Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-17
MOSTLYABOUTPEOPLE

4 cable has been received from Mrs
| Coleman du Pont announcing her safe
| arrival IN France. Mrs du POnt has
| gone with several other leaders Of the
| J w. &. A. and probably viii rctufD
/ early IN june, after learning the status Ot
| Y w G. A work IN France. and the
| developments and Improvements neccs-
sary
,, The Mask and Wig will be the ono
gay event of this week, and this year j
| takes on a significance # hasn't had
before Perhaps this time next year
there viii not bc students enough TO
have the Mask and Wig, there may be
- many Pennsylvania boys oh fighting
the Boche, and with this before us, there is
reason for enjoying the show more than
ever
\ few dinners may spring up before he
show, but there viii he no elaborate e'ip-
pcrs and dances afterwards, and no enter
/ tanning By the Pennsylvania Alumni as
/ horc has been in former year ln tins,
too, the war has caused d break, because
Dr William G. Spcakman who always
before this had everything ~ ~ with
bringing the Mask and Wig here, and
always lcd nll the tuInni entertaining
IS N France lTc vas sent oyer onIy
recently, and word has bocn received of
hls safe arrival This Will be his third
summer IN Frame. working for fbc
Allies, and doing q very great servjcc in
he healing of AL kinds of facial wounds
he other summers be worked for Tho
French army this time he is commissioned
bY hls own country
Mise Esther bancroft 7lll have small
party for Inc Mask and Wig, p1fh p
dinner A. Cufcld preceding. Her Ulosts
"ii Dc MISS Florence Chadwick of Hol-
woke Mass ii-s Elizabeth Patterson,
Lieutenant Bazicton : a. and
IAcnfcnanf Bunting. IS
Miss Josephine Hooper of Germantown.
~ wlll ho Mis- Bancroft gIeef Ior the
next weekend
Nir and Nrs William e.. Covo and
Mr. and Mrs Charles G,awthroD spent
he weekend at Atlantic City
There viIi bc quit 4 Iarre Wilmington
Contingent at Chelsea i j next sum
Incr. as already several cottages have heen
/ leased and others probably NH 80 taken
iater. Those who are gong - Chelsea
I for tho summer arc the Harlan ~cotfs
Henry scott Jr and FAM :, the : I.
Iownsends the I.eona.d Yerkcs. 'hc
Ferdinand LaMottes and he Eugene
du P0 ts
Colonel and Mrs Edmund G. Buckner
cnte.talncd n 2 small dinner saturday
evening
here were 10 peooo At the Husbands
] and Wives ight. last week and il
hoped hat As many, not mo g. viii be
there tonight Their Is the present great
demand Tor front .ine packets. and il IS
feared he 10000 asked Tor from Del
aware ms month viii ID Le forthcoming
L Is hard 20 realize hat thousands y
men arr bei1g wounded everv minute
and naf millions of dressings arc needed
- save rnclr ives vet TINS II me case. ana
TIM Rcd ross must ba read with ire
nendWi> supplies of dressings -o replace
tno>c neIug isel now Tor il terrible I
HUI lilEe that Tie tl .cs are with
andug
Il . unfortunate mat the Red Cross
worA has .alIcn Of 1t his .ime BUT II
probably due d great part b ne Liberty
Loan and When thar IS over msu&
workers NJ3l return ID he Re, Cross /
+ 5 With TINS. q "a many other Things. /
hat the people Nno have 4 sense of -a-
>ponstbiliy 3nI realize the need FOR work.
are willing fo work a everything. ana
rncre are others VINO refuse 10 wora ana
who wont lend Their energies TO their
country Thus the great burden b the
present falls On the energetic, feeling
clement
II would he tine Ting if everyone
oi Us could nave i deep sense Of our right
and our duty 10 work at this tune. and
ID We would, aH use Ip every minute.
either in Red Gross 0r Liberty Bonds
l. terrible thing to have a lie .0,t .ar
want . 4 front line packet, thar some
body might have made by giving all hour
Of time for il.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank :. Durc announce
the engagement ot heir daughter. NJ
gusta, 70 Lieutenant Nathaniel " Howell
Ordnance Reserve Corps, of this 1gl. at
present stationed at Washington. ID. e 4
he Garden Club had very charming
'lme AZ Dalhousic Moudal afternoon and
their hostess entertained them by reading
from ParhnSon's Tour Around Mn
Garden, to which Mrs Ramsay added
some very delightful thing, about hcr own
garden Mrs W : Hilles hsl an idea
about the meetings that ysas verv gladly
adopted by the club, and this was that
wherever the cluh meets during the spring
or tali a tree shall bc planted (. that