mmmm j'ab ' ; vm - wi iwmwwj, jjuigMupiriBP!??nmHinmRai iWrW a h ,. ?, W- i. .i ! XX T F,,,?..; ... ZtAST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy Wynne Tells of Weddings That Arc in the Planning. ,' , ,, Mrs. Disston Guest of Her Daughter in Jenkin- 1 1 toivn Grandpa's Surprise 1. IITCRE ." Wyn SRE you surprised to hear that Nancy pnne Cook and Alfred Putnam -were married today? I was, In a way, But goodness, It's foolish to be surprised at any little thing like a wedding these days, when It Is more usual to be married after a day or more's decision than It Is to decide on the date several months ahead, as in the old days. Nancy Is the daughter of the Gustavus Wynne Cooks and a granddaughter of the Jate Mr. nichard T. Cook. She Is a 'lovely looking girl: has fair brown hair and soft large eyes and such a pretty, gentle man ner. She Is the elder of the two girls, Emley being about two years younger. She t made her debut In the fall of 1D16, the sea son In which the war was declared, and her engagement to Alfred Putnam was an nounced late last summer or early fall. Her mother, who Is a most attractive woman, was Miss Nannie Bright. Alfred Putnam is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Putnam, of 19 Spruce street, and Is a nephew of Mr. Charlciagfte Tower, Mrs. Putnam halng been Miss Grace Tower. He is a brother of Betty Putnam, who married Albert Schroedor several years ago, and of Amelia and Kath erlne Putnam. The wedding took place at noon at Wynnemere, the Cooks' place, In Lansdowne. ANOTHER wedding which will take place .In the near future Is that of Miss Frances Allison. She Is the daughter of Mrs. Francis Allison and a sister of Cassle and Molly Allison. With those names you I:now to whom ?ne Is related, don't you? For nearly every branch of the Dixon family has a daughter with those names. Mrs. Allison was Miss Sophie Dixon and is a sister of Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold, Mrs. Russell Thayer, who was Molly Dixon; Mrs. Percy Keating, who was Cassle Dixon; Mrs. Wilson Sharpies and Mrs. Linton Landreth. So Frances Is a cousin of Molly Thayer, Molly Sharpless, Dorothy Newbold, Margaretta Dixon, Mrs. Clement Waln wrlght, Mrs. t Edward Norrls, Mrs. Jack Fagan, who was anottr Cassle Dixon, and I can't begin to ment'on all the relations. They aro "too numerous to mention." Edgar Curzon Poultney Is the bridegroom-to-be, and from all I konw and have heard of Frances he Is a pretty lucky man. I HEAR that Mrs. William Disston, who has been staying with Pauline at the Wanamaker house in Jenklntown, will go very soon to Newport and will spend the J summer there, as she did last year. Pauline Is planning to go up as soon as her small son is old enough to travel. He Is not more than ten days old now, ou know, and It's pretty hot weather. I will wager that Pauline looks perfectly, sweet with a baby in her arms. She's a mighty fine woman. I think. And has a good lot of common sense tucked' Into her pretty head. ANOTHER bit of news I hear Is that . Hoby Porter has gone overseas and Abbie has returned home and will spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. Es monds Austin. Abbio was certainly an awfully pretty bride, wasn't she? I can't believe that It's nearly three months since she was married. Hoby Porter Is a brother of Andy, you know, and of pretty Mrs. BlUie Clothier. HE'S one of the proudest grandfathers you ever saw and he's so sweet to his little grandchildren that they love to be around him. Yes, and ho was so used to having them all aiound that when little Sue, who was always particularly affec tlonate, went away with mother and daddy for the summer, why, grandfather sud denly felt very lonely. He stood It for a few days, but finally he decided he'd Just run down to the shore where they had their summer cottage and drop in on them un expectedly. (They'd told him to do that. "Come any time," they had said, and Sue had laughed and clapped her hands.) And so he did, thinking with glee as he neared the place of the wonderful bear-hugs and dear baby kisses little Sue would shower upon him in the gladdest kind of surprise ai soon as ever she saw him. So he walked in, and there, coming dowri the steps, was Sue herself! Well, was she surprised or did she evince any signs of tumbling down the stairs to meet her "pal"? Not at all. The small Infant de scended the remainder of the steps without haste, and walking over to him delivered the following In a calm, awful whisper: "We have moths 1" NANCY WYNNE. Social Activities Mr. and Mrs. Horace Howard Kurness, Jr., of Ardmore. left today on a motor trip for Magnolia. Mass., where they will spend the rest of the summer. Mrs. John W. Moffly. 