The sun., 1900-12-29
THE. SEASON
HAS BEGUN
The First Assembly Dance Was
Held Last Evening.
WHAT rs DOING In MAY FAIR
Some of the Pretty Girls Seen at the
New Century Club Last Even
ing. Much White
Was Worn.
WHAT rs DOING I'm MAY FAIR


way! They dance!"
Timon of Athens.
The gates of Mayfair have swung far
open and the whirl of the social season
may said to have fairly begun with the
first Friday night dance which kept So
ciety at the New Century Club last even
ing until the stars paled and hid their
faces to give way to the cold gray dawn
of morn. these Friday night dances as
they are now called are the time-honored
Assembly dances which have for many
years been the special feature of the So
cial life in Wilmington. The debutpnte
looks forward to them as her field for
victory. The older belle and matron
give them first place in their social calen
dar, and to judge from last nights spec
tacle The jeunesse dorees and old gallants
fell the fasination of Terpsichore and
like the children of Hamelin nothing can
keep them from following with dancing
step the Pied Piper's flute. The drawing
room and parlors of the Club were at the
disposal of the guests. The beautiful
decorations suggested a ball room with
its wealth of beauty and coziness, trans
planted in forest of balmy pines. III
happy harmony with the holiday sea son
were the pines used to adorn the drawing
room, whose walls We're festooned with
an abundance of holly and evergreens
in graceful designs, which also was en-
twined along the balcony and above the
prosenium arch. As if by magic pro-
fusion Of symmetrical pine trees sup
planted the unadorned floor of tie plat
form, while the stately growths of the
popular Christmas tree filled the alcoyes
in the hall.
"Tell me who We're there" said one of
the stay-at-homes. "Tell you who were
there! My dear would simply read off
Wilnington's Blue Book to you in so
dong.
Il sat i'll the balcony and looked OH SO
L can tell you some of the pretty girls
who went around in the mazy whirl. /
particularly noticed Miss Rebecca r.
Smith and Miss Mary Swift, Miss Emma
lSwift, Miss Ethel Lea, who never seemed
to be without four or five admiring at
tendants. Then there were Miss Mary
du Pont, Miss Alice du Pont, Miss Elsie
Swift, Miss McIlvanie, the Misses Drap
er, the Misses Moore, Misses Cooper, the
Misses Jackson, Miss Ethel Cause, Miss
Natalie Wilson, and Miss Swift whose
brunette beauty showed to advantage
in Il gown of blue. Among the guests
who throngnd the hal! during the evening
were Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ernest Smith. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Tatnall, Mrs. Henry L
Tatnall, Miss Elanore johnson, Mrs
Samuel Bancroft, Il. Il. Cochran, Jr.
A. b. Cooper, Jr., w. H. Cooper, ,Jr.
Il. Il. Candy, Mr.. Corbit, w. p. Candy
r. l.. Curtis, Henry M. Candy, Ernes
du Pont, Eugene du Pont, Jr., La Mott,
du P0nt, Pierre du Font, DR.. Walter G
Elmer, Russell Gilpin, Hugh Garland
Charles B. Gray, ID. Wendell Hulburd
Leroy Harvey, w. p. johnson, FreJer
icll Lenning, Clarence *. La Moote,
wv. Matthews, Dr. McLester, Il. M. Nun
son, G. l.. McIlyaine, John z. Nieids
Willard Hall Porter, Jr., Robert Fen
) nington, William G. Spruance, Jr., Har
Ian G. Scott, Mr. Sillman, Dr. Edmun,
D. Shortlidgo, William Il. Scott, G. c
Williams, Il. u. Wales, Mr.. Wallace, Mi
Winslow, Mr.. Woolley, Martin q. Walk
er, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bancroft Mr.. an
Mrs. e. Il. Belts, Miss Eleanor Belts
Miss Blair, Miss Mary Cooper, Mr.. an
Mrs. A. A. Curtis, Miss Corbit, Mis-
Chase, Miss Virginia Cooper, Miss Elsi
S. Cooch, Miss Madeline Draper, Mis-
Julie S. du Pont, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c
du Pcnt, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. du Pom
, Miss Louisa de'A. du Pont, Mr.. an
Mrs. r. l.. Gilpin, Miss Gilpin, Mr.. an
Mrs. Monteith Jackson, Miss France
Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs Preston Lea, Nj
and Mrs. J. A. Moore, Miss Morse, VI
and Mrs. Charles II. Miller, Miss M
Ilvaine, Mrs. II. b. Richardson, Nils
Agnes Richardson. Miss Elizabeth
Swift, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Scott, NJ
and Mrs. Thomas, Miss Elizabeth /
Smith, Miss Mary Swift.
Miss Marguerite Johnston, dubutant
looked well in white. 1t was noticab
!, that much white was worn. Mrs. Georg
! BisseIl affected white and gold.
Miss Ethel Lea, white and pink; Mi.
: Swift, white and yellow; Mrs. James ]
. Winchester was marked figure in blac
;, her brilliant coloring making the somh,
" costume most becoming.
!, Mrs. Charles A. Macarthur made h,
first appearance in the social world In
night and the attention she receiv,
proved she in no wise has lost the attra
q ii N whiel, as Mss MAY Ward gave Ii
= a place as n belle here a few years ago.
! The bellies and buds received the
!. share of attention but the young beal
i in no wise suffered, and prominent amol
> those who We're kept busy on the floor
. noticed "Rod" Gouse, then there we
' Jimmy" Nields, ''Harry Fritz" L
q McIlvaine, Fritz Cause, Harlan" SEQ
q Andrew Gray, DIR. "Joe'' Wales, Pier
e du Pont, Francis du Pont, Felix du POI
DR.. Tybout, Harry Haskell, Mart
Walker, "Bob" Pennington. The ber
diets in no way. were in the shade a
]. Henry i. Fnlcnwiler is always a fave
le ite dancer as is Arthur Spruance, Jo
,f Biggs and George Gray Knowles, 81
ut Mrs Knowles with her attractive Ell
n, lish accent, was popular among the IN;
Il ried bellies. .
[e Supper was served in the drawingrool
on small tables.
Whist which has always been fact
III Wilmington social life has not tax
H. the hold this winter it usually does L
I'd an effort will be made to revive the
ne terest and when holiday festivities 9
a over milady will have more time to
rs vote to this fascinating game. T
rt home Of the social life of whist here
h. the Trig'nta Whist Club, which has
meeting every Tuesday afternot
Among those oftenest seen indulging
o this serious game are the following: M
t Anne Barnard, Mrs. Harrison w. Ho
in ell, Mrs. James B. Clarkson, Mrs. Fr;
rs els Garrett, Mrs. Arthur Garrett, NJ
he P. s. Hallocl, the Misses Jackson, NJ
m George G. Lobdell, Mrs. William
on Morrison, Mrs. Elmer Mitchell, M
Ctho Novland NIis August Nnunn,la,