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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Chats About the Kay-Meade Engagement.
She Tells of a Trip in a Washtub Indulged in
by a Fair Philadelphian
rpHE engagement of Florence SIcade
J. to a Boston man, Jnmes Murray
Kay, is Interesting, Isn't It? Flornncc
is very popular here nml will be very
much missed if she goes to Uoiton to
live, but then think of the affairs that
can be given In her honor when she
visits, here. Her parents hnve been
dead a number of" years nnd she has
been living for the past three winters
with her nunt. Miss Henrietta Mendc,
and this summer has been visiting her
cousin, Meade Large, who is at Cape
May with his three boys.
Florance Meade looks very much like
the Meade side of the family. She Is a
granddaughter of the late General
Oeorge Gordon Meade and a nlecd of
the lntc George Gordon Meade, whose
wife was Miss Bessie Lewis, a sister
of Mr. John T. Lewis, Jr., Dr. Slorrls
Lewis and Mr. Saunders Lewis, of this
city.
She is a first cousin therefore of Mrs.
Horace Franclne, Mrs. George Cooke,
Oeorge G. Meade. Jr., Saunders Meade
and Kalvadora Meade, who married a
Mr. 'Wood, of New York. The first
cousins nre indeed numerous, for when
one turns to the Large cousins (their
mother was Miss Sarah Meade, you
know, a daughter of the late general),,
there arc Mrs. Joseph Hnrrlson. Mrs.
Charles Fox, Mrs'. Stevenson Easby,
Meade Large, the late Hob Large,
whose widow was Miss Mary Hcaklrt,
John Large, who married Miss Clifford
New-bold, nnd Snpnccr Large.
Floranco Meade lived first with her
cousins, the, Larges, nftcr her parents'
death, but when Henrietta Large mar
ried Itay Easby, Florance went to live
with Miss Meade.
Mr. Kny is the Ron of the late James
Murrny Kny and Mrs. Kay, of Boston.
His sister is Mary M. Kny. I under
stand thnt no date has been finally set
tled upon for the wedding, but it will
probably take place in the late fall.
I WAS talking to the sand crab yes
terday. It had been off staying at
Atlantic City and farther up 'the Jer
sey const, and then had gone back to
Cape May, and it says we ought to have
been down at the last place last week,
when they had the young cloudburst.
I did not realize what a time they .were
having, did you?
Well, my denrs, go down there to the
photographers on the boardwalk and
you will see pictures of our own Phila
delphia girls in bathing suits floating
down Columbln avenue in n washtub,
and then vou'll believe it, for thnt is
what two of them did. (Strictly speak
ing, I believe one is not a Philadel
phian, however).
Every one put on bathing suits and
raced around to the houses where there
were cellars, to help rescue the vege
tables and fruits, etc., that were stored
there, for In Bome cases the water In
the cellars was up to the knees.
The sand crab says, "It was awfully
queer and 'gouey' to vvajk around in n
cellar rescuing a trunk full of linen
and picking up cantaloupes and racing
after floating watermelons, and then
to come suddenly on a soft piece of car
pet, that oozed under your feet."
And next morning, you would not
have known that the place had been
flooded. Some of the women had had
to be carried across the streets,, and one
well-known young matron was taken
across one street horizontally, on the
shoulders of two stalwart youths, while
one man got a raft and towed himself
around from Washington street to the
Chalfonte Hotel.
Wouldn't you hnve loved to see it?
But the joke of it all was that the
two who rode in the washtub did not
know that their pictures were being
taken and found them being sold two
days later for five cents each.
To say the mother of one young lady
was horrified would be very gentle.
"I told them to come in and stop riding
around the public streets in a washtub.
Think of it!" she exclaimed. "My
daughter!" But my daughter was
giggling over the picture. And 1 will
Kay this, it was hard to recognize just
who the two sailoress.es were, the sand
crab says.
YOU hear all kinds of wild remarks
nowadays about traveling expenses,
and how this one came all the way
from Bar Harbor or somewhere In a
lny coach, and how that one almost
hail to ride in the baggage enr, and
would have preferred It because when
he finally did get a seat, the child next
to him howled all the way home, and
the family behind him ate oranges dis
concertingly close to his back all the
way from Trenton, nnd all that. "And
the prices!" everybody exclaims.
But when it comes to prices. Tom
my's story beats them nil. "Do you
know," he Informed the family the
other day, "you can go to Boston for
eight cents." The family gave a col
lective gasp, "Where," Inquired older
brother, "do you get that stuff?"
"Why", In the trolley cars," explained
Tom. "In one or those great big long
green cars in town, there's a sign in it,
and it says, 'Boston, 8 cents; and you
can go to Chicago for 7 cents!"
And then the family remembered the
excitement about the six -cent fare,
gathered its collective senses from the
corners and crevices of the room, and
smiled a wide, appreciative, collective
smile.
NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Mlss Charlotte Brown, St. Martin's,
will entertain at dinner this evening at
Upper Saranac Lake, where she Is
upending the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Henry Dixon and
family, ot Ithodora, Chestnut Hill, are
at Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor,
for August.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Itittenhouse Miller,
of Mount Airy avenue, have sold their
place and are now occupying apart
dents at the Cresheim Arms.
