Evening journal., 1915-10-30

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tain az dinner ON Wednesday evening.
November lo, az her home.
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The Misses Mary and Katherine
Thompson are entertaining a party OF
Philadelphia friends over the week
end. Tonight they viii entertain az
camp fire supper in a nearby corn
field Their guests are Miss Betty
Myers. Miss Nancy Scott Miss Melva
Williams. Theodore Paul. r. Warden
Thompson. Thomas Reath. Jr., and
Solomon Sims.
For Miss Alice r. Green. whose
marriage to Peter L. Bockius Will |
take place next Thursday evening, |
Miss Margaret Cox. one of the brides /
maids for the wedding viii entertain /
az bridge and silk stocking shower !
al her home this afternoon Miss /
Anna NJ. Greenfield. who is to be maid |
of honor. entertained the members OF
the bridal party informally last even
ing al her home. Miss Green has
been the guest of honor az numerous ,
showers since the announcement OF
here engagement. Her aunt Mrs. John !
w. Brady. gave a linen shower for !
her last week An aluminium shower
was given her on Monday afternoon
hy Miss Reba Chandler, one Of her
bridesmaids. while Miss Florence
Sasse, another bridesmaid. entertain
ed at a grocery shower for her on
Tuesday. This affair was In the
nature Of a surprise party to Miss
Green. and dolls, dressed exactly as
the bridal party will be attired for the
wedding. were given as favors TO the
guests who comprised the bridal
party Miss Green will entertain the
bridal party az dinner on Wednesday
evening.
Mr. Bockius entertained his best
man and ushers AZ farewell hache-
lor dinner in the grill room of the
Hotel DUPONT on Tuesday evening.
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Society will be well represented at
tho private view Of the art exhibition
to be held in the New Century club
on Monday evening This private
view will be attended by several hun
dred persons In this city and Phila-
delphia. Mrs Charles Copeland. pres
idcnt of the Wilmington Society OF
the Fine Arts under the ausupices OF
whom the exhibition Is being given,
will be assisted In receiving the
guests on Monday evening by mum
Der OF women prominent in social cir
cles here.
The exhibition will he formally
opened to the public on Tuesday at
ternoon and Will remain open every
afternoon and evening during the en-
suing week.
Mrs Thomas Garrett. Of Staten Is
land. IS visiting her brother and sis
ter-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Gron.
Miss Sarah Pyle Miss Edith Russell
, and Miss Louise Naylor OF the Peo-
/ lples settlement are spending the
+ week in Philadelphia.
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Twenty-Five small boys. all friends
OF David Lindsay 3rd, were entertain
ed at a Halloween party at the home
I of Mr. and Mrs. David Lindsay. Jr., at
lSilverside. this afternoon. Halloween
games we're played and appropriate
Refreshments we're served.
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Children under IL years of age were
entertained AT a delightful Halloween
party al the Peoples Settlement yes
ltcrdav afternoon. The party was
given on the playground and proved
highly successful over 200 children
attended They came in costume and
we're masked and the playground
presented altogether an extremely
colorful and attractive scene. There
were clowns. farmers. gipsies. Span
iish maidens. Indians. cowboys and all
other personages represented Vari-
GUS Halloween. games we're played,
including the tug o. war. apple diving
peanut hagging and others, after
which apples on string, peanuts and
ginger snaps we're served.
Last evening the older boys and
girls and their parents were enter
tanned az a Halloween party In the
Settlement gymnasium The gymna-
sium was beautifully decorated with
J orange and black crepe paper in
" which cats. jack o. lanterns and
~ witches predominated. About 200
'i older folks we're present Following
q the playing Of a number Of Halloween
'e games dancing was enjoyed. Refresh
'.,l ments appropriate to the Halloween
M season we're served.
1e W p Prtchett cashier Of the vii
OF mington Gas Company. who has heel
Of M AZ his home with a very bad cold
as is much improved