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about the ballroom floor at which will
be sold artistic posters, ornaments.
flowers. refreshments and candies.
These will be presided ove by menu
bers of the JuOior League Auxiliary.
one OF the Iuncheons of last week
was given at Stcrryls by Mrs. Charles
+. Rand for her debutante daughter,
Miss Helen Rand. and among the
guests were the Misses Marion Tiff
fanny, Margaret Busk, Sylvia Holt,
Adeline Hatch. Geraldine Nelson. Mer-
Ger French, Glory Thomas. Julia Pot
ter. Helen Geer, Irene Gibson, Flor
! ence Orr, Maud Kahn, Margaret
| Thompson. Constance Moore and Ma
RE Thayer.
Lieut.. William Is. Tliaw has re-
turned from France TO pass the hoh-
| DAYS with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
| BENJAMIN Thaw. who are for the win
ter at $40 Park avenue Lieut.. Thaw,
who has passed much time in New
port with his parents. is a member OF
| the aviation corps of the French army
Miss Florence Lincoln, daughter OF
Mr.. ard Mrs. Frederick W. c
WAS among the deDutantes INTRODUCES
TO society last week. Her parents
have a fine country pace, Mirdinoilte,
in Greenwich, Conn.
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GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.

\ Kiss GRACE GREEN, daughter OF
Nj Mrs. Franklin y. Green of 253
West Tooth street. Will be one
~ tho brides of holiday week. She will
be married ON "Wednesday to Alexander
Ferdinand Fromhold. Jr., OF this city ana
RuinerfoId. y. j., in -. Paul's Metho-
dist Episcopal church, West End avenue
and EiGnty-slNta street. The ceremony
will lac performed oy the pastor. the Rev.
Dr. Charles l.. Goodoll. and will be fol-
lowed 10y a reception at IN" Hotel
Claridgc.
Mis-, Gyeen. who will he given away by
her brother. Guy ". Green. will be at
tended hy a matron OF honor. Mrs. Ed
nund G. Shaw. and four bridesmaids,
Miss Fay Cornell, Miss Frances Palmer,
Miss Evelyn CAelloorg and Miss Alice
FrouihuId.
Mr.. Fromhold VIII have James Allen.
Jr., for his best man and the ushers will
be William Earl. Charles Jackson, Ran
son knauer and Raymond Hathaway,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Riordan OF -
East Sixtieth street will soon send out
invitations for the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Helen Riurdan. to Wilfrld
Wood. The wedding will be celebrated
on January % in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest.
Mr.. Wood is the son Of Mrs, Frederick
Wood Of Morrlstowu, y. j.
Miss Marguerite Thomas Walker.
daughter of MI. and Mrs, William
Lemuel Walker of 80 West FGfty-ninth
street. will be married on Wednesday at
the Plaza to Harvey Carrow Hines. Mr..
Hines il from North Carolina. where lie
and his future bride Will make their
home.
Miss Margaret McCoy. daughter OF
Josiah Mccoy OF East orange, will be
married to Brock Pe1nberton OF this city
on Thursday evening at the home of her
| father. Miss Helen Mccoy Will be her
sisters maid OF honor and only attend
ant. Murdoch Penlberton will be his
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Nicholas Murray Butler.
Debutantes OF this season and last
will assist at the ball TO be held in the
new Colony Club for the benefit of the
city visiting committee on January 10.
A large number OF young people have
enlisted III aid of the object of the or
g~auization. which Is that of relieving
distress among the inmates of the
charitable institutions throughout the
city. Among those who will form the
committee of young m are the
Misses Mercer French. Isabel Stetinius.
Gladys Fries. Ethel Simmons, Helen
Flake, Margaret Schroeder. Robin
Fowler, Elsie Stevens, Irene Gibson.
Mary Schieffelin, Dorothy Greer. Mil
bred Sawyer, Elsa Howard, Mary S.
Scoville. Audrey Hoffman, Lillian Ta.-
mage, Louise Hoadley, Noemi Town
send. Sylvia Hyde, isabella Taylor.
Helen Hamilton, Marion Tiffany. Lill-
Ian Palmer. Dorothea Carroll. kath-
arine Parsons, Maud Coster, Ethel Pot
ter. Annette Davis. Charlotte Plat.
Marion Dinsnlore, Priscilla Peabody.
Josephine de Ciersdorff. Frances Riker.
Theodore Durham. Eugene Rand.
1IStSbCtb ioeShb oahSN iNcoos
Olivia Erdman. Marie Rodewald, Alex
andra Emery. Adelaide Flint and
Eleanor Green.
Several interesting dances will be in
cluded In the entertainment Of the
Junior League called 1.-THE City Of
Beautiful Nonsense" to be given In the
ballroom Of the Waldorf Astoria on
January "a. rs and IS. Miss lnga Son.
tum Is directing this part OF the pro-
gramme and It promises to be a Won
derfully artistic feature Of tho enter
tainment. Particular attention Is be-
ing paid to the costumes. which are be-
ing especially designed by leading ar
lists.
There will be q Zouave Dance. which
will be much In keeping with the mil
tary idea both In costume n music.
Miss Noemi Townsend Is arranging
this dance. Miss Mary Crocker Alex