Captain and Mrs. Edgar Wright
Ualrd, MUi Galnor Balrd and Miss Mar
ian vBaird, of St. Martins, Chestnut
Hill, are at North East Harbor, where
they expect to star for some weeks.
Mr, and Mrs. Henry. L. Davis, Jr.,
and their family, of Moreland avenue,
Chestnut Hill, are spending the Bum
mer at Buck Hill Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Dougherty are
vUlting Mrs. Frances S. Dougherty for
a few weeks at the Chalfonte Hotel,
Cape May,
Mr. tad, Mrs. Hkkard Ttlffcaun aad
their small son are staying in Cnpe
May for a few dnys.
Mr. Barclay McFadden U the guest
of Mr. Charles N. Davis nt his home
on Beach avenue, Cape May.
Mrs. P. L. Clarkson and her daugh
ter, Miss Theresa Clarkson, nnd her son,
son, Mr. O, Lindscy Clarkson, have ar
rived nt their home. Spruce Acre, in
Edgewater Park, after n fortnights
stay at the White Mountains.
Sir. Leonard L. Eystcr, son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. L. Bert Eyster, of Cyuwyd,
who lately resigned from the diplomatic
service and returned from the Ameri
can embassy at Madrid, spent the week
end with his pnrcnts nt their eottnge
on Windsor avenue, Cnpe May. He
had ns his guest Mr. Joseph 11. Slosser,
formerly of Base Hospital No. 20, Uni
versity of Pcnnsylvnnin, nnd lately re
turned from Italy, when he wns with
the quartermaster's department, A.
E. F.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William Poultney
Smith, of Llandullo rond, Cynwyil,
hnve left for n month's trip through
Cnnndn, the Thousand Islnnds nnd down
the St. Lawrence. They will return
early in September.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Logan Howard -Smith,
of Wyuncwood, hnve returned from
Virginia "Hot Springs nnd nre visiting
Mrs. Howard-Smith's mother, Mrs. W.
P. Douglas, nt her cottage in Atlnntic
City.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Lewis It. Dick, of
the Drexel Apartments, Ovcrbrook, left
tha Pocono Mountains on Monday to
tour the nerkshires. They expert to
return on Labor Dny.
Mrs. Julia Wlllits Williams, of 121
South Twelfth street, is nt her farm in
New York state.
Miss Dorothy Ackc- entertnincd nt
n houRe pnrty over the week-end nt her
cottage at Ocean Onto, N. J. Among
those present were Sirs. J. E. Acker,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas V. Hutchison.
Miss Bessie Hutchison, Miss Hester
Hutchison, Miss Uuth Hutchison, Mrs.
M. E. Wnrnock, Mr. Morlnml Chew,
Mr. William Itussell nnd Mr. Harvey
Shaw.
Miss C. Gray Trnvis is a guest nt
the new Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic
City.
ALONG THE READING
Mr. William West Frazler and his
son-in-law and dnughter, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Charles E. Brinley, of 250 South
Eighteenth street, nre occupying Avlln,
the Frazer country plncc nenr Itydal,
for the summer.
Mrs. Georire R. T.nshnr nml her nippr
Miss Georgene Butler, of Lorraine,
V nshington lane nnd Susquehnnnn rond
opposite Itydal stntion. nre spending
several weeks nt the Phnlfont Hotel,
Atlnntic City. Mrs. Lasher's dnugh
ter, Miss Gertrude Gilbert, is at the
Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.
Mr. Louis E. Henderson, of Oak
Lnnc, has left for n trip to the Great
Lakes.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Rldnpv J. Bnrirnvnp.
of 0S07 North Tenth street, Oak Lane,
nave gone to California.
MV. and Mrs. Paul Jones', of Jen
kiutown, have been spending some time
nt Ocean City, N. J., where their son-m-law
and daughter, Mr. nnd Mrs-.
Louis It. Dutton. of Washington lniin.
nnd Township line, Jenkintown, are
staying ior n part or the season.
The Ilev. Charles A. Santec and Mrs.
Snntec, of Fort Wnshington, have been
motoring through Pennsylvania nnd
Maryland.
GERMANTOWN
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wntsnn. nf Pnaf
Walnut lnne. are spending the season
nt Atlantic i ley, where they nre stny
ing nt the Trnymore.
Mr. nnd Mrs. William H. Carrigan.
fi22 East JohnRon street, hnvo rpfiimo,?
from a trip to Plcasnntvllle, N. J., and
imve gone to visit .vir. carrigan s rela
tives at Providence, It. I. Mr. Carri
gan recently returned from two vi-nra'
service overseas in the United States
army.
The Misses Why, of 31fi Church lane,
hnve gone to Dingmnns Ferry, Pn., to
spend the remainder of the month.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Wilgus, of
2140 Olney avenue, returned on Monday
from a month's golfing in the White
mountains.
Mr. Andrew Johnstone, of 5353 Mag
nolia avenue, has been called to Canada,
owing to the illness of a near relative.
Miss Esther Johnstone is spending some
time in Maine.
Mr. Donald MacKubbin, son of the
Itcv. Henry A. MacKubbin and Mrs.