3d. has returned from be" wedding trip and Is living with her parents. Mr. and Mrs Edward V. Ivans ot Lincoln' drive, Oermantown. until the end of the wa. Mrs. Moffly will be remembered as Miss urey Kane. Mrs Harrison Hoxle Smith Is visiting her father-in-law. Mr. Hlnckle Smith, of Timber line, jbryn Mawr. The Rev. Stewart Pegram Keeling, of St. Peter's rectory, Germantown, announces the engagement of his daughter. Margaret Craw ford to Major William Oscar rrosser. M. C. V 6 A., now stationed In the Canal Zone. Major Prosser Is the son of the late Dr. Wtlllam O. Prosser and Mrs. Frosser, of Eugene. Ore. He Is a graduate of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, class of 918, and was formerly chief resident of the Univer sity Hospital. Miss Keeling will leave today for the Adlrondacks w Ith Mrs. Isaac Ipore Slmonln. of Chestnut Hill. VMrs. Charles Custls Harrison entertained her Red Cross Knitting Club this after noon at Happy Creek Farm. Devon. Among the members who meet at Mrs. Harrison's home and Unit 'for the soldiers are Mrs. Archibald Barklle, Mrs. William Townsend Wright, Mrs. nobert learning Montgomery, Mlas Tyler. Mrs. Herbert Lincoln Clark, Mrs. Charles O'Donnell Lee, Mrs. J. Donaldson Paxton, Miss Esther Lloyd. Mrs. Harry Wain Harrison and Mrs. Wlllard H. Lawton. ' Mrs. Anthony Qeyelln, of Bryn Mawr, ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Stanley O. Flagr. Jr.. left yesterday to Join her chil dren at EagUsmere for the remainder of the turamer. Mrs. Flags will remain for week. .j-llr. nfl Mrs. Hplllnihead W. Taylor, of rruepwwv miu mtm wtiwiiMi iuiihi -Mmmmm.- :. :, V'EW-r.i ii . 1 their family, of Havcrforrt, will leave? today to occupy a cottage at Vcntnor forttlhe re mainder of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. J, Toland and MIsslKathe rlno Toland, of 1627 Harrison street, IFrank ford, aro spending a week as the gutests ot Mrs. Samuel Waters at her cottage lmfWlld wood. Miss Helen Lers, daughter of Mr. and Mts. David Lees, of 2256 North Park avenue, will leave tho city today to spend several weeks In Scranton visiting hir aunt, Mrs. Benjamin Samter. Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Bledert andftheir son, Mr. Charles C. Bledert, Jr., of 1531 North Seventeenth street have taken a cot tage in Ocean City for the summer. Miss Mary L. Weaver, of 1714 North Twenty-ninth street, is spending some time In Ocean City as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Sayre. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore B. Pal mer, of 4925 Hazel avenue, will be glad to know that they have received word of the safe arrival overseas of their ion, Mr. Theo dore B. Palmer. Jr., U. S. N. I Mr. and Mrs. Chnrles Miller Austin, of St. Charles place, Atlantic City, announce the marriage of their daughter, Ml"s JInrv Parker Austin, to Mr. John Frederick Hlller Hopewell on Monday. July 8, at St; James's Episcopal Church, Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Hopewell will be at homo after the 1st of August at 1648 North Main avenue, Scranton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Wlnfleld Barnes and family, of Oakland street, Frankford, hao taken a cottage at Lavellette, N. J for the summer. Friends of Lieutenant Harvey D. Bealc, of Oermantown, will be glad to hear that his sister, Mrs. David Kenneth Dickson, of Wayne, has received word of his safe arrival overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Clarke, of Strawberry Mansion, who are spending the summer In Atlantic City, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter last Sunday. Mrs. Clarke was before her marriage Miss Clara D. Fold. She was asfoclntert In social wel fare worjt at Beth Israel Temple. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Stewart have re turned from their wedding trip and are at homeon Old Lancaster road. Bala. Before her recent marriage Mrs Stewart was Miss Mary Isabel North, daughter of Mrs. Laura M. North, of 1625 South Broad street. ir. and Mrs. .T. Harry Shoemaker and their family, of 1209 Harrison street, are spending the summer at Atlantic City, where they havo taken a cottage on Rhode Island avenue. Dr. Edward Schuman. of Pelham road and Green lane, Germantown, has entered the United Stntes naval service and Is now on duty at tho Fourth Naval District headquar ters. Mrs. Robert L. McLean and her son. Mr. Ralph McLean, of Lansdowne, are visiting Mrs. McLean's son, Mr. Donald McLean, who Is in tho military training camp at Williams College. Miss Mary Balncs. of Lnnsdoune, is spend ing a few days at the Delaware Water G,P. Pa. Afterward she will visit Mr. and Mrs. Albert Boyd in East Orange, N. J. The pev. Crossvvell McBee, leaves Lans downe this week to spend his vacation with his ramlly at their summer home In Kenne biinkirortt Me. The Rev. William Boyd will also spend his vacation in Maine. Mr. and Mrs Vernoti riillllps and their two children, Billy Phillips and Isabel Phil Wa. are spending several weeks at Spring Mrs. Alexander Brown, of Lansdowne, is .-,.iuiitiif, nv,i.