ander is selecting the group for a
Dresden China Dance, and Mrs. Court
landt d. Barnes will arrange a Greek
dance. Other special dances Of groups
and their respective leaders will in
clude Hindu Dance, Miss Margaret
. Henderson; Goldfish Dance, Miss Lisa
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Many boxes and tickets have already
been sold for the annual reception and
dance for the benefit OF st. Vlncent's
Hospital to he held in the Cascade
ballroom OF the BiltmOre on the night
Of January 8. 1t will be given under
the auspices Of the ladies auxiliary Of
that institution. and according to pres-
ent Indications the & Of the
dance Is already assured. The Sisters
of Charity, under whose direction the
hospital is conducted. depend pr1nci-
pally on voluntary contributions. The
number Of free patients In the hos
pilal is very large al times and funds
are necessary for the care Of these
needy sufferers. as well as for the
maintenance Of the hospital During
the time following the Titanic disaster
tho emergency department OF st. Vim
cents housed and cared for 1T par
| sors who were in destitute circum-
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George Enger of 800 Park avenue as
announced the engagement OF his dmISh-
ter, Miss Helen E.nger. TO william
Brewer Connect. Mr.. Connect IL the son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene V. Connect. Jr.,
OF Convent. y. j. No date has been sci
for the Wedding
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the diplomatic service for the past
eight years. Miss t;oodnuw net her
fiance In China during the tine that
her Gather was there 10 assist in re-
organizing tho Government.
Mr.. MacMurray In visiting his mother
In Washington, while On a leave Of
absence. II is expected that the we'd
ding will take place In February.
Another engagement Of interest 10
society In Baltimore and this city was
that of Miss Mary r. Ligon. daughter
of. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. ID. Lyon.
to Ensign Frederick Gore Richards,
attached to the L. s.. =. Arkansas. now
stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard.
Miss l.igon. who has made her home
with her parents I'm White Hall near
Ellicott City, Md. is prominent So
cially in Baltimore and In a grand
daughter of the late Gov. Lyon of
Maryland.
Among the engagements recently
announced IA hat OF Miss Isabelle
L.. Amy. daughter OF MIR. and Mrs.
Ernest ]. II. Amy. to Hubert McDon-
nell Of this city. Mr.. Mcdonnell was
graduated from Yale I'm 1909. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul II. Rossier have
announced the engagement uf their
daughter. Miss Beatrice Rossier. 10
George Prentiss Butler. ,Jr.. son of
Mrs. George Prentiss Butler OF Yon-
kers. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Henderson
have announced the engagement of
their daughter. Miss Margaret Clark
son Henderson. to Otis l.. Guernsey,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel T.
guernsey OF this city. Miss Hender-
son 10 passing the winter with her
parents at the st. Regis. She IS n
member Of the Junior League and has
taken part in the activities Of this or.
~ganization.
Mr.. Guernsey was a member Of this
years varsity football team at Yale
No date has been mentioned for the
wedding.
among the last weddings Of the year
VIII be that of Miss Sara Sherman
Wioorg, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
FRANK Il. Wiborg to Gerald C. Muir.
ply. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Fran.
CTS Murphy of this city. IL will bt
celebrated quietly on Thursday after.
noon at h home Of the brides par.
ents. 40 Fifth e N in the presenc,
I relatives and a few intimat,
friends.
Miss Wiborg will have her sister
Mrs. sidney W. Fish. as her matror
OF honor and another sister. Miss Mar,
hoyt Wiborg. will be the maid of homo
and only other attendant. E'redericl
! L. Murphy. brother OF the bridegroom
Will act as best man.. There will be n,
ushers. After the wedding ceremon,
there will be a reception.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowland Gibso,
Hazard OF Providence. Il. l.. have sen
out invitations for the wedding Of thei,
daughter. Miss Mary Bushnell Hazard
TO Wallace Campbell Of Chicago. OF
New Years Day In the village churc,
OF Peacedale. near Narragansett Pier
Il. /. The church Is situated on In,
family estate of the brides parents an,
the reception afterward will be hel,
~ at Holly House. Mr.. and Mrs. Hazard
country home.
: The wedding of Mrs. Heloisc Brinck
erhoff Thomas. widow of Edward Stile
! Thomas. TO Surgeon Charles Nader
Oman. L. S. ~. executive officer in tn,
United States Naval Hospital in Brook
; Ign. will be celebrated in the Churcl
Q OF the Incarnation on the Afternoon
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SOCIETY'S HOLIDAY WEEK is CROWDED v

