pff-' WppwTj EVENING" PUBLIC LEDaERPHlCADLPHIA,' FRIDAY,' 'AUGUST 8, 1919 i i SSTSiSS iirarBSE t w a?rcjrtir !! s 7W -i r H?" C a KST GOSSIPABOUT PEOPLE. Nancy Wynne Talks About Affairs of Interest in Nana- gansett Pier Sees a Pretty Shopping Costume. Tells a Story About Newport I HEAR that Mm. Alexander Brown I has been nnnolntcd n committee of has been appointed one to hare charge of scttlnR out trees In Karragansctt Pier for the Ladles' Village Improvement Society. There's something about that name that will suggest, no matter how much. I .try to control It, "village ladles," in their best black silks, with a red geranium In .one lnd and a tightly clutched handkerchief In the other do you know what I mean? Of course, I real ize that tho association Itself is not anything like that, and I hope I m not stepping on anybody's generous feel ings, because from all I know of it the Ladles' Village improvement Society does an awful lot of good up there but that name! ? The usual large and remarKODie uu.. .t... tk. .i.,..v. Vinrn ahout this time of year in Narragansett will be held tonight at the Casino. This year It s a "Snow Ball," and the decorations. t which aro always wonderful affairs, will include a snow fort under a tall pine .tte, which is almost guaranteed to make you shiver, and grotesque snow 'Sen a real (or "purf nigh") snow- ovJblU .nd sleigh-bells ang- everyooay .u i --- ;.-. ,. the ,6 OI m '";. m-W.l'nml Mrs. Knrlo II. Hover, of Mt. Air.V. place are the rsomses, ." '"... - - NbrrU land her daughter Mrj ; Uen Mr. nnd Mrs. Earl V. Foreman, of be a debutante of next p M"u wUUc J 12G2 North Aldcn street, announce the Glendlnntns was ther c lor Bllre pneagement of their cousin, Miss Nan visiting Mary, but 1 am Whiteacre, and Mr. Walter Theodore whether she has come back Ellen is another debutante. .1 without mentioning the oth w JSJ Mr. and Mrs. William Laycock are mediately afterward, and they sure T Atlantic City, for the do have good times together. The 1mm H. Clothiers, Jr., of Sunnybrook, Bad- nor, aro now occupying their nus'J Mr. and Mrs. John M. Walton, of 111 there. Edith Hutchinson, another cieD Qcean street, Cape Mav, have as their" of next season, is there with her parents, gucsts Mr. nntl Mrs. Thomas d. Sto Mr. -and Mrs. Mahlon Hutchinson. 1 vcll Edith is going to make her debut at a j. f th Tlltz on Friday. November n vutv Pnn Smith and her mother arc nt Mrs. Brown's cottage. And Hope .--. . ., l .ni.n. Cromwell and her family are invr..-. .u. , ever so many others. You don't realize ' how big a place rniiaueipuw .. . -i 11 i.ii. in r 11 11 Til you begin to go over the number of our own people at eacu 01 -" -""" places. And then you find that It . s as big as New York and London put to gether and some to carry. ELEANOR PORCHER WINDLE was in town yesterday wearing a very becoming dark blue voile dress, made very simply, with a white collar tucked in bars. Her hat was unusual ly pretty, too, because it combined utility with good looks, if you can talk that way about a hat. It was a wide brlmmed affair, turned down just a little, of dark blue, and the crown and ' ' brim were trimmed with large, flat daisies. And then because that woman t j-be practical for shopping and travel ing and all that.-tne wnoie uuk -. covered with dark blue chiffon, and the result was most attractive. A ,Mrs. Wlndlo is the wife of Major William Butler Windle, of West Ches ter, who was overseas for quite a long a time. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Porcher, of 7708 Nava hoe street, Chestnut Hill. The Porchers were among the first to have one of those attractive houses in St. Martins, near the L'incoln drive, when the "fields" were first built up. If memory is not playing with me, I think their house is the one that was remodeled from an old stone icehouse which stood all by itself in the fields above the swamp which is now Lincoln Drive. The grasses used to grow so high there that you could be completely hidden by stooping just a little, and when that pretty house grow out of that almost-chaos all St. Martins used to Btop and stare. Then everybody got the fever, and now there are any number of those comfortable, pretty houses up there. DID you hear how the gipsies took charge of the golf links at Newport the other day? There were a lot of "- people playing, when these gipsies, who, I believe, have been going about the town elllng fortunes, descended upon the links in a dark swarm, like a flock of bees (bees aren't a dock, are they? they're a awarm, but having aid swarm once, I couldn't spoil my English by repeating. Perhaps I ahould have said they descended in a dark flock like a swarm of bees). Any how, they descended, and insisted on telling everybody's fortiSes until everybody nearly went crazy and the police had to run the gipsies off the course, NANCY WYNNE. