Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-14
Mostly About People

After a strenuous season of continuous
party-giving and party-going NJ last the
sAicrrv " hirl' of 1920 IS beginning to
sIackcn From now on until Lent, thougn
tLc round OF hospitality customary to
tbe winter months will continue, there
will be intervals, such as this week s when
tired dcbutantcs may get their beauty
sleep" and worn-out hosteSses find mo-
ments of relaxation
The unusual number of debutantcS
is To blame for the extraordinary amount
of entertaining done this winter. rs well
a. the noticeable relief from the strain ol
war People everywhere feel entitled
to a season uf pleasure after two years OF
arduous war work. Consequently parties,
thcatrrs and good times, IN general, have
prevailed throughout the United States
and Wilmington rs center OF wealth
has plainly evidenced this tendency
But the end Of the season may be scnsed
in the exodus to the South. and III an APP
parrnt willingness to let things drift for
awhile. on tho part of the stay-at-homcs
only one large party breaks the seeming
olictude Of tins week. though III point OF
social hearing. II IS much out OF the OroI-
nary. that is 10 saw, Mr. and Mrs, Frank
l.. lie Almond and judge David Marvcis
dance tor ono Of the season $ most popular
dchutantcs. Miss Jane Marvel, on Friday
evening.
Mrs. !. G. Pcnniwcll went down 10
Dover Yesterday to attend the meeting
OF the executive hoard of the Delaware
Eq,al Suffrage Association.
Nlr. and AIrs Frank Tallman's dinner
preceding the dcArmond-Marvel dance
-, IS . h.,
portant functions Of the week, with Is
guests present
The Monday evening meeting Of the
Washington Heights Century Club At
No 50 School WAS a delightful affair. and
characteristic of the energy and interest
,iisnlaved by this progressive club. The
occasion WAS i New Year musician and
reception Tor the club members and their
husbands, and the schoolhOuse WAS bright
with lights and attractivcly decorated
with palms Mrs Stanley steele WAS IN
charge OF the musical program, which in
cludcd numbers of unusual beauty gwen
BY representative soloists, including such
musicians rs Frank Ford Palmer w. 5.
Butler. William \ trkwcil, Miss Mildred
Mason. Miss Marjorie T. Grannis
George Horny Day. the organist for
St Johns. gave several of hrs compost
tionS and the trio from The Rose Maiden
was sung bv AiCSsrs Palmer and Butler
and Miss Mason
After the program Mrs Harvey T. Book
or. chairman OF hospitality, took charge.
snd delicious coffee. cream and cake were
served.
Mr~. +. TstnaIl Warner, who has hccn
somewhat ndisposcd for a week or morc,
is well agaIn
DIR. and Mrs. Henry Spruancc and Miss
isabelle Simpson left Monday for Miami, /
Florida
Mrs Robert Cecil Hogan Of Baltimore,
has returned homo after spending the I
latter part Of the week with her parents,
Or and Mrs. A. i, Frantz-
Miss Esther Bancroft will entertain
AZ dinner on Friday evening. III" guests f
of the occasion viii nc Miss Esther Ward,
Miss Natalie Moore, William Nassau
Of Germantown McSsrS Swain Of kennett
Square, and Freeman Of Providence
Miss Juha Elliott and George A Elliott
Ir who spent tho holidays with their
parents. Nj, and Mrs George Elliott
have returned 10 Scho0t. Miss .lulla Elliott
10 Pennington and George A. Jr., to St
Paul 5
Miss Marion Dunham viii 90 ~ New
York 10 spend the weekend,
Miss Ehnor Nandcgrift mas returned
from Baltimore where she spent the week +.
end with Miss Virginia Stuart Miss
Nandcgrift viii 90 n PhIIadelphia this