stances afser their ar~ival here as long
az thcy werc IN ned Of hospitality.
Among those who have taken boxes
are the Countess lie Lauxier Nillsrs.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes Kelly. Mrs.
Charles kohler. Mrs. John Aspcll. Mr5.
william r. sheehan. Mrs. Morgan j..
O'Brien. Mrs. Joseph Conron. Mrs.
Joseph J. O'Donohue. Mrs. William y.
Lower. Clarence II. Mackay, James
Butler. John u. Crimmins. John d.
Ryan. Mrs. Nicholas r. Brady. Mrs.
James Byrne and Mrs. Jose NJ. Ferrof.
Christmas carols and hymns viii be
included in the programme Of the con-
cert to be givcn by tho choir Of the
Cathedral Of st. John the Divine at
the home Of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. 4Sl
Madison avenue. on the afternoon OF
January 6. The proceeds will be de-
voed to the Colored and italian mis-
sions Of the Diocesan Auxiliary Of the
Cathedral Applications for tickets at
% each may DO made to Mrs. John q.
Rogers, 20 West F~tfty-seventh street,
Mrs. John 0reenough. Mrs. Charles r.
Hoffman, Mrs. Louis NJ. Ogden Mrs.
Richard irwin and Mrs. Henry ".
Munroe.
Interest Is being manifested in the
renewal of the Friday evening dances
to i've given weekly for eight weeks In
the Della Robbia o Of the Wander
bilt beginning January Z. This year
the entire amount of subscriptions up
to $500 will be devoted to various
New York city charities as well as the
Secours National. Lafayette Fund and
other war relief funds. Some Of the
local organizations giving aid to the
needy here to be benefited are the
Charity Organization Society Of New
York. the Association for Improving
| tho Condition OF the Poor in New
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Ms. Helen Dunha4n Haynes.

Ogden Mills. Francis *. Pendleton,
Robert Bacon, William Greenough. a.
Barton Hepburn. August Belmont and
Nicholas Murray Butler.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Paul II. Rossier have
announced the engagement uf their
daughter. Miss Beatrice Rossier, to
George Prentiss Butler. ,Ir., son of
Mrs. George Prentiss Butler of Yon-
kers. No date has been set for the
wedding.
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The wedding Of Mrs. Heloisc Brinck-
erhof Thomas. widow of Edward Stiles
Thomas. TO Surgeon Charles Maiden
Oman L. :. ~. executive officer in the
United States Naval Hospital in Brook
Ign. will be celebrated in the Church
OF the Incarnation on the afternoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17
: TOADSTOOL AND DAISIES 90

shining out between the petals Of the
daisies would bend down and eagerly
whisper 10 him. They spoke of their
father and mother and wept: but they
sull hoped that some day relief would
come
one sunny afternoon the Wicked
Witch came walking through the field
in search of mushrooms with which
to make a stew for herself and her
favortte cat and broomstfck Indeed.
yes. indeed witches do have TO feed
their cats and broomstickst) She
was in q great rage about something
and she walked along trampiing down
every flower and shrub in her path
OF course. you viii remember, she had
no idea she was in the field with the
Prfncesses and the Prince.
Suddenly she espied the Toadstooi
''Ahl" she cried. "A fine mushroom
for my supper" And. with that. she
pouhced down upon it and jerzed il
from its resting place in the warm
earth-but not before Prince who had
heard her coming had wriggled down
deep down through the roots of the
plant into the soil.
Turning. the Wicked Witch started
off at a great rate toward the edge
Of the field and, at her very first stride
her huge foot came down upon the
two daisies in which the Processes
were imprisoned and broke the stalks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