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Mrs. Alan H. Strong, of 2030 De Xiancey Place, entertained at tea yesterday at Maplehurst, her sum-1 mer home in Saunderstown, R. I., , JQonor qner 6isier-iuiaw, misti Ciiiz ab'etb, Brlard Strong, and Miss Cornelia Van Rensselaer Strong, and Mr. Theo dore Strong, -Jr., her niece and nephew. Mrs.- Strong was assisted in receiving by Miss Florence Bayard Kane, Mrs. Taul E. du Pont, Mrs. John H. W. 'Rhein, Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Walter rCope. Mrs". John R. Drexel entertained at 'dinner last evening in ,Newport, In ; honor of Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesant, who has returned from two years' stay In -Europe. 1 ' Miss Gertrude Pancoast has left on a ' motor trip north with Mr. and Mrs. ' William Simpson, 2d. She will visit friends In NewporJ, R. I. Mrs. Aubrey Huston nnd her daugh ter, Miss Mary Huston, of Maple wood avenue, Germontown, are stay ing at the Chalfonte Hotel In Cape May. I "Mr. and Mrs. George Willing. Jr.. of East Gravers Lane, Chestnut Hill, lave taken a cottage at Atlantic City and expect to remain there during the summer. Mrs. Edwin N, Benson of Bethlehem plk, and Mr. and Mrs. .Edwin N. Benson, Jr., 'and their children are at J ;Northv East, Harbor for August. Jane Mau'lla, is , visjtjng Miaa -Sfy"1 ? . w.takiP jBpyarMiK JfqvsynvaQfpPk 9V GeorRe W. Boyd, vdll later go for an extended motor trip through Mw nn1nnl. Mm. Herbert w. vinraen and Mlis Lucia Warden ujll occupy their house on Beach avenue. Miss. Nancy B. Dunning is staying in Cape May for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Klcock, Jr., hnve sold their place. Spring Hill, at Daylford, and have moved to Nciv York, where Mr. KlrocK's Business in terests have required bim to go. They haie taken a house at Mt. Kisco, West chester county, and moved over this week. Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Thuxtcr Bick nell, Miis Frnnces Blcknclt nnd Master Robert Thuxtcr Blcknpll, Jr., of High land avenue, arc at Chelsea, where they expect to remain for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Whlttaker. of Chestnut Hill, arc spending August with Mrs. Whittaker's father, Mr. Charles D. Barney, at Gibraltar, Tut-ln-Bay, Ohio. Mr, nnd Mrs. Samuel H. Kurtz, of West Gravers lane, Chestnut Hill, have taken a cottage, nt Peak's Island for the balance of the season. They will have as their guests during August Mrs. Eucene Paul. Master Jack Paul, ALONG THE READING Miss Annie I.overing Perot, of : 130o i.ciisi street, is occupying ner stuaio- cottage Ilenlmrst. in the artist colony ! in i v r r in 1 11 nv linfinn 1 - -. ! Mrs. Rees C. Roberts and her dauffh-I tcr. Miss Catherine Roberts, of The Rev. W. M. Retter and his fam- lly, of Wjnrote, have gone to Ocean GrOVC. N. J . ivhpro thpv nrn snonrllnir the remainder of the summer, Mrs. Thomas K. Obcr, Jr.. and her 'on. .Mr. Thomas Obcr, of Rydal Road, Noble, arc in the Pocono Mountains for a ten- neeks' stay. , Mrs,. E. S. Redding, who has been in Washington for the last year, is vis iting her father, Mr. AVllliam Schoener mnnn, at his cottage at Wildwood, N. J., this week and will leave tomorrow K byrML A- ,A- E1fjs?e.r' Mr nTv,.' m" nerC ""-J'111 oln town G1CnlJ' Gcrman- Miss Marie J. Callahan, 1053 Sixty- ninth avenue, Oak Lane, has returned trom the seashore and is spending the remainder of the summer at Bancor. Me WEST PHILADELPHIA - Miss Frances Austin Obdyke and Miss Marguerite Brown, of West Phil adelphia, aro spending a fortnight in n!v.f ,-r. . 41 " t, ,. , , " .v.b..fc . .niiuuui; i,uy. .urs. ill. jj. Obdyke, with her daughter. Mts F.HonhoU, 'nv. dyke, have returned from Annapolis, where they visited Midshipman Benja min P. Obdyke, 2d. . Miss M. Louise Smyth, R. N., of the Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, Pa., is visiting her parcnts.Mr. and Mrs. C. bmytn, of 4107 Sansora street. -.ooir,candLJU?