i'ntorf"ftl''i,'j,,y,'a'ii'itgffZ7m if'l!fflWiiqrilVW Mp; . " ?T;-rt?5 EKf-W" W'-riy i iwi "" Vi-.-HMr?'.''' JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy Wynne Tells of the Doings of Philadelphians in "Newport She Speaks of Several Old Houses in the Suburbs A Telephone Sufferer's Threat KEALLT It seems ns It Philadelphians jvcre quite running things In New port this season, does It not? So many nro up there and so many are enter taining and nppnrcntly right In the midst of everything. The Paul Denckla Mills are spending tho summer there, Avhlch Is a departure for them, as they JiaTe usually gone to Narragansctt or tip to Maine. Mrs. Mills's sister, Mary Paul Munif, and her husband and, of rourse, sfnall I'auline Munn arc stay ing with them now. Whenever I think of Pauline T sec n picture of her in my mind's eye dressed In a natural linen frock with embroidered collars and cuffs and n drooping dark brown hat over her lovely little brown fare nnd brown eyes and liojr and her sturdy brown legs pro truding above short socks and the cutest brown ties you ever saw. And she is tnlklng industriously to General 51c- Lochlan, of the IlritWi cmba6y, who was a guest of the Munns at the Horse Show in Devon lasit May. Pauline is nbout six or seven, perhaps, and just ns attractive as she can be. It Is another picture to see her dressed exactly like her mother in riding clothes nnd a smnll sailor hat and heated on her pony. She's a lovely cljild and will certainly grow into a lovely woman. Mrs. Williamson lloberts, who wns cue of the Di&stons, is up in Newport villi her husband and they entertained nt dinner on Monday night at their villa. Another Philadclphian, an aunt of Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Munn, Mrs. I.awTcnce Paul, who jou remember vas formerly Mrs. Marccllus Goxe, gnve n dinner on Monday night, and Mrs. Craig Diddle gave n luncheon that same day. Most of the children in Newport had k wonderful time on Monday afternoon at the T. Suffcrn Tnilcrs's. There wu n special private exhibition by Paul Ilalney, of the picture he had personally taken of the Flanders front, and his African hunt pictures, too, and tho kid dies of the Tailcrs's friends were nil invited. Mrs. Frank Clyde has gone up to Kewport I hear. Mid tho John Con verses are at Narragansctt, and, of rourset's no trip from there to New port, so one may be sure that they will be In all the doings, too. Some Fhiladelphians ! RTAItY PORCHER, daughter of Mr. ATX and Mrs. Samuel Porcher, of St. Martins, has just come back from Flat Hock, N. O., where she was visiting her cousin, Miss Carrie Sinklcr. She is going up to Bar Harbor later for a visit, and after that to Washington, but not until some time after, when it is all nice and cool again., And, by the way, do you remember my remarks last week on the Porcher house in St. Martins? Well, I find that .memory was putting something ., over on mo and that it was not tho , .Porcher house which was remodeled from the icehouse. That house was the Browders', Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Browder, and the Porcher's was built 'before it, and, in fact, before any of them, except the former Newhall house, on Mermaid lane, which was also a re modeled one. So I was right as far as the nrstness, or whatever that word is, of their house, but not about the loca tion or the building. The house that they1 built sits on top of tho little hill in St. Martins over looking Lincoln drive, and has poplar trees in front of it. There was another icehouse there, by the way, which has been made into the most attractive house where Mr. William Wlllett lives and has his studio, but that's on tin other side of Springfield avenue. IN THESE days when telephone con versations get so mixed and you got on the wrong wire or you are called to the phone at least three, times n day to hear the same voice say, "Is this no and bo?" becnusc your number is ,2-0-4-5 and So and So's Is 2-0-4-4, you do get a bit peeved. And in conse quence I sympathized greatly with the voman who told me recently: "My dear, there's a woman who Is always phon ing to the store, and she phones two or three times a day, and always gets me and says in a drawly voice, 'Is this the store?' And I say, 'No, they're 4, wo' re 6,' and yet the next morning there she is again." And she added, sotto voce, "Next time she does it I think I'll let bcr give .'her whole order and then tell her her ' account is not good. Yes," solilo quized she, "I think I will." NANCY WYNNE. