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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 20 Oct 1928, p. 39

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{E 5 38 WINNETKA TALK October 20, 1928 Ball and Carnival November 30 Is Arden Shore Benefit Annual Arden Shore Ball and Carnival to Be Gay Affair BY JEAN TEN BROECK Gayer, more comprehensive, more brilliant than ever before, is to be the Arden Shore ball on Friday evening, November 30, if the present plans of the Chicago committee of the Arden Shore association, which is sponsoring the affair, are true prognostications. Tickets were put on sale Monday for the event, which, this year, introduces something new, carnival diversions as well as dancing. The Palmer House will be the locale for the event, always a large one on society's calendar. The Red Lacquer room will provide the colorful back- ground for the carnival, the Grand ballroom for the dancing and the fash- ion revue staged by one of Chicago's smartest shops whose evening gowns and evening wraps will be displayed by a group of about twenty Chicago and north shore debutantes. Arrangements underway for Arden Shore ball are these: Bright balloons and bunting will further enhance the Red Lacquer room to provide a carnivalesque setting for many booths, booths where games of skill may be played, a golf booth where a putting clock will be put to use, one for a grab bag, one for tin- types, and one for a fortune teller. Various Chicago stores and shops are donating the prizes to be given for the games. From midnight, until about 1:30, the Carnival will close so that the guests may assemble in the Grand ballroom where the fashion revue will take place. Mrs. Herbert S. Nock is chairman of the ball this season. Miss Bertha Palmer is in charge of boxes, the first of which already has been sold to Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick. Mrs. Warren Hines Clarke heads the advertising and program. commit- tee. Mrs. Phelps Dunham is corres- ponding secretary and Miss Betty Borden and Miss Dorothy Ranney head the debutantes who will be man- nequins. Miss Elaine Blackwell is in charge of decorations, and Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Jr. publicity and entertainment. Mrs. Francis Edward of 257 East Delaware place, Chicago, is in charge of the ticket sale. the Give Affairs in Honor of Miss Katherine Shaw Among the hostesses entertaining in honor of Miss Katherine Shaw, whose marriage is to take place Friday, Oc- tober 26, was Miss Marjorie Pardee of Evanston who gave a dinner and bridge at her home Wednesday, Octo- ber 17. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hart- shorne of 943 Spruce street entertained a few guests at dinner and bridge Thursday evening, and Friday, Mrs. John Spear of 316 Forest avenue gave an evening bridge. Mr. and = Mrs. Howard Shaw, the bride's parents, will give the dinner for the bridal party at their home, 994 Spruce street, next Thursday evening. Mr. McClellan's mother, Mrs. Frank P. McClellan of St. Louis, will be among the out-of- town guests. Dinner Dance for Bud Mrs. Hibbard Casselberry, 870 Sheri- dan road, who recently returned from the South, will give a dinner dance at the Petrushka club Friday evening, October 26, in honor of her sister, Miss Harriett Leonard, daughter of John R. Leonard of 861 Bryant ave- nue, who is a debutante this season. North Shore Girls Brides-Elect Miss Marian Black Glencoe becomes the bride of Walter Miss Katherine Shaw Miss Marian Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stanley Black of Ernest Welge of Evanston, Saturday evening, October 20. The wedding ceremony will take place at Christ church, Winnetka, with a reception following at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Katherine Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard I. Shaw of 994 Spruce street, Winnetka, will become the bride of Robert F. McClellan on October 26, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Webster-Hinman Wedding Solemnized Last Saturday At the lovely wedding of Miss Eliza- beth Webster and Sturtevant Hinman which took place last Saturday after- noon at Christ church, autumn shades were the predominant note. The dec- orations in the church and at the re- ception which followed at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Strong, in Hubbard Woods, were autumn leaves and chrysanthemums and the fall shades of orange and brown were carried out in the gowns of the bride's attend- ants. . 5 The bridal gown was a Paris model of ivory satin made with a court train and trimmed with lace. The veil was of lace and the bridal bouquet was of lillies-of-the-valley, sweet peas, and gardenias. Mrs. Perry E. Buchanan, matron of honor, and Miss Helen G. Oakley of Montclair, N. J., maid of honor, were gowned respectively in the dark shades of brown and orange chiffon and vel- vet. The bridesmaids, Miss Constance E. Green, Miss Jane P. Bertschy, Miss Fanny K. Young, Miss Dorothy A. Barrett, and Miss Jeanette Keller, were in frocks of the lighter shades of orange brown. All the attendants wore hats of various shades of brown felt and carried arm bouquets» of chrysanthemums. Anne Strong and Emily Webster, flower girls, were dressed in chiffon of a pale apricot shade and carried baskets of bronze and yellow chrys- anthemums. Norman Hinman of Barrington served Mr. Hinman as best man and the ushers