The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-09

ed dozen or more lovely New York
mesdames; Mrs. 7. Arnold Hill, who
chose a Sunday afternoon to decorate
her modernistic dining room in honor
of a select dinner party for the enter
tainment of Mrs. Daily, topping the
occasion by presenting her with an
orchid corsage; Mrs. Herbert Harris
(the New York author, school teacher
and charming hostess of 400 Edge
combe Avenue) who selected cards to
amuse the lovely Chicagoan and in
vited five couples of guests mostly
from adjoining apartments of 400
where so many ultra delightful social
folk reside. Judge Toney and his de-
lightful Lady Lillian were among the
first arrivals, the latter as usually
attired most bewitchingly in softest
lace; Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Curtis, Of
Passaic, n. j., nephew and niece of
Mrs Daily and parents of the well
known and much loved Jean Curtis,
who were hosts at a dinner party pre-
pared and decorated as only Mrs.
Mrs. Fanny Curtis can prepare and
decorate a dinner; Mrs. Lottie Mede-
dick Cooper (of stage and concert
fame) invited Mrs. Daily to be guest
of honor when she entertained her 30
members of the Jersey Matrons Club"
(the club members out shone each
other in glamorous costumes while the
guest was respondent in an imported
cocktail frock of scintillating lowell
ness. The prizes were seemingly end
less and were most unusuaD; Mrs.
Shelton Bishop gave one Of her truly
famous Sunday Night Suppers which
included seven guests until later in the
evening when her brilliant young hus-
band, Rev Shelton Bishop, arrived
from the evening church service at St.
Phillips. The lovely blonde Beth
Bishop, daughter of the couple,
assisted her mother in receiving.
After a spell of breathing space we
hasten on to mention Mrs. Thaddeus
Hume of Brooklyn who called together
that delightful penelope Bridge Club"
with Mrs. Daily as the center of atten-
ton The Penelope Club carries with
it a host of fondest, sweetest memories
and was first young mothers sewing
circle years ago when most of the mem
bers were raising young families. Now
those youngsters have grown and de-
veloped and blossomed into young
woman and manhood and form the
envied group Of the younger social
set; Captain and Mrs Matthew Boute
were formally inclined when they
gave the dinner party for Mrs. D."
The guests responded likewise and the
aair was quite Park Avenue-esque Col.
and Mrs. Davis of the regiment added
brillance to the scenic atmosphere as
the former arrived in strict military
formal dress while Mrs. Davis affected
trailing creation of midnight green
and regiment gold. The guest of honor
was quite the cynosue of all eyes in
her dinner gown of lame with asses
sories Of lipstick red; Mr. and Mrs.
H. K. Craft just had a parlor affair
which quite reminded one of the old
song, "Just a little street where old
friends meet" Their present apart
ment is small and so only the friends
Of yesteIyear who knew Mrs. Daily
when she was the lovely Eleanor Cur
It's of Washington could be included.
However, twas said, "a good time was
had by ALL" Other hostesses were DIR.
! Mrs. Fleming Norris (nee Gertrude
Curtis of Paterson, n. j. who escorted
Mrs, Daily to the theatre party which
witnessed abe Lincoln in Illinois"
and "cabareted" afterwards; Mrs.
Helen Curtis who served truly unique
breakfast and then took her guest to
Radio City; Dorothy Reed of Glen
Cove, Mrs. Richard Birnie of Brook
! lyn, Mrs. Ruth Roberts of New York,
Miss Julia Jackson Of Brooklyn, Mrs.
Temple Burge, were the hostesses who
Just could not sandwich in a date so
that they graciously sent baskets of
flowers, chests of candy and glace
fruits and otherwise compensated for
their inability to secure even an hour
when this lovely Chicagoan guest was
at leisure. And, strange as it may
seem, Mrs. Daily came to New York
for a week or two or rest-but so bene-
fitted by her days and evenings of
strenuous gaiety that she returned to
DIR. Daily infinitely refreshed and re
iuvenated after her merry whirl along
little old New York's social horizon.
But this is not by any means all !!
Much, much more there is to tell Of
but time and space and circumstance
they Just force us to say, Goodbye
Good Luck for today.
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