- Jscph M. Lavell, of 1327 South Fifty-second street, have returned home from their visit at Spring Lake, where they spent July and the first part of August with their daugh ter, Mrs. Charles R. Miller, of 431 West Hansbcrry street. Miss Frances McCullough and Miss eunore .ucuiiougn, of 5310 Thompson street, will leave this week for a trip to Maine. NORTH PHILADELPHIA Mr. and Mm. William L. McNutt, Mrs. K. Harrison and Mr. Benjamin Harrison, of North Broad street, have gone to Asbury Park, N. J., for a few weeks. i Mr. and Mrs. John J. Qulgg and Miss Maude Miller, of 2548 North Sev enteenth street, are nt Ocean City for tho .rest of the season. Mr. John L. Jackson, of Darby, who recently re turned from France, will be their guest for two weeks. The Rev. A. E. Harris is spending the early .part of the month in North -field, Mass., and upon his return he &&3C Photo by Photo-Croften. MISS LYNDA MULL. DaaghteiY.of Mr, J. II., Mull, of and Mrs. Harris will leave for Ocean Grove, where they will remain until September. -Mr. nnd Mrs. Richard Russell, of 128 Diamond street, are spending tht lato summer at Oean City. Dr. nnd Mrs. Frederick Brldgland, of 1231 West Lehigh avenue, and their family, have gone to Wildwood for tho season. Mrs. W. Wardlow, of Seltzer, has re turned home after several weeks' stay in Ocean City. . Mrs. M. L. Stone, of 2040 North Thirteenth street, is occupying her Rummer home In South "Worthlngton, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis A. Glmbel. Mr. Richard Glmbel. Mrs. Louis S. Glmbel and Louis Glmbel, Jr., will spend the month of August ns the guests of Mrs. Lee Mastbaum nt Pickford, Bangeiy, Me. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Dc Mnny, of the Hotel Majestic, are spending the summer nt Atlantic City. Miss Helen Foster, of Fifteenth and Poplar streetB, has gone to the Pocono Mountains for several weeks' stay. Miss Rosalie Danncnbaum, of 1001 Soring Garden street, Is touring the AVest and Yellowstone Park with her uncle nnd aunt, Mr. nnd Mrs. I. Glm bel, of New York. Mrs. C. Haines and family, of Six teenth and. Spring Garden streets, are at their cottage at Ocean City for the summer. Miss Alire Carter, of North Sixteenth street, is visiting Miss Gertrude Carter at Stamford, Conn., for a month. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Herzberg. of the Hotel Mnjestlc, who are nt present at Atlantic City, are leaving this month for Saratoga, N. Y.. where they will attend the races. They will tour the Berkshire on their way to Maine. Dr. and Mrs. J. Greenstone. nnd their family, of North Thirteenth streit, hnvc gone to Wildwood for the re mainder of the summer. Mrs. J, Potter and family, t '. Six teenth and Wnllace streets, nre spend ing the summer nt their cottagi at Pit man Grove, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. William Eckstein, of 1S09 North Eleventh street, nre at the Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs, N. Y., for several weeks. Miss Mabel Sellers, of Wallace street, will spend the week -end with frieud9 at Ocean City. SOUTH PHILADELPHIA Miss Clara Kotkin. of 223S South Broad stieet. is entertaining n group '0f friends at Wildwood for the month of August Among her guests arc Sliss .Matilda Needle. Miss Gertrude Potash. Miss Jennie Kotkin. Miss Margaret McCauslnnd. Mi-.s Rebecca Milrood. Mis Sara Cohen nnd Miss Monn Oser. I the summor home, in Blackwood, N. J., 'of the Tan Beta Gamma, a Southern I High School fraternity. An appropriate ' nrnrrr.im liny hnrvi, nrrnnrprl hv Hip vis itors' committee., which consists of Mr. to rortiann ami um wrcuaru isearn. Wolf, Mr. Scidemnn and Mr. Milestone. Me. The Tau Beta Gamma is contemplating M d Mrs D niKKard nmI their the purchase of a winter home lu the f - f ir,r Fol,ikl.oU Ktreet, hnve vicinity of the school. , -a'r rom a fortnight's stay at At- Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, of '241! lantic City. South Seventeenth street, arc spending M, Margar(,t Leslie, of Melrose the summer 111 h the family in their, , t ,, rntertaining her cousin. Sliss cottage in North Wildwood. Nfnrinn Rhoads. of Reading. Ta.. until Mrs. Ivers, of 2522 South Colorado ' terrace, Girard estate, is spending the: summer in Wildwood. Mrs. Ivers ex-. pects to entertain her son-in-law and uau the , t,,, IS" daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wade, over the week-end. Miss Helen V. Gallagher, of 1040 ner street, expects to 10111 her fam ily at their summer home in Chelsea. Miss Gallagher will remain at the re sort until October 1. Mr. JamcB Ryan, of 1711 South Eighteenth street, has recently received nis nonoraDie uiscnarEe alter navinc his honorable discharge after having .... n ... ...11. i- CI ieuiy-iive umuius wuu mc A. E. F. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Davis and their family, of 1704 Morris street, have arrived home after a short vacation spent in Wildwood. Mr. Leo Rooney, formerly of South Philadelphia, will spend the week-end a Seivell, N. J. Miss Mary Hannigan, of 1832 South Sixteenth street, is spending the month of August in Atlantic City. Mr. Charles J. Hoggerty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Haggerty, of 103S Wolf street, received his honorable discharge on Tuesday. Mr. Haggerty arrived from overseas on the Tiger, which landed In New York on August 2. He had served twenty-five months in France, being raised from private to lieutenant. His brother, Mr. Frank Haggerty, has recently arrived in Camp Merrit, where he awaits his discharge. GERMANTOWN Mrs. Charles Hfcnry Arntt, of 50 West Tulnehockcn street, (icrman town, is spending August 'at Orr's Island, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Toogood, of Germnntown. and their daughters, Miss Catharine Toogood and Miss Mar garet Toogood. are spending August at the Carolina Hotel, lu cape May. Miss Grace Atkinson, of 312 Goiven avenue, Gerraantonn, will return home this week after an extended camping trip in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet M. J. Rear don ore receiving congratulations on hlrth of a dauchtcr on August 1. Mrs. Reardou will be remembered as Miss JjlUian lv. .uciveuu, 111 ui-rumuiuwu. TIOGA Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Monge) and thpir famllv. of 1420 West Tioga street. have gone td Sea Isle ,City for the month of August. Miss Mary Lewis, of 3835 North Nineteenth street, is spending several neeks at Cresco, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Hiratn II. Hlrsch, ot 4030 ortn 'inirteenui street, are taking a trip, through New England. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Halte.--man, of 1320 Hunting Park avenue, left on Tuesday to. spend the remainder of the season in Chelsea, Miss Katharine Andresfj has gone to Ocean Grove to remain until autumn. FRANKFORD Mrs. G. Martin, of Frankford ave nue and Orthodox street, is spending the summer at Ocean City. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holden. of 4C07 Leiner street, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Woodward and their, family art spending some time at Oak Grove, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Wengart and their family," of Melrose street, are spending the summer at their cottage in Wild-wood- Crest, N. J. Miss Helen Herdegen, of Northwpod, has returned from a two weeks' stay atTownsend's Inlet, N. J. Mr. and Mrs., Thomas Quirk of Arret aud Horrocks Btreets; Miss Mary YOUNG RESIDENTS OF CHESTNUT HILL Master Henry Pratt and Miss Jane The Evening Public Ledgku ii ill be glad to publish items of social interest sent in by the readers. Items should be written on one side of the paper only and should be signed with the name of the sender and the telephone number, that they may be verified. Address Society Editor, Evening Pi'blio LhDOER, (iOU Chestnut street. Saturday, when they both nill leave for Atlantic City to spend the rest of the month. KENSINGTON Airs. E. J. Dougherty and her son. Muster William Dougherty, of 2132 East Cumberland street, have gone to i. t5 1 .1.- .1. -t i . fSTnllJ Chrfctma. time, and full the week-ends Miss Hortensc Hendler. of East Allegheny avenue, is spending a fpw j . -,.. v,t ,. thn ,,ott UJljn u. i-- . " -". r . Ntfw lorK as ine guest ot ner . ,.ousin. Miss Sumner, before leaving for Long Branrh, where she will spend the rest of the month. Mrs. R. Mitchell, of 2512 Frank ford avenue, with her daughter, Mrs. J. Broadfield. of 3131 Frankford ave nue, has been spending some time at Atlnntie Citv and is expected home some time this week. Mr. and Mrs. David Rosen arc at I wkly meetings at the Milestone, Bryn the Hotel Merion, Atlantic City, for Maivr's .community center, a month's stay. They started their work early this Air and Mrs. Jacob KraUse. of East1 year in order to get a great deal accom Cuniberland street, are spending the Pushed and they expect to hold a month at Atlantic City. I Christmas party at one of the settlc- Mr nnd Mrs. E. Pugh. of East Cumberland and Collins streets, are spending a month's Stay at the shore. Mrs. E. Clayton, of East Sepviva street, is spending the month of August as the guest of Mrs. G. Gabler at the latter' summer home at Belmar. Mrs. J. J. Broadfield, of 3131 Frank ford avenue, has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Ludivlg, at