Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-14
Mostly About People

For twenty wears the Assemblies have
lccn Am event IN Wilmington social
Circles. One is always held in December
in ,ommemorat,on Of Christmas, and
the other which is held in January near
Twelfth night. is modelled on the old
English Twelfth Night frolics and Is a
hal masquc. This year between one
hundred and scvcnty-tve and two
hundred guests, many OF them IRON out
oi the city, Will attend the iirst Assem-
hly ON Friday evening. The ball room
will hc simply decorated and Meyer
DAVIS orchestra at Philadelphia and
l,A,ston viii furnish music. For those who
ITO not carr to dance. bridge tables Will
hc provided in the reception room, AZ
II 10 supper will hc served. Mrs. X. X.
Carpenter, Mrs. Pierre ;. du Pont, Mrs.
lfrn-e du ront. Mrs. Eugene du Pont,
aud Mrs Alfred Gawthrop will receive.
Nmong the out of town guests will be
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fisher, Mr.. and
Mrs Morgan Churchman, Mr.. and
Mrs Alfred A. Curtis. John lngerso!l,
james NJ rortcr.Jr, William :. Newlin,
Chaunccy Parker, James l.. Fleming,
Mrs II NJ Shcttlc.
Among hose giving dinners before the
Assembly on Friday evening are Mr..
and Mrs. lrcnec du pont, Mr.. and Mrs.
luecno du pont. and MIR. and Mrs.
Harlan scott
Miss lrlinor and Miss Katharine
'Ihnmpson will return tomorrow from
their hunting trip IN Virginia.
The local committee for Devastated
trance has already turned 5000 over
90 th. New York committee as a result
vi the par auction tournament. Those
who neglected TO purchase the cards
while they were on salc here may order
them from Brctana's Book store, in
Now YORK
With the return oi the boys and girls
from college and school this weekend
viii commence the Christmas parties.
Not only formal dances viii be planned
lor their amusement. but many informal
teas, dinners aud little dances will be
arranged imyromptu when the young
people arrive. Many of them will have
school friends as house guests, and for
q glorious two weeks the familiar scenes
ul campus and class room will bc AS
distant and unconsidered as life on
another planet
Nmong the affairs planted for mex;
week. il Nir and MIR. George J.. Bissell' s
The dansant at tho Country Club or
December -. which Is being given for
the dcbu,antes. Miss Nictorine ou Pont
Miss Margarctta du Pont, Miss Polly
Ola ront AMI Miss julia Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. :. ID. Townsend will
XIV. q dinner before Miss julia Elhott's
dance on December 2s.
Charles =. Richards, student al
lalo. will arrive home this Friday for
the holidays HIS Younger brother
Robert IA. Richards. lr.. win come home
from 1af, School. ut Watsrtown, Conn.
on Noudav, and his sister Jane will bs
homo from Bryn Mawr a week from
today
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter II. Robinson Ar,
receiving coag-atula'son. on the hlrtt
oi n son. Walter Rossi,er Robinson, Jr.
on December J.
Nli- Alice Candee and Miss Juli,
Elliott have returned from Hartford
Conn. Miss Catherine Armstrong Wi
rcman there until Friday.
December Il. Mrs. William G.. Ram
ny. and her daughters, Mary and Jans
and Laird stabler are goi,g 20 AnnadAl
Cottage near Georgetown, South Caro
lima, where they viii be joined or Decem
b,r py La Miss I.olnsc K~,nha rdt Dsyl