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES Mrs. George Brook entertained at luncheon yesterday nt Dinnrd Cottage, her place in Newport. Mrs. Clarence W. Dolan gave n luncheon yesterday at the Country Club in Newport. The marriage of Miss Helen Rus sell, daughter of Mr. Archibald D. Itussell, of New York and Princeton, and Mr. It. Lawrence Benson, of tills city, will take place at noon, Tuesday, September 2, in Trinity Church, Princeton. , Miss Russell's sister, Miss Constance . Russell, will be maid of honor, and the bridesmaids will include Miss Gwen- ' dolyn D. Irwin, of Buffalo; Miss Win- throp, Miss Beatrice G. Pratt and Miss Elizabeth Rumscy. A small reception will follow the cer emony at the home of Mr. Russell in Princeton, at 12:30 o'clock. Mrs. Henry D. Bcylard has as her guest Mrs. W, Murry Black, Jr., of New York, at her cottage nt Cape May. Mrs. .Beylard gave a supper to meet 'Mrs. Black after tho Red Mill dance last Friday. Sir. and Mrs. Alfred II. Lipplncott announce tho marriage of their daugh ' ter, Miss Estello Lipplncott, to Mr. Donald Martin Love, today at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Dorr E. Newton gave a small dance on Saturday jflgbt at "their home in Stone Harbor. Miss Katharine G. Ogden, of Oak dene', "Radnor, and Mr. Wayne Vctter lein' motored from Atlantic City to Cape May last Saturday night -for tho dance at the Red Mill. Miss Charlotte Balu is the guest of t. Mr., ind Mm. I. Rodman Page, Jr., j 'at their boms in Cape May, 1 ,jlr.nfcjir3 P, Ow W ; . hnd Mr. Clinton Rillingham as (heir guest over the weekend. Sir. nnd Mrs. ,T. It. Evans Itabcrtn. of 1R.10 Do Lancey street, will leave for Har Hnrbor tomorrow for the re mainder of the summer. Mr. ItobcrtR has recovered from his recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gates and (heir family, of St. Martins, are spend Ing a few weeks at the Hotel Chelsea. Atlantic City. Mr. and Mr. Gilbert Mather had as their guests over tho week-end Mr. Philler Leo nnd Sir. Alden Lee, of Hnv erford, at their summer home in Cape May. Miss Louise Harding, jWughtcr of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Harding, left Capo May last week to spend n few days in Atlantic City with her grand father, Mr. Charles H. Harding. Mr. Samuel Bispham hnd Mr. Brice Illynn as his guest over the week-end in Cape May. Mr. Bispham'n sister. Miss Eicanoro Bispham, of 2300 He Lnncey street, who has been abroad for a year with the Y. Mi C. A., is at present doing canteen work In Brest. France, but will return home some time In September. Mrs. Edward I). Page is visiting friends on the Eastern Shore of Mary land. Dr. Robert Kilduffe nnd his daugh ter, Mrs.'W. L. Hirst Bergen, and her small son, W. L. Hirst Bergen, Jr.. nnd Miss Kilduffo, of Lansdowne, have taken a cottage at Stone Harbor, where they will. remain for three-weeks. WEST PHILADELPHIA Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Otis Tnul nnd their daughter. Miss Julia Paul, of West Philadelphia, have moved Into their new home nt 714 Station avenue, Haddon Heights, N. J., nnd have as their guests over the week-end. Mrs. P. S. Stout and Miss Bnrbara Zimmerman, of West Philadelphia. Miss Beatrice Strong Bond, of 117 South Thirty-eighth street, has re turned from Sea Isle City, and will leave this week to visit Miss Florence itoacn, or Urooklinc, Washington, D. C. Miss Hilda Wright Blair, of G144 Wyaluslng avenue, is spending the month of August nt London, Can., as the guest of Mrs. Edward Stevenson. Miss Blair is a sister of Major George Blair, who recently returned from over seas. Miss Marie McDonnell nnd Miss Catherine McDonnell, of 108 South Thirty-eighth street, aro spending a few days at Cape May. , Mrs. D. S. Hall, of 117 South Thirty eighth street, is spending a week at Capo May. Miss Genevieve McDonnell, of 130 South Thirty-eighth street, will leave this week with a party of friends for Saratoga. NORTH PHILADELPHIA Miss Helen Donahue and Miss Anna Ghellar, of 2850 North Warnock street, will act as hostesses at a block party to be held on Saturday evening in the 2800 block of North Warnock street in aid of tho Church of St. Edward the Con fessor, Eighth and York streets. The wedding of Miss Margaret Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clin ton O. Mayer, of 007 North Sixteenth street, nnd Mr. George W. Wolfsten, of 1330 Spruce street, will take place on Thursday evening, September 11, nt 0 o'clock at the Mercantile Club. The bride's sister, Miss Elinor Mayer, will bo her only attendant and Mr. James iK-:r 's&ih.rifoh wsm ?ts r ; :-':-'r J K "f? tr?-X' tt . U v. ', H i J Thotcrby Ilarhrnrh. SIRS. WOOLSEY THOItN GILBERT A midsummer bride, who before her marriage was Miss Minerva Vauclian Headley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas Headley, of SSg'.WMt Johnson stret, Ger- A- IHKfJttai1MHU!iRl1mlillll!l BBI&rjTCiSK&STfHI ill IIIIIUIIIU F JBuKfsSlii lilt mm ' Wffi&tvi tmms '"i I II till f 1'wImIhwIu iIIiIiIii r&- 'vTrIP Mil Its HcCAVl s -" ?JJ 1 ( -J : '4S '-' KHA- -JK 7 V x t "LH fli Mi t i ' jHvi Bin l i MilPrft!! H'i'i f l! J! IVSi 1 Z ! s AM II I II 11M - V JliiU'HA V d UBiNHI! iV', , ,-,. '- . fc'ijtiU! EVENING PUBLIC Volfstcn will be his brother's best man. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer returned last week from the coast of Maine, The Iter. V. C. Gutcllus, pastor of the Grace Reformed Church; Mrs. Gu tellus and their family have removed from 2720 North Eleventh street and are at home at 2731 North Thirteenth street. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Lauber nre oc cupying their summer homo in Atlantic City, The Rev. William O. McCurdy, of 1S0S North Camac street, has gone to Cape May for part of tho month. Sirs. McCurdy and their children left early in the summer to visit relatives on a ranch in West Virginia. Mrs. George Dunn has gone to Spring Lake to remain through August. SOUTH PHILADELPHIA Mr. Charles Sylvester, who Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Crozier, is entertaining his mother nnd sister. Miss Amelia Sylvester, from Pitts burgh. They will spend the next week at Atlantic City. After two years of welfare work Mrs. Walter Mjers, 2310 South Warnock street, hns gone to Wildwood. Miss Elizabeth D. McCormick. of 2334 SouUi Eleventh street, and Miss Elizabeth C. Ilegler. of 1313 South Passyunk avenue, nre spending their arntions in Atlantic City, GERMANTOWN SIIm Until Parvln Maurer, of the Wood-Norton Apartments, is spending a week at Ocean City. Mr. and Mrs. William II. Maurer. of the AVood-Norton Apartments, are leaving on n motor trip this week for Montreal, Lake George, Lake Cham plnin nnd Quebec, and expect to be gone two weeks. Miss Jane Wichtman, of Pittsburgh. N the guest of Mrs. B. W. Miller, of M)7 East Washington lane. Mr. and Mrs. William Tomlinson, of SOS East Washington lane, cntcrtnined nt dinner last evening. Among those present wete Mr. and Mrs. William S. Mclntyre, of Ardmoro: Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Gorham nnd Mrs. William K. Gorham, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. William Hess, of Gcr mantown, are visiting in Cnpc May for a few days. CHESTNUT HILL Mr. nnd Mrs. Walter Horstmann, of Gcrmantown and Sunset avenues, Chestnut Hill, will leavo Dark Harbor, Me., today nnd will go to Snranac lake, where thev will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Francis It. Packard, who have a cottage there. Major and Mrs. S. C. Stokeman arc at Muncy Bay for the summer. Miss C. S. Jones, of Springside, Chestnut Hilt, will spend part of Au gust at Saundcrstown. Mrs. Charles Piatt, 3d, nnd her chil dren, of East" Gravers lane, Chestnut run, arc spending several months at I Ashland. N. H. Miss Cuyler hntf taken Mrs. Piatt s house in Chestnut Hill for thtc summer. A pretty midsummer wedding will take place this afternoon nt 3 o'clock at St. Colutnba's Catholic Church. Le high avenue nnd Twenty-third street, when Miss Gertrude Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phelps, of 2S22 Ringgold street, will be married to Mr. William Busch, of 2435 North Park avenue, by the rector, the Rev. Wnlter P. Bough.' Sir. Phelps will give his daughter in marriage. She will wear a gown of white meteor satin veiled with georgette crepe, a georgette crepe hat trimmed with ostrich plumes and maline streamers and will carry a shower bouquet of Bride roses. Mibs Lillian Wappler, the bride's cousin, will be bridesmaid, nnd will wear a gown of pink crepe meteor finished with a French touch of pale blue. Her hat of pink georgette crepe is trimmed with pale blue plumes and she will carry pink roses tied with blue rib bon. Sir. Harry Busch, the bridegroom's brother, will be best man. The cere mony will be followed by a reception nt ,1,1. linlllA t . 1. n l.rlA. .1..H....4.. i hi. ,ii living ui ciii; ui iiiu o imicuia. Mr. and Mrs. Busch will go to the I mountains until September 1, when they will be nt home at C030 North Tvciity-first street, Gcrmantown. TIOGA Sirs. A. V. Yerger and her daughter, 1 Miss Genevieve E. Yerger. of 1125 Erie! little mother or guar, ion n aeuiie, will spend the latter part of 1 voungcr brothers and sisters. Lsuaiiy August in Portland, Sic. 