Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-07
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| the presence of near relatives and a few
! close friends.
| Miss Hannah Glegg of Edinburgh.
| Scotland. win be the maid of honor The
! bridesmaids will be Miss Jean Halliday
| Smith of Nyack-on-Hudson, sister Of the
4 groom, and Miss Mary Biggs of Whining
! ton. The best man will be Malcolm t.
Smith, brother of the groom. The ushers
| will be IT, S. Senator Josiah Oliver WOLF
! colt. Harry Kendall Fooks, Raymond
| Ellepood, all cousins of the bride, and
| Ivan Inglesby Smith and Lloyd Mcclellan
Smith. brothers of the groom. Some of the
out-of-town guests expected are; MIR: and
! Mrs. Spencer Smith, Miss Jean Halliday
Smith, Nyack-on-Hudson; the Messrs.
Smith, Miss Hannah Glegg, Edinburg,
Col. and Mrs. Jay Dashiell Whitman of
| Washington, D. c., Miss James of Doyles-
town, Pa; Hon. and Mrs. Josiah Oliver
Wolcott of Dover and Washington, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Kendall Fooks OF Laurel,
Miss Gibson, Philadelphia; Rev. DIR.
George Lorah of Philadelphia, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. G.. Ellegood, Ossining, n y;
Mr.. and Mrs Mills Bright, New York.
The wedding will be followed by a re-
ception at the Ellcgood home.
This is a week brilliant with dinner
giving as we'll as balls. On Monday even
ing, before the charity ball there were
more dinners given than for many one
evening of the season. excepting possibly,
the night of the assembly The presence
of the Yale Glee Club inspired the families
and friends of Yale here to vie with each
other in large dinner functions. One of the
largest was Mr. and Mrs. Henry p. Scott,
Jr.'s dinner at the Country Club. As
manager of the floor committee, Mr.. Scott
proved his faithful adherence to the friend
" traditions of Yale and more than one
shy girl or college stranger had glorious
time because of the committees interest.
Mrs. William X. du Pont was hostess for
eight Hill School boys, Mrs. Eugene
du Pont entertained a party of 25 at the
Country Club, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Redding had six guests at the hotel.
Altogether the charity ball will go down IN
social history as an unusual affair, full OF
pep and real enjoyment and marked by
delightful music
Mrs. Victor du Pont was hostess to the
Wilmington Garden Club on Monday
afternoon, number of the members
availing themselves of the opportunity 70
spend pleasant hour al Guyencourt.
This afternoon at the home of Mrs. G.
". Dorsey, 20Ol Jefferson street, the
executive board OF the Delaware Division
of the International Sunshine Society will
hold a meeting in order to arrange for the
annual State meeting, TO be held April %,
IN st. Andrew parish house
Richard Bockius is visiting bis sister,
Mrs. y. c. Wyeth. at Chadd's Ford. He
is first officer on a Pacific liner. and has
Just returned from trip 10 the Hawaiian
Islands, with a return voyage TO New York
by way Of the Panama Canal.
Next Saturday afternoon a congenial
party of Wilmington newspaper women
will 90 up TO Philadelphia to attend the
matinee performance of the Mask and Wig
as guests of the Mask and Wig Club of the
University of Pennsylvania. The invita-
tion was at the suggestion of DR.. William
Speakman, always an ardent friend Of the
Mask and Wig, and promises to furnish a
delightful afternoon OF fun and frolic
after strenuous week of news-writing to
the fortunate guests.
Most OF the society men IN Philadelphia
and vicinity AT one time attended the
University OF Pennsylvania, and many of
the most prominent Philadelphia families
have representation in this years show.
The patronesses for the Saturday