And Fred and Ned worked all the rest Of +s,a+ z--
III they learned to make stars in the very best
way
They lived with the COLLINS and tbougbt T. 7,,a.
And they never felt tired when the days worl,
was done.
And they staid there a week and they made lots
of stars
By melting and pounding these bright golden bars
But after while, such a lot they had done
mat they grew rather tired and they found it no
And they said to the COLLINS. II guess we will g,,,
Sut the COLLINS said. Never We four tell you.
And wen keep you right here for each night
without fail --'7-i'
We will put you inside Of big iron nail
and the cover wen fasten so tight. don't vou GO.
That you'll have to stay here for Won cannot 90,
fTee." ' se1
And they started to grab Fred and Ned by the
But the boys clearly saw they had better now
So they ,g ran from those four and skipped over
And they dashed like streak through the v,,do
open door 4te
Now, the COLLINS came chasing and ranialy ~oo,~u
+Ano shouted and hoilered and called them had
names N"e14 Ddo
And they threw red-hot nails they had heated in
But the boys ran so fast that they quickly had
passed 1' Aau
Out of sight and they found On green niece =,
ground 0-4 pieOe ol
a stream that was cool and they both took a
And what did they seer Wen. now, what do yop
Oh. No! I'll not tell you. for here rorst go
But III tell you more the next time nv, 49, f.
friend '-'Ae' my GEAR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

flies: they can get in but they can't
get out HIS berries are poisonous, but
they used to use MS root for making
Portland arrowroot." Funny. isn't it
to think you may have eaten some Of
It when you were babies
I'm awfuiiy good at hide-and-
seek" said Margaret. You can find
me by rivers in China: 7 lie there
hidden by the reeds and the long grass
and they cali me the Water Deer
But I don't have autlers. although one
of my teeth is as sharp as tusk
70 make up for IT, I'm hard to see
and harder 80 catch"
aunt Vera said she was the water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17
MAKING STARS.

Till the gold all grows bright and you make
shining starst"
So AIidge squidge. BODICE. squodge, with their
hammers so strong
Now led Fred and Ned for a distance quite long,
TIL they came TO place that was fiery and
bright
With furnace that glowed with very hot light:
And inside Of the very big room that was there
Were bright bars Of gold, all piled up with great
care.
Then the COLLINS took gold and they put quite
lot
Inside Of a very great big iron pot
And melted the gold in q fire very hot
Then they mixed in some stuff that was siIvery
white
And stirred it all up till it seemed to be right
and when it was cold, then they took out the gold
and then the four COLLINS began now to pound
All that gold On anvil that near there was
found;
And they pounded and pounded and pounded so
long
And hammered and hammered and hammered SO
strong,
That the bright golden bar soon became a new
star.
But now little Ned. to the four COLLINS said.
"Oh, please won't you tell, for you really know
well,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

Buffalo" living in the Philippines.
when they tanned her they made her
work very hard as a beast Of burden,
but one thing she absolutely refused
TO do was to work during the heat OF
the day. II am a wonderful swimmer
and can make my way easily through
the worst quagmires"
When fat Tommy Barnes said he
was a Water-FIea everyone laughed.
i've just got one black eve" he said,
"bUJ then I'm only one-tenth of an
inch in length and my body is in
transparent shell with two valves. I
swim with my branched antennae."
We'll I'm the best of all" said
Bob. I'm the -Boatman. Ny
friend the Water-Flea uses his front
hairs, I think he said2 Look at me.
My hind legs. when I'm resting stick
out on either side Of my body just like
a pair of oars, I can swim upside
down. and the hairs on nay legs catch
Of air which help me to
breathe
Aunt Vera had an awfully hard
time deciding which was the winner,
but she gave one Of them q lovely
hyacinth growing In a glass made for
such bulbs. filled with water. Now
who do you think should have got it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

, wicked v-ar7 res 1L1vr,ez +ra
pri-~assss w., .a-t-.e. - - rs,s,,ua
.zo,a,.s-..-,
'L1's--ILle wicked Witch hs@o Deeh SO
eHraged when she worked her spell
that she failed TO note where she had
paced the two daisies and the toad
STOOL she had spoken she words that
brought the change about bat had
not said where the Princesses and the
Prince IN their new forms, should
grow ana OF course, tae spell be
li4s complete not even she herself
co4ld 90 e over again or change II.
The King and the Queen sent their
soldiers and coOriers to all parts Of
me kingdom 70 search for the chill
dren; and they offered chests full of
go-d ana jewels and precious stones
as q reward TO anyone who would find
the children and bring them back 20
Iie pa-a2s- but alas, all 80 no avail,
LOT OF course no one even thought OF
-ooA'ns lof me FFihcesses ana the
young Prince IN sucn commonplace
thlhss as ualsles and toadstools.
Ihat Is no one except a certain
1ooo airy VINO spent her days in
Trying 10 undo @Ae eFH the wicked
"itch was continually working. And
not even she could nave round them
e-'l 'll7 ~ .lie 1ai5-eS ana an the Loaa-
80 90 Aii-s ~ ~ 'io1 r'1''
-. sL .-1- ~ "Llo, IN -il''5-4e -.2ei5
- o-'' ''o" q 10 u'Nsi' Hz1~ N'S9o' q Gu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17
Boys In Belgium