'Ithev nre remarkably efficient guardians I. ." : .l,i!n "Unthnr" or the Mr. nd Mm. Lloyd Belts, of 4720 North Fifteenth street, hnvc cone tn Ocean City to remain until September. Sliss Edna Marian Lindner, daughter of Mr. nnd Sirs. William It. Lindner, of 3233 North Park avenue, who spent tho early summer with her parents at; their bungalow In Willow Grove, has gone to Long Island to remain through August. Sliss Lindner's engagement ito Mr. Sidney Earlc Relfsnyder, son of Sirs. I. E. Reifsnyder, was recently announced. Sir. Reifsnyder wns over sons twenty months with Company A, Nineteenth Regiment, Engineer Corps. Sirs. James J. Hunter of 3845 North Broad street, with her daughter, Sliss Jean flunter, win lenvc miring the week to snend the remainder of the km km. in Atlantic City. Sir. and Sirs. Robert T. McAllister, son-in-iiiw nnd daugh ter of Sirs. Hunter, have returned from their wedding trip and are spending the urcsent month in Atlantic Citv. The will be at home in the autumn nt 5215 North Tenth street. Sirs. SIcAllister was, Jiiss uutn i'. tiuntcr. Sir. David W. Furey, son of the Rev. John R. Furey nnd Sirs. Furev. of 4r.r,n Noitli Nineteenth street, sergeant at Cnmn Jackson, S. C. has returned frnm Wildwood. and will pass the remainder or His turiougn wun triends in Eliza beth, N. J. Sergeant Furey 's brother-in-law and sister, Sir. and Sirs. Wil liam W. Baker, have returned from their wedding trip und aro at home at 143S Powell street. Norrlstown. Sirs. Baker, who was a June bride, was Sliss Helen SI. Furey. Sliss Josephine Finney, of 3400 North Nineteenth street, is spending the sum mer nt Ocean City. Sliss Louise Beury. of North Six teenth street, Is spending the- summer at Ventnor. FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL Sir. nnd Sirs. George Bcnham, of 4157 Ridge avenue, returned last week from several weeks stay in Atlantic City. Their daughter, Sliss Ethel Ben ham. left on Saturday for a trip to the Delaware Water Gap. Her sister. Stiss Gertrude Bcnham, returned early in the week from Wildwood. where she Rpent the early summer. Sliss Slarian Chad wick, granddaughter of Sir. and Sirs. Benham, has gone to the Pocono moun tains'for the remainder, of the season. Miss Christine Hchicrs, who has been spending part of the summer at Wild wood, has. returned to her home on Ridge avenue. Sir. and Sirs. Sforton .Stafford and their young son. of Lcvcrlngton avenue, havetgone to Ocean City for the re inslndfr.af tho season, MrJ(M MV. Alexauder. KMmII, of LEDGER - PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919 MEMBER OF MISS NAN Daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Edwin II. COME ON LETS A CHECKER Cry Youngsters at Friends' Neighborhood Guild Playground. Love the Showers ' Everything rvll. SKINNY! vy iii line. An' Come on an' get bring a checker board." That is the call that rings across the Friends' Neighborhood Guild Play ground. Fourth and Green streets, from early afternoon till 4 o'clock when the bojs arc allowed to take their shower baths. That "cleanliness is next to Godli ness" is taught them directly, indi rectly and inadvertently by the super visors from morning till night, but not one of the grimy-faced youngsters who patiently wnits, towel conspicuously in sight, in the line-up before the bath house doors will admit that cleanliness is the attraction. "It's the feel of that cold water sprinklin' down our spine and slushin' over your shins." explained Bill, who usually plants himself beside the door early enough to be "first come, first served." From 2 o'clock on the supervisors are pestered with the question: "Isn't it about 4 o'clock?" A fairly clean towel is the only prerequisite for entrance to the showers. The girls have theirs at 12 o'clock and the bojs glory in their "sprinkle" nt 4 each day. It is hard to sit idly in line for nn hour or two, even when there's the prospect of a shower, and the hundreds of children who haunt the Friends' plaj ground arc of the active sort. Checkers Topular That is why, perhaps, that checkers has become the most popular "sitting down game." Almost any time of the .in,, n dozen or more checker boards may be seen spread on the benches, where bojs and girls of varied ages puzzle over the intricacies of the game. "Esther, oh, Es-thcr! Siinnic's crjin'!" , That is another oft-heard call, for many of tne omer cmiuieu ..u ..... the recreatiou center eacn uay pioj 1 " n., ' i.ters. venture off into a game with playmates of their own age and the baby is forgotten. But there is always some one ready to look out for the "strays." Sorao one .else's big broUicr or sister helps out or the super visor comes to the rescue. Profanity, crop shooting and cigar ette smoking are rapidly disappearing in the Northern Liberties section as a result of the campaign against them carried on by the instructors at the Klngsley street, who spent the early summer at Wildwood, have returned home. Mr. Wilson SlcClanaghan. of 317 Krams avenue, is spending several weeks in Ocean City. Sir. and Sirs. Frank Lins. of 0730 Ridge avenue, with their daughters. Sliss Almn Lins and Sirs. SI. E. Brad ley, have gone to Atlantic City to re main until the middle of September. Sir. and Sirs. Charles A. Wright, who have returned from their wedding trip, will accompany them. SIrs. Wright was Sliss Ethel A. Lins before her marriage in