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The Washington times., 1938-08-20
PETIT POINT

become different after two weeks at
Newport! . The same fellow that
you might have seen a couple OF
weeks before in New York or Wash
ington, and who is known to be a
sport" and a very jolly fellow, may
be promenading in very dignified
way, with a stiff shirt on, and look at
you with very bored and casual ex-
preston, saying just Hello" But
don't blame him for that. Do just as
he does; the Newport etiquette re-
quires it! :. I can tell you hundreds
of cases, for instance, of people who
have made their position here that
way. You all certainly know that
attractive and smart Washington
young couple, who had to experience
how hard Newport was three years
ago, and now are among the tip-top-
pers? -. . You all certainly remember
that even wealthy and popular John
Jacob Astor had to marry "Tuckie"
French to be completely accepted IN
''The Group" and later become the
leader of it?
But now let's see what is happening
in this famous Social Mecca :. Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney joined the Ca
sino tennis gallery yesterday after
noon for the first time. She was ac-
companied by her charming niece,
Gloria Vanderbilt Mrs. Astor
Fiermonte was there with the "Jock"
Astors Lady Stanley attended
with Mrs. Herbert Shipman, whom
she is visiting >. Admiral and Mrs.
Bristol came from Narragansett to
watch the matches, but the poor Ad-
miral looked as he didn't care so
much about it >. The Jack Hinck-
leys, of Warrenton, looked genuine
country folks, she in yellow and ne
with becoming straw hat :. Law
renee Baker, of D. c., who is secre-
tary of the U. S. L. T. A., was greeted
by all the players By the way, we
hear that young Larry" Baker is
doing pretty we'll in California. He
has taken a little cottage at Santa
Monica and Mr. Baker, ST., will go
and join them in September
Larry" has met already all the Hol-
lywood stars and challenged them to
tennis matches In his letter ne
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By igor CaSSlni

says that the girl situation there is
splendid, even if most of the stars
don't look $50 hot" without makeup
on LARRY" is studying dancing
with Johnny Boyle, who taught so
many famous dancing stars :. That
means that LARRY" has chance to
get somewhere!
Pardon us for the interruption -.
Mrs. 'Totty" Mitchell and Mrs. Rose
Merriam occupied a box and were
soon joined by loads of friends .
Rufus Johnston and the two Merriam
brothers were wandering around in
search of some cuties but the Gu
ties were all interested for the after
noon in tennis champions The
mixed doubles had just started pair
ing the glamour girls with the leading
players Frank Shields had Jane
Pope as partner 1--WE score this vic
tory on your side, Jane y =. "Vi"
French dined the night before with
Charles Hare, of England, and the
next day she was playing (tennis)
with him Audrey Gray had a
crush on Frank Kovacs, and they
were paired! Natalie Winslow
likes Europeans and her partner is
Bernard Destremeau, of France
Francesca Villa, su b d b u tante e
beauty, and Jack Kramer, 17-year-old
Californian, made another attractive
combination Marsyl Stokes re-
fused to play in the mixed doubles
as it was too hot! >. but she will
refresh everybody tomorrow after
noon with cocktails at Bois Dore,
villa of her aunt, Mrs. William
Fahnestock, with whom she is stay
ing. Marsyl's mother, Mrs. Henry
Drummond Wolff, will arrive from
England September peggy"
Stevenson, one of the leading New
York glamour girls, who is now WIS.,
iting the Villas, was having her for
tune told last night by a fakir &. . &.
Her escorts, tall and youngish "Tony"
Villa and taciturn Beverley Bogert,
were listening intently Maybe
they wanted to know what would
happen in the future but we
would like to know what happened
in the past!
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Mrs. Hancock
EntertQi1S

Mrs. w. o. Hancock, first vice
president and ways and means
chairman of the Park View
Woman's Clubs, entertained a
group of club members at her
beach home, Plum Point, this
week. Guests included Mrs.
Pierce B. Ashburn, Mrs. George
Evans, Mrs. Edward Kirby, Mrs.
John Mckay, Mrs. D. E. Clarke,
Mrs. w. G. Heygster and Mrs.
Thomas Farris.
Mrs. Lawrence E. Murray,
president of the club, announces
that the first meeting of the
season will be held October IA
at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Warren Wagner. Mrs. Ernest
H. Daniel, president Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation Of
Women's Clubs, has been invited
to speak before the group. A
musical program is also planned
for this meeting.
The education committee will
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Leaves for
EnCQn1pn1ent