-iiii wecKs at ucean City, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hicks and their family, of Lansdowne. are spending some time at Gallops Island, on the coast of Vir ginia. Mr. and Mrs. George R Bullen and their daughter Miss Bessie Bullen. of Baltimore. nre visiting Mr. and Mrs. William C. Jack son, of Lansdowne. Miss Reba Elder, of Lansdowne, is spend ing two w eeks with friends at Altoona. Pa, PHILOMUSIANS LABOR IN HEAT FOR RED CROSS Work on Surgeons' Operating Coats and Other Articles Keeps Club Factory Busy Members of the Phllomuslan Club, obliv ious to the heat, nre laboring faithfully at the work which the urgent demands of the ?- C m"ke hvy. A recent call for .000 surgeons' operating shirts leaves no time for .leisure, and all through July the whirr of sewing machines has heen steadvi Thursday, the regular foreign-relief day. has been given up to work for filling this order. The work is perfectly organized and divided; some of the members cut, others sew, and Btlll others fold and wrap the fin ished articles. The little Industry goes like clockwork; there Is lUtle or no talking every one Is intent upon the task to be fin ished within a given time Since the 1st of the month they have fin ished twenty-one pairs of pajamas, beauti fully made and In accordance with the finest Ideals or the most fastidious young man of soft texture and sound needlework ; rive thick soft bathrobes, which will be thoroughly an.! predated in the face of an Inev Itable winter twenty surgeons' gowns, thirty pillow slips and seventy-three pairs of sturdy, fleece-lined bed socks. An average of more than 100 surgical packets -a day .has been maintained, and a full representation of workers Is busy In spite of the extreme heat of a room under the roof. The No. 3 packets are the first aid kits of the battlefield. They contain in Compact bundles, one well-made thick pad six cpmpresses, two drains and six tampons' which are tho little gauze and cotton puff balls to stanch the wound. BALA LIGHTS BURN ON Electric Company's Clock ami Labor Short age Cause of Delay Electric and gas lights In Bala, Cynwjd and several Main Line communities were turned on yesterday morning until nearly 8 o'clock. As the sun was shining and an abundance of daylight was uvnilable, th,re was considerable speculation nmong residents as to the cause of the extra Illumination. Investigation showed that the clock In the plant of the Bala and Merlon Kiectlio Com pany, which 'automatically extinguishes the lights shortly after daybreak, failed to work. Reports that the lights were still burning were not made to the company until several hours later. They were then turned off. A representative or ,the AVelsbach Street Lighting Company, which supplies the gas lights, said the delay In extinguishing the lights was due to a shortage of men. The company cannot start to extinguish the lights until after dawn, he said, and as each man aMignea to init work has a large dis -, ,i,i ,rf ' trlrtand In vlewof tMlbT.ort. there I III I llllMaWaWltfafl'WIl Hull II lin ill III llMlllHlll I I uJ 7 K K laV9HPIaaaaaVraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHOl ill - -wKt ijijiv iV JBt , . vv' u'&k H RKsHgIsHbVmwJhl ' vbV 'BVnfKllAV)Sr' irvH i hi nil iwi' i ii ' rm i&H V -N V h a d.' LARGE CARD PARTY IN LANSDOWNE Cake and Lemonade at Charming Booth at Benefit Affair for Parochial-School Mrs. Thomas M. Love, of Lansdowne, gave, a large card party on the lawn of her homo last week for tho benefit ot gjmnaslum equipment for St Philomena's Parochl.il School. Tnenty-fhc tables vveie dotted over the lawn, and enko and lemonado were hold at a charming little liootlu Several things were chanced off during thu aftei noon, among them a cake and a box at Nixon's Theatre. Those who assisted Mrs. Love wcie Mrs. Thomas M. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Isaac 1! Adler, Mrs. J. Lee Hastman, Mrs. Joseph Rudolph, Mrs. jA.eph Myer, Mis. William Culhane, Miss Marlon Peterson, Miss Kmm.i Love. Miss Helen Adler and Miss Frances Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Harlan P. Statzell, Miss Allco Statzcll, Miss Adelo Statzell and Mr. Robert Statzell are sptndlng this month at Ocean City. Mrs. Frederick F. Leopold and her two daughters. Miss Betty Leopold and Miss Margaret Leopold, are spending tho summer at Avalon, X. J. Miss Ida Galbiaith and Mies Audrey Phil lips have been visiting Miss Louise Grieves at Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Albeit F. GrlfTUh are pass ing some tlmo at Ocean City. Mr, and Mrs Clarence Kppclshelmer have been visiting In tho South. Mr. and Mrs John 1'. Whitehorn and their family are spending July at their apartment in Vcntnor, X, J. Mrs. Herbert Barker Is spending tho month of July at the Spring Mountain House, in tho Perklomcn Valley. Miss Helen Taylor Is spending the summer at Ocean City. Mrs. Henry