MacKubbin, of 723 Wister street,
preached his first sermon on Sunday,
August 17. Mr. MacKubbin served
with the United States army overseas,
and after the armistice was signed took
a course at Cambridge University, Eng
land. He returned home during July.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dodge, 1C0
Photo by Zamsky I'hllllpa.
MISS ISABEL SPEUING
A popular member of the younger
set In Cynvvyd, who lias been ac
tively Interested In war relief work
and is a, member of the National
lptt tor Wwnan's Srrk
EVENING PUBLIC
West Durham street, and their daugh
ter, Miss Nancy Dodge, are spending
some time at Seneca Lake, N. Y.
Miss E. Miller and Miss L. Miller,
of Gcrmantown nvenue nml Aliens lnne,
hnve gone to Wlldwood Crest for n fort
night. Mr. Ilenrv A. Miller, of finn V.nt
Washington lnne, has returned from n
fishing trip to Wildwood.
Mrs. Charles C. Wntt, of (lfiori i
Wnync nvenue, entertained at cards at !
her home during the week. t
Friends of Mrs. W. S. MrCnmbs, of
Musgrave street and Locust nvenue, will
be glad to hear that she has suflicieiitlv
recovered from her recent severe Illness
to take a motor ride.
NEW JERSEY NOTES
Mrs. H. N. Cresswcll nnd her sister.
Miss McCutchcon, who have been
spending several weeks at Springfield,
Mass., as the guests of their cousins,
Mr. nnd Mrs. DeWright Loomis, nre
now nt theircountr.v home, the Hazel
Croft in Edgewater Park.
Mrs. Charles E. Ilnuth nnd her two
sons, Mr. Ilusscll Itnuth nnd Mnter
llillie Ilnuth, of Edgewntcr Park, nre
spending August in the mountains in
New York state.
Sir. and Sirs. A. L. Lunick will close
their cottnge In Edgewater Park nn
September 1 nnd will tnkc npnrtments
In West Phllndelphia for the winter.
Lieutennnt Philip Lyons, Jr.. who
wns with the nvlntion corps for two
years in France, has arrived nt his
home in Burlington nnd is spending a
furlough with his parents, Mr. nnd
Sirs. Philip Lyons, of South High
street.
Sirs. Gilbert SI. Wilson, of Staple
Corners in Edgewntcr Park, will leavi
for Boston. Stass., on August 25, to
spend n fortnight.
Mrs. John Dnvln nnd her dnughter.
Sliss Elizabeth Davis, who have been
spending the summer nt the Pocono
liiountnlns, will open their home in
Edgewntcr Park early In September.
Sir. Henri Bohner is spending n
vacntion nt Snrnnnc Lnke. N. Y., ns
the guest of Sir. Francis E. Green.
Sliss Ituth Barnes, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert" L. Barnes, of Edge
water Park. N. J., who hns been
spending a fortnight as the guest ot
Sliss Anna T. Davis, of Sewcll. N. J..
will leave tomorrow for Avnlon-by-the-Sen
for n ten days' visit with Dr. nnd
Sirs. II. B. Sloorse.
Miss Kntherine Bue hns ns her guest
nt her home on Wnlnut lnnc, at Bev
erly, Sliss Estella SIcClure, of Phil
adelphia. Sirs. SI. Gunn and her sister, Miss
Jessie Vnn Sciver, of Beverly, nre nt the
Porono Mountains for a fortnight's
stay.
Sir. and Sirs. J. Reifsnider. of Bay
City, Sllch., arc visiting friends in
Beverly.
Sirs SI. Foose, who has been the
guest of Sir. nnd Sirs. .Tncob Bram
ber. . of Cottngc lnne, in Edgewater
Park, hns returned to her home at
Newark.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
SerEeant Albert J. Hendrle has re
turned home after being overseas for
fourteen months, tie is the son of Mr.
nnd Sirs. Dnnlel F. Hendrle, of North
Thirteenth street. He enlisted In June,
1017, in the ambulance corps, trained at
Camp Benjnmln Harrison nnd Camp
Sherman, went ovcrsens in June, 101S,
served on four bnttlefronts nnd when
the nrmistlec wns signed wns sent into
Germany in the nrmy of occupation.
Sir. nnd Sirs. John Loughran, of 2238
North Broad street, are occupying their
cottage on North Carolina avenue, At
lantic City.
The wedding of Sliss Freda 31. Bauer,
daughter of Sir. nnd Sirs. Christian
Bauer, of 3030 Stiles street, nnd Sir.
Raymond A. Hcrbott, son of Sir. nnd
Sirs. J. W. Herbott. of 2451 North
Eighteenth street, will take place on
Wednesday afternoon, September 10, nt
the home of the bride's parents, nnd will
be followed by a reception. The bride
will be attended by Sliss Florence Wolf
nnd Sir. Herbott will hnve Sir. John
Younger for best man.
Sir. and Sirs. James Crawford, who
have been spending several weeks in
Pitman, N. J., have returned to their
home, 2033 Diamond street.
Sir. nnd Mrs. Walter S. Adams are
taking an 'automobile trip through the
Catskill Slountains.
