Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22

meeting held Thursday in the old Wistar
house on Locust street may be an effectuai
check on the eytravagant and vulgar
dnpssing IN which many women have
INDUCED for the past three wears. There was
no attempt 90 gloss over the SITUATION
81 the meeting of the Colonial Danes.
Instead all OF the frivoitv of present.
day 'lszz dancing, 'toddhng and
indecorous display of sIlken clad limbs,
as we'll as extreme decoletage, were swept
under the han, and future evening gath
erlnla IN ur neighbor city, may be sans
lazz. sans Jov sans luleps. Later per
hnps, Wilmington will pay toll to the newly
instituted censorship. and hen, alas no
more will the festive lounge-lzard
forsskc his hotel habitat in order to stand
propped against a telegraph pole to oh
serve the procession of charming maidens
in abbreviated skirts, who daily I'LL Maket
street AZ certain hours. with youth and
beauty Evening parties will become rs
sober as Quaker meetings. There Will be nc
more of cleaning white arms resting on
hiack-clad shoulders; no more posing IN
picturesque attitude upon the Hotel du
pont bal room step, an effective place
for q charming entra nee; no more gat her
Ing W of bouffant SIX irts to make the
descent INTO the reception loom of the
ball room slite even more effective
Instead a dprnu.e line Of damselS IN wholly
proper and sufficient clothing viii tlc
into the bali room proper, TO dance quad
rifles. OF maybe minuetsi No longer will
tho sluring spssmodlo Jag OF the Jazz
music sound through the apricot hung
halls A piano or maybe sn organ Will
give sufficient rhythm for the elevated
standard Of dancing Wilmington soc'etN
II ga flrtf
~ittlc lambs, and their older sisters
will marry quickly. out Of sheer cnnul.
\o moro "lazzIng no more 'toddllng;
OH grief sitting mouiner at each feast,
that will he Wilmington social litc when
The censorship comes 10 town
ID and Mrs Charles H deT Shiv ers
~ N-lan,ic CITY announce the enga ge-
mcn' oi their daughter, Katharine Marie
Cruchton. 10 Robert B. Wheeler H. son
~ Nlr and Mrs Joseph \ Wheeler Of
this city
Miss Creighton is > very popular and
charming member Of the Younger set of
Atlantic CITY and Philadelphia
Mr. Wheeler j, a graduate Of VII
mngton High School and Il member Of
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity of Delawar e
College lie is connected with the du Pom
COMPANY at Atlantic City aud is = young
man Of very promising ability
The wedding will take place in the early
spring
Mrs. A. n Berlin will leave soon for
Palm Beach. Florida, where she will
remain several weeks
Russell Ramsby who was recently
elected secretary OF the Bureau Of Munici-
pa Research in Philadelphis, is 2 well
known member of the Arden colony,
where he. Mrs. Ramsey and Albert
Ramsey. are leaders in studies Of the ont
door life, including 'wood-craft- Of
which Mr. Ramsey Is chief.
Last evening IN the Hotel du Pont
ball room. ..the du Pont Country Club held
a delichtfui dance The occasion was one
Of the most ENJOYABLE Of the seasons
gaieties with over 300 guests present
Dancing begun shortly after 9 clock.
and continued for several hours. 70 the
lively strains OF mIsic from the Original
six orchestra midnight 8 refreshing
ice course was served IN the du Barry
room The covnmlt1ce in charge Of ar-
rsngements was as follows: c. p. Nillard,
" B Banker, C. A. Hume
The du Pont Country Club has nearly
1000 members who enjoy the facilities,
for both indoor and outdoor pleasure
aAled bv the club house and its extern
grounds located al the end of the
Rislng sun car line on the du Pont de
Nemours Company property across the
Brandvwine One OF the late arran angements,
Tor club pleasure is the flooding with water
of + large ares Of ground IN order that Ice
skating nav be indulged. There are some
expert 4ce-skaters among the club mem
hers and II is expected this feature will
afford much enjoyment. The golf course
On the club property has It's daily gathering
ni lovers Of the game, when the weather
perrnIts and winter baseball has proven
verv Popular While no large affairs have
been gwen IN the club house proper, this
winter, numerous small departmental
dances have taken place. Officers Of the
club are l. =. Mahony, president; r.
" Mcclellan, vice president; John z.
krauss secretary: ". L. Reisinger
TREASURER.
The programs at last nights dance
ehcIted much favorable comment. They
were IA blue and white, with the sixteen
dance numbers attractively arranged
Mrs. T. P. Young of 2107 Boulevard
was the hostess Of an attractively az
ranged luncheon Yesterday In honor Of
her guests, Mrs Russell Brown and
Airs William Nashburn Of Brooklyn ,
y y The hostess, Miss Anna K. Young,
Miss Elizabeth Young and the honofees
al were guests al Lake Wood Farm, Ros-
coe. y. Y, last summer
Tonight in the Unitarian Church,
James Francis Cooke editor Of the 'Etude
will lecture 70 the Delaware State Music
Association, Of which Mrs Charles L
Griffith is president Mrs. Francis de-
witt Babcock will sing.
Barclay Spicer Of Arden, who recently
returned from Russia where he served
asa member Of the Friends Relief Commit
tee. will sail from New York for Ire
land, shortly, to do similar relief work.
Nrs. Sonia Tarumlanz will be hearc
In 4 piano recital at the New Century
Club on February q Mrs. Tarumianz
a p brilliant performer, and musical
circles Of Wilmington are fortunate il
having such an addition to the loca
musical coterle.
The directors Of the Betsy Montgomery
tAoom will hold meeting at the clul
- of the Business and Professions
kIr.,,,..,,ts = (sI,,b ,,ayt Tuesday afternoon