Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-18
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Mrs Henry Ridgely returned from
Washington. ID. C.. Yesterday, and ~
making brief visit with Mss Amy
tlu Pont at Pelieport Mrs. Ridgely went
10 Washington 90 attend the national
Council Of Defence, which, on "edneA-
dav morning wBs gwen over 10 the
wo,nen's part in the third Liberty Loan
As representative Of the banner state IN
the loan, Mrs Ridgely was gwen an
ovation. and was spoken OF with great
praise by all the other State chalrnen
and bv Mrs AntOinette Funk, VICE
chairman of the Women's National
Liberty Loan Committee.
Then. Wednesday afternoon, at the
Treasury Department, there was a 1on-
prcsw of Liberty Loan state Chairmen,
with Mrs. William G McAdon presidIng;
and again Delaware was held up as great
and shining example Of what can be done
IN Liberty Loan work. At the sarne time
II was very generally conceded that women
All over the country had done a remark
ABLY fine piece Of work Mrs. Ridgely was
called upon to rise when Mrs. NcAdoo
announced that the women of Delaware
had raised l2o 8 per cent OF 'hc Stab
ouota. and "a she did ~ a woman pack
of her asked And what dad the men DO
we altogether tupled the State's quota
Mrs Rldgelv replied and thus satisned
her q,.estioner that nobodv was idlc during
the campaign here
The Army Girls Transport Tobacco
Fund is going to reap harves' ana
big one il IL hoped from the dance being
given ri the country club tonight BY the
Wilmington Committee. Many VINO
cannot 70 IN the dance can buy uckefs
and shere arc great many who are glad
10 have a dance NJ the Country mo
after its being closed for several months
The dance was arranged by Miss i1onisH
T.ca chairman of the committee, ana me
other members. Miss Elizabeth hefsr
Miss Elizabeth Patterson. Miss harga-
rotta Miller. Miss Louise EOwlandi Mss
Ethel Park sdale. Mrs Frank q WhItl0ek
and Mrs Walter : Carpenter, Jr. he
r,atronesses are Mrs Gamble I4strobe,
Nrs Henry r Thompson, Mrs Frank =
Garrett Mr. Frederick Wiinam turt's,
Mrs George r Bissell, Mrs. Il FLETCHER
Brown. Mrs Harry O Haskell and Mrs
Henry r. scott
Miss Lea gacve a small dinner a. the
( C'ountrv Club before the dance, and Miss
Esther Bancroft had dinner at Clieid,
her guests including Mrs hhIlp l'age,
Miss Josephine Hooper Of Germantown
Pa. Lieutenant Wright, Lieutenant Davis
and Ensign Knox, Y. ,. \.
Miss Ieas dinner was for her COUSIN
Miss Eleanor Phelps Of Aiken, ,. ~, VINO
is stav7ng with hcr.
General G. A. r. Elagler and Captain
1 Bovd were guests Of General James II.
/ Wilson for dinner. Thursday night. heE
! were en- route to an Atlantic port. WTcuce
I thcv soon sail for France
4 Wednesday evening. General wilson
/ and Miss Katharine Wilson had small
+ dinner party for Captain HIcnaru Dale'
/ T. :. A.. and Mrs Dale, and invited 70
meet them we're MIR and Mrs. John 4.
/ Nields Miss Draper and Lieutenant Lans-
dale Captain Dale ana Lieutenant l4Aris-
+ tale are with the detach hment of the F:tJietn
/ Infantry, in camp at the Pennsylvania
station.
A courtesy during their stay mere,
the officers Of the tIftleth Infantry, sta
toned AT the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad sta
non, and the officers OF the Forty-second1
Infantry at PidgcOn Point are EXTENDED
| the privileges Of the Country Club-
Mr.. James F. Nieids and Mrs. George
l. Elliott are spending the weekend az
II pauls school. Concord, y. H., where
their sons are preparing for college.
Mrs. Charles L. Patterson gave q small
luncheon atsNaaman 5, Thursday
Mrs. Frank l.. Boynton entertained al
= small luncheon At Naaman :, thursday
IN honor Of her guest. Mrs. L. II. Myer Of
/ Washington, d. G. Her other guests we're
Mrs. Thomas c. Mum. Mrs. L1burne
Chandler. Mrs Charles Doughten and
Mrs. lyman d. Boutwell,
Mrs. Boutwell, has been with Mrs.
Bovnton for fortnIghts stay, and
Lieutenant Boutwell, will be up frUm
Washington for ne weekend. Mrs. Harry
Mclean OF Washington, D. G.. also IS
Mrs. Boynton guest for the weekend.
Miss Grace Weldin IS in Cleveland.
Ohio. visiting Mrs. Frederic Dickens
Lewis. and viii remain until the flrSt oi
July
Mrs. ;. II. Shcarman and Miss Margaret
ShearmAn left Yesterday Tor their summer
home ri Lake Sunapee, \. Il.
Mrs. Henry ) Candy OF New Haven,
Conn has returned home after week ;
visit with her parents, Mr. and Ms.
Harry T. Cause. Professor Candy, who
is abroad making surveys with The object
Of writing his opinions and impressions
after his return IS having most interest
ing time He has been in Ireland and in
London. was in the British capital during
several air raids, and is nov IN France.
lie probably will return IN August
Mrs Frank l. Connable Went 90 New
/ York CITY. Wednesday, to spend week
/ with her sister, Mrs. Mary Bracket
| Although the New Century Club is
I closed for the season, the Saturday night
/ dances for uniformed men are being
/ continued ONLY Young women with