Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-28
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,,;.s Ellen LaMotte was in Whining
49,, IaSt week. visiting her mother and
s;stcr Mrs. Ferdinand LaMotte and Miss
auc,,sta LaMotte. Miss LaMottes
art'cle. 1.-THE Temples of Angker," in
the February Harper's is extremely IN,
teresting, it is enlivenlng and unusual
and worth reading. Cambodia always
sounds like comic opera, recalls DE Won
Hopper as Wang and THAT elephant
ate all dav and that elephant ate all
night" That piece of merry nonsense was
staged in Cambodia, was it notY Miss
Ia Motto does not refer TO the elephants
eating all day in Cambodia, but she does
tell Of meeting a French mission priest,
who said that his garden had been tram
pied down by the elephants OF his town.
ELEPHANTS take their own way and
nothing can stop them. They chose to
boulevard through the good priests
hedge and vegetables, and boulevard )
they did, till some other route took their
fancy. The same good father had lost
two churches in one year because they
slipped into the river. Miss LaMotte
and her friend met both French and
natives on their steamer trip OF 500
miles up the big river Of Cambodia to see
the temples of Angker The buddhist
temples were marvellous productions
of bygone centuries, well worth the
CHANGING Of a cobra bite and s,indry other
dangers and difficulties, all with attendant
humorous incidents. The rlver 700 Is
curious, the only one of it's kind IN the
world, for it runs in from the sea Tor haii
the wear and runs out again the other hall
until it is a dry bed.
Miss LaMotte's article is illustrated
with pictures of the fine old temples, some
of them recovered. from >the growth
of the fig vine. and some, their grandeur
of architecture made more weird and
wonderful and more fascinating by the
growth of centuries.
Miss LaMotte is now staying in New
York City.
MIR. and Mrs. Leonard \. Yerkes
sailed from New York Wednesday, on
the LAFAYETTE. French Line for La Havre.
They will spend about six weeks IN Paris,
Mr.. Yerkes having business mission
In the French capital.
General and Mrs. William NJ. Black
of Washington, ID. c., are week end
guests of Mrs Il. c. du Pont.
4 tea will be gwen at Friends School
in the gymnasium on Saturday afternoon,
March 6. from to 6 o'clock. to raise
Valley, SYRIA, founded and conducted by
Daniel Oliver This work is not included
in the Near East campaign funds; it has
been supported by English and American
Friends for thirty years. and remains
in their charge Mr.. Oliver Is now IN
America to raise funds for the work, and
has spokep q number of times for his own
work and the Near Fast Fund. He speaks
nj Friends School Monday morning.
The tea is being given by Mrs. Herschel |
A. Norris. wife of the principal of the |
school, and by the teachers, and they have |
arranged some attractive features IN the /
way of folk dancing and music. The |
pupils are much interested too, and have |
been bringing clothing and other gifts |
for the Syrian children.
Now they are selling tickets for the tea |
and they want to make it a tremendous
success. Admission is but fifty cents, /
and the cause is very worthy.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Butler, who expect
TO leave for China on March Is, will sail
from San Francisco on March 80.
The Friday morning Fible class met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Felix du Pont
yesterday With large attendance.
MIS-. Frederick Nelly Of Macon, Ca, is !
visiting friends here.
Mrs. Edward B. Mode. Mrs. Cleland |
Jones and Miss Jones have been comp lied |
to postpone their Southern cruise until /
April 3, owing to the unprecedented /
amount of travel bs ing handled by the i
steamship companies. The Raymond /
Company now has in building q large |
steamship in Belfast, In order to furnish
further accommodation TO travellers, but /
this vessel Will not be ready until April.
The Pastores of the White Line will carry
a number of Wilmingtonians on her next
Trip.
No visitors IN Wilmington for MANY
days have been more warmly received by
their friends than Mrs Edwin Eckels and
Miss Eliztbeth Eckels of Fort Worth.
Texas, who have been the guests of Mrs.
t,ckels' mother, Mrs. w A REYNOLDS, on
Sipin avenue. Mrs. Eclels was Miss
Anna Reynolds before her marriage.
This afternoon, az the family home on
Montgomery avenue in Ardmore, Mrs.
E~4n nn,.d,, d.