Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-29


maids viii he the g.oou's sister, MISS
Carohre G.. TatnaIl, Miss Mary Tatnali
and Miss Ell Nj. Hopkins of M ontclnir,
n. j.
Mr.. Tatnalls best man will be Darrell
Z Barnard. ith, II lea Tatrall, Marley
Shaw. c. Danr ely Shaw. William Ellison
Barnard of Camden, Delaware.
Ralph Shaw will give his sister in mar
riagc. An Informal reception at the bride's
home will follow the wedding. Mrs.
Simon B. Cameron of Harrisburg, Pa, ar
rived Yesterday, TO attend the weddit!g
Of her riece Miss Shaw is the graz d.
daughter of the evererd Charles B.
Shaw, orc time pastor of Ger trail presby-
terinn Church. She ~ unusually gifted IN
many ways and her host of friends here
will regret TO learn that she and Mr..
Tatnall will reside ut Prinoeton. n. J.
Mrs. Henry H. Thompson will bc the
hostess for n darce tomorrow everirg NJ
the Thompson home at Greeuvillc.
large number Of you~g people will erjoy
this hospitality Or New Years day Mrs
Thompson will entertain the Vicmead
Hunt Club with hunt breakfast.
Miss Henrietta Hoopes the charming
Young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, Henry
Hoopes. will be the houorce OF darce
given by Mrs. Hopes tomorrow evening
at the Country Club. Miss Hopes holt
dav guests are Miss Mary c. Samson,
Miss Ella Bourher and Miss Charlotte
Church A buffet supper will he = feature
Of the dance.
One of the parties Of carol-singers which
gave such pleasure to 80 many person,
on Christmas Eve was composed Of the
following young girls who are members OF
West presbyte' ian Chuch Misses Carolyn
Pritchett, Martha Ill., Mabel Fuller,
Helen Bolinger, Margaret Bruce, Ethel
and Ruth Fell, Shella Jackson, Gladys
McRae, Mildred Stiles, May Sheward,
Ethel Gabky,. Accompanied by Miss
Grace Baird tho group visited the Home
for Aged Women, Home Of Merciful Rest,
and the hospitals Of the city, singing
carols with fresh young voices in way
delightful 10 hear.
Cards are out for bah 20 be given by
Mrs Henry r. Thompson on January 20
at the Rits-Carleton Hotel in Philadelphis,
in honor OF Miss Eleanor Thompson.
Mr. and Nrs. ID. w. Jordan Of German
town. Pa, We're the Monday night guests
Of Mrs Jordan's sister, Mrs, Charles
Everett, and were the honorccs Of dinner
given bv Mr.. and Mrs Victor du Pont
The inaugural ball W hich win mark the
opening of Governor Elect William Dennys
administration viii take place in Dover on
January is, 1921
February 4 has been selected by the
Junior Class Of Delaware College for It's
annual Prom" which will be given in the
ballroom Of the Hotel du Pont Owing TO
the large number who always desire 10
attend the "proms. the number Of
couples who may be present is limited TO
l5o
The Dansants for the benefit OF the
Babies Hospital at the Hotel du Pont are
drawn & many dan GERS each afterr oon, as
a The Dansant is set for every afternoon
this week, ard on January and January
Is Nor days patronesses were Mrs.
Harlan c. Scott, Mrs. S ID, Townsend,
Mrs George y. Bixell Tuesdays were
Mrs. Maurice du Pont Ice, Mrs. Martin
Walker, Mrs Daniel HastirE. Those
seryi & this afternoon are Mrs. Scott,
Miss Mary Brin ghurrt. Mrs. George
Elliott Tomorrow there will be Mrs.
Maurice du Pont Ice, Mrs. James Ginns
and Mrs. James A. Draper, Jr. On Friday,
Mrs. Paul 4. Wilson, Mrs. J. Chester
Gibson and Mrs. Robert Penir eton will
be the patroresses, and on Saturday, Mrs.
Edgar M Hopes, Jr,, will be interested
Dan cir z Is peculiarly the holiday pastime,
and this series of The Dansants is beng en-
liver ed by the prese' ce of a large number
Z sh xxJhn
taking from each day Of the hoIne-etay-
II week its full need of pleasure. The
hotel orchestra plays delightfully."-, with
8 smooth, even measure for danciTg and
altogether, no pleasanter way could be
found for passing winter hour or two.
Certairlv such a cause as the sick babies
is worthy enough to induce oil who enjoy
conviviality TO drop in az the Hotel du
Pont for a turn or so on floor rs smooth
IS silk Friday afternoon tea viii be
specially noteworthy by reason Of the
presence of the Cornell Glee Banjo and
Mandolin Club, whose concert for the
Cornell Endowment Fund takes pla ce
Friday night, with q dance TO follow
Several hostesses have arranged parties
for the Friday The DaDsant, among others
Mrs. Robert Pennington, Mrs. H. Fletcher
Brown and Mrs. Frank Tallmsn.
Mrs. Preston Lea and Miss Lea will
entertain at luncheon for Miss Jane
Richards tomorr ow. Mrs. Lea and Miss
Lea will sail for France, soon, to be gone
several months.
The coming OF Madame Schunann-
Heink 10 Wilmir gton on January 3 is
matter Of anticipation to local music
lovers, who know the power and pathos
of the great contralto's voice. Madame
Schumann-HeiI ks splendid conduct of
her large family is as familiar TO the read
ing public as is her power Of song and
no singer upon the concert or operate
stage has more or warmer friends than she.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Rodney Sharp, the
Sharp children, Miss Gertrude Brinckle
and Baron Vaux viii leave on January g
for their trip abroad
Christmas guests OF Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Porter on McLane street in
Union Park Gardens were Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Henderson, John Porter,
Daniel Porter, Miss Kathryn Porter of
Philadelphia.
Miss Jane Marvel and Miss Sarah
Townsend left Yesterday for Washington
to spend two days as the guests of Miss
Marjorie Wright, who has been Miss
Townsend's guest
Mrs. Irenee du Pont was the hostess
for large dinner on Monday evening.