Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-30

ment Anything that ! can do ~ THIS
matter. YOU NAV he assured ri my sup
port appreciate the thought and houor
If being given the opportunity IT pur-
chasing The first Liberty Bond
Surely We are living in wonderful times
full IF responsibilities and trembling
with opportunities America is living ~
very fact and giving 70 each and all
chance to serve ~ a practical way
Permit ue tU congratulate the women
of this State fnf their wonderful work
and IN closing lci ud say that when !
ran IN any way personally serve yon
command me have no higher amlii-
tion than to sre our citizcus, as IN
dividusls' and as a state live NJ ~ their
besf interests IN this crisis
Worry sincerely yours,
John g townsend ~
Governor
Writing from the ~tate IIonso ~
Dover or Wednesday n this week..
Governor Townsend. ~ thr very splendid
letter quoted above. acauiesred ~ the
request 81 The publicity committee 81 tho
Women's Liberty Loan COMMITTEE 70
purchase The first libortv Bond IN this
State, standing uu ihc steps of the state
House at Dover How significant the
time. tho place and the incident will bc
we All know the thought of u takrs US
bark So. hack 20 fhc very beginning -
this state and country back ~ he time
when Delaware tronl,e marched forth
from Dover Green with iis historic state
House az background. bark ~ 'hc
ratification of our federal S'itT'inn.
With Delaware proud distinction -
being the first bark ~ iarF and trying
imc7 of The Civil War. haek to many
thinrq wc hold dear AMI aro defending
to-day
rho date If thia event sill prnbably
br either Aprii q IN y. the day and hour
arr ~ he announced latcr. and pictures
# i will 10 talcu FIR tho event fp ho re-
produced IN onr newspapers
Tho Wilmington Women lNhortv
Loan Committee viii hold = vcrv IN
rnrtant meeting THURSDAY uert ~ ~
p'rlool III iho morning ~ the rose rp"n
of fhe Hotel III ponf when ~ captains.
team members. chairfncu ~ committees
and advisory board members are cN-
pccied to attend II win W. 50 verv in
tercstng that ~ one connected with
ho work cnn really afford tn miss this
opportunity nf hearing what Is fo hc
done 10 make he campaign great
success. and of hearing brie address
hr Mrs James Starr IT. of Germantown.
who Is chairman of the Women tom-
rnittee. Third Federal Reserve District
Mrs Starr is very charming and very
interesting. and everyone will TO glad
"a hear her
Specific instructions about the selling
nf bombs viii hr issued and various other
important things announced and DIS
clissed
Captains for the wards ~ he city have
been solpotrd and they are as follows
Ms .latnos t,inns. Mrs y A Travnor
Mrs FraucIs n DAVIS. Airs Caleb Lay
ION. Mrs Willard Springer. Mrs George
\ Elliott. Mrs 4 Il Ferrldav. Mrs J
Saunders Tavlpr Mrs Frederick William
Curtis Nrs John y Bird, Mrs ~
Fletcher Known Mrs @ Curtis Purdy
Mrs 6,eorge = Capplio .Ir Mrs William
~taniar. Mrs = T. Ward Mrs Robert "
richards. Miss Anne tray Mrs " =
Prlckctf. Miss Alice Conner Mrs Fred
ertrk Briughurst. Mrs I II Philips
Mrs ! p IiafTey. Mrs Daniel . Hast
rngs. Mrs Richard Reese. Mrs o. n
Grantland Mrs Dcgraw, Mrs Herbert
II Ward. IT,. Mrs George W sparks
Mrs DAVID ~ncllenburg, Miss J.. Roth
This Is the umetest Faster that ever
there So few things going on sorIallv. and
never before was there so much work 10
do TIC work rs he reason for there
beng practically no parties. because war
means work and with 50 much Red Cross
work, and Liberty Bond campaign on
hand, the women have no time for getting
up mere frivolous Things. There will. ot
course bc d few family parties, aud %
lIttic nformai getting together but almost
nothing Is planned ahead
The onlt blg events OF Easter week ayo
the Easter bali Monday night for 'he
sailors Club. and the italian Nclghbor-
hood Work Dt the West End Settlement.
the recital 10 he gwen by Inc play dancer.
MIS- Janet Jackson and Mis- Ruth
traincr. 0f New ! ork, on TUESDAY night
at The New Century Club and
on THURSDAY evening he talks
bE Rev. and Mrs. Henri \net of
Brussels. for which Mrs. james Avery
Draper has offered her draNngroom.
All three crents are going TO be very
delightful and very interesting, bat they
have TO 10 with war. because even
the dancing Of Miss Jackson and Miss
Cramer Is to help with their entertain
mcnts for soldiers at cautonmcnts.
Mr. and Mrs HlChard NlpTuCk enter
tanned At dinner Wednesday evening for
their guest, Miss Eliza Thomas Of Balt-
more, who spent this week with them.
Their other guests we're Judge and Mrs
George GRAY. Mrs B c. du Pont. General
James II Wilson and Eric l.. Bergland
Miss Ans f. du Pont returned Thurs
day from Palm Beach and Augusta. and
Mrs William shoemaker Of Wilkes
Barre, Pa. who was south with her
topped of at Pclleport for 4 brief visit
Mrs Willard salisbury spent tins week
at her home here, and returned TO Wash
inEton yesterday
Miss Mary Purdy Is spending Easter
with Rev. and Mrs. Loring " Battcn in
New York City
Miss Elizabeth Chandler 81 Baltimore
is an Easter guest Of Mrs William g.
Ramsay and Mrs tlfrcl du pont Cham
der al Dalhou4ic
Mr. and Mrs Frcdcnck Ciaut throp Iud
their children went to Chelsea y l.,
yesterday u speud q fortnight
Mr. and Mrs Hamilton M Barksdale
and Miss Ethel Barksdae leave Thurs
day next for White Sulphur Springs TO
be gone two or three weeks
Mrs c. Glen BehdenEopf ana Mis-