Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-01
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Many of those who go up to attend the
MAY Day rcvels and plays at Bryn
Mawr. on Friday and Saturday, May Z
and s, will have tea on the grounds, where
thev will find two attractive Wilmington
girls serving as mattresses, namely Miss
Rebecca Reinhardt, who is chairman OF
the Delaware committee for the endow-
ment fund of the college, for which pllr-
pose the revels will be held, and Miss
Mary Ramsay of Guyencourt. Needless
to say, it will be pleasant to have tea on
the wonderful Bryn Mawr campus, where
there is so much to attract the eye from
the ivy-hung gatcways of the entrances
to the stately cloisters of the library,
whose academic lines rival the classic
beauty of Rockefeller Halls "Owl Gate
way" At this season, too the foliage of
the newly-blossomed trees and shrubs
which make the campus so inviting are
just in full leaf, furnishing nature S perfect
background for the gay revels and merry
doings of the May Day celebration.
Tickets are in great demand for the
revels, every day now the members OF
the committee in Wilmington receiving
calls from those who wish to attend.
Invitations have been issued by Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Davis of l20S Rodney
street, for the marriage of their daughter,
Margaret. to Samuel J. Milliken. son of
Colonel and Mrs. James Milliken OF Pitts
burg, Pa, the wedding TO take place
Saturday evening, May Is, at $50 o'clock
In Westminster Church, followed 10y a
small reception to immediate friends and
relatives.
The largest ohiIdren's party of the
season will be given by Mr.. and Mrs.
George A. Elliott this evening at the VIII
mington Country Club, for young Richard
Elliott and lit,le Anne Elliott. The young
folks will dance, and many pleasant and
novel features will be arranged for their
enjoyment.
Mrs. William G. Ramsay of Guyen-
court, who has been visiting Mrs. A. ID.
Chandler in South America for some
time, will go to England before returning
home. She will be joined In that country
by Miss Mary Ramsay and Miss Jane
Ramsay for a season of English travel.
The Misses Ramsay have received their
passports, but may need to wait for
time on securing passage.
Inc pEiIkt tiub VIII iliftb
on Monday afternoon with Mrs. j Ralph
Bailey.
Mrs. W Poyntell Johnston is entertain
ing with children s party this afternoon
In honor of young Poyntell JoLnston's
ninth birthday. After luncheon at the
Johnston home the entire party will see
"Jack-O O-Iantern" at The Playhouse.
Mrs. Henry b. Thompson, Mrs George
A. Elliott, Mrs. Frederick William Curtis,
Mrs. John b. Bird, Mrs. Richard Reese
were among the Wilmington women who
attended the anti-suifrage luncheon held
in New York Thursday.
News received from Mrs L. b. Mode
tells of delightful cruise and interesting
stops at Panama and Cristobal, The
weather has been ideal writes Mrs Mode,
and the party has been a happy one all
the way.
A gift Of 5000 10 the endowment
fund of the Y. w. c. A. has recently been
announced This gift is a memorial TO
Laura Spelman Rockefeller, in whose
name, also, Mr.. Rockefeller recently gave
$500, 900 for the purchase of building in
New York City TO be rcmodelled into a
hotel for employed girls This $500, 900
goes toward the $4,000. 900 endowment
fund which the y. W. G.. A. voted, at its
National Convention late IN April, TO
complete in the next FIVE years. The
present fund is 50, 100000.
The benefit performance of "Daddies"
at The Playhouse on Monday. May 10,
for the Homeopathic Hospital, promises
to be well attended. A number of tickets
are being sold, and the committee in charge
of sales is as follows: Mrs. Robert Pening-
ton, telephone number, 3035. Mrs. ].
Chester Gibson, $3.50. Mrs Harold
Schutt, 1892. Mrs. Joseph Bancroft,
2260 Mrs. Monteith jackson, sos. Miss
Beadenkopf, 592. The tickets pur-
chased now can be exchanged on MAY 5.
As the regular seat sale does not start
TIL Nav 6, those buying now have the
advantage in location.
The question has been asked, do Ameri-
can women make money-slaves of their
husbands? Perhaps because American
men have been too generous to American
women, now they are living the result of
such over-indulgence. American men are
generous, and American wom-
en- have been petted TO believe that the
merest coprice may be INDUCED. regard
less of monev spending.
In a recent newspaper article on Ameri-
can and English husbands, Lady Decies,
who was formerly Miss Nivien Gould. |