Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-13
Mostly About People

Walter ]. Laird. Mrs. Charles Latrobc,
Miss Marjorie Pyle, Mrs. Henry II. Scott,
Jr. Miss Suzanne Speakman, MIss
Katherine Thompson. Miss Julia Town
send
It has been arranged that tables may
be secured in advance by paving = fec Of
80 cents extra. and those desiring tables
may call Mrs. j. Lawrence Gilman ID
and A. 7435.
Mrs II f. Brown VIII give a tea for the
dchutantes on December p, from p =,
AZ the Hotel du Pont, when the series of
tca-dansants to tc given for the benefit
81 the Babies Hospital will bc inaugurated.
f. a. Humphrey, VINO has been visiting
hls brother, Warden r. Humphrey of
Claymont, starts today for his home, in
Monrozia, Gal
n. -. II Messenger 81 Wilmington,
who spends his winters in Tampa. Florida.
Is low 1T that resort for several months.
MIR and Mrs. Philip y. Laird are cx-
pecting DR. and Mrs J. Packard Laird
back from Florida. To tie their Christmas
guests.
AT tho dansant at TIE Hotel du Pont on
December p, Mrs H Il Brown VIII give
. party oi about tffy people,
For the weekend, Mrs. Henry b.
Thompson viii have IS guests Oliver
Tavlor. Eugene Maxwell and Samuel
Mir and Mrs. George A. Elliott dance
at the Country Club On Dcccrnber l9
viii bring together over 100 oi the sub
deb set for Miss julia G, Elliott, who Is q
student at Miss Porter at IarmngTon,
and George A. Elliott, Jr, who is at St
Pauls at Concord a merry party of
young folks viii he Mrs Elliott 5 guests
for several days for the dance George
Elliott. IT,. viii bring nine friends from
ST. Paul 5, and Miss JGlia Elliott. four
classmates from Washington Mr. and
Mrs Elliott viii give q dinner before the
dance III honor If their son guests
There viii be young people here from
Philadelphia. too-In all, quite party.
Miss Tictorine du Pont Of Cleveland.
Ohio, VIII arrive On December Is to be
the guest OF Mrs Charles Copeland
Miss du Pont Is 3 Wellesley College stu
dent whose presence here will be especially
of interest 10 the young college set.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Felix du Pont enter
tanned al dinner last evening for their
guests Mr.. and Mrs Arthur BrockIc oG
Chestnut Hill Among the guests besides
Mr. and Mrs Brockie were Miss Amory
Miss Chichester Mcssrs Schakelford and
Broyes
Mr. and Mrs George Bisscll entertain
Cd at dinner last evening before the as
senbiy dance 4 number Of guests en-
Joyed this delightful hospitality
Bell, j.. all Of Princeton. and Mr. Rey-
nolds and Miss Marguerite Jeans Of
PhIladelpnia
Mrs G ? Rumford is entertaining
Ars Archibald Capelle and Alrs Helen
Wilson Of New York.
Mss Natalie Moore Of Santa Barbara,
Cal. is visiting Miss Esther Bancroft.
1fIs Roy Fletcher Of New York is the
guest Of Mrs Robert Pennington for the
weekend.
Miss Dorothy Warner has IS guests
for the weekend Mrs Ethelwyn Cleve-
land Of Chadds Ford and Miss Jean Knox
Of Germantown. They attended dinner
gwen BY Mr. and drs al d. Warner,
Jr., at the Century Club last night pre-
ceding the Assembly Hall
Miss Isabel Shotter Of New York is
tho Weekend guest Of Mrs Harry Haskell
The first Of series Of three lecture
recitals on Shapespears plays will be gwen
on Tuesday afternoon in the du Barry room
Of the Hotel du Pont, when DR. Edgar G.
Abbott of Boston, noted Shakespearcan
authority viii give one Of his fine lectures,
choosing "Othello" for his subject
The lectures are To he gwen for The
benefit Of the Arthur Home for Blind
Babies at Summit, n J. This home I'd
rnits Blind children from to 5 years of
age from every State in the union for
treatment.
4 long list of subscribers Is Interested
in the splendid cause and to these tickets
have been mailed by Miss Adra Cunning
ham, who is il charge of the series Others
who may like to hear Or Abbott, "an Sc
cue admission at the door
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Reath, Dr., of St
Martins, Pm. are being congratulated On
the birth ot their second son, on Wcdnes-
day The baby has been named Henry
Thompson Reath, after Mrs Reath'
father. Henry B.Thompson Of Wilmington
Miss Mabic Ilirons, POOP Jefferson
street, left this wecl, on trip to Cuba
After viewin0 the ei0lf4 "io1t Havana