Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-24

Listen and you may tscar the sleigh-belts
for Santa Claus is on his way Don
believe IN hun, you say-of course you
believe IN Santa Claus. You believe In
love snd hsppincss-don' Z you7 Then you
believe IN the Christmas SAINT. for after
all, that rs what he means, love for all
our fellows snd happiness gwen where we
can. both to "kiddics and grown-ups.
II the society editor could act As Santa g
AIDE tonight she would put some special
packages in the stockings OF those whose
Kindly interest serves 10 make these
columns what they arc To the debutsntfri
bless en-, she would give slippers and
besux.
To the dashIng yuuns mntrons, pros
rsritv; TO the dear older ones whose Dig
nIty and charm grace Wilmington so
ciety 40 beautifully. added honors- There
would be TOYS galore for every kiddlo, and
health for every invalid. then VIC d say
IKE Tiny Tim, God bless ~ all
Last evening IN the ballroom of the
du Pont Hotel Miss Esther Ward was
formally introduccd to society by MIR
md Mrs. Christopher l.. Ward. The
affair was very handsome IN all of ITS
appointments, with large number Of
out-of-town girls and men adding bril-
NkfttB VI tllt OCA-sol}h
Nus Ward was charming picture Of
rlr!ish beauty in dress OF hesh-colored
Satin with oyer-dress of tulle. Many lovely
dowcrs were sent her by sdmiring friends.
number Of the local debutantes assisted
" receiving and the following guests from
other cities were present: Miss Mary Case
- oglevood, y j.; Miss Priscilla Hustled
q PcckSki1, n. Y, Miss Katherine Keough
)i New Rochelle, n. Y, Miss Mary
Cis-k Of Bryn Mswr and Miss Mary
P0rcher
Among the men were: r. NJ Gillian
81 Kansas City, Mo, o. W. Heath, NJ NJ /.
Banks, Gregory Can't, all Of New York; /;
+ NJ. CahagaD. Brooklyn; q. l.. Boynton,
Waco. 1exss, Rlchard Darrell. John
kcough. Darwin i Kingsley. New York.
& @ Graves Of Vermont snd Harrison
Frazer, Philadelphia Stanley Wood
ward hcstnut Hill
FI~hcrs orchcstrs from Baltimore plsy
al Tor the evenings dancing.
The Atlantis, Ga, Tern 4 prints ~csriy
q hail column O. functions g. be ven ip
honor o: MFR. an Mrs Fran Is Q. Whitten,
who has been AZ the Plaza in New ork
and arrlve IN the Georgia capital city on
Christmas Eve 70 be the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs J. Frank Meador
John Ashley Jones will compliment
Hr and Mrs Whitten with tea dsncc
acNt Wednesday at the Piedmont DRIVING
Club
Mr. and Mrs Frank MeadOr viii enter
raln At 5 large dinner party Christmas
alght st the Piedmont Driving Club.
On Saturday evening December y,
MIR and Mrs William T. Spaldlng viii
honor Mr md Mrs. Whitten ST the Driv-
ing Club
montei with party at the NeE Years
C,nncT danec 81 the Piedmont Driving
Club vhch Mr. snd Mrs. James II
NunnsIv Will glve
a hndge party 70 be gwen nv Mrs.
Milton Dargan on Tuesday the 10Th. st
her home Oh Ponce dc Leon avenue Will
IL N honor If Mrs NhIttcn
MIR and Mrs Whitten viii be numbered
among the attractive visitors for the fancy
dress ball gwen ~ the Nine o'Clocks st
a., ihodmont DRIVING Club % New ear :
Eve
From Atlantis Mr. and Mira Whitten
~ 60 sboari their yscht st Savannah,
fe7 crlis, 70 Miami, Fla., where they
VII sp.Di the remainder Of the winter
The danSantes ~ the Hotel du Punt in
the ballroom arJ ing forward with
good deal - zeS, nd pleasure, each
afternoon seeing numerous parties of
secicty folk ,0JoyIng the splendid music,
cxceN.r, Ga8r Of the ballroom and deli
clcus retrc~aracnts served. Among the
par'1e- beng gwen not yet scheduled IN
Flert Evening are Mrs Felix du Pont and
Mr., Thomas " Millers entertainment !
for l. guests on TUESDAY afternoon, and
tie lreuee du pon;s for ,. also Mrs
Cfafle- G RInf7rd VII have a party
- four 81 hcr guests today. Mrs T. Tat .
na Warner Nr, + II kdsall Miss
Aa-c tyson .r4 MISS Anna Lea Thurs
das bciug Christmas day there are not !
a. many partie~ II planning but on FRI 7
aa, Miss Elizabeth Patterson has q large .
psr'v - Vii NJ, Edward Richardson I
On saturday Mrs Maurice du Pont Lee
Nj bc 3 hostess and on the following
MONDAY both Mrs Walter Carpenter and 1
Alr. George Wesley Priest VIII entertain I
bevera ;able> q friends At the dansant
Nj and M William 9. Nfurgatrovd
> snnounce the engagement of Their
loa~s - M Joseph Eich-
raond Hatch ~ Cf.e.sa- Nlsss Nr Ha1ch