Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-18
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/ darce next Thursday evening for Miss
| Elizabeth Stubbs. Fifty or more of the
school set viii enioy the occasion. Miss
| Josephine Schiller of Sweetbriar College
/ Faculty will spend the holidays with
her sister, Mrs. Stubbs.
Two large parties arc scheduled for
| Thursday everirg, December 30. Mrs.
/ Henry y. Thompson will entertain
| large party of yourg people, with dance
| at the Thompson home, and Mrs. Henry
| Hopes will be the hostess for similar
affair Mt the Country Club, in honor OF
| Miss Henrietta Hopes, who wall be
accompanied home from Fdrmir gton by
Miss Mary G. Sampson. Miss Ella Bourber
and Miss Charlotte Church. buffet
supper will be feature of the Hoopes
dance.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Lea Tatnall OF
1900 Rodney street announce the en-
81 cement Of their daughter, Caroline
Gibbons Tatnell. to Lee Sparks, Jr
Mrs. William ii. Laird's sons, William
| Laird of the University of Virginia, and
Edmund Laird, of Episcopal High School
at Alexandria, Va, will be at home Tor
| Christmas.
The Union Garders Century Club held
| It's fiist program mcetu & last light at tho
! home of Mrs Russell Rogers, GOA South
| Grant avenue. An interesting program
was given, under the direction Of Mrs.
/ Henry Powell Musical rumbers were
/ giren by Niesdames Griffith ard Cham
/ dler. Mrs Philip Guerke gave recitatiore,
aud Mrs. Sheppard Of the New Century
! Club read an original Christmas story:
! This club promises to do excellent
| work. now il ia well under way with ITS
| plans The first January meeting VIII nc
devoted to the Tercentcnary of the nj
grims Landing, program which was post
/ poncd from November At tho second
! January meeting the Home Economics
/ Department under Mrs. Carleton T..
! Bardsley, craftsmanship will hold dem
onstration in bread making. In February
the club will hold Lincoln and Wash
inVton celebration when addresses IRON
well known speakers will be heard. end
in March. Mrs Funk will give talk on
/ her interesting work in biology Mrs
| Amy Meyer is president Of the club.
Tomorrow Mr.. and Mrs Joseph J.
I Carnenter. Jr OF l307 Delaware avenue,
J will SEQ their 55th wedding day ami
versarv. 1t is also the birthday Of Mrs
/ Carpenter and Of her mother, SO III pc
culiarly time OF interesting memories
! 10 both Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, who arc
SO we'll known and highly beloved by
many persons in Delaware, Mr. and Mrs.
/ Carpenter may spend the next week IN
/ New Jersey.
Mrs. Robert Smith. Mrs. James Sterl-
| ing and Mr. and Mrs Frank Lackey are
I in New York City 10 meet Robert Smith,
1 James Sterling, Tom Sterling and Walter
+ Butler. who sailed from England on De-
cember IL, and are expected 20 arrive IN
! New York today.
Miss Mildred Kirkus is at home from
j Stewart Hall, Staunton Va. for the
/ Christmas holidays.
Mrs Robert Pennington has returned
flom New York where she went to meet
Miss Carolyn Pennington, who IS home
from Pennington for Christmas.
The Vicmead Hunt Club will hold its
weekly meet today at the Old Mil.
This afternoon AT the New Century
Club the children Of the American Revo-
luton will hold their monthly meeting.
An interesting program will be given.
This afternoon at the Hotel du Pont, the
first of the The Dansants 20 be gwen
for the benefit OF the Babies Hospital viii
take place Many reservations have
been made and large number of young
people, especially, are expected 20 enjoy
The occasions for the The Dansants. Ms.
Harlan G. Scott Is chairman of the com
mjttee. and her aides are Mrs. Harry
Haskell. Mrs. T. NJ Hopes, Jr., Mrs
Maurice du Pont Lee. Mrs. Frank De
Almond. Mrs. Leonard Yerkes, Mrs.
Paul Wilson, Miss Elizabeth Amory.
Miss Amory is in charge of reservations
for The Dansants, and her telephone num-
Der IS 4I62-W
During Christmas week The Dansants
will take place each afternoon, and later
on January and on January ID there
will be others.
Mrs. Robert W. Smith went over 70
New York 10 meet her daughter, Miss
Mary Smith, who has been spending two
months In England
Mr. and Mrs George F. Lewis have
returned from trip to the Pacific coast
They a.so visited Arizona.
Mrs. Irenee du Pont will entertain at
dinner OH the evening of December q.
Mrs. Frank DeArmond will be the hostess
for a dim er Oh Tuesday evening in honor
of Miss Mary Marvel.
Mrs L. Scott Towr send will entertain
al dinner on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Charles Candee and Miss Alice
j. Candee have returned from Princeton
! where on Thursday evening DIR. and Mrs
Charles Brown ertertaired in q delight
ful way in hor or Of Miss Car dee, who was