Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-29

Jimmy" Thompson came back from
New York City with some additional blne
ribbons on his prize chickens. We hrcn
surprised we bad expected that mctrop-
oils to capitulate before thoee birds
There had been eight entries. y J of winch
won prizes in the State Fair last Septefn-
ber They returned from the Madison
Square Garden show with six prizes m all.
From the BlTchin game bantafns that
were sent-one cock, two hens and two
pullcts tho cockcrel got first prize and
the pullets second and third The Buff
Cochin bantams got FIRST and second
prizes.
sixteen entries naadc up of six different
kinds Of bantams will bc ON show by
Master ThonpsOn n the Philadelphla
show, week after next, and Il ~ confidently
expected that there vii be moro blue rib
bons added to the present decorations Of
these consistently prize-winning birds.
Miss Lillian Jackson arrived in New
York City from Franco ON the Hocharn-
beaI, French linz. lost Saturday She
bas been abroad for about q wear playing
NJ rrcltais IN ~" huts. and she will
probably remain IN New York City, con
timing her very promising career as a
pianist
Miss Winifrcd 4 Bach, who iq doing
entertainment work with The Y. NJ { a..
IN New York City. preparatory ~ an ex-
pectcd trip abroad for overseas service,
was hostoea AZ an entertainment giYcn last
Saturday night ~ thc r. VI &. A. Build-
ing At 10Th street and Broadway.
Mrs John r Brincklc announces the
engagement of her daughter, Florence
Hammond Brincklc, 70 Major Leigh r.
J Icrfee. Signal Corps, United StafNa
Army The marriage will take place on
Tuesday February III. major and ms
bride viii immediately affcrward leave
for San Francisco ~ take 4 n s trans
port for Honolulu, where the major has
been assigned.
The Wilmington society n Fine Arts
will open its seventh annual exhibition Of
paintings IN the public next tuesday,
February !. At the <ew Century Club,
The work of the pupils IF Howard Pyle
and Delaware artists will be shown, - well
~ the aocictv's permanent collection u
paintings by Howard Pyle
As has been announced before, four
PRICE viii be givcn ~ the exhibition,
three II them 500 prizes Mrs. Charles
Copeland will offer 4 prlze for the host
nalnting. Nrg. r. Coleman ~ Pnnt for
the most popular picture, and Mrs Frank
o. Whtlock ior the hest illustration. The
hest war subject will receive a prIze Of
$50
III Il expected the exhibition will he
very interesting one, and yell worth At
tending IL Is of peculiar interest A. thus
tame. when everyone ls watching he
artist and his work for the after-effeCts
If war and its turmoil.
Miss Florence Kniffen Of Rryn Mawr,
Pa. IL spending the mid-year recess with
her parents. Mr md Mrs. Frederick
kniffen, at Hotel du PoDt.
F. X. Ratclfe, III London, England,
viii speak ~ the New Century Club.
Fr.iay evening next, on The League Of
Nations.
Mr. and Mrp William du Pont, Jr..
whose marriage took place on New Years
Day, have returned from their wedding
journey, and are spending q lew weeks
with Mrs du pont 8 parents, Mr. and
Mrs William Lester Austin, AZ Lester
Hall, in Rosemary, until Cherry Knoll,
Mr. and Mrs. William Winder LAIRD
were 10 have gone to Palm Beach, Fla,
with Mr.. and Mrs Pierre > du Pont, but
owing 70 the illness OF their small daughter,
they have gwen up the tup.
Mrs Paul Wisner and small daughter,
Isabel, are spending the winter with MIR
and AIrs. John H. Wisner in New York
City. Lieutenant Paul Wlsner has re-
turned from Camp Lewis, Washington,
and is now in New York. The Wisners
expect to make their home IN New York.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Hobbs Arnold are
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