Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-19

January 20, VIII De nelu III iioNi u"
ballroom and will be the most attractive
affair this growing organization has yee
given. Shorter's orchestra of eight pieces
will play for dancirg, and many dance
novelties and beautiful prizes will en-
hance the pleasure of the evening The
committees iii charge are as follows:
Dance committee, Messrs. Deveren,
BRYAN. Coli: 3, Ewing and Hickman;
ticket committee, Messrs. Horsey, Butler,
Fritz; program and music committee,
Messrs. Shaw, Schofield, Galloway, Camp
bell: novelty committee, Messrs. AlerS
Davis, BATHS, Sauorhoff; committee on
prizes, Miss Nipple, chairman, Misses
kauss, Smith. O'Neill
The hours Of the dance will be from
Q TO |, and every effort has been put fortn
tQemakc this the "mid-wlnter dance,
the most interesting of the series OF dances
which the club instituted shortly after its
organization in September, l92o 'ofn-
! plimentary tickets have been sent to presi
! dents of the local banks and members OF
the brokerage firms, also TO the pres dents
/ Of the various social clubs IN the city.
| The Bankers and Brokers Club now has
| us members. Its officers are: President,
/ ]. w. Croney; vice president, / Il.
| Davis Jr.; treasurer, r. Frank Collins;
secretary. Miss Margaret r. Fox;
assistant secretary, Miss Fral oes
! Kauss; assistant treasurer, Paul III.
! Horsev. Club rooms are now in contem-
/ plation. and il is probable the Bankers
/ and Brokers will soon be housed III their
/ own donIcie
+ On Monday afternoon tho Washington
/ Heights Century Club observed Reciproc-
! itv dav with the Blue Rock ommunity.
/ Club Of Gordon Heights at the home OF
/ Mrs. r. r. Neasey, with Mrs. Ncasey
/ and Mrs. Frank Strickland as hostesses
I GThc attendance was one OF record MTS.
/ c. L. Robinson chairman for January,
presented an Interesting program. MIS-
! Jesse H Martin gave current events o.
( widely diversified current topics Mrs.
\ Frarcis Dewitt Babcock sarg several
numbers. PLAYING her own accompani-
mcnts. AITs. ] f. Fuller gave Lit
erarv Pot-pourri, and Mrs James Glnns
| told Of her recent trip 10 Denver, taking
! her hearers from New York to the Colora-
/ do CITY. stoppirE in Chicago en- route TO
sec Marshall Fields great store and the
I splendid Ida Moves clubhouse for girls
/ of the University Of Chicago. which was
/ gwen bv the philanthropist IN memory Of
| his deceased wife The Denver School Of
! Opportunity maintained by the Denver
/ Board ~ Education was also described by
Nin. Ginns Here anyone Of any age,
without rccompense, can learn any trade
ar profession A social hour followed
the program and tea with waffies was
served by Mrs Vcasey and Mrs Walter
Craig Mrs John Kellum, Miss Lorena
/ Fmmons. Miss Marion Davis Mrs. ). I.
/ Strickland pouring tea.
= II ~ftst saTT4
1 in Nlillard Davis window today on OIL
/ Daintinr Of an old land mark on the
| Rockford road an old building which was
connected with the baTn-bmning Of that
I vicinity a number of years ago.
! Nrs. ". J. Webster is IN San Frar cisco,
+ where many friends of the family are
+ showirc her much atte0tion. She will
probably remain in California for few
weeks
At the meeting Of the Groupe de viii
rrincto1 of, the Alliance Francaise, held
Monday afternoon at the Misses Hebb' {
/ School. Mrs Thomas F. Bayard the
president presented On invitation 10 the
Wilmington g~olpe from the Philsdel-
phia organization, TO take part IN the
annual meeting IN Philadelphia on Feb
ruarv. z. commemoratIng the signing o.
the treaty OF l57S between France anc
the nited States
The members Of the Wilmington groupt
viii leave Wilmington on the 700 p. m
train The evenings entertainment vii
consist of French songs and recltatlons
Norma Conde OF the Paris Odeon vii
sing
At the meeting Monday the program
was given by the members of the groupe
= Miss Esther Bancroft sang three Frencl
sang~ Delightfully."- and Miss EHzabetl
Hol. day gave an excellent rendition O
Z Waterloo, by Victor Hugo. Mrs
Charles Holiday read a poem with be
z usual perfection OF diction. and Mile
2 Bonnet rcclted poem by Musset, ant
+, Mrs. William c SpaakmaD read two wa
, poems. 1t was decided to adopt two lttl
-, French orphan girls whose mother wa
Y kept u a French sanitarium with the al
of money sent by the Sentlnels of Service
e the organization Of young girls lntereste
e In French war orphans.
The mother Of the children died IN IN
! sanitarum; the fether was killed, an
= their graadmother lost her mind throug
= so much sorrow The little girls hay
. been n the care OF a distant cousin, VIII
wrote pleading letter IN regard TO tt
children and the Wilmington groupe
= sending money - them