Sliss Marilyn Horter, of Sixteenth
and Spring Garden streets, is spending
several weeks at Ocean City.
Sir. ond Sirs. Clinton Slaver have re
turned from Slalne to their home nt 907
North Sixteenth street.
Sir. and Sirs. A. Schlesingcr, of
North Sixteenth street, are at the Chel
sea Court Apartments, Atlontic City.
rf.:?.ni1 ?urs-. L Noble' ol Wallace
nnd Fifteenth streets, nre entertaining
Sliss Alice Carter, from Scrnnton, Pa
dt their summer home nt Beach Haven!
Sirs. Charles Snmter and daughter
Sliss Ruth Samter, of 2118 Spring Gar
den street, nre nt Barker, Me., for the
month of August.
Sliss Gertrude Hecter, of North Fif.
tecnth street, is visiting friends in Cnnc
SIny over Labor Dny. '
Sliss Slarjorie Al'en has returned
from n month's stay aV Wlldwood. N. J.
SIr.nnd Sirs. Arthii Cohen, of 1K44
North Twenty-eightl. reet. nre spend
ing some time nt Wlldwood. N. J.
Miss Sylvia Richter is spending a
fortnight nt the Delaware Water Gap.
Miss Edna Slahoney, of 118 North
Stole street, has returned from a stay
at Sea Isle City. '
Sliss Madeline Kohn, of 1528 North
Sixteenth street and Miss Gertrude
Brunswick have left for a several weeks'
stay at Eagles Slerc. 8
Miss Florence SlacDonald, of Six
teenth and Race streets, is visiting Mrs
T. Coleman at her cottage in AtlantlA
City until over Labor Day. -ulantlc
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Miss Betty Onllagher, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gallagher, of 1040
Ritncr street, has recently return,!
from Atlantic City. Miss Gallagher ,vi
return to the senshore some time neit
week. v
Miss Elsie Lochee, Sliss M. Younir
Sliss Bertha Zocker, Sliss Lillian Dave
and Miss Julo Donahue expect to go
camping along the Perkiomen early
next week.
Bliss Margaret Baney, daughter of
Eighteenth street, hns recently re
turned from Atlnntic City. Miss Baney
expects to return to the resort the lat
ter part of this month.
Sliss Slonica Fitzpatrick, of 1029
Sir. and Mrs. J, Baney, ,of 2108 South
Christian street, has gone to Niagara
Falls. Miss Fitzpatrick expects to stay
for the remainder of the season.
Miss Loretta Donahue, daughter of
Sir. J. and Mrs. J. P. Donahue, has
left the city for Wildwood. falsa Don
ahue will live on Maple avenue, where
she expects to remain until October,
Sir. Joseph McCann, of 2129 South
Thirteenth street, son of Sir. and Mrs.
J. McCann, recently of the United
States navy, has returned from Atlan
tic City, where he was visiting friends
over the week-end.
WE8T PHILADELPHIA
MIsa Mary Theresa Glenn, at 27R
eoutn jjuiy-Mxin wrest, &as as her
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919,
IN NEW
..,-,,. ........ . Thoto bj- rhoto-Crnflers.
t MISS LENORE SIcCALL
Daughter of Sir. and Sirs. Joseph N. SlcCnll, of the Wellington, who
is spending some tlmo In Nantucket
guest nt her summer home. 231 North
New Hampshire nvenue, Atlnntic City,
Miss Dorothy Ryan, of 1712 South
Eighteenth street.
Sir. nnd Sirs. C. R. Renl, of West
Philndelphin, hnve returned from Slnry
lnnd, where they were the guests ofSIrs.
Senl's aunt. Sirs. Albert Slerchnnt.
Sir. nnd Sirs. William Stocum, of 214
South Cecil street, nre spending Rcvcrnl
weeks nt Schwencksville, Pn.
Miis SInrgnret Njlnnd, of West
Philndelphin. hns joined her fnmily nt
Wildwood. N. J., where she will remain
until the 1st of September.
Sir. William Emslcy Christie, of
3707 Hamilton street, who has been
Rtajing nt Ocean City, will return home
the early part ot September.
Sirs. E. G. Itnudenbush nnd Sliss F.
SI. Pcnnypnckcr, of M)3 South Sixtietli
street, hnve returned from Ventnor.
where they were visiting Sirs. Elwood
Baker Dill.
TIOGA
The Betn Gamma Sigma fraternity
gave a dinner on Saturday evening nt
the Arcndia, in honor of Sir. Graham
Coffey, of 342!) Mortli .Nineteenth street,
who 'left on Monday to live in Pitts
burgh, Pn. Other guests included Mr.
Ci. Bertram Wricht. Sir. Harry Cof
fey, Sir. G. Brinton Young, Sir. Jnmes
Henderson, Sir. Douglas Bcsorc nnd
Sir. Albert Slertz.
Sir. and Sirs. John J. Loughrnn, of
3S35 North Broad street, are spending
the season in entnor.
Miss Mnrv Ambler, of North Nine
teenth street, is spending several weks
in Ocean City, tier brother, Mr. irvin
Ambler, n prominent scoutmnster, is
camping with the Boy Scouts at Spring
Mount.
