Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-13

Mrs. Henry Il. Thompson entertained
at dinner last evening for Miss Eleanor
Thompson and her guests. Mis- Margarctta
lcanes and Miss Ellen Glcndinnlng Of
Philadelphia.
Dancing was never enjoyed % much as
il Is tins winter. There WAS carc-frcc
dancing before the War, during the war
here were dancing and other pleasures
>natched like stolen fruits Is give httic
brief relaxation from the gloom of report
ed defeats and the STRAIN and stress Of
working - win. and now there Is dancing
with that added zeSt oi freedom the
abandon that comes only from realIza-
tlon that once more We arc free 70 play.
once more the pleasures 10 which flesh IS
heir IS ours. Ii Is JIst that much more en-
ticIng TO have known what i + to 90 with
cut Therefore every bOdv dances, and
,se dance for charity with even greater
fcrvor than We did before the var.
All of which leads lS to the The Dan
ants 10 be gwen 1T the Hotel dH Pont
ior the Babes Hospital Ii very fitting
sind Of benefit for q babies hospital be-
cause these babies VIII grow into healthy,
iancing. running jumping children and
later INTO good citizens Of this town. And
they Will not he good and healthy citi-
xens II they are not started IT. the right
way. 10 start them right takes q great
dcal Of money in this II. G. Of l.. era. and
that is why the dansants arc 70 be held,
There Will bc many who will 20 TO the
finest hotel IN the country 10 dance III the
most beautiful ballroom IT America and
Who has seen finer one IN London or III
Paris and is each one pays his or her
- Z
ID The dollar includes tea too, and 10
have both tea and dancing with good
music for q dollar. j. q real bargain N
these DAYS 1t Is only through the co
operation Of MIR Tate ana because ct tie
excellent management 81 the hospital,
that such an arrangement coula bc made.
Already there are many undcrgTads
and grs home from school. and those who
are 70 have holiday guests who are plan
ulng 10 be al he G&nSaut- a many alter
moons is they can crowd III, While II Is
gong on every dag from four tlll slX-thlrty J
bcCIuuIn the twent v-SccOnd Of Deem
ber. and continuing until tie first Of the
wear Then they vii keep Wednesday and
SATURDAY. afternoons open and 20 on
those days during January II 5 very
fine thing for the debutante set, they were
never known to nave enough dancing, II 5
q hne thing for those who viii have holi-
dav guests and altogether It quite the
best entertainment offered for ChrIstmas
week
There viii be hostesSeS every day. some
one Of the executive committee. two or
three Of the patroncsSes. and some d the
Junior committee 1t was happy thought
On the part Of those VINO have 10 see that
there are sufficient funds 70 give the neg
ccted and abandoned and otherwise for
lorn babies Of v llnington. healthy and
happy start in ilie and II is beng well
pushed forward by those who have Il in
hand.
On the executive committee are. Mrs.
Frank l.. de ArmoLd. Mrs J Lawrence
ellison. Mrs Harry G.. Haskell Mrs. I'd
car 81. Hopes. II. Mrs. Macmillan
Hoopes. Mrs Maurice du PQnt Lee. Mrs
Harlan G Scott, Mrs. Pau F. Wilson
The patronesses are Mrs. John Ban
croft. Mrs {. Marshall Barton Mrs
George p. BisseIl. Mrs II Fletcher Brown,
Mrs. L. c. Buckner Mr- Frcdcr. ok
William Curtis. Miss Elizabeth Draper,
Mrs James A. Draper .ir Mrs a Felix
du Pont, Mrs. Ernest On Pont Mrs H. +
du Pont, Mrs. Pierre : du Pout Mrs I.
dll Pont, Mrs. George Al Elliott, Mrs
Alfred II. Gawthrop Mrs Preston Lea.
Mrs Josiah Marvel, Mrs Thomas W.
Miller Mr.. Hugh II Morris, Mrs J.
Percy Nlelds. Mrs. Robert Pennington,
Mrs Robert II. Richards, Mrs Henry j.
scott. Mrs. H. Rodney Sharp, Mrs.
William c. Spruance, Mrs Henry b.
Thompson, Mrs. ). D. Townsend. Mrs
Joseph p. Wales, Mrs. Christopher J..
Ward. Mrs Irving Warner, Mrs Leonard
A Yerkes.
And last but not least. there is com
mittee Of juniors, Is follows Miss Eliza
beth Amory, Miss Josephine Bush, Mrs.
Walter :. Carpenter, Jr. Mrs. james Den
ham, Mrs. W Povntell Johnston, Mrs.