June. Upon their return Mr. nnd Sirs. AVright will live on Ridge avenue. FRANKFORD Sliss Helen Cable, of Leipcr street, spent the week-end with friends nt At lantic City. Sliss Jessie Knowlton, of Womrath street, is visiting in Auburn, N. Y. Sirs. P. Keiblcr, of Orthodox street and Frankfnrd avenue, has left for a visit in Wildwood. Sir. and Sirs. Henry Borneman, of 4045 Penn street, have left on a trip to the Thousand Islands, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Lake Champlain and Lake George. Sliss Alice TeterBon, of Penn street, is spending bcveral weeks at Lake Ho patcong. Sir. and Sirs. B. Hcpworth, of Nor wood, arc entertaining ns their house guests Sirs. C. Browne and SUss Bea trice Peterson for a fortnight. Sliss Agnes Saylor. of Leiper street, Is visiting Sirs. L. Carter at her cot tage at Cape May until the middle of September. MANAYUNK Sftrs. Carl TV." Elchraan, Jr., of 141 Green lane. Slanayimk. is spending the 4umnaer..t Wildwood -with her sister, Sirs,' Joan jivh. YOUNGER SET ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa: 'J. 1 . ) hi i I n FITLEIt riioto i.y r.iriirrh. Filler, of The Terraces, Koscmont GO ! BRING BOARD ALONG! Friends' Neighborhood Guild play ground. All of the older boys who haunt the place are eager to excel in athletics nd Albert W. Eastburn, who has charge of them, preaches "you can't be n good athlete nnd smoke cigarettes." Baseball, Too Baseball and other organized games attract the older boys, and they have tennis that meet teams from other play grounds in contest. This play is usu ally in the late afternoon and evening. During the earlier hours the grounds lire kept safe for the little fellows who come. Many of them nre brought by their mothers, nnd even some fathers like to come in to watch and to sugcest new games. "We enjoy seeing the change wrought in many of the children who come each clay to the playground," said Miss Louise Lawton, director of the center "A' clean face is the card of admis sion, and we strive to teach cleanli ness in every other way. Then the joungsters learn fair play that others have rights that must be recognized. Through the clinics which arc held here twice a week, and through our first aid we teach something of the care of the body. Throughout all the games nnd the fun there arc lessons in courtesy nnd good citizenship that the children arc unconsciously learning." Have Sand Pile A long sand pile at one corner of the grounds furnjshes amusement for a motly crowd of boys and cirls. Thrro fare sand buckets and spades and cun ningly shaped "pic pans" for the little ones, and those old enough busy them sehes making houses and figures in the dampened saud. Sliss Frances Hershey directs the games of the girls. In the afternoon, when the nla.VEround is mnsr crnn,i.,i hic takes the older girls into the rest- house for story-telling or for indoor romps. That relieves the congestion about the swings, see-saws and sand pile, and gives the older children u chaucc to learn organized games. Sliss Hershey makes herself one of the chil dren in the plays, ,and screams of de light resound from the long playroom. "We don't like new games much," volunteered one of the girls who had been playing little mother to two younger sisters she had brought to the playground. "We'd rather play the tilings we know, but Sliss Hershey shows us lots of fun." ALONG THE MAIN LINE Sir. nnd Sirs. Leon S. Dexter and Slfss Dorothy A. Dexter, of 0358 Sher wood road, Overbrook, have opened their camp nqnr Camden, Sle., and have as their house guest Captain Chailcs Frazier Vandeivoort, who has just re turned from France. Sir. nnd Sirs. Philip A. Cnstncr and their children, of Slerion, have recently moved to New York. Sir. nnd Sirs. George P. Singer, of Carlisle, are occupying their new home at St. Davids. WISSAHICKON Sir. and Sirs. Frank S. Whiteomb, of 243 Rochclle nvenue. have returned from an extended trip to Niagara, the Great Lakes and White Slountains. Tbey were nccompanied by Sirs. Whlt comb's sister, Sliss Lucy Fox, daughter of Sir. and Sirs. Adam Fox, of 233 Rochelle avenue. Sliss Fox left jester day to Join n" camping party nt Slilton-on-the-Susquchanna river. Sliss Slyra Wartman. daughter of Sir. and Sirs. Norwood Wartman, of 300 Rochelle avenue, with ber guest, Sliss Dorothy Allen, of Birmingham, Ala,, will leave on August 10 for a trip to Boston by the way of Fall River and will spend a fortnight in Massachusetts visiting friends. Sliss Wartman and Miss Allen recently returned from Saleur? N. J., where the former was hostess at a house party for a num ber of young people from Wissahickon. The Eveninq Pcblio Ledosr will be glad to publish items of social Interest tent in by the readers. Items should he 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, Evehmo