Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-21
Mostly About People

The Junior Leagues dance on Saturday
evening next is going 70 make . gay close
TO t1e wedding day of Miss Barbara
Vandegrift and Edgar Hobbs Arnold
The bride and groom wont be there, OF
course, but i 3 quite possible that many oi
the ushers and their wives viii stay over
and go To the dance The bride viii nave
only her sister, Ellnor for maid of honor ana
the two little Hover girls, Elizabeth Has
kcIl and Marguerite du POnt Lee, Tor her
attendants; hut Mr. Arnold will have
best man and six ushers lbs best
man will be II A. Doty Of Passalc, \ -
and the ushers will be Henry II Sutphln
Of Short Hills, y J.. Alanson 7. fnos Jry
and Nelson Oleott of Brooklyn, Captain
w r. Walker Of IIardsdale Ill. Lieu
tenant g. NJ Iforten Of Mlddletown,
N Y, and NJ r. Ellis of New York city.
II will be quite gay progression be
wedding ai 80 O'Clock an ! ntarian
Church then the reception at Miss h"icn
Carrots home. then enndry dinner
parties, Inpromptu and otherwise, ana
then the dance at the New Century ipb
The Junior League girls are working
very hard o make the dance a great sue
cess and 70 sell enough tickets ~ dollar
and a half 10 make lot ot money tor
their dormitory at 81 Market street
They gladly DO the cleaning AID tidying
mp that are necessary every day after
the thirty beds have bccu occupied by
@ VI e men. who leave their trucks
long enough 10 spend the night and break
fast here. but it takes money 70 keep
thing going. Hence the dance Pretty
nearly al the membership has been put
on ~ r committee Or another, and they are
doing rood team work in getting the
dance arranged Mrs Maurice du Pont
Ice i chairman ~ patronesses, and her
aids are Miss Louise len. Miss Margaretta
Miller. Mrs Clement w Miller, Mrs
Douglas Moore and Miss Elizabeth Reese
Miss Constance Moore IL chairman Of
iickets and on that committee are Miss
Julia Johnson Miss Alice Bush, Miss
Esther Dallett, Miss julia Townsend,
Miss Mary Purdy, Miss Sarah Evans
Miss Jean Evans, Miss Alice Johnson and
Miss Esther Bancroft
Miss Margery Pyle is chairman or
publicity and on her committee arc
Mrs Arthur ketcham. Miss Anne Garrett
and Miss Elizabeth Patterson.
bii=4 C0rinne Nendenha ], Miss Alice
~attcrthwait, Miss Margery Speakman.
" is Madeline Owens and Miss Mary
armstrong will have decorations in charge.
The voungmarried women in the League
r. Thomas Miller, Mrs Paul WiSner
and some Others, will be hOstesses for the
dance, and the patronesses are Aiesdames
Ralph Bailey, George T. BIssel, ii.
Fletcher Brown, r. Thompson Brown,
Henry ". Candy, Walter ;. Carpenter ,Jr.,
Frank Cox. James A. Thayer, Jr. Eugene
du Pont, Eugene F-du Pont, Felix du Pont
Irenee du Pont. Philip Gage, Alfred IL.
Cfawthrop, Lawrence Gilson. Robert Il.
Glassburn. Harry 6 Haskell Reginald, =.
Hmdckpeor. Macmillan Hopes. Gamble
I.atrobe. David Llndasy, Jr, Richard T.
Merrick, Thomas W. Willis, James 4.
Nields, DAVID d Ranken. II Rodney Sharp
Harlan G. Scott. Walter q Tatnall, Jr,
Henry 3 Thompson. :. p. Townsend.
Irving Warner and Leonard 1. lerkes.
The orchestra from the Merton Cricket
Club has been engaged for the dancing.
and his is very big attraction, Is il IS
very good orchestra.
4 very pretty little the dansant viii
be gwen IN the New Century Club par
lors on the last Monday afternoon in
the year. and is to make money for the
Auxiliary Board Of the Homeopathic
Hospital. The board takes care of the
children : ward OF the hospital, and is
taking care Of any part Of hospital is
expensive. money must be made IN some
way TO provide the funds Mrs. : {.
Frederick and Mrs. John X. HaSewll viii
have the dance in charge and all the
members Of the board are announcing
it TO their friends.
The Victory Dance at the New Century
Club. last night. was a great success, and
everybody enjoyed It immensely The
flags OF the Allies made gay and happy
decoration. the music was good. and
everything went along most happily. Ii
was especially nice for the girls who would
have been presented this year. had it
not been for the war and was the first
big thing that any of them could attend.
The Red Cross Motor Corps girls were
included in the jnyltatIons, So were officers
from Fort du Pont, and a number Of men
in service staying IN Wilmington.
Receiving were Mrs Frederick William
Curtis. Mrs Christopher L. Ward. Mrs
\ Felix du Pont, Mrs. Leonard 4. Ycrkes
and Mrs. Harry G. Haskell.
Mrs. Henry b. Thompson gave a dinner
for Miss Eleanor Thomson before the dance
and the guests were Miss Ellnor Nande-
grift, Miss Jane Marvel, Miss Marx
Marvel, Halleck du Pont, Edwin Thomas,
the Messrs Roberts, and Miss Audrey
lSiker and Barton Turnbull OF New lork
City.
Miss Riker andMr Turnbull are spend
ing the weekend with Mr. and Mrs Harry
G Haskell and the latter's niece, Mrs.
Howland Jones, Is also here fer the week
end from New York City,
Mrs. Reginald ). Huldekoper gave a
dinner for Miss Esther Ward, and her
guests were Mrs b. q. du Pont, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Rodney Sharp, Mr. apd Mrs.
Eugene t. du Pont, Miss Louise Lea,
Christopher L. Ward Henry Robertson.
Ralph ASsheton and Charles 4. Morgan,
Jr., of Philadelphia
Miss Virginia kirkuS viii 20 to orke1s,
y Y. the day after Christmas. and witt
visit there and IN Pelham Heights until
after New Years
Mr.. and Mrs Beverly Robinson 81
New \ ork City and MIR. and AIrs. Francis
Crowninshleld Of Boston. Mass. will oe
Christmas guests Of Colonel Henry \.
du Pont.