Mrs. Edith Whitcraft, D. c.
department president Of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars Of the
United States, left last night
for the annual national encamp-
ment, to be held simultaneously
with that of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, in Columbus,
Ohio, starting tomorrow and
ending Friday.
Also attending the Auxiliary
encampment is Mrs. Adelaide M.
Grant, who is being endorsed by
the District of Columbia for the
office of national chaplain. Mrs.
Grant, a past department preSi.
dent, is a delegate from the
Police-Fire Auxiliary.
Other delegates going to the
convention include Mrs. Roberta
FaWcett, a past department
president, who is a delegate
from the Follow-Me Auxiliary;
Mrs. Maybelle Buckingham.
president of the Federal Auxil-
iary; Mrs. Charlotte Strathern,
treasurer of the Federal Auxil-
iary; Mrs. Elizabeth johnson,
president of the Defense Auxil.
larry; Mrs. Mary Obey, Of the
Defense Auxiliary, and Mrs.
Hattie Byram, of the Follow.Me
Auxiliary.
Washington women have pre-
pared a humorous skit about
the club pin which they will
present at the celebration of
the Silver Jubilee next Thurs
day evening. Each State will be
allowed five minutes to present
some kind Of a performance.
Next Tuesday has been set
aside for State dinners. The
banquet of the D. c. group, In
cluding both men and women,
has been arranged by Mrs. By.
ram, chairman, assisted by Mrs.
Buckingham and Mrs. Fawcett.
There are approximately 1907
900 members of the Ladies Aux
iliary, organized IS years ago to
help the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. the auxiliary assists and
supports the work of the post
and The members take an active
part in the study Of legislation
that affects veterans, and also
teach patriotism and American
ism. There are $500 different
auxiliarieS, which are also 10.
Gated in Honolulu and Alaska.
In the District Of Columbia
there are eight groups, with q
total membership of about 800.
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The first business meeting Of
the season will be held October
7 at the home of Mrs. Gary E.
Walters, the corresponding Sec
retary. However, a social get
together in the form of a card
party is being planned for next
month. Mrs. KeranS is max
ing preparations for this event,
which will be one of the few
money-raiSing activities of the
year. Funds will be raised this
year only for the purpose Of
buying a chapter banner and a
regulation American flag to be
used at massing Of colorS and
general patriotic affairs.
Mrs. Kerans is also assisting
with the preparation of the
chapters yearbook, which will be
ready for distribution at the
october meeting. Mrs. j. K.
Freiot, the historian, is chair
man of the yearbook committee.
Two outstanding events are
scheduled for next seaSon-the
Founders Day anniversary in
April and a luncheon in Janu-
ary, with distinguished guests
and speakers.
Other officers serving the
club are Mrs. Acheson Hassan,
vice president; Mrs. E. Helen
Temple, recording secretary;
Miss Lillian Norton, treasurer;
Mrs. Howard Crane, chaplain;
Mrs. M. E. Woodward, registrar;
Mrs. Thomas S. Wallis, color
bearer, and the following
councillors: Mrs. Gaius M. Brum-
baugh Mrs. Jessie Porter Wood,
Mrs. Sol Lansburgh, Mrs. Kate
Jaquette, Mrs. Samuel Meeks,
Mrs. Sallie Harper, Mrs. Angus
tine Lonergan, Mrs. William
Goff Sears and Mrs. Bertha M.
Robertson.
This society is principally en-
gagged in restoring historical
records and finding old Bibles,
wills and documents to trace
ancestors. To be eligible in its
membership, one must be a
direct descendant of a founder
of this nation as well as a Revo-
lutionary War soldier, and must
bear her ancestors name.
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Evelyn Iverson to Wed c.. D. Vernon

in the department Of speech at
the University of Maryland. She
was graduated from George
Washington University and OBJ
tanned her MA. degree from
Columbia University. At George
Washington University she was
a member Of the Kappa Kappa
Gamma Sorority and was So
lected as the most outstanding
girl in activities in her gradual
ing class.
The wedding will take place
Saturday afternoon, September
3. Following the ceremony a
reception win be held at the
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Judge and Mrs. G. A. Iverson,
of the Hotel Roosevelt, announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Evelyn A. Iverson, to Gin
ton D. Vernon. Judge IversCn
is a Special Assistant to the
Attorney General. He and Mrs,
Iverson have lived in Washing:
ton for II years. Formerly he
was judge of the State District
Court in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Miss Iverson was guest of
honor az a luncheon today given
at the Shoreham by Miss Rachel
Cooley.
Miss IVerSon Is an instructor
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home of DR.. and Mrs. Don John
son in Bethesda.
Mr.. Vernon formerly was an
assistant United States attorney
and at present is engaged in the
private practice of law. He OBJ
tanned A. B. and LII. B. degrees
from George Washington Uni
verSity, and was elected to the
Order of the Golf, national hon.
orary legal fraternity. His
social fraternity is Pi Kappa
Alpha. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Weston Vernon Of
Logan, Utah.
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AmOng Those Present