the latter's cottage at Cape May. Mrs. Harry Haskett and child, of 0001 East Cumberland street, are so journing at their cottage at Ocean City. Miss Martha Taylor, of Kensington avenue, is spending a fortnight with friends in Wildwood. ROXBOROUGH Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Miller, of Mitchell street, are taking a trip along the coast in their motorboat. Mrs. Charles Konzelmann, of 7014 Ridge avenue, has gone to Atlantic City for the late summer. Mrs. William Bodno and her family, of Walnut lane, are spending the sum mer in Ocean City. Miss May E. Lackey, of 5005 Ridge avenue, will leave shortly to spend some time in Rhode Island. WISSAHICKON The Rev. Edgar N. Le Blanc and Mrs. Lc Blanc, of 3013 Terrace street. will leave on Monday to spend a fort night at Cape May. Dr. J. B. Linton, son of Mrs. Katharine Linton, of 130 RoeheMc avenue, has returned from France. Doc tor Linton, Who is a captain in the United States medical corps, went over seas on 'June 2. 1018, and servec. with the 300th Field Hospital. 303d Hani tary Train, Seventy-eighth Division. Mrs. Linton and her son will leave on Monday for Wildwood. where tney ni'l be the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Mar shall Linton, of Tacony. and Mr. und Mrs. Horace Linton, of Wissahickon, sons and daughters-iu-law of Mrs. Lin ton, who have their summer homes in Wildwood. Later Captain and Mrs. Linton will visit Mr. and Mrs. Ross Linton at their cottage in Oceau City. FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL The Ladies' Benevolent Society of theiChurch of St. James the Less will bold "a meeting in the parish house on Tuesday evening, which will be fol lowed by a social entertainment. Miss Florence Hirst is president of the as sociation, Miss Emma Newsome sec retary and Mrs, William Griudrod treasurer. Miss Jean Ferguson and her sisters, Miss Isabel Ferguson, Miss Marjorie Fergusdn and: Miss Betty Ferguson, ot SunpyUdeVavenu', ,hnvo .returned from a' fortnight'! visit, kitWliaivoodr f "ii .aaktaataaattaaaaaaaawv.. - I f WSyUSJQ' Riddle Pratt, children of Mr. and Springfield avenue. Chestnut Hill. MAIN LINE LEAGUE SOL VES PROBLEM OF DOLLS' HOUSING Girls' Clubs Band Together to Design nnd Construct Domiciles and Go So Far as to Furnish Them THE housing problem, for dolls is be ing solved by the Main Line Patriotic League, who have been very busy study ing the situation for a couple of months. Active work was started about five necks ago on the design and construc tion of n large number of portable houses whirli 11 ill be ready for Christ mas trade. The houses are completely furnished from cellar to attic iiith modern sani tary arrangements and the most recent designs in furniture for parlor, bedroom and bath. Tho walls are papered with very expensive paper in a number of cases nnd hung with reproductions of classic art. The houses iiill be ready for occu- ..w.. , .mvooiuu 1.IUJ UC i.UU Ur lilt" USK1I1K Maids-nf -all-nark, companions, nurs ery maids, children themselves,, anil ladies-of -leisure fully equipped nith ex tensive wardrobes are provided nith the houses. 22,- Girls In League The Main Line Patriotic League, nhioh has launched this scheme for get ting ahead of rent-gougers, is a federa 1 (i'n ' girls' clubs, nith a membership cf 225 girls and young nnnien. who hold' """"''" "" V ",ur "" " The paper-doll houses are made from sample wall-paper books'and furnished with furniture from catalogues; and thi occupants come from the pages of the nry best fashion books. Stand-up dolls are also-eing dress ed and there will probably be a large number of stand-up houses for tyiem, made from ljat boxes nnd fruit crates and furnished with stand-up furniture made from cardboard and heniy paper. Members of the league plan to give a toy-party in the fall for all the mem. RED CROSS GIVES VACATIONS TO RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS 15,399 Families of Fighters Still Are on Lists of Home Service Section Southeastern Chapter Is Active WITH 1.1.300 families of soldiers still on the lists of the home service sec tion at 1607 Walnut street, the South eastern Chapter of the Red Cross is giv ing special attention to providiug vaca tions for the soldiers' children, wives, mothers and even fathers, who are liv ing in congested sections of the city. From fifty to seventy-five women and children have been Fent out of the city every week to one of perhaps a dozen country fresh air farms. In some cases the children