The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-10-13
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Mr.. Paul Darlington, of Baltimore,
is the guest of Mr.. l.. H. Schultz.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Merceron and
daughter, Katherine, were the guests
several days last week of DR.. and
Mrs. J. N. Norris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rider, OF
Underwood, were the weeks end
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Newton De-
Vries.
Mrs. ]. P. Hess, of Baltimore, will
snend the winter with Mrs. VIM. K.
Marshall
Mrs. e. F. Mellor and Mrs. Rob.
Graham, have returned from visit
at Chevy Chase.
MIR. and Mrs. Edw. German, Mr. and
Mrs Thomas Stewart, Mr.. Vernon
Stewart, Mr.. Edw. Merceron and Miss
Estelle Merceron, were the Saturday
night guests at the home OF Mrs. ~.
S. Jones.
Miss Gladys Jenkins is the guest OF
her brother, Mr.. C. S. Jenkins, OF
Woodbine.
Mr.. and Mr.. Robert Leitchfield and
daughter, Lois, Baltimore, are spend
ing ten days with Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
CLANCY.
with his parents, at Halethorpe.
Mr.. Noel Bennett, of Baltimore,
spent the weeks end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bennett.
Mrs. John Mullinix, Mt. Airy, was
the Friday night guest Of Mrs. Jas.
Carter.
Mrs. Bailey Dudderar and family,
are spending ten days with her par
ents; Mr.. and Mrs. John Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Harris enter
tanned at their home, Thursday even
ing, in celebration Of their first we'd
ding anniversary. The house was
beautifully decorated in ported plants
and ivy. Among the guests were Dr.
and Mrs. j. B. koernor, Mr. and MIS-.
Charles Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
schel Reed, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. NJ. Mellor
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Earle CLANCY, Mr..
and Mrs John Harrison, Mrs. WmMel-
Vile, Misses Annie Hughes, Louise
Lacey, Elva Selby, Elva Wolfersburg-
er, Mildred Davis, Alice Davis, or cat
onsville; Ruth and Elizabeth Bennett,
Adele and Margaret Harris, Messrs.
VIM. Chipley, Ernest Ridgely, Kew.
Robert Zeigler, Harry BoWersoX, OF
Baltimore; Joseph Lehner and James
Harris.
One of the important social events
Of the season was the reception gwen
Saturday evening, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Anderson, in honor or their
wedding. The house was beautifully
decorated in autumn leaves and cut
flowers. The Sykesville Orchestra
rendered beautiful music during the
evening. Among the guests were Mr..
clo1 nd
Muirhead Rev. Robert Zeigler, Mr..
and Mrs Wm Blunt. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry DeVries. Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
SHIRLEY, DR.. and Mrs. ]. n Morris, MIR
and Mrs. Newton DeErics, DR.. and
Mrs. J. F. Waesche, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank MercerOn, Dr. ana Mrs. d. b.
Snrecher. Mr.. and Mrs Vim. Frazier,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowndes Bennett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. German, Judge and
Mrs. Burke, of Towson; Mr.. and
Mrs. Mantz Curley, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Rider, Dr. and Mrs. Schaeffer, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Stewart; Mesdames
Carrie Curley, James Noble, Charles
Adams, John Cauthorne, John Mason
Brown, Jennie Warfield, Kate McDon-
aid. Edward Anderson, Ethelbert
Smith, George Parks: Misses Lillian
Hewitt, Florence Harper, Helen Horn, !.
Lillian Schultz, Esther Sullivan, !
Frances, Elsie and Ida Jones, Marie /
and Julia Mcdonald, Grace yelling, !
Corrine and Agnes Cauthorne, Es- /.
telle Merceron, Ruth Bennett, Dorothy
Shpley, Caroline Hewitt, Anna
Wright, Miss Taliferro; Messrs. VIM.
Chipiey. Charles Adams. Jr., Henry
Nerceron, John Ridgely, Beverly Ben
nett. James Eerrett, Samuel Shipley,
Dr. C. w. Heffenger, Frank F. Mer-
ceron, Edw Merceron, Vernon Stew .
art, James B. George and Alex. eau
thorne.
Miss Villa Stevens was given a de- .
lightful surprise party in honor of her
birthday on Thursday night.
Miss Elizabeth Bennett spent Satur- /
day in Baltimore.
Rally Day was observed at St. !
Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church !
last Sunday. !
What Happened to Jones" an en-
joyable farce in three acts given
at the Lyceum, the evenings of Oc-
tober 18th and 18th, was a most
delightful program. Besides the
farce, which we consider the best so
far produced in Sykesville, there was
fine vocal and instrumental music, and
other attractions between the acts /
The line up of the characters is as
follows:-"Jones" who is all right, but
seems to be all wrong, with a sense of
humOr that makes him enjoy scrape
and scrap. To conceal his identity
from the police, he poses as the !
Bishop" just home from Australia, |
when the real Bishop appears, there
is a general miX-up, especially for
"Alvina," who is to marry the Bishop, |
and mistakes Jones for the real arti-
Gle, with the result, that Jones, to con-
ceal his identity, makes ardent love
to an unknown lady, and not being ia
miliar with the five hundred and thirty |
seven letters he is supposed to have
written her, gets most ludicrously .
tangled. The professor" whose
widest indulgence has been a game
Of croquet, catches his would-be SON.
in-law on his way to glove contest,
and is properly Mortified, until he is .
beguiled to 60 himself lin the inter-
est of science, and in making his !
escape, falls down rain spout and |
blacks his eye, and he and the sporty |
Richard" find the way of the trans |
gressor paved with cobblestones, when |
they are obliged to deceive Matilda"
the Professors better half, who in
sists on doctoring him and making
his life miserable with ice and sage
tea. Then, there is the romantic |
'Marjory" who quotes That Is Love-,
and the stately Minerva" who |