Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-11
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asm rs the art student studying the spirit
of the inimitable Pyle technique.
The writer recalls certain winter wnen
oil the world of snow and sport was snue
Out by the heavy curtains oi n scarlet
fever sckroom. Two youngsters III cNim
alternately pored over the inhhor'n,
undertook" by Howard rye h'u
! ate ginger bread. while the outdoor ar
rarE with the shouts of coasters on the
white hillside. Even scarlet fever was wort
while with such entertainment Inc
Society of the Fine Arts Will confer on
art in general, "A great and DstinR ber eilt'
through the Howard Pyle work ne
proof has been corrected, as announced
ut the meeting held III Stanley Arthur
studio on Tuesday afternoon.
The personnel of the spring exhibition
committee is promising for the treat III
store for art lovers. Clifford Ashley 's
chairman. aud the other members are
Mrs. Thomas Woodruff Miller, MIS-;
Frank o. Whitlock, Arthur Mars ana
Frank SchoOnover,
Mrs A. ID. Armstrong. formerly OF
Wilmington, now OF Memphis, ieiih.'
announced the engagement of her daughter
Winfield Kline. Jr., of New York City MISS
Mason has been spending tho last several
months in Tours. France, where she II
engaged in study.
The annual meeting Of Cgsar Rodney
Chapter. u. A. r., held Tuesday after
noon M the New Century Club, was also
the charters anniversary meeting. Dele
gates we're elected as follows To the na-
tjonal ID. A II congress IN Washington
10 be held in April. Mrs. j. r. Fuller
vice regent, who will go rs the delegate
10 the regent. Mrs. James II scott; Mrs
Fred A Wardenburg, Miss Deborah
Peacock The alternates are Mrs. " -
Duff. Mrs. Williams, Mrs Edward Ellll-
gan. Mrs John II Harvey, Mrs.
Middleton. Mrs George Hall, MrS-
Leon Fasom. Miss Marion James, Mrs
Herman Rile, Mrs Charles Grlihth. me
following delegates were elected 20 repre-
sent Cmsar Rodney Chapter ~ the state
! ID. A. r. convention which VIII ee held ~
Wilmington in February. Mrs James - !,
scott Mrs ! f. Fuller Mrs. =. y.
/ NJoodv Mrs W II. Woodward Mrs.
/ William c.. Bond. Mrs Fred a. Warden
! burr. Mrs. Edward Gilllgen Mrs. J "
/ Harvey. Miss Deborah Peacock, Mrs
i William Middleton The alternates arc
Nirs II. G.. Elv. Mrs Icon Easom, Mrs
" l.. Duff Mrs. Wm II lIanckcr, Mrs
+ Crecn Miss Grace Baird Mrs.
Allca Mrs. George Hall, Mrs.
+ Gcnrge Cox Colonial points Of interest
uere descrihed bv Mrs Charles l.. Griffith,
who told Of visiting Plymouth and other
historical places last summer. The chapter
has decided 10 provide scholarship II
the Martha Berry Mountain school rear
Rome. Ga 4 delightful .social hour ioi-
lowed the busiress meeting, with MIS-.
J +. Fuller as hostess assisted by Mes
DANES Duff, Fly and Easom.
The club women Of Delaware arc cx-
pected to take q prominent part ~ the
Herbert Hoover Food Relief Campaign.
Mrs. A. D. Warner viii represent TIC
State Federation az Women's Clubs III
The courcil and Mrs Arthur Patterson
will serve for the New Century Club
Probably all of the federated clubs viii
take part in the campaign-
luncheon gwen in New York recently
which was very much out ot tho ordinary
Vas in honor Of Miss Betty Nolcott
Merchant. the debutante daughter Of
Mrs Huntington W Merchant. Ii was
called n cafe chantant luncheon and II
had amusing features though the enter
tanners were personal friends Of the host
ess and her guests and not Of the amusc-
ment world
The room where the tables were placed
was decorated with trailing laurel, winter
green berries and pumpkins that had been
brought from the " oodriff farm, Ash
Grove. in Ltchheld, Conn. Zach table
bore q humorous reserved sign painted
bv Miss Merchant, who Is an artist. and
each table was presided over by celebrity
representing artists poets. dramatlsts and
authors. The hostess. herself an author
had Instead OF place cards for each guest
one of her autographed books
The debutantes present besides Miss
Merchant were Misses Suzanne '. du
Vivier. Katherine f. Morris, Molly Van
r. Cogswell, Eliza 5. Parish, Eleanor
Towre, Kathleen Crawford, Virginia
Fox. Georgina l.. Wells, Juliet Chrisholm,
Dorothy Newton Sharp. Carolyn ".
Ferriday, Margaret ". Dawson. Julia
Fincke, Dorothy D. Brown, Harriet
Camao and Katharine Hurd.
Two prominent Wilmington men, Alexis
|. du Pont, Harvard go, and Henry F
du Pont, Harvard, '03, have been singled
out for appointment on committees OF
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