Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
Mostly About People

This has been a very quiet week. 90 'ai
as social affairs are concerned, there has
been little of moment To record. NOT ooeS
the coming week suggest more thah "h
approach to a revival OF activities.
Ittje later on. however, really gay
whirl of entertainment Is anticlpatea,
inasmuch as one large debut party Is al
rcadv announced for this month, with two
or mavbe three more following IN NO
vember. : -,
OF course the appearance oi seNsla, i
charming debutantes means great oe',, ,,
Of partv-giving, and the honorees are ~, III
"A unusually pretty and all clever, there WIZ
bc hardly a duh moment once the season
Is really on. -. :
For the time, however, even poiltics Is
ohscured by the semi-ann,Ial household up
hcaval. Everybody's housecleaning anu
nothing need be expected IN entertain
mcnt until the dust Is cleared away
Miss Mary Askew Mather and Miss
Alice Smythe have returned To their hoihe
at 1912 Gilpin avenue, alter deighuui
summers STAY at Sharon tlll, Connecu-
c,ltt, Pittsfeld, and Mardilla, \. \. MISS
Nather will serve the New-C entury Ilun
again this wear rs chairman ot the htera-
turc ana ubiafN tNttiSiou e'iihfA'''
Hot Springs, Va, continues to attract
Wiimingtonians, theJohn Bancrofts hav-
inr dce,ded 10 90 down to that resort on
October IT. for two-weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G. Freeman OF
Providence. Rhode Island, are the week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft ana
Miss Esther Bancroft.
marriage of much interest to Della
warrans takes place this afternoon at /
O'Clock in Christ Church, Germantown,
Philadelphia. when Miss Emile Parnen-
tier Dean. daughter Of Normsn X. Dean,
uf lbs East Pomona Terrace, Germantown
and James II. Eliason. lr.. of New Castle
viii be united in marriage by ReN.
Charles Henry Arndt. The br1des only
attendant will be her sister. Miss George
anna r. Dean, who will be maid Of honor,
The best man will be Andrew EIiason oi
New Castle. a cousin of the groom. The
ushcrs Will be Severson Il. Cooling Jr.'
G. r.. Dickinson and Robert I. johnson,
all OF Wilmington, and Frederick h'
Lorenr of New York.
Miss Dean Will be charming In her
wedding dress of white SATIN ana georgett te
fashioned with a court train and wornwlth
q Nltitt NtAis NAith VIII ~ N~AN'rr
orange blossoms. Her flowers will be
bride roses and lilies OF the valley.
The maid-of-honor Miss Georgcsnna
4 Dean will be gowncd IN a soft shade OF
grt,en georgette, trimmed with SILVER and
cry-sta beads, worn with hat Of velvet
crown and maline brim. adorned with
silvsr Silver slippers viii complete her
toilette, and she will carry shaded PINK
dahlias.
Mis- Dean IS widely known in PhiIadel-
phia. She Is a graduate of Germantown
inends School and Mount Holyoke
College. Since her graduation she has
taken an active interest IN outside affairs
She Is secretary OF the Philadelphla Mount
iIolvoke Alumnae Association and 4
member of the Philadelphia Committee
for tho Mount IIolyoke endowment fund
Mr. ElIaSon Is young business man OF
New Castle and is we'll and favorably
Known throughout the State. The young
couple VIII make their home in New
Castle
Societv viii learn with very real regret
az the approaching departure of DR.. and
Mrs Packard Laird and baby for Miami
Florida. on October 10. They have oc-
cupied Mrs. William II. Lands residence
On Noodlawn avenue for the summer
Mrs. Laird's attractive personality and
distinguished family connection unite tC
constitute a social asset Wilmington
regrets to lose, if only for the time being
a. Is hoped.
Mrs. William H. Laird viii take pos
session OF her home following DIR. and Mrs
Lairds departure, for Florida, and ar
rs.ngcments will be perfected for Mis-,
Margaret Lands debut into society OF
November 26, when Mr.. and Mrs. Win
der Laird will entertain with large affail
Ia her honor.
The occasion will be the first forna
SPECIAL gathering IN the Hotel du Pont
ballroom, this new season. Many guestf
will be present 10 greet the honoree, In
cluding a large family connection, anc
several out-Of-town guests.
Other host esses will honor the pretty
debutante, among them Mrs. Henry
Hopes who VIII issue cards for q function
and Mrs Philip Laird, who will give s
dinner ON the evening of { he debut party
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