included Henry Kitchell Webster, Jr., Towner K. Webster, III, John R. Witman, John Smalley, Perry B. Buchanan, Roger Sherman, Douglas Flood, George W. Dawson, Jr. and George Giles. Mr. Hinman and his bride are spend- ing their honeymoon on a ranch in New Mexico and upon their return will make their home in Northbrook where their house is now under con- struction. Political Tea Attracts Enthusiastic Groups Mrs. Pettit Watson opened her home at 900 Sunset road Sunday afternoon for a Political tea for the members of the Winnetka Woman's Hoover for President club. A large, enthusiastic group of men and women attended. Mrs. Jacob Baur, republican national committeeman, acted as chairman of the day. Congressman Albert Webb Jeffries gave a fine, rousing talk for candidate Herbert Hoover, and Mrs. C. Montague Irwin, vice-president for Minnesota of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater association, gave a splendid talk on the Inland Water- ways project. Mrs. Irwin stated that this project is one of the main issues of the campaign and that the people in the central part of the country should be vitally interested. About forty million persons, according to Mrs. Irwin, are -directly affected. At the close of the speeches, tea was served. Among those present were Mrs. Frank Blatchford, Mrs. Frederick Scott, Mr. and Mrs. William Otis, Mrs. Donald McPherson, Mrs. Victor Elting, and Mr. and Mrs. John Van- derVries. Treasure Hunt Tonight The final event of the season at Sunset Ridge Country club is a treasure hunt followed by a midnight buffet supper and dance this evening. Dinner will be served at the club at 6 o'clock, auction bridge will begin at 8, and the hunt is scheduled for 9 o'clock, with the buffet supper served at 12:30. The hunt will be held regardless of weather, and the club announces that sports attire will be the mode for the evening. The drama department of the Wom- an's club will present Mrs. Laird Bell for a dramatic reading at 2:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 23 The program, which will be given in the club parlors, is open to all the women in the village. Touch of Autumn Contributes Charm to Recent Wedding Miss Mary-Louise Fenton of Win- netka became the bride of Gerald Horton, son of Mrs. E. B. Horton of Wilmette, at one of the most beauti- ful of the fall weddings, last Wednes- day evening at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard read the service at the candlelit altar in Christ church which was decorated with a profusion of white chrysanthemums. At the small reception which followed at the home of the bride's father, Howard Fenton, yellow flowers of the same variety were used in the decoration. The bride's gown was made in Eliza- bethan style of ivory velvet with tight bodice and long full skirt with a train. There was a yoke and bits of d'Alen- con lace at the wrists which matched the veil of the same kind of lace. The veil hung from a Juliette cap of pearls. The matron of honor, Mrs. Stanley Morrill, wore a gown of brown tulle over gold cloth, cut extremely long on the left side. Her slippers were gold and she carried Gaiety roses. The maid of honor, Miss Honore White, wore a wistaria colored gown which had a large yellow velvet bow in front matching her gold slippers and carried a shower bouquet of yellow roses. The four bridesmaids, Miss Louise Sherman, Miss Pauline Wolff, Mrs. i A. Thompson of Chicago, and iss Vesper Getman of Evanston, all wore gowns fashioned of chrysanthe- mum yellow chiffon made with bouf- fant skirts short in front and very long in back. The green artificial flowers on the shoulders of the dresses were matched by the green satin slip- pers which they wore and the color- ing of their dresses was found in the bouquets of yellow roses and lavender sweet peas which they carried. Kenneth Horton served his brother as best man and the ushers were Wil- liam W. Miller, John A. Thompson, C. Winslow Tarbet, Charles Milton McCrae, Craig C. Velie, and Howard M. Sharp. Music Club to Meet Mrs. Paul C. Seyl will be hostess to the Winnetka Music club at its second autumn meeting at 1 o'clock, Monday afternoon in her home at 1046 West- moor road. The luncheon will be fol- lowed by a program arranged by club members. Mrs. Harry IL. Street will preside. Mrs. Louis Schmid, program chairman, is assisted by Mrs. Roland Whitman and Mrs. S. F. Bosworth. The other club officers include Mrs. Arthur Dean, secretary; Mrs. C. E. Carlstrom, treasurer; and Mrs. Pres- ton Burlingame, social secretary. Riding Club Entertaining Indian Hill Riding club is holding its annual dinner dance at Indian Hill club this evening. During the dinner numerous innovations are to be in- troduced, the entertainment committee reports. This group consists of Mrs. Ernest S. Ballard, Mrs. Rush C. Butler, Mrs. Donald F. McPherson, Mrs. Chester I. Sargent, Mrs. Walter F. Wallace, Ira C. Darling, Arthur M. Cox, Albert Peirce, Hobart P. Young and Harry E. Miller, chairman. To Be Mannequins Miss Louise Badgerow of Winnetka -and Miss Charlotte Picher of Glencoe are two of the season's debutantes who will take part in the fashion show to be given at the Stevens hotel, October 23, as a benefit for St. Luke's hospital. Mrs. Pettit Watson of 900 Sunset road is a member of the wom- an's board of St. Luke's auxiliary which is sponsoring the affair.

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