were sent away so that mothers could get a little relief from the dally round. In other cases moth ers have gone with their children when the children were too young to go alone, and when the mothers need. the rccrca tjon. ' Where special locations or treatment were needed, the Red Cross has paid for the vacation, but most of the holi days have been provided by volunteer homes. The Country Week Association takes care of about twenty-five boys, girls and mothers with small children; ten children go to the Brlce Home at Port Kennedy every week; twelve mothers and children nre 'provided for by the Kings Daughters' Holiday House, nt Narberth, and four nt the Couutry Nur sery at Chestnut Hill, This week fifteen children were sent to the Children's Seashore Home at Cape Miy for a two weeks' vacation, ayp'.pQ'oneratlqti iftbi several other tipvtry and rseMhorfhora 'bag made Phom bv Zamsky t Thllllpa. Mrs. Howell I). Pratt, of 25 East bers of the organization nnd to which every girl will bo expected to bring a favorite toy. Some toys will come from tho attic nhere they hnve been forgot ten for many jenrs, and some of the relics too choice to be disposed of will be reproduced and taken to the pnrty. Then every girl will tell the story of her toy, why it is the favorite and how she enme to get it. It will be a very sentimental party and very in teresting. Afterwards the toys will be collected and sent on a new mission of joy to new owners in crowded neigh borhoods. The league is made up of member ships from a dozen or more clubs. Each club lias its special intcrpst and meps for its own business. The federation' meets once n month for business and every Wednesday evening for this Christina party work. It was organ ized in 1017 but was prevented by the flu from making toys Inst year. On thp second Saturday in each month there nre hikes. The league has visited the Eastern Penitentiary, Nor ristown nnd nett Saturday will go to Valley Forge. Dancing pnrtips nre also given about onre a ipouth in the gym nasium of the community center. Reading Competition Strong Perhaps the most interesting summer activity of the league this year has been the competition for the reading of re quired nnd optional books by the school children. Seven lists were issued for the four .... . . .... . j ears ot nigh school, the two years of, grammar school and one list for girls 1 not in school At the end of the sum- . mer those in the competition must sub- ' mit a list of the books they have read and an essay on one of the required books. In September n book party will be held and the succecssfulcompcti-I tors will receive prizes. Miss Jlarj- Peirce is president of the league: Helen Edward, rice president: Anna Mtillin. treasurer: Mrs. John! Hurley, corresponding secretnrv. and Anna Heffernan, recording secretary. I " ' it possible for the soldiers' families to get away. .The Red Cross is also looking after convalescent soldiers who need laca tions, npd the fathers of soldiers. A special office for the vacation work has been opened nt 1(107 Walnut street, which is in chnrge of Mrs. J. It. Rejnhnrdt, nho nill look after this work until school opens. I FRANKLIN CLAIMS INVENTOR Local Institute Has Credit of Edur' eating Simon Lake The Franklin Institute, of this city, lays claim to the education' of a novel genius in the person of Simon Lake," ' now ji resident of Milford, t'omi win is the inventor of a submarine with an even keel, which, it is said, permits it to reft on the sea bottom. . Simon Lake is a naval architect and a mechanical engineer. lie is manu facturlng at Bridgeport. Mr Lake was born in Plcnsantvillc, N. J , fift.i - ' three years ago. , I In 1897, with the Argonaut, he first operated a submarine In the open sea I Many of his inventions have simpli fied the locating and ' recovering of sunken vessels and their cargoes. They , hnve been often used by the United -States and European government, Mr. Lake has been honored with member ship in many leading engineering and scientific" focietics in America and .Europe,,, - 1 READER'S VIEWPOINT Letters to the Editor on Current Topics Soldier Scores West 'Pointers , To fo Editor ot the Evtnino PubUe htdoer) Sir Your editorial In today's1 Even-, i.ho Public Ledoeii spoke n great.