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26. WINNETKA TALK August 27, 1927 North Shore Benefits Popular as Social Affairs on August Calendar BY JEAN TEN BROECK Like the hills and ridges that break through the smoke-like mists covering an early evening countryside, occa- sional benefits of north shore interest pierce through the midsummer pall over our social life. This last week in August offers two affairs of different nature but with a purpose philan- thropic. Of these one is a large lawn fete ta be given Saturday evening, August 27, in the charming garden of the Edgar Foster Alden home at 352 Linden street, Winnetka, under the auspices of the garden committee of the Illinois Women's Athletic club. Dancing to the strains of a six piece orchestra, fortune telling, tables for cards, and re- freshments will be attractive features of the garden party. Mrs. Alden, who is chairman of the garden committee, is assisted in making arrangements by several north shore women, Mrs. Leonard Roach, Mrs. Charles Bradley, and Mrs. George Karnes of Winnetka, Mrs. F. G. Kane of Kenilworth, and Mrs. A. H. F. Ull- rick of Glencoe, as well as by Mrs. Os- car Hebel, Mrs. Arthur Fifield, Mrs. C. M. Dube, Mrs. E. S. Stross, Mrs. H. O. Coulson, Mrs. F. E. Peck, Mrs. | Charles Trosk, Mrs. R. F. Elmer, Mrs. H. L. Harmount, Mrs. Louis Deeter, Mrs. Fred Green, Mrs. Walter Hughes, and Mrs. Harper Hibbe, all of Chicago. The second benefit is an afternoon bridge to be given next Wednesday by the ex-service committee of the Woman's Library club of Glencoe for the veterans at the Great Lakes hos- pitals. The party will take place at 205 Franklin road, Glencoe, the home of Mrs. Ivor Jeffreys, president of the Library club. Mrs. Finnegan, who is in charge of the Red Cross work at Hospital 105, will be a guest and will explain the work which is being done under her supervision. Mrs. Norman H. Camp is general chaizman of the committee and Miss Helen Martin heads the ticket com: mittee for the bridge. Both Mrs. Camp and Miss Martin are residents of Glen- coe. Margaret Keith Plans to Have Quiet Wedding Miss Margaret Keith, daughter of the Carl Keiths of 310 Warwick road, Kenilworth, has set September 17 as the date for her wedding to Hughston M. McBain, son of Mrs. Fred McBain of Evanston. The wedding will be a quiet one, attended only by one hundred rela- tives and friends. The service will be read at 9 in the evening in the home of the bride's parents. The bride will wear the white satin dress and tulle veil worn by her sister, Cornelia, at her wedding last year to C. M. Larsen of Peoria. The attendants, Miss Alice Shipman, daughter of the George Shipmans of 432 Warwick road, and Miss Katherine Stolp, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Rufus Stolp of 336 War- wick road, will be gowned in blue chif- ron. Mr. McBain's best man will be Earl Kribben of Chicago, and the ushers will be the bride's brother, Elbridge, and William O'Brien of Chicago. After October 15, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Bain will be at home at 1406 Elmwood avenue, Evanston. Among the affairs being given in honor of Miss Keith are a kitchen shower, which Mrs. Samuel Flood will give, September 2, at her home, 133 ilworth avenue, and a miscellaneous shower which Miss Shipman will give the week preceding the wedding. Interest in Summer Benefits Continues October Bride Lawn Fete Hostess | a Photo by Koehne October has been chosen as the wed- ding month of Miss Helen Gertrude Eagle, daughter of Mrs. Walter R. The engagement of Miss Eagle to Rodes Garth Dunn, son of Dr. and Mrs. Freeland J. Dunn of Chicago was an- nounced recently by her mother. Garden Club Announces Day of Flower Exhibit September 2 has been chosen as the time of the annual summer flower show of the Wilmette Garden club. Mrs. Hope Thompson of 1219 Ashland avenue, Wilmette, is to be the hostess and F. A. Cushing-Smith the lecturer. The speaker has selected as his topic. "How Shall I Plan My Garden?" which he will present as a chalk talk using in illustration plans of plots, of grounds planted by garden club members. The displays will be arranged in two classes, the first, the A group, which will be judged for artistic arrangement of flowers; the second, Class B, the flower perfection group. The former ay include eight exhibits, the latter Mrs. William Evans and her commit- tee are to be the judges. In Wedding Party Hawley Smith of Winnetka is to best man at the wedding of Miss Harriet Thorp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George G. Thorp of Evanston, and Arthur Dailey of Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Dailey of San Francisco, on the afternoon of Sep- tember 1. The wedding will be quiet, and will be solemnized at 4:30 o'clock, in the bride's home. Miss Thorp's only attendants will be her two sisters, Mrs. Woodbridge Bissell of Gary and Mrs. John E. Blunt, III, of Evanston. Golf Teams Meet Monday Sunset Ridge Golf club is the locale for the final play of the season of the north shore golf team matches on Mon- day, August 29. The winning north shore team will meet the winning teams of the south and west sides to decide the Chicago championship. Mrs. Percy W. Greene of 1086 Lau- rel avenue entertained at bridge at her home Wednesday afternoon. agle of 1030 Forest avenue, Glencoe. Photo