Sir. nnd Sirs. George W. Znnc, of
Ontnrio nnd Twenty-second streets,
nre spending the summer with Sirs.
Znnc's brother-in-law nnd sister. Mr.
and Mrs. Guy W. Alcock, of Slount
Airy.
Sir. nnd Sirs. William T. Scnrgle,
filO West Eiie nvenue, Tlogn, nre oc
cupying their cottnge nt Turkey Point,
N. J. Sir. Scnrgle's brother-in-law.
Sir. Frank Vivian Gnble, with his
daughter, Sliss Slary Seargle Gable, is
also occupying his cottage at Turkey
Point.
Sirs. Emllle Felton, 385G Daricn
street, Tioga, has returned .from a
month'sstay at Chelsea, N. J., and has
joined her daughter, Mrs. G. Henry
Wilson, nnd her grnndson, Slnster C.
Felton Wilson, nt Sllllington, Sid.
HOLMESBURG
Miss Gertrude Hudson, of Blakiston
street, is visiting friends in Ocean City
for a few weeks.
Sir. and Sirs. J. Connor, of Blakis
ton street, nre receiving congrntulations
on the birth of n son.
Sliss Winnie Hillman. of Ashburner
street, has gone to Wildwood until
after Labor Day.
Sirs Charles Watson, of Sloro street,
is entertaining her sister, Sirs. Waller,
of Virginia, ns her guest for au In
definite stny.
Sliss Alice Coleman, of Welsh road,
is spending a fortnight in the Pocono
mountains.
Sir. and Sirs. William Slinster enter
tained as their guests last week Sirs.
SI. Glass and Sirs. E. Snyder, of New
York.
Sliss Mary Keller, of WcIrIi road, Is
staying nt Cape Slay with friends until
a'fter Labor Day.
ROXBOROUGH
Sir. and Sirs. Arthur Hanson, of
Paolf avenile. Itqxborough. are spend
ing this mouth in Cape Slay.
Miss Ethel Sykes, of Green lane,
will leave on Saturday for n fortnight's
trip to Boston, Slass., and the New
England coast.
Sir. nnd Sirs. Frank Eckenroth, of
482 Martin street, have returned home
after spending the early summer in
Wildwood.
Sliss Beatrice Irene Beaver and her
sister, Sliis Slary Elizabeth Beaver,
daughters of Sir. and Sirs. Edgar
Beaver, of 547 East Leveriugton ave
nue, are spending several weeks at
Spring Slount, Pa.
Mr. and Sirs. C. E. Wood and their
son, Master Newton Wood, of Harmon
road, have g6ne to Greensboro, Pike
county, Pa., to remain until autumn.
FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL
Sliss Lydln Farrar, of Queen Lane,
has returned home after spending the
early summer at Ocean City.
Mr. nnd Sirs. Harry Binkin, of 3507
Queen lane, will leave during the week
to nass the remainder of the season
at Parker's Ford, Pa.
Sirs. Susan Mahaffey and her daugh
ter, Miss Slary Slahaffey, of Thirty
third and Clearfield streets, have gone
to uap juazior -a srvarni weeui" utay.
ENGLAND
MANAYUNK
Sir. nnd Sli. Thomas B. Ogden, of
Dexter street, nre spending a fortnight
in Atlantic City.
Sliss Catharine SI. SlcClennglinn, of
317 Kruuis nvenue, will spend Septem
ber in Wildwood. Her brother, Sir.
Wilson SlcClennglinn, is spending the
hitter pnrt of August in Ocean City.
Sir. nnd Sirs. Joseph Slilner, of
Mannyunk, nre spending two weeks in
Wildwood.
MELROSE PARK
Sliss Slyrtle Brodgen, of Sfelrose
Pnrk, hns returned home nftcr n short
stny nt Atlantic City, where she wns the
guest of Sliss Sophie Bnuch.
Sir. Howard Entnn nnd Sir. Joah
Brogdcii, Jr., of Slelrose Pnrk, are
making a short stay nt Atlantic Cltv.
After their return Sir. Howard Eaton
will bo the guest of Sirs ,1. Rrugdeu
until the lit of September.
Deaths of a Day
WILLIAM R. WALLEN
Member of Colllngdate Borougt
Council Dies
William R. Wnllen, for more than
thirty yenrs a resident of Collingdale,
died Slonday night nt his home. 1)01
lleechwood avenue, following nn illness
of eighteen months. Mr. Wallen, whoMr. nnd Sirs. Davis will leave on
iony--six yeari om, serveil for n
number of )cars ns a member of Colling
dale borough council, and for nlinost
twelve years was president of the board
of health. He was prominently identi
fied with the Collingdale Baptist
Church, having been superintendent of
the Sunday school nearly six years. lie
was a member of Washington Camp,
No. 800, P. O. S. of A., of Collingdale.
John T. Swartley
John T. Swartley, sixty-five yenrs
old, for thirty-five years n farmer nnd
dnirymnn nt Ashland nnd Bartrnm ave
nues, Darby township, wns buried yes
terday iu Arlington Cemetery, Lnns
downe. Sir. Swartley died on Friday
following a stroke of npoplexy, which
he suffered six hours before his denth.
