The sun., 1901-04-27
MRS. GRUNDYS
SOCIAL TALK
Gossip Concerning Well Known
Wilmington People.
MANY PLEASING AFFAIRS
Weddings to Come are Numerous
and June Promises to be a
Month of Brides as
Well as Roses.

III tHuliluS W illt Nllit pippeh hiJ NV
colate. well-I can't tell you
ner namc--is Il breezy little thing know
ing everything and everybody and her
gossip, though spicy at times, is good
natured and harmless.
She tells you in one breath-"Miss
So-and-so is ut Atlantic City for her
health'---" -"Mazie-Blank' engage
ment is Off and ION dit that Harry --
treats his wife badly"
The talk this morning ran on the
newcomers in this hurley-burley world
Of ours. That mysterious and wise bird
Monsieur Stork has been visiting about
md tiny arrival, much talked of is the
little daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
l.. Tatnall, .Jr. Mrs. Tatnall you re-
member, was Frances Swift.
Then you recall Miss Mabel Parvis, n
,ivacious belle of Middletown, who
was favolte here. and you remember
her delightful wedding last June when
,he became Mrs. Henry r. Shredder, of
Lancaster. A tiny, little girl has come
to the Shredder household, rejoicing in
he name of Henrietta Parvis Shredder.
What's been going on?
The dance in Eden Hall Wednesday
night is the only affair / know of.
The movement to found home for
incurables in this city, which was start
ed by the members of the Noblissee
Ohlge Circle of the Kings Daughters,
Is progressing finely. The home will be-
-ome IN actual fact in the fall when the
'irclc will secure building near the
| .dge of the city. The circle was formed
| bout ten years ago by Mrs. FL. G..
Morse who was the first president. Mrs.
Alfred Elliott succeeded her. Later the
| 'ircie was enlarged. Miss Elizabeth
Candy is now president. The officers of
| he circle are: President Miss Elizabeth
'anhy. No. 11O1 Jefferson street: vice
| resident. Mrs. Otho Nowland, No. 14O7
| iilpin avenue: secretary, Miss Ethel
| Cause. No. 1903 Clayton street; treas
| mcr. Miss Alice Tea. No. 909 Delaware
| venue: assistant treasurer. Miss r. de
p. du pont. No. 913 Delaware avenue;
hairman Of visiting committee. Miss
France. No. 1106 Jefferson street; chair.
nan of sewing committees, Miss Julia
Maull. No. ia West street.
At the dance Wednesday Miss Canby
had charge of the arrangements. The
haperons for the affar We're Mrs. Geo.
| fToffecker. Mrs. Coleman dn pont. Mrs
Charles Macarthur. Mrs. John Banning.
It was charmingly informal.
| Thursday afternoon a large tea was
.ivcn by the Misses Warner at their
home on Delaware avenue and Franklin
| 'treet. IT was called an informal affair.
md though the spirit of ease and lacl;
| # conventionalty ruled. the Misses
| Warner have too large n circle of friends
in any way entertain quietly. In the
| lrawingroom on the left of the hallway
he hostesses received They were Mrs.
edward Andrews. Miss Josephine War
| cr, Miss Sue Warner. Miss Belle War
,er and with them was Mrs. Altered
3etts. Mrs. James TT. Bailey served tea
II the library.
| Hymen has been busy this week-the
rettest wedding was doubtless that Of
Miss Sarah Bell Reynolds, daughter Of
Professor and Mrs. William A. Rey-
lolds. and Alfred G. Willitts. of Holmes
mrg, Pa. told you of it early in the
/ week.
| The weddings TO come are numerous
md June promises to be not only n
month of roses but a month Of brides.
| II IL flbt ltlF Ibf ltit W thlh uDbut lItIil
| 0 far ahead but I promise yon in a few
weeks some interesting news of the fair
| rides to be and their tronsseaux.
The tea at Dures' last Tuesday after
noon was a most informal and really
| uitc an impromptu affair. being given
| ~ Miss Helen Dure in honor of her
| riend. Mrs. palen, of Germantown.
Did you meet Mrs. Radcliffe Cum
nings. of New York? you know she was
'ormerly Wilmingtonian, and is a sis
or Of Mrs. james II. Taylor. who. with
| Mr.. TAYLOR. will leave here early in
May TO live near Boston. Mr.. Taylor's
on. Eugena Taylor has been visiting
here He is a student of electrical
ngineering in a New York college.
Mrs Cummings has returned to New
York.
Lee NIcIlvaine and Charles Gray are
in Altoona.
Miss Elizabeth Quigley has as heI
| Guest Miss Estelle Prentiss of New
York and will entertain in her honoi
next week.
Delaware women have been and are
quite equal to holding their own among
the beauties and wits of any city and
" hear with pride of the great socia
success Of Miss Margaret II. Reed OF
Dover in New York. Miss Reed returns
home early next week.
At Clayton on April 80 the wedding ot
John Meredith Huff and Miss Isabelle
u. Lewis will take place. The cere
lmony will he performed in Trinity
Church.
John G. Gray has returned from ;
Visit to Tennessee.
The concert given by the New Centur,
Club Glee on Thursday evening was ,
charming artistic and social success. Th
chorus of thirty voices was under th
direction of Mrs. Ellwood Jackson. Th
chorus gave by request, Spanish son,
called "Estulinatina." introducing man
llolin, violin. tambourine. castanets an,
Two guitars, with the piano in accom-
naniment. The soloist of the concert
Miss Mench Virden Brown. of this city
/ Is n pnpil of Sanders, New York. an
Mays the violin with artistic interpreta
, ton and finish. Her selections were b.
/ Wilhelny. David and GODDARD. Other
) assisting the glee We're Mrs. Dickens
) Lewis. Miss Smith and Miss lore. Tw
Grieg numbers We're sung. and Kjernif'
song. "I.ast Night" unaccompanied
, also pnintivr little plantation I.nl