MISS LAURA BERRIEN. =.
president of the National ASSO-
citation of Women Lawyers =.
who, like her predecessors, put
up a valiant battle for two years
for equal rights in Georgia. :.
her lobbying and campaigning
SO successful that law was
passed in 1917 admitting women
attorneys to practice in that
State. has pen with which
Governor 'sNat" Harris signed
bill framed in her office. is a
member of the firm Of Matthews
and Berrien received her
LID. degree from the Washing
ton College of Law, graduating
with first hOnOrS and prize win
ner of the Moot Court. is grad
uate of the Georgia State Col
lege with B. A. degree. and
from American University with
M. A. degree was born in
WaynesbOrO, Ca. came here
in 1910. has travelled through
out European countries, CONT.
mental America. Bermuda. t..
and Canada. is grand enter.
tainer, amusing friends with hui
mOrOus tales of her association
with Maude Younger, diStin.
guished suffrage leader who
worked toward improving status
Of working American woman
hood. says everybody should
vote. that "PeOple ca nm o t
count ON interests being ade-
quately protected without voice
in government" organized
Government Workers Council
of National WOman'S Party
while in government service ..
entered private practice in 1888
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Lecuonas Feted

Miss Anna w. Archibald was
hostess at a tea Thursday at the
Hay-Adams House in honor of
the new Counselor of the Span
ish Embassy and Sonora de
Lecuona. Guests included the
Secretary of the Brazilian EN-
bassy and Senhora de SoareS;
the Secretaries of the Spanish
Embassy, Senior Antonio Lahi-
guerra, Senor Juan Meana and
Senor Ignacio del Castillo, Mrs.
Preston McGoodwin, wife Of the
former United States Minister
of Venezuela; Mrs. C. L. Miller
and Mrs. Elizabeth Henneys
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hold a luncheon meeting at the
home Of Mrs. Maurice I. Smith
on October 20. Mrs. Claude
Sizemore is chairman Of the
education committee.
Mrs. Hancock is now making
arrangements for a large card
party in the early fall to raise
money for the clubs philan-
thropic activities. It will be
the first social function of the
coming season. Mrs. George
Corbin is the acting chairman
Of the philanthropic section.
Mrs. r. H. o. Role is chair
man Of the art department,
and is also planning her groups
first luncheon meeting.
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Society qoddP
Chinese ENJOY to Fete Visitors *+ On
By Peter Carter

~ OLONEL AND MRS. JOSEPH FEGAN U. S. NJ G,
~ will certainly need the rest of long ship ride to their
next post in Shanghai China for between all of their friends
both service and civilian, who giving them farewell
parties their time is completely filled. General and Mrs
William Upshur gave dinner for the Fegans last night out
at Olney Inn Colonel and Mrs Holland Smith enter
tanning for them Monday night Colonel and Mrs Maurice
Shearer gave dinner in their honor last Wednesday night
and the Commandant Of the Marine Corps, General and
Mrs Thomas Hocomb, will entertain for Colonel and Mrs
Fegan night We hear that the dinner given by
Colonel and Mrs. Shearer which served in their garden
was especially effective regards the lighting 1t
that tiny varcoored electric bulbs entwned in the
border shrubs flowers and plants and the whole thing
very lovely.
General and Mrs. Thomas Holcomb leaving the first
part the week motor through the New England States
then back to New York to meet their Frank
Hocomb who is returning the fourth of September from
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doesn't h a e a
number with at
least seven zeroes,
take my advice
and don't come to
Newport! Be-
cause Newport is
only and mainly
a social resort
T h ere is n O
b e a u t y i n
the place . and
even if many vii
las impress you
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From Ireland

Mrs. Pose O'Connor will ar
rive from Ireland Monday ac-
companied by her son, Michael,
and daughter, Ann. They have
been touring Ireland for five
months spending the balance Of
their time in County Roscom-
mon in the west of Ireland.
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Leaving Today

Mrs. E. Contee Meredith, Of
Embassy Towers, is leaving to-
day on a motor trip to spend the
remainder of the summer with
her father in Canada. En- route
she will visit friends in Ohio
and Michigan.
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Daughter Born

A daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. James Finan, of New
York City and Stone Ridge, N.
Y, yesterday at the New York
Hospital. Mrs. Finan is the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Sturges,
daughter of Mrs. Hollister
SturgeS and the late Mr..
Ctl1rnnc
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SN~~sNNNN~N~~~NNsN>~
ORANGES LEWIS, pretty
Il daughter of Colonel and
Mrs. H. B. CMonk) Lewis, has
finally rejoined her family,
much to said family's surprise,
no doubt, for Frances has been
having whirl of a good time,
first at West Point, then Platts-
burg and one or two other
points, in between.
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loan BOYER, daughter of
d Colonel and Mrs. Frederick
Boyer, and Barbara Milton,
daughter of the late Colonel
Milton, have just come back
from a sojourn at Fort Mon
roe. AS you know, the West
Point cadets were down there,
including Joan's brother, who
is in the first class, as is Fred
Boyer, jr.
Joan Boyer and Barbara Mil
ton are both very lovely looking
girls, but very different in color
ing. Joan is tall, slim with very
dark hair and big brown eyes
and Barbara is tall, slim and
very blond with huge blue eyes.
Cadets Ross Milton, Bob
Strong and Hank" Adams are
using their vacation time to go
fishing and departed last week,
with plenty of provisions and
bait, to see what they could find
in the Chesapeake Bay.
DATRICIA MURPHY, of the
L glorious red hair, has trekked
off to Rehobeth to be gone, so
she hopes, until this heat wave
is gone-forever. Patricia, as
you know, is the sub-deb daugh-
ter of Mrs. Edward Murphy and
the late Major Murphy. It
seems that Mrs. Murphy is in
sad need of rest, herself, since
getting Patricia off to Rehobeth
for neither Patricia nor her
mother knew she was going un-
til the afternoon of the morn
ing she left.
And-what with packing for
Sub-deb daughter and trying to
remember all of those last min
ute things, which are always
forgotten, Mrs. Murphy is now,
practically collapsed.
~ \
A NNE PAGE, darkly lovely
"A daughter of Mrs. Hardy
Page and the late Commander
Page, is now on the West Coast,
at Long Beach, and staying with
Capt. and Mrs. Russell (Whitey)
Lloyd. Captain Lloyd is a Ma
rine officer, aboard the North
ampton. Anne, who from her
letters, is having the time of her
young life, and is going down to
Coronado Beath to stay with
Comdr. and Mrs. Carl Thesis,
at their place there. Pretty
Nancy Rheem went out to the
Coast and joined Anne in Long
Beach for awhile, which made it
nice all around for these two
girls have been friends since
pinafore days.
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OHELIA SULTAN, daughter Of
~ Col. and Mrs. Daniel I. Sui
tan, gave dinner party the
other night for pretty Lucie
Reynolds, who is to be married,
october %, to John Hardester.
Elizabeth Rollins, daughter Of
Col. and Mrs. T. M. Rollins, he
is in command of Fort Belvoir,
was one of the very attractive
girls at this party.
BARBARA TIL MPS SON.
ID whose father, Col. Charles
Thompson, has just been or
dered here for duty from Fort
Benning and has taken a spa
cious apartment at 24O0 Six
teenth ST., is wearing one Of the
smartest evening frockS, in pale
blue chiffon, and also, when Bar
bara arrives at parties, she in
variably is accompanied by two
escorts.
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HADET PAGE SMITH is de-
" termined to get all the
dancing in that is humanity
possible before returning to
West Point, so the other night
at the Army, Navy Country Club
he never missed a dance and
was as immaculate and cool as
the spring breeze at the end Of
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Returning Today

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.
Hewitt, accompanied by their
two children, Mary Lucille and
Bobbie Hewitt, who have been
occupying a suite at Wardman
Park Hotel, are returning to-
day to their home in Camp
Hill Pa.
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WOMEN'S CLUB ACTIVITIES:
Patriots of America
Head Busy Worker
BY MARY PADGETT

Mrs Grattan Kerans president of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots Of
America is another of the many local presidents who
busy engaged in preparing plans for next years activities
of their organization.
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NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 2O.-If
~ your name is not in the Social
Register or if your bank account
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First Lady Attended

