Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-19

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| Park. on Saturday. June IL, at Charles
! town. Md, the ceremony being performed
| by Rev. J. H. Wilson. MIR. and Mrs.
| LAYTON will spend their honeymoon at
| Ocean View Hotel, Ocean View, Vn, re-
manning several weeks,
Miss Edith Hubbard, who is instructor
! of mathematics at Friends School ana
whose home is in Plymouth, Mass. Is To
begin mn interesting summer when she
sails from Boston, juno %, on the fort
| Victoria Of the FrncssWarrcn Inc.
| Miss Hubbard ia descended from a Pilgrim
| father, and is, of course, Interested IN the
pageant and other celebrations that are
| to mark the tercentennial of the landing
| of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1921, and
that will take place next summer on
sunny, smiling shore, instead OF the storm
| and rock-bo,md coast. which the fil-
| grims found when they landed in Decen-.
| ber. according TO 4 noted, but uninformed
| English poetess winter not being par
| ticularly comfortable time for celehra-
/ tions in the open.
This summer the departure OF the nj
grims and others seeking religlous liberty,
| is going To be celebrated in England and
| Holland. and IL is to the old English homes
| OF che Pilgrim Fathers that Nlise Hubbard
will Journey while in Great Britain. On
| August r i'm 1920, the Speedwell, which
| had come from Holland, and the May
| flower, set sail from Southampton that
| will be one place Of commemoration, and,
| the Spccdwell having sprung leak, both
| ships put into Plymouth hsrbor. The
| Speedwell's passengers were put on the
Mayfower, and, on September y, the ex-
petition finally set sail for America on
that date this wear, there ~ to be an elabo-
rate celebration at Plymouth, September
| 3, 4. i and @. with many receptions md
speeches in the Guild Hall and other fine
| old buildings. and on the great Hoe, where
the statue of Drake looks out over the
beautiful harbor, that might give dreams
Of discovery and conquest to every mariner
| who sails therefrom Then NJ Dartmouth,
another seaport. with harbor Of wondrouH
! beauty (ss indeed are all on the Devon
| coastl there in too an observance because
| Pilgrim ships put in there for some slight
| repairs.
The Manchester Mayflouer committee
has arranged program Of conferences and
meetings at Duxbury, the birthplace of
| Miles @tstandIsh three Essex towns
| BillericIay. Chelmsford and Colchester
will have celebrations: also Nottingham
because in that district lived Brewster
Bradford and John Robinson; and Nor
wioh, Yarmouth, Harwich and Cam
| bridge. Every town whence fed the Phi
arims will observe in some manner, most
| 81 them being in the counties OF Norfolk,
| Essex. Kent and in London.
! In London and its surroundings, the
| celebration will be Of national character,
and Il will be on September 10, which in
/ new stvle is the anniversary Of the Phi.
| prims' sailing memorial service will be
| held early in the day, and later great
| mass meeting will take place IN Albert
| Hall
Holland has arranged an elaborate form
| of program, and there. as IN England, all
Americans will he welcomed IL will be
| from August 20 to September 4, and
| distinguished committee has il in charge
Included in the committee are several
| ministers Of State burgomsstere Of the
| principal cities, representatives Of the
| universities, including Leyden, DR. Henry
Van Dyke Of Princeton, Or Rendell Har-
| ris of Manchester and Niscount Bryce, the
| sreat exponent of America IN Europe
| This Congress" will be the learned parf
of the festival, and will he held chiefly IN
| I,evden and Amsterdam The Pilgrim
/ Fathers Commission Of the Netherlands
/ will hold celebrations also in Delftshsvcu
and Rotterdam and therc will he - journey
| by boat from Deyden to Delftshsven,
| along the way the Pilgrims went.
| Major-generals, brigadier-generais, heu-
| tenant-cenerals and the 272 new second
| lieutenants who compose the class of 1920,
| craced the beautiful grounds of the United
| Ststes Military Academy at West Point
| on Tuesday for the graduation exercises
| Pretty girls were there, brave in organizes
| of every hue, looking like gay-winged
| butterflies Men retired from service were
| there. thrilling at the reminder OF past
| eventful hours. Fond parents were there,
| filed with pride in their stalwart sons
| Illustrio,is folk were there from all over
| the country. with brave General Pershing
present to give the graduation GRAFTON,
standing beneath the wide-fung Stars
and Stripes beside Battle monument,
Those who attended from Wilmington
ssy il wac s wonderful occasion, and that
the Monday night dance was a very
| beautiful affair. Miss Katherine Harding
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Harding,
| great granddaughter OF Jay Cooke, was
acclaimed the belle Of the evening, dancing
t the first dance with General Pershing.
Mrs. James A. Draper and the Misses
! Draper will leave near July ], for Fisher g
| Island, off New York State, where they
will spend the summer.
Miss Heath Jones has returned from
Washington, where she attended National
| Cathedral School for Girls. Mrs. f. B.
| Jones was with her for the commencement
! exercises.
Mrs. Temple Chapman Of Joplin, Mo
is the guest Of Mrs. Norman Rood.
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Perot Keen Q
Kynlyn- Bellevue, will go to Atlantic City
| for o two or three-weeks' stay IN July.
The Charles Ruperts Of Sedgely Will
west and Western States.
Mrs. George Priest, Miss Katheryn
Priest and John s. will go to New Hart
| ford, Conn, next week, TO spend the sum
mer.
| The Cromwell-Dodge wedding in De
| troit on Thursday was OF interest to
many persons in this vicinity and in
| Philadelphia James II r. Cromwell Of
Philadelphia and Miss Delphine lone
Dodge, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
| E. Dodge Of Detroit, were married in
the jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church.
| Several hundred persons, many Of them
| from New York and Philadelphia, wit
| messed the ceremony