-.cry-Ing truth, especially for n returned sol dier, one who has gone "through the fray and who has never had the oppor tunity to express his opinion oter our military sjstem, harsh and nuto'cratlC) as it existed here and in Europe.. In view of the present plan of Sec retary linker1 to establish an army of 1.2r0.000. mdnrltne flip rnoriia 'nf ntir c6untry,the viewpoints iou expressed I should be considered by the public In a very serious strain. Many leternns who read ur edi torial, however, will regret ' that you pln'ced most of the blame of snobbish ness nnd an overabundance of disctt plfne suffered by intelligent men on. the junior officers. "thoe half-baked prod- ucts of the trnining camps. As a mat- V- ' " "ml ,i,rK 0I lesrameniary capac ter of fart, I nm of the opinion, witn . "' n the part of her grandfather by mauj other soldier friends, t'liat the 'lcBn ot his ndranced age. West Pointers, the higher grade of ofli- ' Ac-cording f0 the testimony," the cers. n ho lounged in limousines nnd oc-,opiion rpn,lR" "'he will was drafted cupied shellproof dugouts, are cquallj under instructions given by the testator, a.i guilt.i . brought to his resiucnce nnd read to rl .... , , .' 'Mm. He was told It would be necessnfy I hne seen patriotic volunteers mal- . fn. l., , .. ,. V ., . , .,-.-.! 1... ; .1 !...i.i for him to sign. He answered that he ......... u; .......-. U..U IU-1.1..U ....u- conn, sworn nt, threatened, benten, forced to stand nt attention while be ing insulted nnd forced to suffer physi cal pnm The officers, from second lieutenants to compnn.i , r'egimentnl nnd post commanders, knew this. If they didn't theynere equally nt fault for 'hot knowing the. conduct of subordinates in their command. And the hardest dose of it all is: That these same men, nho have no re sped for a man in the ranks, insist.that they be respected by polite langunge, faiors nnd snlutes. Pniicrsnl military trniuing ma be a virtue. Many of us arc not in favor of, it. But unless tho svstem, as nianj of us knew it during the war, is not rev olutionized, the American soldier, the common, ordinary man of the rank and file, now that ho has regained his free dom and liberty guaranteed him by the constitution, is likely .to not only make some nasty revelations, incriminating ' . - . . 1 In ifs plnee are pii.isicnl and mental tortures, restriction of freedom, of speech, arbitrary courts-martial, etc. He i- not willing, when the time comes, to allow his children to grow up under and respect such a system the identical sstem that we fought Ger many to abolish. A BUCK PRIVATE. No. 3 Rear Rank. Phila., Pa., Aug. G. Indorses Evening Ledger View To tht Editor of the Errolnff Public Ledger: Sir Have read' with, interest our editorial "What Next?" in re.ferencc to 1 the Hog Island navy yard. , Philadelphia has the reputation of being "Sleep town." Why don't some of Philndelphia's cnpitnlists, of which there are a. grea't number, wake up and at the same time put an end to Philadelphia's sleeky reputati.on? They have everything ready to start one of the greatest steamship lines in the world. All' they have to do is step' in as soon as the government steps out. I There is surely sufficient capital here to engineer such nn undertaking, and I should think it is up to. the Chnmher of Commerce to investigate it. ' I It is not necessary for m.e to point out to you the advantages Philadelphia hns to justify such nn undertaking, which, nside from the' favorable pecu niary point of view,, would also be an absolute .sign of patriotism on the part of those' who would invest in it. Should there be objection's to' above idea, I would thank ou to enlighten me thereon. H. PICARD. Philadelphia, Aug. 0. Praise for Editorials v-o the Editor or tne f.rnitno ruotic i,rnoer: sir Your editorials on the railroad fituation -Roaehing After an Ell By th(. Men Who Got nn Inch" nnd ""Not ti10 RiKht Kind of Talk" are samples 0f. the manv admirable editorials that seek to guide the public In thinking and working in the right direction. And there are others mighty good, .7. W. WALTER, Philadelphia, Aug. fi. nr..eu r ? will Pl tn ir,Hi. Br'tl8h .R iri n -. t - , 'f"'!?."' -A"K' ? ,bf, nVW ,hx' hie lt-H:. sister ship of the U-.S4. which reci'iitl.1 completed a loumj trip" across the Atlantic, will probably make a flight to India next week, according to announcement made tlny. . Band Concerts Today Municipal Band tonight at Pnss yunk Square, Twelfth and Whar ton streets. Pnirmount Park Band this after noon nnd evening at Strawberry Mansion. The Philadelphia Baud tonight. City Hall Plaza. many of our military lenders, but show cjai anouncement. Arrangements for a great display of force in opposition to his reception were made upon tho ar the present plans of a huge