The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
HOLIDAY PLANS
EXCEPTIONAL
GREAT DIVERSITY OF AFFAIRS
FOR PLEASURE OF SOCIETY
NEXT WEEK.
Afternoon Teas and Luncheons VIII
Be Followed by Formal Enter.
tanning on Large Scale.

With the coming Of Christmas,
J means the coming of kinsfolk and the
! gathering together Of the clans, and
no date OF the entire calendar is so
appealing in its claims on sentiment
las that OF Christmas day. After
| Christmas dates. too, are filled with
i an amazing variety OF social activities
and Notwithstanding the many large
! and elaborate evening affairs. there
are many afternoon parties made up
! for the most part BY younger members
! of society.
There are engaged couples for which
! Ogden, who wedding to Mr.. D. W..
81, will be complmented with numer-
Gus parties during the coming week.
Miss Gertrude Garden will entertain
for her, together with Mrs: Edmund
Jones, recent bride. Miss Bess
, Carney plans party, also Miss Grace
Carter and Miss Virginia Higgins:
These will be interesting honors OF
| the very near future.
! AS usual the gay holiday season has
! in store social engagements for the
returned college girls and boys, and
this OCCASION looms Of particular Sig
nificance for their dances and teas.
land all the hustle and hustle of the
| last few days before Christmas, when
shopping ends only when the shops
are closed, would seem in way in
! complete were it not followed IN
quick succession with whirl of fes-
tivity, which is brought about only by
| their advent.
Miss Louise Nelson Whitaker. who
is home from Rosemary Hall, at
Greenwich, Conn, has announced a
dancing party on December 26 at the
Fort Henry club. Misses Elizabeth
Stevenson and Elizabeth Burdatts, the
latter home from the Fairmont SEM
mary at Washington. D. c., will enter
| tain a like number Of the younger
members Of society the next evening
! at the Elks' club. On Friday evening
; Misses Helen Norton, Katherine and
Elizabeth Kline are TO give dance
at the Stratford Springs hotel, which
will include a large number OF the
Younger set Another charming affair
! is of Tuesday evening when Mrs. Nc
Clurg Hayes and Miss Hayes will give
! a dancing party at their residence.
| Trivia Hall.
Following are the dates arranged
| for several other affairs which their
elders will find delightful celebrations
Of the season:
! The Charity ball of December 26.
will be given at the Mcclure hotel.
The Second Twig has this in charge
and Gump's SaXaphone orchestra will
furnish dance music. Miss Nancy
! Peterson IS chairman on arrange
ments. Another event of this date
! will be the dance Of the Alpha Pi fra
! ternity at Martins Ferry. Members
of. the Macademy club will be enter,
tanned on that evening at the Elks'
club by the Girls club of the Island.
The Court Theatre orchestra will pro-
vide music for this affair. Miss Helen
Rolf is chairman.
For Wednesday afternoon there will
be the college club luncheon at the
Windsor hotel, which will honor COL
Iege girls. Reservations are being re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Lee R. Hill and Miss
Ruth Mason, and Mrs. w. F. Butler
will preside as toastmistress. Wheel
ing Chapter Of the Wheeling Female
College Alumnae will share III this af-
fair. There will be dance at the Car
roll Club In the evening, the commit
tee in charge spending unlimited time
on the perfection OF details. Another
large affair Of that evening will be the
B. & O. dance at the Market Audito-
rum. The largest event Of the after
noon, however. will be that of the
Wheeling Saddle Club. which is to take
place at the riding academy Of Wads-
worth Brothers. Society Is especially
interested in this, and the entrants are
, keenly interested in the contests for
; awards.
Thursdays events are not so numer-
! GUS, but will be no less charming. The
! Cathedral High school alumnae will
hold their annual ball on this evening
at the Carroll Club. This Is to be for
NAL, and will be accorded a large at
tendance. The banquet Of the Rotary
Club also takes places at the Mcclure
hotel, and the Macademy dance at the
Elks' Club. Another enjoyable affair
will be the Columbia Clubs dance on
the same evening at their club rooms
on the South Side.
: For Friday, the masque ball at the
Mcclure will be the most brilliant
gathering and will hold for society one
Of the most alluring festivities Of the
entire season.
For Saturday evening, the Fort
Henry dinner dance will round off the
joys OF the week in a highly satisfac-
i tory manner. With the intervening
day, one of rest, Monday will usher in
the new week and the New Year. The
! Elks' Club will celebrate the event
with cabaret and dinner dance.
| which will begin during the afternoon