S Barker Is spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Edward V. H. Wllkle. at her co -e at I'ocono Lake Pre serve. Mr. and Mrs. J. Liddon Pennock and their family are spending the summer at the Man hasset Hotel- at Seasldo Park, N. J. Mr and Mrs Harold Ogdcn and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Iias havo taken a cottage at Vcntnor for tie summer. Mrs William O. Hempstead, Jr., and her children have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Downing Taylor at their cottage at Seaside Park. Mr anil Mrs X Byrne Uougherty and their family are spending the summer in New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Palmer and their family havo taken a cottage for the summer In the Poconos. Mrs. W L Taylor and her daughter. Miss Betty Taylor, have, been visiting Mr. ,nnd Mrs Ellas Palmer at their cottage at Avalon, N. J. Among thosu who are guests at a house party being given by Miss Pauline Witto at Wlldwood, N. J., aro Miss Emma Love, Miss Bessie Jones, Mr. Orleg Means, Mr. Thomas Culhane and Mr. Jahies Culhane. Miss Helen Adler left on Saturday for Brooklyn, where she villi spend some tlmo with Miss Helen Mansbach. Mr and Mrs William I. Roller are visit Ing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Bartram at their cottage In Ocean City. FETE DAY FOR GIRARD BOYS Miniature Circus Feature of College En tertainment The annual fete day for tho boys of airard College who are unable to go to their homes during the summer was celebrated today. Tho entertainment this year was featured by a miniature circus, in addition to the regu lar games and boxing exhibitions. Captain George S. Tempest, of the Bureau of Police, was chairman of the "early eighties" committee, which arranged the en tertainment. The committee provided COO pounds of pea nuts for the boys. The entertainment lu eluded a baseball game this afternoon and a niotloii-plcturo show this evening. I Whal's Doing Tonight Fortieth and Market Htreeta Buslnpaa Men's Association meets at 8 o'clock, 7 South Fortieth street. County Medical Society meets at Twenty second and Ludlow Btreets. Democrat Club nicrtk at 11(0 o'clock, 14S0 South Penn Square. Municipal Hand plays at Eleventh afreet and Rising. Sun avenue. I PhlleeUlpbla Baa viaa om Ctty Haiti I 'ml' r fit'HngWrafiwaaWntalr'TBn -i..' JfcJvY r9 mW:liHBHBK3fe.7N;h?tUx .. t N Sr31rr- i, IFB XK VH h'WSKmsbtttlBKJmMKt- w ezjr i'Ai-tmxie!9ttMNmmimm.imK i u-t&.xixHzmmmjmmmmmttswammmmammGmzKB , MISS GENEVIEVE VANDEGRIFT Miss Vantlegriff, who lives at 1S33 Wed Girard ave nuc, is an extremely popu lar member of the jounger set and lias been active in war work TREASURES LONG LOST RECLAIMED FROM AGES University Museum Has Reports From Its Six Ex peditions By a curious cnlncldf nee, within three days the University Museum has received news from Its sK expeditions, wlich literally ex leml fiom Greenland's lev mountains to India's ciir.il strand, and involve four of the live coiitlnints. The first letter tecelved was from W. B. Van Valln. leader of the John Wanamaker evpiilltlon ainoiig the Eskimos of Alaska. It Is dated (-,, illt narrow, on the Arctic Ocean, ami was wrlttin In February, coming out by dog sled Mr Van Valln. wife and daughter were spending the winter taking moving pictures of the Eskimo at work and plav. writing down their m.vths and collecting all k'nds nf specimens. Mr Van Valln sent n polished tooth of a fosHli mammoth as a recent hlrth ihiy souvenir to Mr Wanamaker, probably the most distant testimonial he. iccelved. Bus Man) Valuable Trraurex From India came a letter from Aleander Scott, of tills city, who repnsents the museum In tl at country. He lias obtained rainv treasures be is afraid to ship on account of the war. lie lias a cuneiform tablet dug up from nn ancient temple, which Is the only one known to have been found In India .Mr. Smtt Is not an expert, but thinks It may be Hltllte. It may throw light on the lelatlons between India and Mesopotamia in the il tvi n of civilization; Mr Scott was about to ship it last January, but at the last moment withheld It, which was fortunate, as the lesel was sunk III tie Mediterranean Mr. Scott has Just finished romo paintings for the Maharajah, of l'atlala, one of the rlclust a the Independent Indian princes.fwhn gnio enormous amounts of gold to threat lirltaln at the nperdng of the war and sent his entire army to Mesopotamia lie Is now In London as a member nf the Imperial Council Louis Shotrldge writes from the southern pails of Alaska tint he has just returned fiom a 'one trip among tt e mountains of the interior and has many ancient and valuable specimen!) for the nuiHcum. Keroiered Inrn llellrs I"iom Panama tlie museum's ngent an nounces hlg return from a long Journey of exploration with many ancient specimens In gold from what appears to be the lnca civili zation These are awaited with great Interest