Public Ledges, C0Q Chestnut trt. f WILDWOOD CREST PIER DESTROYED BY FIRE Wind-Swopt Flamos Wipe Out Amusement Place With Loss of $15,000 Wildwood, N. J., Aug. 13. rire late Inst night destroyed the Wildwood Crest Amusement Pier nt Heather road nnd Ocenn front, nnd dnmnged the fishing I pier, the approach to whh'h wns birned. i The pier burned nil night long nnd wns witnessed by thousands nf prnside sojourners, Early this morning a northeast wind arose with n heavy rain I which was expected to extinguish the i flames still licking at the pilings and i debris. The total loss is estimated at $15,000. The flames were first discovered sweeping through the sknting rink of the pier, where the paper decorations gnve the fire n rapid start. The skat ing rink and the ballroom hnd been closed for the night nnd only n few stragglers in the poolroom nnd con cessionaires and their emplojes were on the pier. Sliss Helen Bridgeman. of Philadel phia, a guest nt the resort, was leaving ,the rink when she noticed flames shoot up from the electric switchboard and ignite paper decorntions suspended from the ceiling. Within n minute the flames spread to the ballroom adjoining nnd then crept down the handstand, destroy ing the instruments of the band which was playing there for the senson. Four fire companies from North Wild wood, Wildwood nnd Wildwood Crest responded, nnd two firemen Harold Niekerson. son of Kire Chief Nickerson, nnd Burt Thompson were burned nbout the hands and face, but were able to continue on duty. Captain Gillam, of the submarine mother ship Itninbow, stationed nt Cold Springs Harbor, Cnpc Mny, observed the fire nnd dispatched a boatload of twenty snilors under command of Ensign Bet zer nnd Boatswain Tinnertic to aid the firemen. The sailors did ycomnn serv ice nnd did not depart until the blaze was under control. Sparks set fire to the roofs of the residence of Charles H. Lares, Crocus road: the property nt 000 Pacific ave nue, belonging to the Doctor Weiss es tate, and to Andrews's store. Cardinal road and Boulevard, but here the tlnmes were extinguished before much damage wns done. Two streams of water were kept playing on the Seaside Apartments, and these niso escaped damage. The destroyed pier was built in 1007 nnd wns the property of the Crest Pier Company, in which the Baker brothers nre said to be heavily interested. MRS. LAURA MOESTA DIES Wife of Former Detective Leaves Seven Children Mrs. Laura Sloesta, fifty-five years old, wife of Frederick Sloesta. a well known Chestnut street bank messenger and former detective, died at her home, 2042 North Randolph street, yester day. She is survived by her husband and seven children. Sirs. Sloesta wns a member of the following organizations: Hannah Schuyler Homo, No. 3S, B. of A.; Lenni Lcuapc Council, No. !)(!, D. of P. ; Ladies' Auxiliary, Nineteenth Ward Stonemcn nnd of the Trinity Re formed Church. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Izcnbcrg, pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church. TWELVE GIVEN CITY JOBS Six Men Appointed to Positions in Bureau of Surveys Twelve appointments to citj positions were made todaj. Six of thec were in the Bureau of Survcjs. ns follows: Fred T. Thorpe, Jr., 1853 Bridge street, nnd Howard Lc Ijuin, 1002 Eust llcrks streets, first assistants, $1300 cncli ; David W. Itainbridgc, 153!l Lou den street, second assistant, $1150; Junics W. Ryan, 1712 South Eighteenth .street, draughtsman. SI 200; Frank S. Dow-ling. 2().'!7 Orthodox street, transit - man, $1000; Albert Leahy, 1431 Porter street, transitnian, $000. Other appointments were: Alexander SI. Smith, 3317 Locust street, assistant chief operator, Electrical Bureau. S1G50; Dr. Russell W. Henry, 3300 Powelton avenue, assistant dentist, De partment of Health and Charities, $750, Neil Farrcn, 2120 East Scrgcaut street, engineer, Bureau of Water, $1300; Howard D. Bailey, 4215 Salem street, foreman, Bureau of Hlghwajs, $125 a month; Isaac WinoLur, 210 Carpenter street, guard, League Island Park, Bureau of City Propert, S3.50 n day; Stanley Hoskius, 2535 South Fifteenth street, first jear apprentice, Electrical Bureau, $450 a year. t Photo by nachracb. BHSS SIAUGAItET GILW Daughter of Sirs. Alexander Gray, of 523 South Twentieth street, who has Just returned from France, where sJie was engaged In canteen work with tli3merlcaa Hed Cross 1 HIcH!