Mrs. Georglna St. C. McNab
Sirs. Oeorginn St. C. SIcNab, wife of
Thomns A. SIcNab, a lawyer, died
Slonday. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Sirs. F. X. Yardland. Mrs. Slc
Nnb will be buried tomorrow from the
home of her brotlier-ln-lnw, L. E.
Pequignot, 202!) North Sixty-second
street. Requiem high mass will be cel
ebrated in the Church of Our Lady
of Lourdes and burial made in Holy
Cross Cemetery.
Henry Percy Huston
Henry Percy Huston, of Bon Air
Farms, Mnnon, who died on Saturday,
in the University Hospital, will be
burled tomorrow from the home of his
sister, Sliss Ida Huston. 421 South
Lansdownc nvenue, Lansdownc. Mr.
Huston was a son of the late Dr. S. C.
nnd Lavinn Huston. He is burvlved
by his widow, Sirs. Lillian Nelson
Huston. Besides his sister he is nlso
survived by a brother, Clare Aubrey
Huston, of Wnshington.
Miss Catherine A. Bond
Sliss Cntherine Alexander Bond, of
1008 Locust street, died Slonday night
in Atlantic City, where she wns spend
ing the summer. She was a cousin of
Joseph SIncGregor Slitcheson, an attor
ney, who lived at the same address.
The funeral of Miss Bond will be held
tomorrow nt her home In Locust street.
George W. Rex
George W. Rex, aged seventy, died
on Monday at his home, 20 West Mt.
Pleasant nvenue, Slount Airy, of apo
plexy, with which be wns stricken n
week before. Sir. Rex wns a member
of an old Slontgomery family. For
nineteen yenrs he had been a sales
man in the Fletcher grocery store, Ger-
mantown.
Mrs. Isabella Eldrldga
Sirs. Isabello Eldridge, wife of Fred
Eldridgc, a former Philadelphia news
paper man, died yesterday at her home
in Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Eldridge,
who was a Philadelphian, moved to
New York about fifteen years ago, when
her husband, who had been connected
with the Inquirer, took a position on
the New York American.
C. A. Hopkins Burled
The funeral of Clarence A. Hopkins,
who died Sunday, was held this after
noon at his home, 2032 Estaugh street,
Tioga. The Rev. Herbert Agate, of the
Temple Baptist Church, officiated. In
terment was is Axdilty OuntUry.
MISS BARR MARRIES
THIS EVENING AT HOME
Marriage to Mr. John B. Staf
ford Tonight Will Be Fol
lowed by Reception
The wedding of Sliss Jennie 11. Bnrr,
daughter of Sir. nnd Sirs. Robert Bnrr.
of 112 l'nst Wyoming nvenue. nml Sir.
John li Stnfford. of -1218 North Sev
enth Street, will tnltn ntnno tlile ovn.
nlng nt the liojnr of the bride's nnr -
cuts, The Rev. B. Smith Stull. pnstor'
of .Mount Cnrmel Methodist Episcopal
Church, will perform the ceremony.
Mr Ttflrr 111 ntin lit- itn..(.liA 1..
nmrringe. She will wenr n gown ofl, ""' ullow Inc to Poi,lt ""t the fal
whito satin veiled with embroidered ,y. or flln'''eH of the editorial Itself.
Tceorgette crepe, nnd will enrry n shower' liaUKP J- J. Hill's genltiR (or call
of Bride roses. Sliss Mnrgnret Ilnrr. 1 1 W,,at 0''. w " mneclvcd and built
the bride's sister, will be her onlv nt-1 ' .. Urc?t r"ern sjstcm It does not
tendnnt, and will wenr n gown of piuk
gcor&ette crepe nnd will carry pink
Sir. Joseph Stnfford will be best man.
A reception will follow the ceremony.
Sir. Stafford nnd his bride, upon their
return from their trip, will be nt home
nt 112 Eust Wyoming nvenue, nnd will
liTcive nftcr September 10.
IrHECK LITTI.EFIELI")
A mnrrlnge of interest took plncc
last night nt the home of Lieutenant
Frederick A I'ninc nnd Sirs Pnlne, of
SU South Fifty -seventh street, when
SIis. Pnlne'-, sister, Sliss Slnrthn Lit
tlcfield. of Jnmestown. R I., beenme
the bride nf Cnptnin Charles Duubeck,
l'. S. SI. (' , of the Fifth Regiment of
Slarines. ' The ceremony was performed
by the navy chaplain stationed nt
League Island, nnd Sliss Littli-ficld wns
nttended by her sister, Mrs. I'niuc,
while Lieutenant Pnlne wns best man.
Only the immediate families were
present.
Captain Dunbeek was in every major
hnttle in which the Second Division en
gaged nnd received the Crolt do Guerre,
the Medal of the Legion of Honor nnd
inn it) citations for personal bravery.
He wns wounded seveinl times.
HASSELQCIST TOI1IN
A pietty midsummer wedding will
take place this evening nt the home of
Sir. nnd Sirs. Winfield S. Tobin, 531(1
North Twelfth street, when their
daughter. Sliss SI. Elizabeth Tobin,
will be married to Sir. Ernest E. Hns
sclquist, of Elgin, 111. The ceremony
will he performed at 5 o'clock by the
Rev. Francis Wcthcrill, rector of St.