by the museum nuthorltlis. Doctor Fisher writes from Espt that he Is getting along rapidly with his exploration of the temple of Mernepthnh, wlich the natives call the "Temple of Mosps," and that he will have one complete loiuinn inlaid In gold to send to this country as soon as the war Is ov cr. It will bOj about eight v feet high and nearly eight feet thick. It conifs from the hill of judgment In the lulnen of the Iiiarnoh, who, many biblical scholars be lieve, was he who oppressed thu Israelites In Egypt. It Is thought It was here tint Moses and Aaron worked their wonders and brought on the plague. Lastly, wold comes from Theodoor de Bnoy, in Venezuela, that he Is now far up in ! ' mountains visiting hitherto unknown tribes who nre supposed to be ferocious, but are treating him kindly. Nlghta Cold In Troph s The mist which overlass the country makes tho nights horribly cold. Ho Is taking many photographs and collecting specimens for the museum. This list completes all tho expeditions which tho museum has in the field. It Is remark able that they should have been heard from at the same time, although there Is an ex treme difference of four months In the dates of willing MRS. WALTER ISRAEL Mri. Israel was Miss Myrtle Hirsbberg, of thia eMy. Her marriage to Mr. . "V"- iff i f' ' ' i -ii In t ' of thla city, tier marriage to Mr. JtfMl rtmmxmsaxttwixxsts&'sSTi- X WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, INTERESTING WEDDING IN NEARBY SUBURB Miss Nancy Wynne Cook Bride of Mr. Alfred Putnam at Father's House The marriage of Miss Nancy Wynne Cook, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gustavus Wynne Cook, and Mr. Alfred II Putnam, son ot Mr. and .Mrs Vat B Putnam, took place today at noon at the home of Mr. Cook, W.v nnemere, Lntisnoune. The bride, who was given In marriage by her father, was exquisitely gowned In white sitln and old family lace Her veil was of tulie. and she carried orchids and lilies of the valley. She was attended by her rlster. Miss L. Emily Cook, and Miss Mary B I Brooke ns mnlds of honor, and her brides, maids were Miss Mary Newbold. Miss Kath erlne Putnam. Miss Luclle Carter and Miss 2? Son-ord-Munford, of Richmond. Va. The maids of honor wore frocks of apricot georgette crepe and black tulle hats. They carried blue larkspur The bridesmaids were In pink georgette Their hats were block tulle, nnd they slsft carried blue larkspur. Mr Putnam was attended by his father, Mr. Larl rt Putnam, ns best man. There werp no ushers nThBJl,,v I'loy'' r"'nkns. PI), rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church, at Walnut and Nineteenth streets, performed the eere mony, and a small reception for the Imme diate families and Intimate friends fol lowed. Ol'N5 ORAFF The marriage of Miss Lillian tjraft, daugh. ter of Mr nnd Mrs Louts Oeorge (IrnfT, of the Woods, I'aoll, and Ensign Allan Nelson Young, I'nlted States naval reserves, will take place this evening at B o'clock In St. Mary's Memorial Episcopal Church, Wnvne. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. I)r Anthony, and the bride, will be given In marriage by her father Miss OrafT will have her sister. Miss Catherine Orarf, as maid of honor, and the bridesmaids will be Miss Helen Young, a sister of the bridegroom; Miss Luclle Herlen and Miss Mary Hoffman. Tho best man will be Ensign W King Allan, nnd the ushers villi be Mr Harry A Taylor, Mr. C. W. n Ciockett and Mr. P. S. John son The bride will wear a gown of white satin, with a tulle veil, trimmed with orange blos soms, and will cany orchids and white roses The maid of honor will wear pink tulle, with a rullled skirt, trimmed with silver lace nnd pearls, and a blue tulle butterfly bow Her hat will be of pink tulle and blue velvet The bridesmaids will be gowned nllke In pink tulle frocks trimmed with silver lace. Their hats will be of pink, trimmed with pink roses nnd blue forget-mo-nots The mnld of honor will carry pink rose buds nnd blue corn flowers, nnd the bridesmaids will carry pink roses, all old-fnshloned bouquets with real lnce borders Tho wedding will be followed by a recep tlon at the home of the bride's pannts in Paoll. SHIP SOCIETY GROWS TO BIG PROPORTIONS Serves to Stir Up Interest in Great Merchant Marine Program Pay ten cents a jenr. wear a small pin In the shape of a tiny ship and do all jou can to stimulate the Interest, belief and enthu siasm of every one you meet In ships and shipbuilding, the work that has been done and the work that must be done this Is all .ion have to do to be a member of tho Ship Society. The Ship Soeletv vias founded last April hi Mrs. Frnncls Howard Williams, of Cer mantnwii. Since then It has grown to a membership of more than 11000, and Is likely to sprend throughout the country. The members are zealous. If a member buis twclity-flvo plus nnd sells them, thus bringing In tvrcsity - file members to the