The incentive for the'party
is the visit to Washington of
the Chinese delegates to the
second World Youth Con-
gress, which has been meet
ing recently in Poughkeepsie
and which Mrs. Roosevelt at
tended earlier this week.
Some of the IS or 20 dele
gates from China have al
ready arrived in the Capital,
others will come next week.
Other than the garden party
no special entertainment has
been planned, allowing the
visitors ample opportunity to
visit places of interest in and
about Washington.
The Ambassador and his fam
fly have remained pretty close
to washington throughout the
summer, Miss Yoeh having taken
several short trips III July. Miss
An Flu Wang, whose engage
ment to the attache of the EN-
bassy, Mr.. Kung-yuan Sidney
Lee, was announced some time
ago, has been at the Embassy
through the summer months. A
still younger sister, Miss An-hsiu
Wang, has been taking a sum-
mer course at Cornell Univer-
sity, but has returned to the
Capital.
To revert to the garden party,
It promises to be one of the most
picturesque gatherings in some
time with the delegates and the
wives of members of the EN-
bassy staff wearing their color
full native costumes.
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:. is q member of the Board Of
WOmen's City Club. American
Society Of International Law. >.
Edmund Burke Chapter d. A.
R., in WayneSbOrO, Ga. mem
ber of the WOman'S Bar AssO-
citation of the District Of COlunH-
bia. and the American Bar
Association.
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WATSON
y golden white
wilowy
Shanghai
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Youth Congress
Incentive
For F etc
By Flora Macdonald

An embassy garden party
in August! That is the incest
news we've CLEANED in many
a warm week.
The Chinese ambassador,
DR.. Chengting T. Wang, and
his daughter, NJ iss 4oeh
Wang, who has acted as her
fathers hostess since their
arrival here last summer,
have issued invitations for a
party at Twin Oaks, next
Saturday afternoon.
Twin Oaks, the estate of
Mrs. Charles j. Bell, is ideal
for this type of party with its
broad sweep of lawn, shaded
by huge, old trees.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-20
DUCK HUNTING SEASON OPEN
Off-SeasOn Weather Prevents the
Sport That Was Anticinated

Cold, blustery weather-the kind
preferred by ducks-was absent
Saturday as Delaware hunters
opened the 45-day season. Scores
of gunners, however, were out on
the marshes in spite Of the off-sea-
son wether. Gov. Richard @. Nc
Mullen with a party Of friends was
among those in the field. A survey
by officers of the Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners in the Del
aware City and Blackbird areas re
vealed large f1ocks of ducks, but
there were few Of the Canadian
variety. Migrations from Canada
have been delayed by the unseason-
ably warm weather, the experts
say. The first real touch of sharp
autumn frost is expected to bring
the northern ducks down the At
lantic seaboard in fiocks. AS the
season opened, game officials said
the establishment of a chain of fly
ways along the coast has helped
increase the duck population. The
$4,000 acre-Bombay Hook Migra-
tory Wildlife Refuge near Wood
land Beach, is an important link in
the coastal chain.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-20
VISITORS DAY AT COLONY
Supt. Howard Il. Ennis Prepares an
Interesting Program of Exercises

Supt. Howard Il. Ennis Prepares an
Interesting Program of Exercises
The annual Fall Visitors Day and
Pound Party at Delaware Colony,
State Training School, near Stock
! ley, will be held this Saturday, Oc-
tober p. An operetta, Tom Saw
yer, based on Mark Twain's story
Tom Sawyer" will be presented in
the auditorium by the Colony chill
dren at p. m. under the direction
of Mr. Richard Landes. The Com
mission will hold meeting in the
Administration Building at 1.3O.
Members Of the Commission are as
follows: William B. Truitt, Chair
man, Bridgeville; Atwood F.Lynch,
Vice Chairman, Frankford; Mrs. S.
F. Toadvine, Secretary, Milford;
L. Lee Layton, Jr., Dover; DR.. B.
B. G. Blackstone, Wilmington; DIR.
T. H. Davies, Wilmington; John B.
Hutton, Dover; Mrs. Ann B. Car
ter, Smyrna; DR.. w. o. LaMotte.
Wilmington. Members of the Board
Of Lady Visitors who will be pres
ent are: Mrs. John B. Hutton, Past
President, Honorary, Dover; Mrs.
Clara Marshall, Past President,
LeWes; Miss Ida Roosa, President,
Milford; Mrs. Walter w. Hynson,
Treasurer, Smyrna; Mrs. Blanche
Green, Middletown; Mrs. Robert
Smith, Wilmington; Mrs Garrett
Harrington, Harrington; Mrs.
George S. Carter, Smyrna; Mrs. S.
M. Ellis, Delmar; Mrs. L. a. Drex-
ler, Camden; Mrs. Charles Town
send, Dagsboro. All departments
and buildings will be open to visit
ors. Reports of the various de-
Ipartments of the institution will be
given by the Superintendent, How
ard t. Ennis. The AT children en-
rolled at the Colony look forward
to this day, since there are usually
donations of apples, pears, canned
fruits, groceries and edibles Of all
kinds. Donations brought or sent
to the Colony should be marked
with the name and address of the
donor. The employment of a
iPsychiatrist and Social Worker
during the fiscal year has effected
the budget to such an extent that
the stricted economy is necessary.
For this reason donations are es-
pecially desirable.