John's Protestnnt Episcopal Church,
nnd will be followed by n reception.
Sir. Tobin will give his daughter in
marriage, anil she will be uunttended.
She will wenr n gown of white chiffon
cloth nnd will enrry Sweetheart roses.
Sir. Ilnsselquist nnd his bride will leave
for a trip up the Hudson, nnd upon
their return they will go to Elgin, 111.,
where they will be nt home nt 271 Du
page street.
DAVIS CARRICK
An interesting wedding to tnke place
this nfternoon is that of Sliss Snrnh
Cnrrick, daughter of Sir. nnd Sirs.
William Cnrrick, of 3151 .North Ninth
strict, nnd Sergennt William Davis,
Jr., Company D, Twenty-eighth Divi
sion, 100th Infantry, which will be
solemnized in the Bethlehem Presbyte
rian Church, Broad and Diamond
streets, with tha Rev. Dr. Allen of
ficiating. The bride will wenr her traveling
suit of dark blue, with n hat to match.
etended trip, nnd upon their return
they will be nt home nt 3138 North
Sixth street. Sergeant Davis recently
returned from France, hning served
for one year ovcrsens.
WOOTERS LENART55
Announcement is made of the mnr
riage of Sliss Slnrie E. Lenartz, dnugh
ter of Sir. nnd Sirs. Joseph Lennitz,
of 5103 North Sixth street, nnd Sir.
Edward AV. Wooters, of 810 West Al
legheny nvenue, on Friday evening,
August 15. The bride was nttended by
her sister, Sliss Anna C. Lenartz, nnd
Sir. Carl Ziegler wns the best mnn. Sir.
nnd Sirs. Woolers left on their wed
ding trip immediately nftcr the serv
ice. The Evening Prmjc Lr.nr.En
will be glnd to publish items of social
interest sent in by tho renders.
Items should be written on one side
of the pnper only and should be
signed with the name of the sender
ond the telephone number, thnt they
mny bn verified.
Address Society Editor, Evening
Pl'DMO Ludger, 000 Chestnut
street.
Photo by Larhrarh
JIISS ELIZAHETH STHUDING
Daughter of Mr. and Sirs. John K.
Strutting, of Chestnut Hill, who
With her family Is spending th
summer la Cspa May
I at i ' ,HJii iKfV'a
L v J" nflkKtdikkklH
THE READER'SVIEWPOINT
Letters to the Editor on Current Topics
(Communication! to thin depart
ment should be brief, irrittcn on one
tide of the paper only and accom
panied bn the name and addresses of
the senders, though not necessarily
for publication. Religious topics of
a controversial nature arc not de
sired.) l Favors Public Ownership
r ,"" f-'rf."'"' " Kventnp public Lrdmr
Mr Vou choose to snenk nf tl,n
"fallacy In the whole plan of the 'Big
Four' brotherhoods" In a recent edl-
.""" ""cl1 ,n Kenius must neces-
sarily be nurtured under the conditions
of private enterprise. The public, in
the shape of the United Stntes Gov
ernment, built the Pannma Canal after
private enterprise had entirely failed
surely an undertaking eery bit as great
from any standpoint ns the Great
Northern system's construction. The
argument Is the old theory of "ade
quate incentive" thnt Is the worn-out
standby of capitalistic advocates.
It is true thnt the development ot
the Northwest, ns well ns the develop
ment of nil pnrtN of our country, is
due to the enterprise of the individual.
But it was the pioneer who pushed
across the unknown and suffered and
died in the untrod wilderness who really
"took the risks," because men nre thnt
wny and will be ns long ns the enrth is
inhabited by men. Capitalistic enter
prise in this case, nnd in nil enses thnt
involved the launching of public utili
ties (which nre merely supplementary
to the pnthlinding of the pioneers),
"took the risks" by bribing legislators.
robbing the public domain of land nf
minute value in the shape ot grants nnil
franchises, nnd further insuring itself
by stoik -watering, etc. Today we nre
pa)ing for the fruits of such expansion
and the manipulations of our pet con
structive geniuses.
Lnstly, even grunting the necessity
of all these enrly conditions nnd tho
Kind of Incentive typified by J. J. Hill,
the time hns come when such expansion
is no longer possible nnd the period not
far distant when the exploitation of new
territory by railroads will have reached
its zenith. It is this comparative sta
bility thnt makes public operation of
utilities so much more practicable, even
grunting your argument ns applied to
pioneer days.
Reverting to "adequate Incentive,"
the question before the people in tho
ense of the rnilronds is whether it shnll
be the lure of public loot and its con
sequent evils (from which we nre suf
fering today), or the loftier nnd just ns
practicable ideal of public service, of
which latter the great Panama Canal
stnnds ns n monument.
JASSIAL ROSTOW.
Philndelphin, August 15.
