Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-08
Mostly About People

Two large dinners are scheduled before
the assembly. Mrs. III. Fletcher Brown
will have 20 guests or more, and Mrs
Henry Is. Thompson will entertain q
party composed of % young people In
honor of Miss Eleanor Thompson.
All social interest of the week is sub
sarvient 10 the first of the assemblies
which will bring together on Friday
evening, in the Hotel du Pont ballroom
representative gathering of the socially
elect IN Wilmington.
The history of the assemblies IS the
history of society in Delaware, and ac-
Cepted In such sense is ot larger slgnltl-
cance than merely the functionlng oi
chosen event for the pleasure OF few
Society is popularity supposed to mean
the collective activities OF number OF
groups of persons, all of whom, more or
less, are the fortunate pOssessors OF sum
cient means and refinement to add their
quota of charms and interest TO the
general entertainment.
on n stricter analvsis. the term society
means the mirroring, or rejecting. OF a
community's graces and gaietles, hence
such functions as the assemblies assume
very real interest. because the grace, re
fnement and courtlincss they display
NAV he taken as evidence of the com
munity's culture.
Mrs. Henry r. Thompson Is chairman
of the assemblies committee, the other
members of which are Mrs. A. Felix
du Pont, Miss Amy f. du Pont, Harlan
g. Scott and Harry G. Haskell. The
patronesses are Mrs. Charles l.. Candee,
Mrs Charles b. Holladay, Mrs. Holiday
s Needs. Mrs Robert II. Richards, Mrs
II IA
du Pont. Mrs. Walter J. Laird.
Music for the evening will be furnished
tv the Myer Davis Orchestra.
Last night Emmanuel Church choir gave
delightful concert for the benefit OF the
new hvmnals to be used in the church
u'nder the direction of Mrs Howard Pyle
some very fine work has been done by this
body of musicians, aided in large measure
bv the accompanist work Of Miss klrkus.
This afternoon at the monthly meeting
~ the New Century Club an open forum
will be held for the discussion Of club
matters.
Miss Margaret Carter Of Charlottes-
vile, Va. who has been the guest OF Miss
Margaret Laird, returned home by way
of Baltimore, where she viii visit.
Thi, afternoon at Indian Hill. Mrs.
Iammot du Pont is the honoree Of a
luncheon given by Airs. Rodgers Wilson.
Tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. du Pont VIII
he the guests Of honor at an afternoon
tea given by Mrs. William X. du Pont.
An attractive visitor m Wilmington last
week WAS Mrs. Lawrence NsIlor oi
II H. Al r~G NJ Ire
William Corey An unusually elaborate
round of entertaining WAS done in Mrs
Majors honor On Tuesday Mrs. Corey
gave luncheon and bridge at which
forty guests had the pleasure of greeting
the honoree On Wednesday Nirs, Homer
Barry entertained st a large card party
On Thursday evening Mr.. and Mrs
William Barr were host and hostess for
an evening affair ct cards, and on Friday
Mrs f. B. Mode had y guests at
luncheon for Mrs Nailor. who returned
TO Baltimore on Saturday evening.
Miss Helen oden has returned TO Smith
College after q week stay with her par
cnts. DR.. and Mrs. Joseph Odell.
Mrs. Emil Larson, of Plainfeld, y j.
formerly of Wilmington, has been the
guest Of Mrs. Henry Spruance. who
entertained in honor Of her visitor on
SATURDAY.. A delightful luncheon and
matinee party was the order OF the affair.
Plans for the dance - be given by the
Auxiliary Of the homeopathic Hospital
on December 2S al the New Century Club,
are progressing and every thing points
t. a large sale Of tickets. Miss Anna Negen
dank is president Of the auxiliary and the
committee for the dance Is as follows:
Mrs : c. Frederick. chairman; Miss
Negendank Miss Esther Wilson, Miss
Ruthanna Taylor, Miss Marion Belts
and Miss Dorothy Smith.
The Junior Board OF the Delaware
Hospital met yesterday morning in Mrs.
Coleman du Points ballroom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred A. Curtis will
leave on the 18th for Coronado. Cal They
will spend the winter IN the southern part
Of the state and expect 10 visit many
places of interest during their stay.
Mrs Celand Jones has returned from
week spent at the Marlborough Blen-
helm at Atlantic City.
Mrs T. Layton Grler Of Milford was the
guest Of Mrs William Corey last week
Mrs Ethel Brown OF Middletown was
another guest iD the Corey household
Mrs. Francis Whitten went TO Balti-
more on Monday for the Bachelors dance
which is the most interesting Of all the
large social affairs Of the winter in Balt-
more.
The supper gwen by the Women's
Bible Class of ST. John 5 last Thursdav
evening was great success, and the mem
bers are much gratlhed at the results Of
the sale
Tomorrow morning at ] o'clock. the
Junior Board Of the Homeopathic Hos
pItal viii meet at the hospital
Chester Lockwood Of Washington is
guest in the Josiah Marvel home for the
week end.
a recent wedding in which large
.ircle of friends Is interested was that Of
DR. George Frank Mason, Jr.. of this city,
and Miss Cornelia kemper Lloyd daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs Samuel LLOYD Of
Washington, which took place in that
city on November "a DIR. Mason and M !.
Mason are now at home to their friends