Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-03
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Monday evening, April IL, at eight o'clock.
Among the notable artists who are
sending pictures for the exhibit are
Emelen Mcconnell, whose Thunder
Head" won the popularity prize last year;
Dean Cornwall. illustrator forthe Satur-
day Evening Post; Herbert ID. St,tt
outdoor scenes; Miss Katherine Pyle;
Iess;e Wilcox Smith, Clifford Ashley,
William Chadwick, J. d. Chalfont,
Sidney n. Chase, Nancy Dunbar James,
Ann Garrett and Ethel Barksdale.
Those who have visited the exhibit In
PhiladeIphia will be glad of the chance to
see again Mr.. Breckenridge's Edge OF the
Woods" This picture has just won the
Jennie Sesnan gold medal for the best
landscape at the Pennsylvania Academy
az the Fine Arts and has further won the
cold medal OF the Academy Fellowship for
the best picture OF 1920.
New members of the Wilmington So
ciety of the Fine Arts are: Miss Elizabeth
Amory, Miss Laura Amory, Mr.. and Mrs.
Beyea. DIR. and Mrs. Horace Betts. Mrs:
Beadenkopf, Mr.. and Mrs. {. Marshall
Barton, William r. Budd. Henry t
Bush, Walter Blackson, Rev. e. W.
Clash. Alexis l. du Pont, Miss A. l.. Craw-
inT0, Ntiflditl GltNei wis "o.'h
Donaldson. Mr.. and Mrs. William b.
Foster. Mr. and Mrs Lawrence ellison,
Mrs. Hunter Grubb, Mrs. Martha Grant,
Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Holiday, John ID:
Haderer, Mrs C. L. b. Henning. Mr.. and
Mrs Poyntell Johnston, Miss Frances
Kennard, William 5. Hilles, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Laird, Miss Alice bobdell, Mrs.
Ferdinand La Motto, Sr.. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben NAV. Mr.. and Mrs Frank McHugh,
Herschell A. Norris, Mrs. William q.
MendinhalI, S. W Picard, Miss Elsie
Patterson. Mrs W. T. Penniman, Mr..
and Mrs. +. G. Robinson, Henry b.
Robertson. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Seaman,
Mrs. Allen W Spicer, MIR. and Mrs VII
lard Speakman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Findley
Van Lear, Miss Grace Weldln, MIR. and
Mrs. Charles Warner, Mr.. and Mrs 1. "
Wilson, General Wilson, Mrs. Ciarkson
Taylor. This makes 81 new members
! The society numbers now about 275.
Mile. Fernando Baetens Of Brussels,
| Belgium, student at Wellesley, Is spend
/ ing her spring vacation with her friend
| Mrs. William PIickett, in tins city Her
! father. NJ. Fernando Baetens, was the
head of the relief commission In Belgium
| during the war, but has now resumed
| At the present time he Is engaged IN
| Cyecho-Slovakia and Bohemia.
| The Easter ball in the du Pont ball
room on Monday April 5, is planned to be
| the largest social function Wilmington
| has ever known The Junior League, who
made such a success of the" Merry Whrl,
/ is In charge of the tickets, and the younger
| set is tremendously interested.
| The concert of the Yale Glee Club,
| which viii be given IN the ballroom Just
/ before the ball opens, adds especIsi charm
| 10 the evening, and many who do not care
10 dance are planning TO attend TINS
musical treat The Yale Glee Club will
come 10 town in their special car. and will
open the performance at . o clock In the
/ evening remaining to the ball
The managers in charge arc: Mrs,
Richard Reese. Mrs. Frank ;. Garrett,
| Mrs. Maurice du Pont Lee, Mrs. Charles
! Latrobe. Miss Marjorie Pyle, Miss
lean Evans, Miss Esther Ward, Mrs.
| William X. du Pont.
The concert will be at half past eight
+ o clock. and from nine till three a m the
/ Club dc vingt of New York will play for
dancing.
The Italian Settlement work of the
West End Reading Room viii be the
beneficiary of the ball proceeds.
/ A charming informal function OF thls
afternoon is a tea gwen by Miss Leiis
Nj Thatcher, who is a student OF Drexel
Institute, IN honor of her guest, Miss
Catherine Hendrickson, of Philiipsburg
Pa. also a Drexel girl. Other college girls
present are Miss Ruth Veasey, who Is al
home from Russell Sage College at
Troy, n Y, for the Easter vacation, and
/ Miss Marion Truax of Delaware College
Miss Irene Lenderrnan and Miss Ger
trude Z. Thatcher are also guests OF the
occasion. .
Mrs. z. B. Mode, Mrs. Cieland Jones,
Miss Jones and George Baker left for New
, York, v ester day, TO embark on southern
cruise of several weeks duration.
Casay Rodney Chapter, d. A. R., viii
meet next Tuesday afternoon at 2.3C
! o'clock at the New Century Club. The
occasion will be one of the most interest
ing ever held by the chapter, as Mrs
. James H. Scott, the regent, assisted by
the chapter officers, is arranging de-
lightful program.
The guest Of honor for the afternoon
will be Mrs. Horace G.. Knowles, former
regent of Cesar Rodney, who now lives
in New York. During the war Mrs
| Knowles did splendid relief work IN
| France, and on Tuesday will tell the
local Daughters of her experiences abroad
The business meeting of the afternoon
will be devoted largely to plans for the
approaching National Congress TO be held
in Washington, April 10 to %. A large
number of daughters will go from Will
rnington TO attend and much interest in
| naxt TUESDAYS meeting Is exnected