Evening journal., 1917-01-06

The second OF the Assembly dances
will be given on Friday night next anu
varv eagerly II Is being anticipated Ny
society generally. II will be Cninese
costume ball and one Of the most oril,
l,ant and unusual dances ever gwen
here Costumes will be Oriental. Decoi,
lions Win also be appropriate ana
viii carry out the oriental ioea III q
most artistic manner. III, no
-rhe bostesses for the dance VIII DE-
Mrs willard Hall Porter Mrs. nan, -
utor N Barksdale. Mrs. Edmund S'
pwcrner. Mrs. william S. Berslanel'
a. Irenee dupont Mrs. Pierre =
Snpont Miss Emily P. Bisseh' Mrs'
charles Copeland and Mrs. George -
'11b Tbs committee includes Mrs. Henry
= Thomnson. Mrs. A. Felix duIon ,,
Asiss Amy dupont, Harlan u S'o''
and Harry G. Haskell. -,,.or
number Of dinners VIII Do srSn
rrecedlng the ball. Among those "nS s
Iii 80 entertain Will be Colonel % anu
Ms Ernest Smith. who VIII CIV
= dinner TOT MI. ciAN NA'
nall, OF Bryn Mawr. ,,..h,ra,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry X. ni,nsntsi I'm .tis
also will give dinner preceuins '"''
dance.
The debutantes and few o'nei
members OF the younger set had a ue,
Nehtful time on Thursday evening e., =
clifton, the home OF MI. ana as 1als
7urtisan, r. Sellers, at Edge MOOT
hen Mr. and Mrs. Sellers gave
Senutante dance in honor OF MIS-
Sr.rrv sellers. OF Ardmore, ia. Mi
- Mrs Sellers entertained M'si
sellers and several others as nous'
guests over the dance.
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Miss Renee DUPONT was auon'
.hose who attended the first Assem-
Nv hall. held at the Bellevue -Strap
Sors m philadelphia. last night
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Mss Eleanor Emile owens, o
phSladelphia. and Mss Gladys i'u
49, ~ California. who is her guest
visited IN this city this week. Ihe'
ran,e down TO attend the tea ant
dance which Mrs. Frederick WllilaH
Curtis gave on Tuesday to introouO
her daughter. Miss Mary curtis.
Captain and Mrs. Arthur B owen
entertained at dinner on Ihursoa
evening in honor OF their ueusn'o
aud Miss Rubey.
Mr and Mrs. Francis Lytton Patter
eon. Jr.. OF Chestnut Hill, Pa. are re
ceivinE congratulations upon IN IN
hlrth of a son Christmas Day. lie ma
heen named Francis Lytton Pattei
son. srd. Mrs. Patterson was iol
merly Miss Helen Berl, OF thi
city.
Mrs willard Hall Porter and Mis-
Annette Porter entertained five tablt
~ bridge on Thursday afternoon fc
the benefit OF the French War Reli'
fund.
Dr and Mrs. William c. SPEAKING
entertained at a debutante lunchec
TODAY In honor OF Miss Esther
bancroft, one OF this seasons deb
tantes.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Webster, who a
spending the winter at the Hot
dupont, entertained at a large dim
party in the parlors A and b. OF u
hotel on New Years Eve.
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Miss Grace Layfield and her que
Miss Pauline Settle OF the Can
Zone. will return TO tho Baldw
School. near Bryn Mawr, on Monda
AR and Mrs. r. r. N. Carpent'
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Mead al
Mr.. and Mrs. William Winder LaiI
left today for the Kinloch Gun Cit
near Georgetown, S. C., where IN
will spend a week. Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Townsend were 20 have accol
panied them, but they we're prevent
by the indisposition OF Mr.. Townser
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Mrs Victor dupont. sr.. left Il
week for Atlantic City. where she
staying az the Chalfonte.
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1Irs. ]. Atkinson Eilegood and NJ
~ Claire Eliegood. who have been spei
Ing the last six months In the Nor
are now staying at Hanover Inn, III
over. y. H.. where they will remaiI
Few weeks longer. returning home n
month. Mrs. Eliegood. who was tai
ill while away last autumn, Is MI
improved in health.
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A wedding OF interest 20 Wilmi
fonians that took place at noon To-
81 ST Marks p Z. Church, IN Ph