Aa to Rent Profiteers
To the Editor o the Evening J'ublic Ledger:
Sir I hnve nttended many meetings
of the Tenants' Protective League, nnd
hnve heard many suggestions (wise and
otherwise) for the solution of the "rent
problem," but your linc-and-a-half
solution, appearing in Satuiday's
Evening I'vnuc Leiic.kii, is a model of
brevity, of truth, nnd is altogether effi
cient. You say: "The one effective wny
of swatting the profiteer is to build more
houses."
But how nre we going to arrive nt
this happy solution? I urn sure you do
not contemplnte cither municipal cn
trnnce into the building business, nor
the forcing of builders into activity.
How. then, can we hope to swat the
profiteer or provide n crop of nice new
desirable dwellings?
To my mind, the process is not only
simple nnd easy, but will be in line with
justice and morality.
Labor nnd materials run be procured.
Less than 50 per cent of Philadelphia's
area is built upon. Builders are anxi
ous for the return of business activity
so sadly hampered by the war. With
such a favorable condition confronting
us, why should tenants be holding pro
test meetings nnd the ancient nnd lion
erablc business of providing homes be
under n cloud of suspicion?
The trouble is, that in the past, we
hnve placed a premium on holding land
out of use, iu other wonts, our taxing
progrnm says to the idle holder of land,
"As long ns you hold the laud idle your
tnxes will remnin almost stationary, but
just ns soon as you commit nn improve
ment upon it. such ns erecting n row or
two of dwellings, we will not only fine
or pennlize you on ench nnd every dwell
ing erected, but we will continue that
fine every yenr."
The power to profitnbly hold Innd out
of use nttrncts the notice of profiteers,
gamblers and speculators to the rich
pickings provided by our foolish, wicked
nnd vvnsteful trentment of lnnd, so thnt
by the time lnnd comes into the build
er's possession, the price of it (which
lie is compelled to charge up to the pur
chaser or renter of his dwellings) is so
high that only n few of our citizens can
be comfortably and desirably housed.
Slorc houses will be built when more
land Is put to use, more laud will be
put to use when it becomes more profit
able to commit improvements upon It
than to hold it idle.
OLIVER SIcKNIGHT,
2100 Slarkct street.
Recalls Old Times
To the Kd)lnr of the Kl'rtilno Public Ledger:
Sir IteadiriK of the death recently of
Frank SlcLaiiRhlin, of the New York
Siin'n advertiBing staff, reminded me of
the sad fact that quite a number of
Philadelphia newspaper men who came
over here In most cases for "bigger
emolument," hav passed to the Great
Uevond! I recall a few active and
energetic they were and a source of In
I splration to "cub" newspaper work
ers. There were it. k. ii. uorr, uranit
lin StatthcwB, "Jimiuj" Patterson (au
thor of many a "beat' for the Times),
Vincent S. Cooke, "Slacon" SlcCor
mlck, the sporting authority: Cooper,
of SIcClure.'s Times, whom I always
considered the best dressed newspaper
man In Philadelphia, not excepting
Watts, of the Press, and 11. II. Davis.
I wonder If Thompson's Spa on
Chestnut street is still the gathering
place of the local scribes, as it was
along 1888 and 18811? Then it was no
Band Concerts Today
Slunlclpal Hand, tonight, Fifty
second and Hrovvn streets.
Falrmount Park Hand, afternoon
and evening, Itelmont Slanslon.
Philadelphia Band, tonight, City
vJlTaif plata.
11
uncommon sight of an evening to see
Richard Harding Davis, John Jerome
Rooncy, of the Record; J. Hampton
Sloore and Darwin (!. Fcbno eating
sandwiches nnd drinking coffee jutt
like "regular guys."
"Thompson's" was a news center
then, and no wonder. You would rub
elbows with folk of national renown.
Judges, lawyers, baseball managers,
politicians, sporting men headed for th 1
npn wucn either thirsty or hungry.
And Brother Thompson never kept a
drop of booze in, the place, cither! On
Saturday's they served Boston beans
and brown bread at twenty cents a
plate. Ye Gods ! my mouth waters even
now when I think of It. Is It a won
der thnt well-known persons, siich as
Edwin S. Stuart, Colonel Wendell P.
Bowman, Congressman A. C. Hnrmcr,
Postmaster General Charles ,Einory
Smith, Judge Allison, Louis Bcitler,
Ezra Conkllu, who mnrricd the Fore
paugh $10,000 beauty; "Cap" Clark,
the lifesaver; Rldgnay Griffith, who
looked like Jnmes Gordon Bennett,
Colonel Fitzgernld, of the Item ; District -Attorney
Grnham, ami "Bud" W. O.
Freeman why rattle the skeleton long
er? The new generation is busy think
ing of strikes and the II. C of h. We,
of the older crowd can think of "Billy"
Shnrsig nnd the grounds nt Twenty
sixth nnd Jefferson, where you could see
a line game for n quarter, so perhaps
it is just as well to say Au ltevolrt
JOHN SIcGARIGLE.
New York, AAig. 10.
Burlington Is "J-33"
Burlington, N. J., Aug. 20. Slayor
Mount and n committee of citizens are
searching for an appropriate spot to
erect this city's identification sign for
nlr route tourists. The official desicna-
tion of the city on Wnr Department
air maps will be J-33.
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IN FintT SHOWING OF
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