& "TvBSsIIhH iLH " i V...' jJHm FOUNTAINS "OBSTRUCTIONS," SA YS PRIM LITTLE ART JURY Meanwhile Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals Must Maintain Makeshift Water Stations TTOES It spoil the beauty of the city f-J to have horses drink from public fountains? Is" a sanitary drinking fountain for horses and dogs less nrtistlc than the garish billboards that advcrtlso var ious products? For some reason the Sluniclpal Art Jury, according to members of the So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is opposed to drinking foun tains but permits commercial bill boards nnd hanging signs to be erected in conspicuous places. During the Inst two years the So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hns been unnble to get per mission from the Art Jury to erect public fountain for horses nnd dogs. Two inemorinl fountains had to be re fused because the jury would not con sent tn their placing. One of the fountains wns to lie ntndc of stone nnd was to cost nbout $1000, niiotbsr was tn cost even more and wns to be de signed by an artist. Art .lury Talks A fountain which was to be dis placed bj Slnorrstown, N. .1., was of fered ns n gift tn the society, with all expenses for erection to be pnid. The society tried to obtain permission from the ju r.s to place n sniiitnrv foun tinn nt Hunting Pnrk nvenue and Fox street anil formally petitioned the jury, submitting n design thnt wns accepted in Detroit. Michigan. The fountain was nn anti-germ, individual cup design, which permitted the driver to stny in his seat while the horse helped him self to n drink, the wngou shaft run ning under the fountain. This foun tain was so popular in Detroit that nftcr being tried out. a hundred were ordered. In reply to the petition, the following FIRST NURSES JOIN AMERICAN LEGION Women Enroll at Mass-Meeting Held by Post 50 at City Club Pot 50. American Legion, has en lollnl the first army nurses in the new organization, nnd ns a result its mem bership, already second In numbers nmnng posts in the stntc, passed the 000 mark. The nurses were enrolled nt n mass- meeting held Inst night by the post in the City Club. Heretofore the post con sisted entirely of women who served ns yeomen in the navy. As all nurses who served overseas are eligible to membership it is believed the legion's membership will increase materially nnd many more women's posts will be formed in other cities. Last night's meeting was addressed by G. Aertsen, Jr.. state secretary of the organization. Sir. Aertsen com mended the women fur the impetus they have ghen the new organization, nnd predicted women's posts would have a restraining influence in keeping posts composed of men nut of politics. lie also told the members of Post 50 f-st large, thriving posts, such as theirs, were better than many smnll ones, nnd tne estnDlisiini(nt oi many smnll posts would probably result in much trouble from petty jealousies. On September 10. Post 50 will give n minstrel show in the Nnvy lnrd i C. A. St. ENIDV. H0WLANDT0WED Lady Edgar Speyer's Daughter Be trother to J. R. Hewitt New Yorli. Aug 13 Lady Edgar Spejer, of 22 Washington square. New Yoik. announces the engagement of her daughter. Sliss Enid Virginia I low land, ti .1. Robert Hewitt. nKo of this citv. MNs 1 lowland wns edmnted abroad, but hns been in this country fie years nud is now with Lndj Spejer at her country home at Lake Geoige. She is the daughter of Louis Mer edith llowland, of Paris and New York. Her mother was formerly Miss Leonora von Stoscli, n iolinist nnd composer, the ilnnghtcr of Count von Ferdi nand Stoscli nnd the Countess, who was a New Kiiglnnd woman. Mr. Hewitt is n graduate of William, College and an ensign in the I tntcil States naval reserve force. The mar- liage is planned for nil earlj date. RADUTOPERATORS NEEDED Jobs In Merchant Marine Going Fast, but Supply Is Great Iladio operator jobs are going fust, according to William !. Hice. bead of the local branch of the sea hcrvicc ' lint there are still many of these hertl ertl.s open. Application should , ,. at once at 27 South Fourth , be mndi sireei. inc siuur. m .ri-.. imum. Shipping Dnarii omciuis, who nre envious to keep the countrj's fleet of cargo ships moving, arc experiencing difficulty in finding radio operators for il, vniseln. Salaries have jumped from 1 $10 n month before the war to the 1 present rate. In response to a recent call from the Sea Service Hureaii many licensed operutors applied at lieadnuar ters nnd sicned up for service. The dearth of radio operators has had its effect locallj, delnjing the movement of cargo ships at tins port. Gets Bulkhead Contract The Dcpnrtment of Wharves, Docks and Ferries has awarded the contract for the building of the bulkhead ou the west side of the Schujlkill river, south of Penrose ferry bridge, to the McLean Construction Company, of Baltimore, tlilnl, linn the lowest hiilder for tltp I work. Approximately 1105 feet of bulk head will Le placed along the Schuylkill river by the contractors, whose bid was $343,303. Band Concerts Today Sluniclpal Hand, tonight, lielficld Playground, Twenty-first and Nc(Iro streets, Philadelphia Hand, tonight, City