The Infantrymen managed to have a pretty $ji
good time while they were training, They VM
.in., ,. r,,uv-tirt.. nun faiuruay aiicrnoons ifl
on, nnu or. tnese occasions they would go-'
fishing or promenading with rome pretty
mademoiselle When nn American soldier
, mi viKKiiiiK wuii ins r rrnco ne enaeavors jrvjl
first to learn how lo ask for something, to VI
eat. and, second, how to frame an Invitation , yP
titf n mn,l.n.nl..ll. n ..- J. .... .. "."H,,
... .. iiiBurmuipni'. m ,i uiueiiauc vviin ninij ff
. .. .,w,. n ,uu,,i.t .......ciit-iie. eiuui iisiiinsj u rtX'
the canals' near their camp, but the ' flih VF
.K.4.,', Sl, f... ....... . U iL. . . .r ' JSJ
,,,..u v mil- mm euwuKil lor llie AinencaiiRt v 1$
so they threw grenades Into the water. TJtetffii
explosions that followed broucht the flab Jt
stunned In the surface, where they wtra'Sw
easily gathered by the doughboys 'byl'ths &f
Manuel n- employing tne grenade method, S
the lads had fresh fish nt nearly every meal 3ii
until the French police stepped In and ptit T
stop to the Tiractlce. . i-,, 54 a
A doughboy considered himself lucky wriM&f.j
nr was im-Keu 10 go on wooa-cutting detail;? ,2
lor ne coma eawe nin gun along and havfJ J
.t..w, ..v n.....v. ..C uuuH near me 1
abounded with wild boar, rabbits. pl
CONTINUKD
TOSIOBBOW ,
MEMBERS OF YOUNGER SI
TAKE COURSE JN NURSr$
Nine at I. nisi-on.il Hnsnital .-,! '... t'lJ-.LM
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is j'oriniup;
Mne members of tlie Kmergency Aid aide's
are taking a special training course In nurs
ing at the Episcopal Hospital to qualify as
inrses' aldea and thus become still more
useful in case of need
The present class consists of the follow
ing. Miss Dorothy Blair. In charge: the
SIlsscs Slay Porcher. OIhiIvs Sluller. Edith
Dawson, Doris Garvin, Virginia Maxwell,
Doris Dexter, Natulle Davis and Sirs. J,
It. Haggerty. The course will last a month,
and another class Is now- being formed -to
begin training on August 1 The aides ar'o
under the direction of Sirs. Norman Mac
Leod and have become familial' to the public
bv their work for the Liberty Loans, War -ihest
and numetous other forms of war
relief work.
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