by Moffett Mrs. Edgar Foster Alden of Win- netka is chairman of the garden com- mittee of the Illinois Women's Athle- tic club which is sponsoring a garden party this evening at the Alden home, 352 Linden street. Mrs. Alden is also president of the Southern Women's club of Chicago. Dinner Dance Nights Are in Favor at Shore Club Dinner dance nights at Club Vista del Lago, which are Wednesdays and Saturdays, have proved a most delight- ful innovation for north shore society. The colorful club setting with its open air dancing opportunity presents a unique rendezvous and one that is growing fast in popularity. Last Saturday witnessed a big as- semblage of members and friends and included many large individual parties. Numbered among these was a party of fifty given by Mrs. Robert Burrows of Winnetka, as a farewell dinner to friends departing for a European trip, Mr. and Mrs. E. Dudley Bradstreet and Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Wolcott of Winnetka. Other large parties included those of Mrs. B. W. Lynch of Wilmette, who was hostess to twenty; Mrs. William M. Hoyt of Winnetka, who had a table of twelve; and Mrs. Richard Wolfe of Kenilworth, Mrs. Gordon A. Ramsay of Glencoe, Mrs. William O. Coleman of Winnetka, Mrs. John R. Marshall of Evanston, Mrs. George M. Coale of Kenilworth, Mrs. Henry N. Cooper, Jr., of Winnetka, and Mrs. M. H. Hurd o Wilmette, who also had tables for parties of twelve. In addition to dining and dancing it is reported the club is going to in- clude entertainment acts in its program for membership enjoyment beginning this coming week end. Benefit Bridge Monday The Southern Women's Educational alliance is giving the first of a series of benefit bridge parties Monday af- ternoon in the home of Mrs. W. A. Pusey on the Glenview Golf club grounds. Assisting the hostess will be Mrs. C. R. Glover, Mrs. Clifford A. Caldwell, and Mrs. Leslie Hungerford. Table reservations either may be made with Mrs. Pusey or with Mrs. Harold M. Pulsifer of Evanston. The proceeds from the series of benefit planned by the alliance are to be used for the education of southern girls. Large Attendance Makes Success of Garden Club Show Bright sunshine, a wise choice of sea- sons, when the late summer flowers were at the height of their perfection, and an enthusiastic crowd made a tremendous success of the flower show held Saturday and Sunday by the North Shore Garden club. Mrs, Charles Stonehill opened her home and gardens for the show, and a number of other north shore gardens were open on those two days. About eight hundred persons attended the show, making for its financial success. The finances were aided also by the money realized by the sale of the flowers exhibited. Af- ter having been sold, these flowers were turned back to the committee, to be distributed to hospitals. The vegetables were sent to Sunset camp, the camp for which the show was given. Mrs. Julius Rosenwald of Highland Park was prominent among the prize winners. She carried off ribbons for her lilies, potted plants and luncheon table arrangement. Mrs. Morris Wollf, also of Highland Park, won prizes for the lilies and potted plant she ex- hibited. Mrs. Louis Epstein showed prize snapdragons, and Mrs. George Pick of Highland Park had the prize vegetables. The dinner table arrange- ments of Mrs. M. Straus of Highland Park and Mrs. J. Harry Selz, Glencoe, won prizes, and Mrs. Herman Black's informal dinner table won first prize in its class. Mrs. Harold Florsheim of Highland Park won a prize with her luncheon table exhibit. In the exhibi- tion of dahlias and asters, S. A. Glaser, Louis Kuppenheimer of Winnetka, and Mrs. A. G. Becker of Highland Park were awarded ribbons. Richard Churchill of Highland Park and Mrs. Ben Stein of Glencoe won ribbons for their dahlias. The prize for the best floral set piece for a large living room was given to Sam Marx of Glencoe. Among the outside garden clubs which had exhibitions, Glencoe Garden club won first place, Kenilworth Garden eb, second, and the Lake Forest club. third. Select Assistants for Twin Debut in Winnetka A tea unusual in the debut world is to be that given on the afternoon of Saturday, September 10, when Miss Virginia Wallace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wallace, and Miss Ashton Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Wilson, formerly of Winnetka, will be introduced to socie- ty. Following the tea, which will take place at the Wallace residence at 815 Mt. Pleasant road, the young people f will go to the Indian Hill club for dancing. The young girls who will assist at the debut tea will be Miss Mary Mil- ler, a debutante of last season, and Miss Betty Pain, both of Winnetka, and Miss Helen Shimmin and Miss Mattibelle Hubbart of the Orrington hotel, Miss Mary Carman, Miss Betty Harding, and Miss Barbara Groves of Evanston, Miss Ruth Hunter of Lake Forest and Chicago, and Miss Elean- or Jerrems and Miss Betty McNair, of Chicago. - Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their daughter, who are now living in Fay- etteville, N. C., are arriving in Win- netka a week before the debut, and Miss Ashton will be the guest of the Wallaces indefinitely. Westmoreland club is having a din- ner dance this evening. The dinner hour is from 6:30 to 8:30, with the dancing commencing at 9. : ry Spa