society, lie becomes a captain. And so tie thing increases. The little ship pin, bearing a message from Pershing, naturally liuite-i curiosity In the observer, who then nsks questions Thus the conversation drifts nnturally Into discussions of shlpinrds, ships and more ships. Then as often as not nnnther member Is won for the society, which grows like Alice In Won dei land, when she nte the mushroom. The society Is simply a central point for the starting of propaganda for the shipping interests, so Important at this time. It has been warmly approved bj Charles M Schwab and Edward N Hurlej. both of whom are vice chairmen of the society Mrs Williams Is chairman and Mrs. Ida Meachem, 51 East Penn street, Is treasurer P0LISH.WHITE CROSS ASKS SOAP DONATIONS Troops in France Are Unable to Procure an Adequate Supply Economize in soap! That is, use all that is vitally necessary, but sale the odds and ends, those fragments that mark the dwin dling of a once plump and hardy cake Into a mere slip. An appeal has come fiom tho Polish White Cross, stating that the Polish National Army in France is facing a famine in soap, and urging donations of soap or of money with which to buy it. Efforts to meet this crisis are being made In Philadelphia by members of various Polish teller committees and the Polish recruiting station. Money or your soap' This, or words to tho same effect, is the demand made by canvassers delegated by the committees to hunt down soap at private homes At the headquarters of the comfottn committee of the Polish White Cross 4000 cakes havo been recelvid and i-ent overseas. Actually, of course, swap is plentiful enough In this country, hut the funds of tho com forts committee are running low. Since its Inception In October, 1917, as the Helena Paderewskl comforts committee, up to the end of June, this year, the total receipts have been 59,421, but the great demands nearly have drained this sum out. Every report from Franca brings a reitera tion of Just how much soap and water means to the men. A seemingly trivial thing (whero one can revet In It without a thought of Its luxuriousness), over there its Importance, is Immeasurable. A bath, and the sense of cleanliness is almost. If not quite, us great a stimulant to courage as a victory, nnd eveiy tlfort is made to give tho men the chance ot u hot tub and a good BCitibhlng when they com back from the mlro of the trenches. It may sound strange coming after the deuuindd for men. for ammunition, for air planes and soap! Hut the men, and the women, too, who come buck won't smile about It any more than they will smile about the men or the ammunition or any thing vital to the satisfactory outcome or thi war. Cleanliness Is an essential In keeping up the morale ot the men, and the morale of the men la essential to victory. The odds arid ends which are so readily thrown out should be saved, for they can be used, again. Nothing must be wasted, ana every day the' American people learn how vast an amount of necenitlea there are' that oM Do aoved out of th acrap beop. . "4 1918 WHAT A CONGRESSMAN Si A ScmitvcckJy Letter Touching on the familiar to Philadelphians By J. Hampton Moore Washington, D. C, July 24. TN HIS war revenue nddrcss the Prcsl- dent talked about lobbies. He suggested that tobbvlsts and prollteers deserved small consideration nt tho hands of Con gress. Then Chairman Kltrhln, of the Ways and Means Committer, talked about lobbies, nnd mnde some tart allusions to tho publishers of newspapers. Congress man Ralney, of Illinois, entered tho field and accused the jewelers of maintaining a lobby. The lobby business Is threadwotn In Washington, but these new charges drew fire, together with some pretty strong i eliminations nnd denials. The Ralney chaiges, stippnited in measure by Con giessmiti lingwnitli, of Ohio, grew out of a tight between chemists nnd tho Jew elers over tho use of platinum In Jewelry. It Involved most of tho big Philadelphia houses, Wilson A Stteeter. vico president of the Hallo, Hanks . Riddle t'oinpnnv. being one of tho committee to look after the Jewrlers' Interests The chemists, backed up by the Bureau of Mines, en couraged a number of women to lefuso to buy platinum jewelry on tho ground that It would be unpatilotic In vvnr times to do so. The jewelers came bark with an indorse ment of the Department of Commerce, and considerable testimony that riovcrn ment orders commandeering platinum for war purposes had been adjusted to peinilt of n limited i-nle of that pieclous com modity. Thev espiessed their willingness to comply with Clovernment war orders nt nnv time, but contended that the ptopaganda of the women, which some Ooveininent officials opposed, nnd which others did not, was unfair to n legitimate business, nnd equivalent to a bnjeott nnd ultimate confiscation. At the bottom of the Inquiry was the desire to conserve platinum for use In