Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-12

broadwater Will visit IN kentucky before
returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Grubb will en-
tcrtain at dinner tomorrow evening
Miss Margaret +. Miller, daughter Of
George B. Miller of 900 Park Place, who
has been in Philadelphia al the Children g
Hospital for three years, has completed
the course of trained nursing there, and
is now at home.
There's something new under the sun in
Wilmington and it's neither babies nor
onions. 1t is community street dance
ground, and it happened in Union
| Gardens this week. There are good
many pleasant things about Union Gar
dens, and the spirit of friendlincss among
neighbors is one OF the best. Some of the
streets have very little traffic, and being
| asphalt, are smooth and clean as floor, so
what could be more natural than group
| of dance-lovers found them q good place
TO dance, and the tennis s-players n fine
place for tennis. Now the movement
promises to be popular, and visitors To
Union Gardens are apt TO find jazzlng of
the newest variety, with baseball tennis
and hide-and-seek for the kiddies, going
on late afternoons and evenings.
Mrs. Z. b. Mode, Mrs. Cleland Jones
and Miss Jones have returned from de-
lightful cruise in southern waters. Mr.. and
Mrs. T.. b Mode are now at the MARI
borough Blenheim, Atlantic City, for
stay of ten days.
The performance of Tony Sarg's Mari
onettes at the Bellcvue-Stratford in
Philadelphia, on Saturday, May Is,
will attract many Wilmington people rs
the Delaware committee of the Smith
College AlumnR has sold a great many
tickets for the benefit of Smith. Mrs.
Thomas Wilson is chairman of the COM
mittee which is composed Of Miss Dorothy
Hawkins and Miss Elizabeth Jackson
The Smith endowment fund is now on the
lastI lap Of the race for the 81, 000, 900 to
be raised, with So, 900, 600 already in hand.
Mrs. Frank Thatcher entertained with
n luncheon and bridge yesterday after
noon.
This afternoon at the meeting of
the board of directors of the.New Century
Club the annual election of officers will be
held The choice of the club for the presi-
dency so far points 10 the situa-
tion of highly efficient and popu-
lar club-woman whose service to the club
has been of an important nature. Women
named for the other offices are equally
popular, so the election promises to be
calm though spirited. The voting
strength of the New Century Club is
over 600 and while the full body seldom
attends a meeting, an occasion like the
election of today brings out a response
arrIx fnae l1E
dent.
At the twentv-seventh annual meeting
Of the stockholders of the club yesterday
afternoon FIVE directors whose terms
expired this month were reelected.
They are: Elizabeth NJ. Baily. Elizabeth
]. Danforth Elizabeth A Bringhurst,
Abigail NJ. W. Miller and Lucy Satter-
thwait.
The president of the board, Mrs.
Horace Belts, congratulated the members
on the most successful wear in the history
of the club. and pointed 10 the increased
rental derived from the use OF the build
ing, the higher value Of the property. and
the fact that the mortgage had been
reduced 81 900 during the year The
sympathy of the club for Mrs. Emma l..
Weldin, treasurer, on the recent death
of her husband. c. Wesley Weldin was
expressed for Mrs. Weldin.
A resume of the work OF the club was
given by the secretary, Miss f. r.
jackson in her annual report. Repairs to
the building and the purchase of new
furniture were detailed in the report The
total secured during the year for the use
Of the club rooms amounted to 50, ,695.2 .25.
this being an increase of 81 per cent over
1919.
The financial statement Of the corpora
tion made by Mrs. Weldin, the treasurer,
was SIS follows: Assets Real Estate,
SAC .066.Sl; Furniture, $1,000 St: Treas
ury stock. s3S4.75; cash, 81 ,563. .55:
total, s53 ,32497.
Liabilities Capital stock, s2S, ,395:
bond and mortgage. Sl1 500: profit and
loss account, s13, 429 81; total, $50, 1924 81.
The committee in charge Of the sale of
seats for the Homeopathic Hospital bene-
fit at the performance Of 'Daddies" Ut
The Playhouse, Monday evening feel cer-
tain Of $500 or more as a fund for the
hospital benefit. Mrs. Robert Pennington
IS chairman Of the committee, which is
composed of Mrs. j Chester Gibson, Miss
Marion Beadenkopf, Mrs Joseph Ban
croft, Mrs Harold Schutt, Mrs. John
Mendinhall, Mrs. J. Monteith jackson,
Mrs. i. r. Negendank, The audience
Monday evening formed a representative
gathering Of the social elect in Wilmington.
Numerous box parties were given, as
well as floor parties.
Among those noted were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank DeArmond, the Charles RupeTts,
Mrs Samuel Bancroft Mrs. Joseph Ban
croft, Mr. and Mrs Charl es B. Holiday,