Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-31

year n will I've carried out IN Wilmington
IA usual MANY families viii he At home
Ia their friends on sunday or Monday.
and Others will give dinners Saturday
evening. The largest entertaining viii
he done hy senator and Mrs Coleman
du puNt who viii receive between eight
or nine hundred guests At buffet
luncheon and reception this afternoon
n, their homo, SOS broome street. Al
though the invitation hour is early the
guest- will he received throughout the
afternoon
With senator aud Mrs. du Pont will
receive MIR and MIS-. John ". Donald
son, their house guests, Mr.. and Mr..
HoIlvdav : Needs, MIR. and Mn.
pouxlN.s Buck and Mr. and Mrs
Francis Victor du Pont. Senator and
Mrs du Pont Will remain in the city
until tomorrow night when they will
return 10 Washington, for President
lIard,nGs reception on Monday morn
ing.
senator du Pont, who has been suf-
fey,nx with q throat trouble prevalent
IN Washington, which prevented him
from speaking and kept him under
doctoss cnrc during the holidays, is
considerably improved, and expects to
hc NJ the luncheon this afternoon.
Tho Younger set will welcome the New
Year with n dance this evening The
third of the series of Small and Early
dances will be gwen tonight at the du
Harry Room II has been announced
for the New Century Club. but at the
the las, minute the committee has de-
c,dcd to hold the dance IN the du Barry
room where the others have been held,
Many of the bows and girls who are
home from college and several out oi
town guests who are visiting them Will
attend the dance. which viii probably
hc the largest aud most delightful OF
the season The patronesses for the
dance are Mrs II c. du pont, Mrs.
Ironcc du runt. Mrs ". Is du Pont
and Mrs George A. Elliott.
before the dance several dinners will bc
u,ven, among them those hy Mrs Mac
MILAN lIoopcs. Mrs. Frank de Almond,
Mrs Henry Hoopes. Miss LOUISE Corhit
lea, Mrs Geotpc y Bissell
Miss Henrietta lIoopes will give n
dinner this evening for her weekend
guest, Miss Constance Ripley of Boston.
On Tuesday Niss Ella Barbour of
Detroit, Michigan and Miss Mary
Sampson of Youngstown. Ohio, will
come to I've her house guests until
January =, when she VIII return To
school IN Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Smith of
linh Franklin street will he NJ home TO
their friends, Monday afternoon from
four ~ sN.
Tins evening N,ss Esther Bancroft
will give dinner for her guests, Captain
aud Mrs BENJAMIN Bowering of Fortress
Monroe.
las, evening Mrs. Robert Pennington
gave n house dance for her daughter
CAROLYN. who is spending the holidays
home from Hoton Arms in Washington
Miss Constance Ripley Of Boston is
house s,ios, for the dance. Monday
Miss Pennington and Miss Henrietta
Hoorcs will go go New York TO attend
the coming out dance Of Miss Charlotte
Church a, the Ritz Miss Church was
ono oi their class mates at Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Crichtou
and Mis-. Florence and Miss Lillian
Cr,chton lcf, Yesterday for New York
where they viii spend the New Years
holidays
The Nicmead Hunt will start at e.30
Monday morning from Montchanin.
Madame dc lwcnhaupt spent the
HOLIDAYS with her brother, Thomas +.
Rsyard, and Mrs. Bsyard.
About scventy-hvc guests will attend
General James H. Wilson's New Year s
Eve party which will start at $50 Sat-
urdav evening. General Wilson's an
nual party is always an event in the
annals Of Wilmington hospitality.
Mrs Frank De Armond will give a
dinner for Miss Nlctorinc du Pont this
evening before the Small and Early.
Owing 20 Mrs. DE Almonds illness, a
buffet dinner will he held ne the Country
Club st 7.30 instead of at Mrs. De
Almonds home. About forty guests will
attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward b. Mode of the
Bclvcdcre Apartments entertained last
night for Miss Edna Lewis Of Providence,
Rhode Island Miss Lewis is the guest
tanned for her Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher L. Ward
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Esther, 20 Philip J. kimball OF
Mcchanicsburr, Ohio.
Judge and Mrs. Daniel O. Hastings
and Miss Elizabeth Hastings will spend
the weekend in Dover. This evening
thtv with give an informal dance at the
Hotel Richardson for their Dover friends
MIR and Mrs James Jacob Shock and
three daughters OF Oknulgee, Oklahoma
have been spending the holidays witt
Mrr. Shocks mother Mrs. Ella ID. b
Scmple.
Miss Louise Corbit Lea will give 8
dinner for twenty-five guests at the
Country Club this evening before the
Small and Early.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont o
Centseville entertained at dinner Thurs
day rneht for Mr.. and Mrs. Crownin
shield Of Boston.
Mr. and Mrs Frank l.. Boynton gave
= dance at their home'at Falkland last
evening for their daughter Eldred, who
, home from Wellesley for the holidays
Mr. ard Mrs. George Newcombe and
daughter Margueretha OF Bradford, Pa
have been spending the holidays with
Mrs. Newcomers parents, Mr. anc