airplane motor construction. One witness raid It would bo so badlv needed before the war Is over that the Government would have to take it out of the people's teeth. The controversy pioepeded far enough to show that a Government bureau can work up a lobby to start backfires under Con gressmen ns readily n.s Individuals or as soclatloiis can. In the publishers' fight, Chairman, Kltchln contended that a central commit tee hail stirred up ot gnnbntluns In nil parts of the country tn petition Congress In the platinum row It appeared that pi ess matter vvns going out from tho Bureau of Mines, nnd that the resolutions of pa triotic women were being promoted by It through tho American Chemical Society. Tho point of view frequently depends upon whose or Is goied. TVTINGLINC, the " and Lafayette names of Washington le in the editorial com ment of the day, i oralis the Philadelphia associations of the distinguished Fi Pitch man who binved the opposition of his own countrymen to seek a malar grneinl'M com mission at the- hands of the Ametlcan Congress. His stopping places aro now second In historic Interest almost, to the numeious Washington headquarters. Otis C. Seidel, of Fmnth nnd Callow hill stieeU, who succeeded Colonel M Rlchnrds Muckle ns president ot the nnclent Tammany Pea Shore Fishing Company, is the owner of one of thosp--tlie triangle at Old York Road and Fourth street. Gus says that fniewell ceremonies for Lafayette weie held on the porch nt the "point," nnd that the mllltar was drawn up on both sides. He thinks the city should own this site or that some memorial ANNUAL MIDSUMMER CARNIVAL THIS WEEK Church of Corpus Christi Starts Fete Today to Continue Until Saturday " The annual inldiiinmer carnival of the Church of the Corpus Christi opened this afternoon on the ihurch grounds and villi continue each afternoon nnd evening until the close of the week In the large green field on Allegheny aienue from Twenty eighth to Twentv-iiinlh streets there nre many gnllv decorated rustic booths, decorated with flags Ited, white and blue electric bulbs will light up the grounds and also Japanese lantirns Theie are fnncv articles groceries, fi ults nnd candies for sale, nnd all kinds of refreshments Not one of the out door amusements lias been missed larzle dazzle, dodger, n-li pond, crazy kitchen and fortune telling nil are there. There nre music nnd dancing nnd a special pin giam each evening, a fealuie of the music being the conn t solos by Mr Max Haas. The rival contestants for the crown of the queen of the carnival are Miss Josephine Cahlll, Miss Sue Farrell, Miss Anna Sullivan, Miss Anna Cleai.i Mls Helen McAnulty, Miss Kntharlne McMichael, Miss Hose O'Don nell and Miss Alice Median The contest will close on Frldiy evening and tho win ning beauty will be crowned on Saturday night by Judge Joseph P. Rogeis, of the Common Pleas Court The affair is in charge of the lector of the parish, the Ilev Henry A. Nayior, assisted by the Rev. .John II Murphy and the Rev John T. Campbell. The carnival committee Includes Mr Peter Hughes, chairman; Mr. James Lynch, Mr. John Armstrong, Mr. Joseph Oilurn, Mr. James tl'Hara, Mr. Ed ward Ward, Mr James Murray, Mr. J Scully, Mr. James Mc.Mahon, Mr. Matthew Jordan, Mr. Vincent Mcllvalne, Mr. Matthew O'Reilly. Mr. Patrick WSnne. Mr. W Behan, Mr. Peter Havaghan. Mr. Mark Kohl, Mis Thomas Shortall, Mrs. J. Hull, Miss Mary McCloskey, Mrs. .' .McCloskey, Mrs. J. M. McMichael, Mra. Heibert Kay, Miss Mar garet Mctilnley and Miss Mary McCJInley. GERMANTOWN HOLDS PICNIC Three Thousand Ilesiilents Attend Outing at Willow Grove Approximately 30011 r eld, ills of 'Oerman town and Chestnut Hill attended a picnic at Willow Groye today Owing to the war the annual excursion of the Germantown Business Men's and the Chestnut Hill Business Men's Associations to Atlantic City has been abandoned, ana Instead they Jolnud with the Order of Owls, of Germantown, In today's picnic. Many Interesting events were arranged. The picnic began at 10:30 o'clock for the children. The afternoon and evening are davoted to the adulta. The etoreMtBSQer. Washington Doings of Person S m m M Of tho Franco. American rit-tVA lviaklft Kaiser should bo erected there iM im JAMKS R. MANN, the Republican HflW'-'' ,....,- .i-j u.. u,. .,jTki.i?i.a t.' leaner, luiieeucu ity ills I inn llguee IP J be the best parliamentarian of hla tlSW. broke down because he tried to do tetorji much. Hf did not enrnllrat-A thai AUatBa& 1 hutlnn of the work, but assumed Chikhlsi' liersnnallv nf the smallest details. For t Mat ,: ' ........ ... ..."" V . -",5 1 uevuuon in vvnat ne ueuevea 10 oe'jHaT'.l duty, he was sometimes called "The Q&kkXM Comma Hunter." He Is now recup'oAfciS'Jj Inn- nt l,lo Chlcoirn "farm" in "JI.?J .urinii is ti iiui ill ruiiui 1st tts well as n iear4 J imwi, nun k-oiu aiu latuiauiu lu UB vmrtyz return to "Washington. jg;1 Secretarj McAdoo Is another glutton liV hard work. Ho has more responsibility J? jusl now iiiHii any one man ougm P10 VVjvvil ..nlin.i ....... .. ....... t.. iei.. u. ..'