7Ta HILE men and women ia Bel
aN gium wait quietly. grave and UNI
w smiling. for their deIiverance
from the enemy at their gates and In
their homes the children have lighter
hearts. It would mean swift punish
meut for their elders il they should
mimic the Germans on the streets
but boys what should they do 70
laughing, teasing boys?
There is a true story OF some ot
these small fry who stuck carrots IN
old bowler hats TO represent the
spikes Of German helmets and AT their
leaders command Of "On 20 Paris" did
a goose step backwards
And here is another tale Of small
boy who put on erandfather's spec
tacles, a pillow under his coat. and
card on his cap "Omcer Of the Land
sturm the latter being stout fathers
Of families acting mostly as guards or
reserves. The couquerors wisely
enough pretended not to notice the
battalion which was taking Paris, but
the officer who poked fun at the
Landsturm was chased into door
way and got a box on the ears while
his placard was taken from him.
There is a moral TO this tale: It's
Never Wise to Mimic Dad If He's
Around.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

Why this star is so little and not very bright,
or II viii not be seen on a very dark night"
1hen those COLLINS replied, "Ho! Hoa Don't you
know
that this star is young one and soon It viii grow
And way out in the night, it viii shine big and
bright
And down there on the earth it Will be great
sight, ~
Then they put the new star in sort Of a car
Ahd they pushed it outside, and they kept walking
me Goolins and boys had climbed up a high hill
ihen this little, young star was put down with
great care
the air, ~ AA
night " TIE
linen one Of the COLLINS now shouted resI 1aa
ana soon there appeared real nice little cIa,,5.
<Aho the COLLINS all said TO the cloud san up high
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

49, 49, r---5 -
near. anu -'71 Sd" i0o' men coming
The, - t.+ ,t+4,.. -,,,. - ,,.
arser -'''-s 'o'i~N7 anu iooAeu very
rr1air S4ot, 49, ,., ..- 49,.
to he -''-1'' O'5s7' '1laH H77oS ought
49, -.
They each bad a fls-9,3l- Ut. - - - ~ sec
ana tbev wore Iestbar sT~as - i Lt 5e
s+ro7g P'-9 that lo'AS1 very
7-bes. (ot5?-- ,7.s
FREDDY ~ ~ '01'-s -'eDUS anu
49, NY
anu 'T raady yStS loudly Gomez GOMEZ are you
said fS2 were 50 scared mat Just nothing they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

halfway up. Instantly the little
maids were released and fell to the
ground.
Now, Nlghto. the Witch's evil Black
Cat. had been stalking along behind
his mistress and he sraightway espied
the two little Processes. nc. bigger than
a minute, lying on the ground. He
thought they were bugs and had Just
started to gobbie them up when some
thing sharp priclzed him on his back
and he jumped about FIVE hundred feet
at one leap. bowling with pain.
And before he landed upon earth
again the Good Fairy-who had
pricled him with her staf-snatched
up the Prtncesaes and bore them away
10 safety. Then she returned for the
Prince and found him sttu hiding deep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

"a nee upon a time-!n the long,
M AZ long ago when fairies rode upon
the breeze and slept under the
~ petals OF howers-a toadstooi
stood in a field Of daisies. But II was
not an ordinary toadstooI; and the
two daisies growing close beside It
were not ordinary either.
OF course. to look at them, you
would have imagined they were; for
they looked in no way different from
others of their kind in the same field.
And yet-would you believe 1.-THE
two daisies were the fair Processes
Alma and Alma and the Toadstool
was their brother. Prince Alba.
You must pronounce their names
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17

very distinctly you see, or you will
be apt to confuse them. Their sor-
rowing parents were King Alfa and
Queen AHA who ruled over the king
dom Of which this daisy field was a
very, very small part. And they were
bowed IN sorrow because their chill
dreu had disappeared and they knew
not where 10 ind them.
a wicked Witch had put q spell
upon them and, with a wave Of her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-17
DANCING.

GLOVE to dance along the street.
s. And up and down the stairs;
B Around the stove and IN the grove
And in and out the chairs.
My twinkle toes are full Of life.
My heels are full Of fun.
They make NE smile for all the while.
They keep me on the run.
So down the hill I'll dance today,
A merry little sprite.
And back again this evening when
! know it's coming night.