Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-15
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL news

OF the season Will be the reception
and dance which Mr. and Mrs. Frank
S. Garrett will give on Friday even
ing. in the New Century Club, TO in
troduce their daughter, Mis-. Anne
Shapleigb Garrett. Several hundred
inv iat.ons have been issued and the
guests VIII include members OF the
debutapte set, and large number OF
other persons prominent in social
circles of this city. Haverford, Phila-
delphla and other places.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett and Miss Gar
rett will receive eheir guests, and
they will be ass sted by the debu-
tantes who are now in town, includ-
liz Miss Esther Bancroft, Miss ri "a
beth Reese. Miss Mary Curtis, Miss
Elizabeth Patterson, Miss Margery
Speakman, Miss Louise Lea, OF this
city and Miss Eleanor Emile Owens,
debutante daughter Of Captaln and
Mrs Arthur b. Owens. Of Philadelphia
Navy Yard: Miss Hortense Hodges OF
Portsmouth. va. and Miss Alice Da-
vison, OF Augusta, Ca. who recently
made their debut in Philadelphia So
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Miss Owens, Miss Hodges and Mss
Dawson win come down from Phila-
delph'a on FRIDAY and they VIII be
guests OF Mr. and Mrs John Ban
croft over the dance Among
the other out-of-town guests
viii be Mss Sarah Slavery, Of New
York who is staying with Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Thaver. Miss Louisa
Pharo. OF Haverford who will be the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett, and
Miss Helen Eastwick, of Greenwich,
who will stay with MI and Mrs.
Henry .. Bradford.
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Several dinners will be given pre-
ced ng the dance. Paul Rowland will
be a host at a dinner, OF be given for
several Princeton friends. who will
come down for the dance, and others
who will entertain at dinner will be
Mr.. and Mrs Morton Harvey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Thayer. Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Kent and probably several
others.
Miss Garrett is one of the most
popular members OF the debutante set
and both by reason OF her own win
mig personality and charm. and by
her connection with several Of the
Oldest families Of this State her debut
is OF particular interest
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Mrs. Thomas G. Mum returned on
Monday evening from Atlantic City,
where. with Mrs. l.. NJ. Slaughter, Of
Piman. ~ j.. she has been spending
the past ten days They we're guests
at the Chalfonte while there.
Mrs Elliott r. Simmons has as her
guest her daughter, Mrs. John /,
Kane, OF El Paso, Texas
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Major Charles d. Roberts, U. S. A.,
who spent several days last week
with Mr.. and Mrs Henry B. Brad
ford. of Ellersley, Edge Moor. left on
Aiondoy for New York. Mrs. Roberts
and children. Charles and Eugenia
Roberts. who have been spend 'ng
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
ford. remained over until yesterday,
when they left to join Major Roberts,
I'm New York from which city they
viii sail on November 20, for Panama
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Miss Mary L. Jarvis is spending
the winter with Mrs. Charles G. Rum
ford
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p. Thompson
motored to Atlantic CITY and spent
the weekend az the Hotel Dennis.
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General and Mrs Charles Bird. OF
No 1900 Delaware avenue. are cele-
brat'ng today their ft'eth wedd ng
anniversary Their children and
grandchildren. from New York. came
down to celebrate the occasion with
them, and this evening there will be
q fam ly dinner. az which viii gather
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bowman Bird and
their daughter. Barbara, OF New
York. and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Adams Bird and their daughter. vir-
x MIA, of Mt. Vernon N. Y.
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Lieut.. Llttloton W. Tazewell Waller.
Lieutenant b. o. Thomas. o. S. NJ. c..
and Frank Maxwell viii entertain al
dinner this evening on board the L.
S. $. Michigan, in honor Of Miss
Eleanor Emile Owens, daughter OF
CAPTAIN and Mrs. a. b Owens. OF
fullhuelpnla Navy Yard, ana her
guests, Miss Alice DAWSON. OF
Portsmouth Va and Mss Hortense
Hodges OF Augusta. Ca
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis ]. dupont
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth Of twin daughters last Wed
nesday.
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Mrs. Cazenove Lee. OF City Point
Va, Is visiting her sister. Mss Bar
bara Vandegr'ft.
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Miss Rebecca Reinhardt. OF Brvn
Mawr College. came down from col
lege on sunday and spent several
hours with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Green,
all Of Wallis Theological Seminary,
Va.