Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-21
Mostly About People

Chrstmns il the festival Of youth,
the season when the older generation
s,ops gracefully aside to allow youth
Ia have its dnv, During tho holidays
everything n hc,ng planned Tor the
Younger sct. The dchutantcs Will reign
a. o,,,,na and most of the dinners and
den,ea wll hc uiycn IN their honor.
~msllc, dinners and dances will be
given lo, tho college boys and girls who
ap home Tor Christmas, and the rest
~ this year u crowded Win social
events
Tonight tho holiday parties will open
with Mr. Fro Leonard bcrglands ball
lof Miss Nictornc du font IN tho Nold
l,,ll Room uf the Hotel du Pont. Before
the dance Mi~a Dorothy Curtis viii give
a large buffet dinncr. Tomorrow alter
noon from four to siN-thirty, Mrs.
Ieofec Y. nisscll viii give the dansant
AZ the Ccntur, Club m honor OF Misses
Nic,nrnr du ront, Mnrrerctta du font,
rolly du ront, and julia Elliott, the
iehutnnt.a oi the season. Miss Alice
Ihndcc viii have large dinner party
following the tea. In the evening Miss
rolN ia ront, the daughter of Mrs;
William N du roni, will hc presented
a. society et n ball Mt the Hotel du pont.
Mise dn Pom, and her mother will re-
ppiye nlnne Miss du Pont viii wear n
gnwn ol cloth oi silver with spanglcd net
uyerdtcss and gifdlc made OF cloth oi
silver. Mittsicin's Orchestra OF New
Haven will furnish music. Many out ol
town quests, especially school friends oi
Mise ia rcnt and her brothers VIII come
iut The dancc.
Miss N,ctounc du runt will have as
her hnuao guests for the dance thus
evening, her brother Alfred Victor du
Font. her sister. Mrs Eouineld Shippen
llWdrknpef uf Washington, -. G., Miss
ilsa Montgomery ui New Haven, and
Tire lRnnard ncrgland.
friday cvcning MIR and Mrs Henry
4 Scott will entertain the directors and
rmilayes ol the Wilmington Trust
tuinpanv, their wives, and IN case o'
unmarried pcrsons, their friends, at :
Christmas dinner In the du Barry Room
ul The Hotel du ron,.
Nit and Mrs William Corey val
have ~ their quest sor the holidays
Mrs. torys cousin. Mir. Roland Reed
" New YORK
General James A. Wilson has iss,ieC
lhr invitations for hls annual New
Nrat's I've pnriv which viii be held TIN
Aent IA h,s homo. 1905 Rodney. Ne.3'
she guests viii gather and VIII welcom
the New Ncnr together
naniel " Hastings. lr.. has rcturnc'
from iiill ~chool iur the holidays.
~, and Mrs. =. N. Edsall arc 20,
With Nr- v T. Warner for their w,n'e
visit
senator and Mrs. 4. Coleman n
rnnt will have q hun, hrcakfast et In
pld Min the morning after Christmas.
Mr. and Nrs. Sanders NJ. Truit'
ol milford, have announced tho engage
nrni " their daughter, Mildred Bayarc
tn lesso Goodwin Hamilton, son of Nj
and Mrs. samuel Duncan Hamilton G
nraddnck, Pa No date has been set ia
the wedding
Mr.. and .Nlrs. Alhcr, jcflcrs hav
issued invitations to the wedding {
ul their daughter, Alice, o. J. Gilbc'
trair. ~ ~ Andrews Church, Decen
hpf a. at 3 O'Clock.
Ne and Mrs Hugh !. Porter Z
r,usyillr, Pa, nfc receiving consrau
lationt ON tho birth oi son. Mr.
Porter was Mis- llaFcl Ayerst Of th
city
Ne and Mrs Van Wyck Ferris an
their children win spend the holidays
Mr. ". G. Ramsay's home a, De
huuslp
Niss Father Gov and Miss Elean,
linn are home from Chatham for q
hol,dnvs
Tomofros evening before Mis-. Pol
lu Fonts dance Miss Alice Cand
sill give dinner for Miss julia Elliot