arniy. .rival of officers of the British cruiser He has. come to see that military I Dauntless, who preceded the c-bcortlug glory is onlv u subject for story book, 'fleet for the purpose of conferring with Photo, by Photo.Crattera.. MISS GEUTItUDE HKNISLEU Of 6303- Voobta avenue, 'who is popular member, of tho, l"Mnw ,, wt ia Omkwk ' fT REGISTER REFUSES ' AFIPAIII PRHRATPJ Shdehan Holds Testator Did Not Authorise. Document Cutting 'Off One Heir I .Tomes It, Sli'eehan. register of wills, has handed down nn opinion om tho long. contested, will matter of Robert Velr, in which he refuses to admit thu document to probate. -The testatot, who was ninety years of .age, died on Jnu- unry 10 last at 4?05 Regent street, lenrT ins r(r,,:ts valued at '$21,700, which, under the terms of the disputed writing, is bequeathed to his five children. A granddaughter, Janet B. Jones, who was ignored in the disposition: mado, of. the property, protested against 'tho probate of the document, alleging the 'M"cis ot undue Influence in Its exe- , . .(.. -irh-thpr fW,m nm- I eracy or physical disability does not appear. TJie testator was 'then assisted to iriake his mark, following which act the scrivener icnt to another part of the room 11 ith tho paper, wrote thereon the name of the testator nnd the words 'his mark' and the subsciibing witnesses then signed The will immediately was taken by the scrivener from the room w e must conclude from the testimony, that the testator gave no 'direction and authority,' express or implied, for the subscription of his nnmc to the will; in fact, that he did not know his name had been written on the document." PRINCE. DUE TUESDAY Arrange Program for Wales's. Land Ing at St. John's St. John's. N.' F.. Aug. S. (By A. P.) The Prince of Wales will land hero nt noon npTt TnpsrlftV nprnrrlinr trt ift?- ..-.. ., , ......u. .,,.. ,w UU.- the local authorities. The. battle cruiser Renown bearing the. rojal visitor is expected to reach-Conception bay on Monday afternoon. Here the Prince and his suite .will be trans ferred to thei cruiser Dragon on Tuesday morning for entry 'into St. John's -har bor. Officers of the Dauntless will goto ' -P? 'onccption bay on Sunday to splect an WiJii Conception bay on Sunday to select chorage for the Renown and the Dragon, ARREST 'MEANEST HUSBAND' wiie,.wnn uniia, t-ouna wandering "(J In Camrirn Rtrtc I Camden's "meanest husband" was " arrested today, according to the -police, when Thomas Clark, twenty-eight years , old, was locked in the Camden county jail. Clark was taken into custody whea-i his wife was found wandering in tha streets with her nine-months-old baby . i J jn her arms. gle sa"i(j cjar!. naJ drjvc,n hcr from their home and that she and her baby ha(1 Ippt tw0 njgnts under an awning Ciark ha( fifty ccuts in m& p0ket' w!lPI1 arrested. This was taken from him an(i giv,n t0 bi3 wi(Q -- ,. MAHKBT ST An. 10TH 11 M. TO :13 K'iL rnilLCfaS Presents i ANITA STEWARY -hvuks Added Attraction Photoplay Debutd? " " DAVID BELASc6:aIr- s,fff-icoBWSffi8p1, In -THE WAY OP A WOMAN" . P A L A C F 1214 MARKET-STREET J 11 A. M TO 11:30 P. M. .WM, S. HART AS,T.(ARAT Pl"r. All Nt Wert-CI.ARA KIMBAI-LVOUNO ' In "THE BETTER WIFE" "u"u. A "RC ADI'A CHESTNUT BKLOW iSTH 10 a. m, 12, 2, 3:s, g:., 7:4,',. 9-30 p. 1 1 1-lc.L. t-LA Y i ON jn ' A sport- Victoria' ' MARKET ST ABOVE NINTH " - U A II TO 11 13 p H FANNIE WARD ln common f NEXT WEEK THEDA BAnALAY', In "A WOMAN THERE WAS" D CPFMT MARKET ST Kel.i.v iTTH KtbLLlNl .,;!? BENNETT -In " . X 'J-',fcJ-"; THE VIRTUOUS THIEF" GLOBE JUNIPER AND MARKET Continuous 11 A. M to 11 P. U. Vaudeilllrf Headed by Ma.ck Sennett s BATHING ; GIRLS (IN PERSON). Preceded by Sennett Comedy f 'Yankee Doodle in Berlin" NO ADVANCE IN PRICKS CROSS KEYS MARKT Smooth 2.30. 7 and. 9. SLATKO'S ROLLICKERS F, DIlOAli t SANSOM bTS, orrest &?!"iT.'ai':txI'i'ih- 1 OF HILARITY UTWee. JJ THE MOST POPULAR fLAV OF THE SEASUV MICK- E;:Y MATS.. 25c. 50c A FEB-EAcT'sibTB75o Nights. 25c. 50c, 75c ArS??iCo? E I B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE A i' STELLA -MAYHEW t. vffi 1. Vaudevllle'i Cheeriest Comedlenn f. BERT FITZGIBBON TvenorriVTr. DDrtVIIPne p. v i Eddie Borden: Sylvia' Jason a William Ualii- ' wt W'oi) VkllVB, L ' "1 r ' ' ..,..,..:,.l.. '. ' Hi ,;-i I at lain THt' M CI I at a rik. t ' i . WARHM.t l.TTPS A ttta tinii.h.iiV ak..lT . ', ' J..i - r T.o p a t . jv JKL 4 T . T V . I" . 7 iiLaJ ivriiiPai "I a lam iiiatuh fi "v. ' " J TU5-Qnind Opfra. 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