!-:'?, -M took the management 6f the railroader in X addition to his many other duties, tho VrttO-K acres predicted that he would break Aoil. i no secretary, uniiKe -viann, repnea tBt$j he did not do all the work himself: thfct-'SM bn firttontPft nblft niAti tn Vtr,1n nlm. BMnv relied largely upon them. On April tho".? Secrctnry started the Third Liberty Jjbkn&M drive w'lth three speeches at Phll&delDhkMj Refoie midnight he Jumped the BatUirt&J and Ohio train for Richmond and a tbkr rl ui uiu ouulii uiiu urai. unucr uie iinuni in iuu-)i.iiii nicumiih uiu ocuicuilf B YOiracd gave way, and he has not been aeon! it'M flclally about tho Capitol since, in w6rlcj' of tho dennrtments. of course, ha ti tM going on, but Mr. Lorfingwcjl, of jWrv Vork. has been In immediate charfe 'ii$t"i the Treasury, and the railroad chief bfcYe " been In direct charge of the railroad. JjM Another big man who promises to Ae'rXI? too much If he doesn't distribute his worfcKl leader, who has charce of the J S 000.000.000 " s a floor leader, Kltchln. Mfej erwood, Is wise In letting "tBi 53 tnx bill. As Oscnr Underwc bojs do the work," but up to date Kltchln tc.'M lias Kept the details of the revenue bill m pretty much under his own hat. The jfcb ' Is n big one tho biggest of Us klnd''n; the history of the world and Kltchiri ft"; allzes It nnd feels the responsibility. Tm A?$ fierce cilticism to which he has bean aub-' (-SrH jeclrd lias driven him to rend nearly evorir.i-! thing that has been printed on the ' !. j Ject nf taxation, and to prepare hltlMWH 'l like an eight-day clock for any ant'MdJ4t?s3 that comes his way. In the test OijM'j, uurancc no lias youth, uasn ana health on his side, and being a pronov Baptist, with a large and inter family, bums his midnieht oil at hOafck & - ia tostmasti:r-genkral b vmM?& SON docs not take all the credit' r3fi the stoppage of the pneumatic tub iefte)! He feels it would be grossly unfair to tap honorable chairman of the Committed ik Postotllces nnd Post Roads, Judge itsSHiM of Tennessee, If his name were nowfe1 eluded in the roll of fame. VSfc0i In a letter made public by Mr. Ayeriky tho Kansas member of Hie Poafi f'nlnmHton I lii Piclmnelni, tAnnf JMIlf iriatulates .Iiiriup Mnnn "nnnn the riaailij" outcome of Ihp tout velfh the nnaiirrfntfa W tube Incubus." He then proceeds to dlyldo' the honors by telling the chairman that- ' to him, "more than any other persca,- . y. t,n .....r,t n-,nl.nnl.MAnl 1. t...l.4A A. . M ,m.j jru--itii enmiiiiaiiiiiriii la uiucuics v-j v. the fact that we me at last, and for all .. .. .,., , .-, ,SS iiiiic, nee iioni mis unnece-aary ana in Tw lust nan o nurden." v. -w oitic .ton nine me .lexiis-xennesspv 'V' Kansas giant standing triumphant oVat the nrostrate tubes that undertook tn rev S. Hevo our traffic congestion and carry m- derground the first-class mall of gTOaft 's'Jf' cities like New York. Philadelphia, ChtoajMi " J?netrM nnd 2f T nit it? .. i"Js s & mantnvvn and Chestnut Hill in a majority OgIH ! '- Instances were closed. 5vS A baseball game between the OermaiU1w2 town Business Men nnd the Owls vvaa air-fi&l ranged Magistrate Watson played with the 'Jfi iiri iiiuiiiviiv ii iron itairn aiiiii m. luiama vn 1..1 . -. ..- ..7 "7.1 war oeeuiueu pari ,u inn miernoon. boat raco on the lake was planned. Special cars are being run to and from f the park all day jfjj . ' ' AijucKzrr ", tdtZM ABOVB $'i STREET ?fM 11 llS A. M. mi ALL, THIS WEEK 11-.15P. Jt to uZt MADGE KENNEDY IN liOLDIV .N" Klll.sT SHOWING "THE SERVICE STAR" A DRAMA OF TODAY DATA PC 1214 MARKET STREET' KAI.AI.r. io a. m. to j i:ia p. a -" w FINAL DAY 0 iWt TirATT TVTTTPOAV -THE BFllnra 41 u.ru-( muiuwii AWAKENING'van inuiB,, ., t-fc mxv ...arfii in -All womam'V All S.Vxt VVelf--lKItfllllS::'H C-TTITfi An-B l l-illsr TIMU AT OUR PRICES V A RC A D I M: CIIESTNIT nELOW 1BTH ' 10-15 A. M., IS. S .1 t? ,'i (-. 7-4S, 0:30 P. M & ELSIE FERGUSON ! In Arteraft Picture, "Till! DANOEn MAntf- , VlfTORIA WAS&i.S T H E D A B A R Tg J faOON-'TO HELL WITH TUB K Srt' ;I ll'Ii1 the KAimar dfp.fmt MAiiK,n7; T'.BE"wjm;,f. IVIllllill I " X. W A Jsl a"SJTL"r Adal 'EAOLB81KYfflP-T9?hT"E!.! -MARKET STREET -9&J AT JUNMikJB 11 A. t a 1 m rfstj continuous' Ml VAUDEVILLE , "CHINESE FOLLIES' tK ORIGINAL ORIENTAL FANTAHIEB -SSy&j . . -i lyjllas CROSS KEYS MAnK:NJLf5 "HERE COMES EVA?p$l WILLOW GROVE P PATRICK CONWAY B Wt soixiifns COHA Tl'.ACY, Contralto XM! JOHN KI.NNiaiAN. Tmor VT1 jivAi.r'i ii n.iviair,. vornaiiai -- 11. UnXWE IIRKTO.V, CONCERTS BrEBY AFTERNOON 4 B. F. KEITH'S THEA1 NAN HALPERIN Vf In a Character gone Cycle h' MAUDLAMBER1 & KRNEMU -FOR PITY'a AKcWrf La zar uait; uod ana turn GA iMTt-fmM Stf U i ?, ; $
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