Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-04


and Mrs. George II. Bogart, Jr:, of Ash
ley, as did also Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Frazer
of Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Kniffep of
Holly Oak, who have been in the C1Dkskill
| Mountains, win return home next Thurs
day.
DR.. Coleman of Augusta, Georgia,
spent several days this week with his
daughter, Mrs. James Denham.
Mrs. Frederick William Curtis, Miss
Dorothy Curtis and Miss Harriette Cur
tis, are expected home today from Maine,
where they have spent the latter part Of
the summer.
The Wilmington colony at Eaglce-
mere is disbanding, number returning
this week. DR.. Frederick NJ. Kirkus, Mrs.
kirkus and family are back from that re-
sort, where they enjoyed a. delightful
summer. Miss Virginia Kirlois visited
Cape Cod, the Berkshires and East
Orange before returning home. The
i Alfred Elliotts are due home today from
Eaglcmcrc, "a are Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Reese.
The water sports at Eaglesmere have
excited much interest this summer, and
only last week Edmund and William
Land, sons of Mrs William II. Laird, cap
turcd honors in competition for swimming
and diving. Judge George Gray, Mrs.
Gray and Miss Anne Gray will remain
until September Is.
| Mr. and Mrs Packard Laird are spend
ing several days in Virginia, where Ros-
well Page, Mrs. Lairds uncle, is enter
tanning at his home IN Fairfax his brother,
| Thomas Nelson Page, former Ambassador
to Italy, and Mrs. Page. The purchase
| of the old Read MANSION nj New Castle
by MIR and Mrs. Laird is most interesting,
the place being over l19 years old and at
historic show place of Delaware. DIR. and
Mrs Laird will 90 down in the spring TO
make their residence In New Castle.
| Mississippi and Virginia Reel are two
very snappy and happy and nifty little
hackneys that Miss Amy T.. du Pont re-
| Gently acquired and that are going to be
| the cream of her exhibit at the Rochester
horse show ncxt week. Miss du Pont goes
on Monday, and viii find horses and
grooms thore, As they left in express cars
on Thursday. Mississippi and Virginia
/ ie<Hei aie hP kAAts tsi4i Wtth ~
| gether in tandem or AZ a pair IN the ladies
| phaeton classes, they are tremendously
strong and pull on the reins with arm
| straining force. In a tandem the Reel IS
| the leader and the river famed one the
| wheeler, and as both are bright straw
horry roans, they make a snowy appear
ance Next in Importance comes Romping
| Flash, the Fairfields bred stallion, his sire
| the great English polonius, who never
WAS beaten in any show Romping Flash
made a sensational debut at Devon In the
| spring. and what he WIN make out of
| Rochester viii be interesting to sec. He
had tremendous competition at Devon and
he viii have even greater at Rochester,
| for tho Rochester show ranks next 20
| Madison Square Garden and attracts all
the big horse owners in the country.
Reggie" Vanderbilt as a special favor
acts as one Of tho judges in this hackney
stallion class Il is the only class he will
Judge and just what he may think about
hackney stations no one knows until the
tinae comes Mrs. Loula Long Combs,
the Wanamakers, the Wander bits, Judge
Moore and some others Of the world
famous exhibitors viii be in competition
with Miss du Pons in this class and in the
others too.
Another interesting thing about the
class in which Romping Flash is entered
is the trophy, $500 piece of English plate,
very rare and unusual prize that will
make the winner of this particular blue
ribbon remembered In horse show circles.
Mrs. Harry j. Fisher and daughter, of
Alaska, will arrive in Wilmington tomor-
row for an indefinite visit to Mrs. Fishers
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ".
Shev-prd nj Stl West street
Mr. and Ms. Homer J. Forsythe and
daughter, Miss Lucille Forsythe, have
been guests at The Seaside, Atlantic City,
for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar P. Gregg. 25O2 West
Eighteenth street, and Mr.. ahd Mrs.
Joseph Adams of Penn's Grove, N. j., are
now spending two weeks at Wildwood,
New Jersey.
Mrs. Newton b. Richardson of New
burg, n. Y, who has been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William ]. Lackey
returned home Wednesday morning. Mr.
and Mrs. Lackey are spending the week
end at Atlantic City.
A prominent wedding OF wide social
interest will take place at Airlee, the sum
mer home Of Mr. and Mrs Harry Con-
nelly Groome, on Saturday, September
IL, when their daughter, Miss Susan
Townsend Groome, will become the bride
of Robert Toland, I'd, Of Philadelphia.
Miss Nancy Binney Dunning, of Phila
delphia, viii be the maid of honor. The
bridesmaids will be Miss Lindsay Wood
and Miss Mary Custis Lee, of this city;
Miss Lorraine Disston, Miss Elizabeth
Welch and Miss Atlee Downs, of Phila-
delphia; Miss Mary Ernestine Appleton
of Warrenton; Miss Nancy Carnegie of
Boston, and Miss Eleanor Harris, of
Atlee, Va, Little Miss Sallie Harris, of
Warrenton, will be the flower girl; Mr..
James Z. Gowne, of Philadelphia, will be
the best man, and the ushers will include
Edward Dale Toland, Richard III. r.
Toland and Owen Jones Toland, brothers
Of the bridegroom; Samuel Wagner,
Emile Geyelin, Alexander d. Thayer,
Curtis Allen, Francis Boyer and Eckley
Cox, of Philadelphia; William Darlington
of West Chester, Pa, and Casper c. Ba-
con, of Boston
Mr.. Toland and his bride will make
their home in Wynnewood, Pa.
Mrs. Robert w. Tomlinson of 1921 |
Park Place has as guests this week, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Randolph Coyle.
First of the important fall weddings will |
be that of Miss Esther Dallett to w. |