Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-07

AtifT "A MEEK ni SpflIi WV ~ tsA'
10 the wild orgy of the elements, Whining
ton society has brought about n kind o
elimination for st. Valentines. 1t woul,
seem as though no one could escape iron
I, marty. either large or small on the day
of the good saint. The debutantc SCI
have arranged dance, a subscription
dance nj the Hotel du Pont, and to brlnl
ripon il the good graccs of the patron o.
the day. they will make money out of 1t foI
the children Of the devastated regions oi
France, and give IL into the care of the
American Star Tho committee having
this affair IN charge includes Miss Mary
Morris Ramsay, the chairman; Miss
.Teannette Wiley, Miss Mary Rupert,
Miss Alice Richey, Miss Marjorie Pyle,
Miss Susanne Spcakman, Miss Esther
Ward Miss Elmer Nandegrift and Miss
Jean Evans There will be several little
valentine dinners proceeding, and all in
all the dance will be a fine celebration of
the day
For older folk. there will be large
buffet luncheon gwen by Mrs. Willard
;>aulshury at her town house. This ls the
inst winter for "A number Of years which
h,,s found th, wife of the retiring Senator
from Delaware at her home here, and she
Is dong what she did in times past, giving
some very elegant hnchCons and dinners.
Then there viii bc a party ut the home of
Mrs Coleman du Pont ON II. Valentines
evening, the cards bc-spcaking an enter
tainment by the Community Service.
Tins worthy phase OF welfare work rs ono
IN which Mrs du Pont Is deeply Interested
and she is having its excellence demon
stratcd 70 her friends to enlist their sup
port,
IxcduS TO warm resorts continues and
folk 60 off gladly IN the midst of hail and
ram The Pierre du Points and the Harry
. Haskells cahled of their arrival at
Honolulu on Wednesday and told Of their
having kept strictly 20 schedule since
their departure from Wilmington. the
middle Of January. They leave Honolulu
on February II for San Francisco, where
they stop for a few DAYS and then return
home the trip being somewhat hurried
because Mr. du Pont and MIR Haskell
have business matters that require their
presence at home Mrs Henry n rhomp-
son and Miss Eleanor Thompson leave
on Wednesday next for a cruise III the
West Indies 20 I've gone about five weeks /
Mrs. Thompson spent most of this week /
visiting her son. James, at st. Pauls {
School, Concord. n H., and returned on
Thursday. Miss Katharine Thompson I
5 visiting Miss Marian du Pont at the /
William du Points winter home, Alcana. a
plantation they own near Brunswick Ga,
md will remain for several weeks.
Mrs Frederick William Curtis and
Miss Dorothy Curtis are spending the
seck-cnd with Harriet Curtis az Miss
Walkers School AZ Simsbury Conn.
Miss Mary CURTIS had the first meeting
Il her bridge club AZ her home Wednesday
ftsrnoon The members arr hcing in
tructed IN auction bridge by Mrs. J. Il. :
'sssScr Of Swarthmorc.
The private view of the 115th annual
of the PENNSYLVANIA Academy
{ the Fine Arts Will be held thus evening.
nd quite a few Wilmingtonians will go TO
TO attend IT The hosteSscs
III he Mrs Benjamin Bore, Jr, Miss
ienrietta b. Ely, Mrs Thomas :. Gates,
lrS. William T. Gest, Mrs ; pcmhcrton
hutchinson. Miss katherine & Lea, Mn 8
tacy r. LLOYD, Mrs J. Hampton Moore
nj Miss Mary Dickinson NcWbold 5
MIR. and Mrs. MALCOLM 4. Holladay are 9
rlng congratulated on the hirth Of T
aughter. who has been named Virginia, a
nj was born January 80, at Delaware v
ospital. ]!
Tho north wind doth blow, and We shall r
I'VE snow, seems TO bc the weather
-ophet's special brand 81 a scasonable {,
'riety. Even our Delaware cold, though. {!
not severe enough 10 daunt lovers of Il
al winter sports as those enjoyed at o
lebcc, for instance. Mr. and Mrs. {,
,yntell ". Johnston, accompanied by
lss Marjorie Pyle, are going to partake n
the Quebec fun for a while Others, h'
ough, are lurcd by the magic call Of re
Q Southern seas, among these, Mrs. s
enry b. Thompson, Miss Eleanor
lompson, Miss Anne GRAY and Miss fiji
ne Marvel who will sail on Tuesday for Of
e West Indies to be gone something like re
weeks. Ii,
Mrs. Frank l.. dc Almond has returned so
nm short stay in Waterbury, Conn. IN
Mrs. Eugenia Hinson is in charge OF
iges for the novelty dances to be given frC
the Salamagund ball on February ii
the Hotel du Pont res
hu
Maxwell Moore left for Palm Beach. lnC
,rlda, yesterday. hu
IN,
WITS. fftflN hoOibs y visiting Miss ~"
nrietta HOPES at Pennington. an
inc
,irs. Coleman du Pont has gone to
Is School to be with her son, Elcu- hu
re- who Is i'll with scarlet fever. eaC @
S%'
o. Marvel Jr., Is home from Taft deI
Iool for a while. tah
ir and Airs. Harlan G. Scott left on Z
nday for Palm Beach, Florida III
yea
ne Auxiliary Of the homeopathic De
,pital met yesterday afternoon with
:. ;. {. Frederick. The attendance VI
excellent, and much interest mani aih'
ID IN the business discussed. The nee
Hillary has had III charge the rafting Of a. y
and the lucky winner was an !.
need yesterday as w w. Richards of tioi
Adams street. The Swarthmore Glee oee
'wlli give a concert ON the evening of 'iAs
ch ., under the auspices of the Aux
Y. az the Hotel du Pont.
RS. > &. Frederick is chairman for
occasion, which guarantees the sue r.
OF the evening. An informal dance will !
" the concert anu
very
n. ii. L. Evans has received interest IN dilu
letters from Mrs. III. l.. p King. TIa Ilte
erly Miss Sarah Evans, who Is with ny II
tenant King at Coblenz in Ger 4' oolo
7. Housekeeping under the condi- aa',, ailua
met by the Army Of OccIlDation ~ N"uI