Hall Plaia. Fnlrmouut Park Hand, afternoon and evening, Ilelmont Slanilon. HI ! resolution wns received from the Jaryt Resolved, That the Art Jury disap proves of the design and location for thd Iron fountain for horses nt the north side Hunting Park nvenue, 22 feet, east of Fox street, as shown in print in dorsed by the nrt jury In part." . '. -No definite requirements have bwn given to the society showing where a fountain may lie erected or what design the art jury might approve of. What the Jury Does When John V. Cozens, superintend ent for the Bociety, tried to find out what would pass the Art Jury, he wM told that' the object of the jury was to reniovp all obstructions from the side walk even to poles, firo boxes, etc Fireplugs would also probably be in eluded in the sidewalk obstructions. According to the Information received by Sir. Cozens, these necessary ttaj. tions should be placed on the walls of the corner buildings. The charter of the society provides that fountnins may be erected. "The objects of the said society," says the charter, "arc to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the state of Pennsylvania nnd for the enforcement of all lawa heretofore or hereafter enacted for their protection of dumb animals. The said society is also empowered to erect and maintain fountains, tanks, troughs or other receptncles of fresh water in eli gible localities for gratutitous distribu tion to the dumb creation." Because permanent fountains are not permitted, the society has had to es tablish a number of bucket stations which seem to be more of an obstruc tion than a permanent fountain and which tako more time for witerisf horses. 150 CHILDREN GUESTS AT CURTIS CLUB Tubercular Parents Also to Ba Entertained at Lawndalo Tomorrow Sfore thnn 150 children of tqberulsr parents will be given nn nil-day picnie tomorrow at the Curtis Country Club, nt Lawndale, under the supervision of nurses from the State Tuberculosis Dis pensary. Bojs nnd girls under fourteen .years of age from the dispensaries in South", North nud West Philadelphia will gnther nt Seventeenth and Cherry streets to take the special trolley, which is .scheduled to leave for Lawndale at fl .30 o'clock tomorrow morning. ' The use of the trolley has been donated by a friend interested in the prevention, of tuberculosis. Cyrus II. K, Curtla has opened the building nnd grounds of the Country Club to the children and their mothers for the day and Ice cream. oranges nnd apples will be served te- the guests. The nurses hnvc obtained private do nations enough to provide lunches for those children who cannot afford to take their' own. Games nnd athletic sports have been planned for the en tertainment of the guests, who will re turn to the city at 5 o'clock. The picnic will be postponed if ther ls rain MARKET ST. AB. 19TR 11 A. M.U 11 :1S P. VC bELUC'T Prnnta NORMA TALMADGE IN FIRST SHOWING OP "THE WAY OF A WOMAN" Coming XASSIMOYA In "Tha lltj Lantarn" PALACR 1214 MARKET STREET &-I 11 A. M 'IO 11:30 1'. M. CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG In THE DETTEIl WIFE" EAT'tun1, DAVID BELASCO In -A ST.n OVER NIGHT" ARCADIA CHESTNUT UEUDW I0TH 10 A. M., li -J. .1.4.1, 5:4.1. 7:4S, 0:30 P. M. CATHERINE CALVERT In Paramount-Artcraft Special The Career of Katherine Bush From Noiel by Elinor Glyn TPTORI A V LrVet st AtVENTil A n A M TO ji:l5 p. M ' " THRDA RARA "A TOMAN . .. . ..t THERE WAS" mi ONTAI OERMANTOVV.V't . V.VJLL1N1AL MAI'LEVVOOD AVBS. HriL1 Nixon-NIMllnicer. "en Msnaajar OPENS monbay AUG. ,8lh Direction of the Stanley -Company of America Pennftt-a Bathing Girls PERSON and Senntf "Vankf codl tn nrtln" RESERVE SCATS IN ADVANCE RFr,pJT MAERwJ ",'!?:? " IXHUILIN 1 S., MARKET RT. ntlaw 1TTH lLiK.ln tho Raaaon" MARKET STREET. AT JUNIPER CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE It A. M i 14 n r SLATKO'S ROLLICKERS VERSATILE SEXTETTE.- OTHEnfl CROSS KEYS MAWifST- Bi-otB "LOVE OF MIKE." T &8MA , COMEDY Fnrrp;r u1"jad & sanbom sfS pnTivr8 .Da"v- sn an" ,s POSITIVELY LAST WEEK 4 Days More . "'moat euvctat Arrortfd Mnti- S5t, SOc. Tfc. Nlshta S.V. Mlc 7,-ic II B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE EMMA CARUS IN JISR NEWEST SOJJ HITS Homar B. MASON A KEELER Mar-uarM Oladya CLARK RERaMAN HVnty , liontta A Lw Hearn; Jannla Mlddlatoa iii a. Bit Sumroar Show I 7 WILLOW GROVE PARk"'" TJW iii rf w w (aiwvs'ji; WA3SIM I.EPS Ills Symphony Orcbaatia. .1 Tonight, vgjr. 'The SerenWi 4 With Mart Stona Lanratan. Bmllv JUabx liat-ar, i-aui vommann, utorra Etaaav Ja.m ,A ' ia Mftwii, v. a nuuiamivunn nitq nrrui It Hoodx and a Chorus nt Mtmtr f 'fK 3U -M '! fi fl 11 .. r. . O" -Jt ,- . I .- 4". t T; t rZ .TV rj a M r ' " ;, r w- . t . y- a ,- j? 0 . - i' n A r..T T,.
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