Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-09
Mostly About People

! bers came with the thought of happy
| spring-tme plartings of garders upper
most in their minds, which made Mr.. Var
der Volts talk all the more timely ard
appealing: -,
| lecture III order that colorsd lantern
pictures might be used in illu4traton OF
| the wor drous raturc growths, pc speaker
! described in ar easy. diacouIPve style:
| The Garden Club visited tho Arnold
| Arborotum last summer, ard 1t was II .terest
! ir,g to mary to see again the beauties oi
| the collection, which are the finest oi
| itsEkird ir America.
! Mr. Var der Volt related the processes
| of growth with numerous rare foreign
| plarts, ard shrubs, urging his hearers to
! erdeavor to make use of rs mary OF these
; beauties "a are available, TO adorn their
| estates TIE desirability of venety In
| planting may easily be seen, he said, for
one grows tired Of o few Of any kind OF
| flower or tree English property owners,
| he said, are most fully cognisart OF TIN
| fact and buy abroad in large quantities
| The pictures showed some lovely varies
ties Japanese and Chinese lilacs. haw
thorne. and rhododendrors. These plaI
| have received utmost care at the Ar
horctum ard have developed to delight
! full specimens of their kind The jumper
| collection. featured st the arboretum, was
! also showr, with tho weeping jumper
among other varieties. Mary of the club
members asked questions relative 70
| gardening ard planting. lending interest
to the afternoon.
Mrs. r. r. Thomas Of Johnstown, Pa,
who was recent guest Of Mrs. J. I'D,
/ Wilson and Miss Ethel Wilson he's returned
/ home Mrs Thomas is a cousin of Lloyd
/ George Of England, and is a traveller
Of prominence.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Bringhurst have
returned from Philadelphia where they
visited Mrs Bringhurst's parents, Mr..
and Mrs Julian Warner.
Miss Elizabeth Edsall is visiting in
New York City Mrs f. Tatnall Warner
is the guest Of Mrs Barnard In New York
Mrs. Holstein Harvey has been q
visitor at Atlantic City
Mrs E. James Dallett is at Atlantic
My lCA oCfNAAA otAF .
Mrs Dan Houston Of Wawaset Park
has returned from Chestertown. Md,
where she visited her mother, Mrs Hindes
Miss Hester Coy has returned to Chat
ham Institute in Virginia, after spending
the weekend in Wilmington with her
mother, Mrs. Edmund Coy.
B. R. BaumSardt, who lectured at
the New Century Club Monday evening,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Bringhurst while in the city. Mr. Baum
gardts home is in Los Angeles, though
originally in Liverpool
Mrs. David Lindsey, Sr. is expected
home this week from Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs George Capelle have
returned from Palm Beach.
Mrs Mary Halleck Greenewalt Of Phila-
delphis, who spoke before the Community
Chorus last night, at High School was
q guest Of Mrs. William 5. Hilles while
here Mrs Greenewalt is the inventor Of
the light phonograph which is attracting
so much attention from musicians and
scientists. She is the author Of several
Interesting articles on light and music
as pertains 70 their corelstive effects, and
is q sister Of Mrs. William X. du Pont
OF this city.
The dance which is being arranged by
Miss Mildred Simpson and Miss Miriam
Hawkins for the Smith College Fund will
take plsce at the New Century Club on
the evening Of April The following are
4 : Ti-
Jr, Mrs Herman Coke Lloyd. Mrs.
Frederick E Stone, Mrs william P Webb.
Mrs Edward NJ Phillips, Mrs. William
". Pusev, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mn.
Horace Belts, Mrs. Joseph Odell, Mrs.
Thomas W Harris Jr Mrs Flaherty,
Mrs Wilhsm D Denney, Mrs. Harry
HAYWARD, Mrs. William E. Barkins, Mrs.
Walter 5. Simpson.
The Parent-Teachers Association is
planning for an Intensive can paigT for
membership, this spriT.g, at d 70 less aid
thar Miss Margaret Wilson ; will be
sosght in organization work IN Delaware
As the President daughter. Miss Wilson
had every opportunity 20 be feted as q
parsonage Of social importance. but she
has steadfastly turned her attention 10
affelrs Of community interest PereDt-
Teachers Associations are her particular
hobby, Just row. ard if, as Is reported,
she viii core 70 Delaware 70 assist the
state organization, il is a certainty that
she will fnd ever ready help toward build
ing up d powerful organization.
The Alpowco Clubs Shamrock dance n
be gwen al he New Century Club on the
evening Of March II. will be the fifth
dance this progressive club has given this
season. The dance program will ircludc
some nGxeltIes eI tirely new 10 Wilmington
MIR and Mrs John Bassett Moore OF
267 West Seventy-thlrd street. New York
who last Saturday informed their friends
that Miss Angela Turner Moore, their
daughter will be married soon to Mr.
Hermann c. Place, Monday, announced
the engagement Of the oldest Of their three
daughters, Miss Phyllis Elwyn Moore,
TO John de Raimes Storey Of New York
The engagement was made known
simultaneously In New York and In
Washington, Wherein and Mrs Moore
and their daughters have large circle
Of friends Miss Phyllis Moore and Mr.
Storey will be married on May 28 While
arrangements for the ms rriage Of Miss
Angela Moore and Mr. Place have not
been completed, il is expected that then
wedding will be an incident Of June
The third daughter, Miss Anne Ferguson
Moore, is abroad
With the opening of the war Miss
I Mppra gayp her time entirely fD relief