Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-12
MRS. STEVENSON CROTHERs

MIR. AND MRS CHARLES STEWART
IHl WURTS will give a dinner dance at
their home. s26 Spruce street. in honor of
their debutante daughter, Miss Mary Stewart
Wurts. the night of Saturday, November 2S.
Miss Wurts will be introduced at tea, which
will be given by her grandmother, Mrs. John
WIster next Monday October 10, at her coun-
try seat. Belfeld. on Clarkson avenue, Ger
mantown. A number of the debutantes will
receive with Miss Wurts. Among those Mrs.
Wster will have receiving with her will be
her daughters. Mrs. James Starr. Mrs. Charles
Stewart Wurts and Mrs Edward B. Meigs
Mrs. Charles Penrose Keith and Mrs. William
Lyttleton Barclay.
Miss Helen w Barnes gave luncheon at
Kuglers Saturday, at which her engage
ment was announced to Thomas K. Brown.
Jr., of Haverford, Pa. No date has yet been
set for the wedding.
Commandant w. S. Benson, U. S. N. and
Mrs. Benson entertained Commandant Dewitt
Coffman and Mrs. Coffman. of the Boston
Navy Yard over Sunday. Commandant Coff-
man and Mrs. Coffman motored from Boston
with some friends, and remained with Com
mandnnt and Mrs Benson until today.
Paymaster NJ. r. Goldsborough. U. s. N, and
Mrs. Godsborough are at present entertaining
Governor Goldsborough. of Maryland brother
of Paymaster Goldsborough.
Mr.. and Mrs George Wood. of 1918 Spruce
street. will give a large buffet luncheon
today. from Il Yntil o'clock, at their
country place in Wawa, to celebrate the 5Oth
anniversary OF their wedding, Their children
will assist in receiving. They are Mrs. Charles
Winter Baily, Miss Dorothea Wood, Mrs. NJ
W. Wtse, Graham Wood and Richard d.
Wood.
Mrs. Robert W. Downing will entertain to-
night at her home, 1924 Locust street. in honor
of her son, Spencer B, Downing, who attained
the age OF 2l today There will be about IS
guests. The house will be decorated with
autumn leaves and flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Williamson will give a
small hunt breakfast today, for the riding
members OF the Whitemarsh Valley Hunt Club.
Mrs. William Disston will entertain at
small hunt breakfast today for the riding
debutante daughter Miss Pauline Disston.
DIR. and Mrs. w. Reynolds Wilson will give
a dansant this afternoon at their country seat
in Villanova Mrs. Morton b. Fetterof will re-
ceve with them.
Mers Busch OF 1905 Spruce street. will give
= small dinner, followed by dancing. tonight at
the Bachelors Barge Club, in honor OF Miss
Genevieve Harton and Clayton French Shoe
maker whose marriage will take place next
Wednesday,
Mrs. Duncan L. Buzbys friends will be glad
to hear that she has almost entirely recovered
from her recent serious illness Mr., and Mrs.
Buzby have left their cottage in Nentnor and
returned to their home in New York.
Mr., and Mrs. c. Wilmer Middleton, Jr., of
TorresdaIe. are spending several weeks in
Maine.
The Treble Clef Club, of which Mrs William
Simpson, Jr., of Overlook. is the president
will hold its first meeting in the ballroom OF
the Acorn Club. Wednesday morning, octo-
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The marriage of Miss Adele stahl, Of this
city, to Mr.. Charles Hemsey, of New York. will
take place on Wednesday, october 81, at Saint
Patrck's Church, Twentieth and Locust streets
Miss Anastasia Vaughn. Of Lansdowne, will
give luncheon and miscellaneous shower for
Miss Stahl shortly before the wedding
A concert and dance was given last Fri
day night by the transformers, an organiza-
tioR in Ridley Park. The programme had
number Of interesting features, chief among
which was quartet composed OF Emily
Stokes Hagar Marie Stone Langston, Henry
Gurney and David Griffin. The accOmpanist
was William Silyano Thunder.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira w. Barnes, Of sedgwick,
are spending few weeks in Richmond. Va,