Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-06
Mostly About People

Church met Tuesday afte moon. Mrs.
Barry and her group of workers presented
very interesting program on Siam and
the mountaineers. The report of the praise
service. held November 10, was most
encouraging both financially and from the
| educational viewpoint,
! Plans are going forward for the Christ
mas entertainment TO be presented by the
| Senior class of the High School. The class
| has much good material and the school is
anticipating something which should even
surpass the creditable performance given
! by the Junior class at Thanksgiving
! Miss Margaret Ritchie is improving.
although she is still at the Homeopathic
! Hospital where she was taken after her
/ recent automobile accident
Mrs. Henry r. Thompson and Mrs.
Joseph Bancroft attended the dinner at
the Bellevue-Stratford Philadelphia, last
/ night, given by the Pennington Society,
/ TO put before its members the splendid
work that has been accomplished IN
! Philadelphia, during the past year by the
/ psvchiatric clinic. This was gotten up
/ TO take care of people who are very
4 lIlUuiN lIS8Dt, OF WHO littu q tihtilSSN va
/ thought or Of scene or mental rest or
| change, and it has been great success.
Some OF the most eminent physicians Of
1 Philadelphia who are conducting the
/ clinic described the work and it's results
/ in their after-dinncr speeches, last even
/ ing.
/ The appearance of Stuart Walker here
/ with his new play. "Picadllly Jim was
/ the occasion OF renewed interest in Lord
+. D,lnsanv. the brilliant playwright, whom
/ MFR Walker has made familiar TO the very
discriminating Of piaylovers in New York
/ by the productions Of The Golden
/ Doom. "'The Gods Of the Moment
4 and other examples Of Lord Dunsamys
/ art at the Punch and Judy Theatre Mr..
/ Walkers portmanteau p ay house. it
was reported that Lord and Lady Duns-
arnv would he here on Friday evening to
accompany "Picadilly Jim" 10 Atlantic
! City They were to arrive by motor from
New York State, and Wilmington may
have an opportunity TO meet the dls-
tinguished author during the day,
Stuart Walker, himself Is a type OF
sincerity we might well long 10 possess N
money mad world. He says he chose the
theatre as a vehicle because he loves SIM
plicity, which is proven in his treatment Of
modern shans. He has produced Lord
Dunsamv's plays because he loves the
truth, and the subtlest phases OF speech,
thought and action as he produces them on
the stage. are shown with the primary oh
ject of delineating life as II might be, and
in realty is.
Mr.. Walker Is a playwright Of real
merit and entertainment and one whom
Wilmington would ike 70 sec bring
Seventeen. his strongest effort now on
the Pacific Coast. here. He is s kentuck-
ian by birth and lived several years IN
New Orleans He remembers with ap-
probation Wilmington's reception when
he came here three years ago and Rs he
saws he has always wanted 10 come back
He is charming personally and his
further effort will be followed with inter
est by his many friends IN this city.
The postponement ,lntil April Of the
art exhibit, bv members OF the Whining
ton Society OF Fine Arts. IS dlsappoint-
ment TO local art lovers, vet st the same
time an assurance that much may I've ex-
pected from the exhibit when hung. The
plans proposed by Christopher L. Ward
that medals instead OF money be awarded
this wear meets with a good OF approval
from number of people who feel the
perpetual honor of 8 medal would be
better worth while than money prizes.
Mrs. Josiah Marvel IS st Salisbury, Md,
for few days.
A dance viii be gwen al the New-Cen-
tury Club on December 29 by the auxll-
larry Of the homeopathic Hospital. Mrs
5, c. Frederick Is chairman Of the auxll-
larry.
Mr. Henry B. Thompson left on Thurs
day for Pittsburg. Cleveland and Chicago,
to confer with Middle West leaders In the
fourteen million dollar campaign for
Princeton University. Mr.. Thompson,
who is chairman of the campaign, Is
conducting il SO that every dollar given
goes into the fund, and Is not used for
expenses
Miss Ma7on du Pont of Montpelier,
Va. has been guest Of Miss Katharine
Thompson, this week, and these two
horsewomen have been riding their
hunters among the BrandywiDe hills
Miss Jane Marvel was in Philadelphia
last night TO attend the dinner dance
gwen for Miss Rebecca Thomson at the
Ritz.
been for & Thanksgiving house party at
Mrs. Frank De Almond, Mrs Leonard
Yerkes, Mrs. Thomas W Miller and Mrs.
Alfred Gawthrop returned, Thursday,