The guardian., 1941-07-26
THE SOCIAL HORIZON

NEW YORK CITY-"Hello and
Goodbye" were the greetings extended
to Joshua Richard and Virginia Craft
Rose on Sunday evening, July 13
when Mr.. and Mrs. H. K. Craft were
at home in their honor. Several scores
of family friends began to arrive short
ly before sundown and by midnight the
last guest had departed and Virginia
and "Josh" began to prepare for the
California trip home, over the noun
tains an across the Great Divide,
through the deserts, making short stop
overs in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Denver,
Salt Lake City, Yellowstone Park,
Reno, Sacramento, and then into Oak
land, their home, nesting under the
shade of the Golden Gate of San Fran
cisco.
Joshua was fortunate in having been
elected delegate to the annual conven-
ton of Y.M.C.A. laymen held each year
in Bordentown, N. j., where our own
Will Valentine, an honor Harvard
graduate way back yonder, is still the
valient principal. So Joshua motored
his little family East and attended a
whole week of the conference while
Virginia and her three little ducklings
Croft, Virginia Trotter and
Mary Elizabeth Ellen, enjoyed a visit
with the old home folks at 270 Convent
Ave. in New York City. She was
guest at several dinner parties, at a
trip to Radio City, two theater parties,
enjoying "Watch on the Rhine" and
The Corn is Green" a Jones Beach
party, and whole day at her favorite
Wanamaker Dept. store. Before leav-
ing New York, she paid visit to the
famous hairdresser and stylist, "Jim-
mie", on Seventh Ave. and received one
OF his Personality Hair cuts and per-
manent waves-which quite set off her
selection of navy blue tailored outfit
with accessories of red and white.
But the elimination of the Rose So
Journ was the "at home" on Sunday
evening, at which Mrs. Doris Joyner
Mrs. Edith Alexander, Mrs.
Margaret Kinlock Hull and Miss Lii
han Forest Smith were the assistant
hostesses and aids to Mr.. and Mrs.
Craft. What did Virginia select for
a costume? Oh, she was adorable in
a slime-line fesh-color chiffon with low
cut draped bodice and immensely fared
skirt. Her slippers were gold
and her narrow corsage was of tiny
talisman rose buds Mrs. Alexander
selected a Chinese silk, emphasizing
red; Mrs. Wilkinson wore azure blue
with oyster white accessories; Mrs. Hull
was daintily aristocratic in white silk:
Miss Forest Smith was gowned in pink
mousseline, sprigged with rose buds.
The hostess wore a coral frock of forest
green splashed with a pattern of large
gold cOlored dahlias. DIR. and Mrs.
Chas. G. Steward of Boston, uncle and
aunt of Virginia, who had arrived early
that morning, were special guests and
the latter was serenly gracious in cos
tune of black chantilly lace, two
tiounced, over wine colored silk and she
also one of Jimmie's Per-
sonality hair bobs.
Of course there were other lovely
costumes but one can't quite find space
for all. There was lovely Emma Braitb-
waite with her tall, distinguished hus-
band, Boston's own poet, VIM. Stanley
Braithwaite, and the splendid daughter,
Feona; DR., and Mrs. Chester Chinn,
Mrs. Lillian Wethers and her two sweet
young daughters, Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey
Bowser (Jessie Fortune) and the di-
vlnely tall Elizabeth as well as CARR
son and Hallowell; DIR. and Mrs. Rich
ard Bernie (Theresa Stubbs) and their
hearts beat, the blush rose, little Their
esa; Mrs. Laura Thomasson, niece of
Lottle Cooper; the distinguished and
noted Walter White family of NAACP
fame whose daughter is a sophomore
at Smith College; also Mrs. Sara
Writ DunstOn, Capt. and Mrs. Mathew
Boutte, Mr.. James Bailey, husband of
Penelope (Nellie) Matthews Bailey;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Austin, the former
Harlem's pre-eminent realtor who lives