Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-22
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at court may get an idea of how to dress so
that they NAV have the approval OF at
least the feminine half of the royal par.
Qualifying the announcement came
word that the Queens motive IN selecting
the designs was not to dictate what shai
be worn at court functions, but to pvc
general idea of the type of evening dress
she considers suitable
The Queen has been guided by desire
TO COMPROMISE between the elaborate
dresses Of the old drawingrooms and the
advanced fashions Of today. Long trans
and feathered headdrcsses are ruled out.
The bareback fashion has been ruled out
also. but generous "N" is allowed. In
the design for young matron the
nearly reaches the waIstllne.
Queen Mary decided today that 70
per cent of the invitations TO the tirst
great court reception since the war, when
Is 10 he held in June, are 10 60 TO debut
tantes to be presented Ivy Americans who
have already attended court and are
residents of England. -
The Queens decision is the result of the
great number of requests by Americans
to be presented at court. Queen Mary mas
expressed the wish that Americans acting
as sponsors for debutaptcs confme their
presentations to their own countrywomen.
Mr.. and Mrs Sevcrson B. Cooling
have returned from a two-wecks stay at
Atlantic City,
Mrs. William X. Reynolds Of Harvey
| Station will spend the weekend az
| Rehoboth.
Miss katharine Thompson sailed today
from New Work. accompanied by Miss
| Nancy Parker, to do relief work IN France
Mrs. Thomas Mum, Mrs William Is
REYNOLDS. Mrs Frank Doynton, Mrs
John Moore and Mrs Doughten have re-
turned from Dover.
Box seats for the recent gala opera
performance in Paris for the benent oi
| French prisoners in Russia SOLD az
81 900 apiece, orchestra seats from soo
| inward. Among the American box
holders were MIR and Mrs Macomber,
/ Mr. and Mrs. George Munroe. and Mrs.
| Van Houckelow (uec Solgman), oi New
York
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Vanderbilt also
reserved their usual box
/ Unusual presents were distributed at
/ large party given by Mrs Ralph Hickey,
1 inst back from Monte Carlo The gifts
| included champion poodles and parrots
able to speak in three languages, also
rare rugs which Mrs. Hickey herself
| brought back from the Orient last year
Raron and Baroness De Gourgaud
brought with them from Switzerland 2
I social innovation, started at st. Moritz
j bv ex-Emperor Charles Of Austria. AZ 2
! housewarming party IN their champs
/ Flvsee apartments, the dancing floor was
| strcwn with chrysanthemums \ hrll-
| liant throng, freely sprnkled with dis
/ tlng,nshed diplomats, attended the aiiar
| Mr.. and Mrs Robert y Sinton ot
| Baltimore have announced the engage
/ ment OF their daughter, Miss Margaret
| Owens Sinton, to Lieut.. William lays
! Ferguson, L. 8. Y Lieutenant Ferguson
| Is attached TO the United States steamship
| Delaware, which returned recently with
| the Atlantic feet from winter cruising IN
Southern waters.
Mrs Charles l. Story is IN Boston
attending the convention of the Sunshine
| Society.
Mr.. and Mrs F L. Curtis and family
are again TO occupy their cottage at Sar-
anac Inn. Adirondacks. during the com
| ing season.
Mr.. Lammot du Pont and family ere
to be at Saranac Inn. Adlrondacks dur
| ing July and August.