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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 22 Dec 1928, p. 41

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Ch prio A RR 2] ot 32 WINNETKA TALK Christmas H Aidays Bring Holiday Affairs for Young Folk Make Long List BY JEAN TEN BROECK Impetuously, with their luggage pil- ing high in railway baggage rooms, they are coming home from schools and colleges, these boys and girls, young men and young women, of the north shore, for a season that is theirs. For them it is a time of happiness, for many older ones jt brings its happi- ness, its memories, its sadness. These older ones will have their holiday pleasures, but as we cull our items of the comings and goings, and the div- ersions of north shore residents, we find that the young people sweep to the center of the stage to hold it al- most in monopoly during the holiday period. For them we turn this column into a calendar today to give an re- sume, a record of the affairs for the end of this week and next that will so occupy the younger set that for man; families the gay vacation time will mean only flitting glimpses of sons and daughters. Some of these affairs have been chronicled earlier, others are new, but they are: Friday, December 21--Mr. and Mrs. C. Ives Waldo of Winnetka, entertain- ed the members of the senior class of the North Shore Country Day school at dinner in honor of their son, Ives, Jr. Their guests later attended the dance given by Miss Peggy Glidden and Miss Louise Ruffner of Highland Park. The Misses Muriel Wilson, Cathe- rine Taft, Mary Forrest, Sarah Page, Eloise Kramer, Maurine Jones. Celeste Jones, Josephine Farley, Patricia Goodhue and Virginia Taylor were hostesses at a dance at the Edgewater Beach hotel. December 22--Miss Dorcas Branson will give a luncheon at her home in Wilmette, In the evening, at the Evanston Country club, Ralph Warble, Donald M. French, Joseph Tuerck, Logan Bagly, William Bennett, Robert Ger- tel, Arthur Johnston, Charles Smith, Richard Fuller, and Robert Gonsalves will be hosts at a dance which will be preceded by a dinner given by Mr. Warble, Mr. French, and Mr. Tuerck at the Georgian hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Scott and Mrs. Lansing B. Warner are giving a dance at Indian Hill club that evening for their sons, Edward Scott and Bradford Tobey. December 23--Mr. and Mrs. Fran- cis A. Lackner will introduce their daughter, Miss Louise, to society at a luncheon at Indian Hill club. December 24--The Misses Virginia Lamson, Lucy Jacobs, and Welthyan Harmon, will be co-hostesses at a luncheon at Indian Hill club. December 25--Miss Louise Fentress will make her debut at a tea given by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fen- tress, at their home in Winnetka. December 26--Mr, and Mrs. Francis Butler of Winnetka are giving a dinner for their sons, Hermon and Francis, before the dance the Francis Norths of Highland Park are giving for their son, Francis, Jr. Ten girls will be hostesses at a dance at the Evanston club that evening. They are: The Misses Faith Burge, Martha Etzback, Elizabeth Kelley, Mary Louise Cotton, Alice Feakins, Marble Throckmorton, Ruth Watts, Elizabeth Weber, Mary McDonald, and Ruth Shepherd. December 27--Mrs. Hermon Butler of Winnetka is giving a small skating party and luncheon for her two grand- sons, Hermon and Claude Beck. In the evening the Misses Edna, Announces Assistants for Christmas Debut Miss Louise Fentress has announced the list of debutantes who will assist at her debut on Christmas day at a tea being given for her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fentress and her sister, Mrs. Herman A. L. Behlen. A supper dance will follow the debut tea for the assistants and other debutantes and friends. The girls whom Miss Fentress has chosen are Miss Jean MacLeish, Miss Elizabeth Knode, Miss Charlotte Pich- er, Miss Harriett Leonard, Miss Louise Lackner, Miss Louise Sherman, Miss Fredrica Walling, Miss Barbara Mett- ler, Miss Emily Fentress, Miss Elsie Watkins, Miss Antoinette Lackner, and Miss Eleanor Sherman. Adds to Debut Assistants Mrs. Hibbard Casselberry arrived Thursday from Florida to spend the holidays with her father and sister, John Leonard and Miss Harriet Leonard. Mrs. Casselberry will be here for Miss Leonard's debut which will be an event of New Year's day and will coincide with the annual re- ception given by her father at their home. Miss Leonard has added the names of three more debutantes to her list of assistants. They are Miss Louise Lackner, Miss Elizabeth Knode, and Miss Louise Fentress. Mary Jane, and Winifred Seng of Wil- mette are giving a dinner dance at the Lake Shore Athletic club. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barrett of Winnetka will en- tertain at a dance in their home in honor of their son, William. At the Evanston Country club the Misses Mary Elizabeth Townsend, Mar- tha Tencher, Shirley Ross, Gretchen Drever, Helene Mahan, Mary Eliz- abeth Parker, Virginia French, Mar- jorie Evers, and Ruth Wenter will be hostesses at a dance. Miss Charlotte Picher and Miss Eliz- abeth Knode, two of the seasons de- butantes, are entertaining that same evening at a dinner dance at the Black- stone, and later in the evening Miss Jean MacLeish will be guest of honor at a ball given by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mac- Leish of Hubbard Woods in the Red Lacquer room of the Palmer House. Thursday will also be the occasion of the dance Mr. and Mrs. Chester F. Sargent are giving at their home 1n Winnetka for their daughters, the Misses Barbara Ann and Peggy. December 28-- Miss Marian Flentye and Miss Kathryn Parshall of Wil- mette are giving a luncheon and bridge at the Club Vista del Lago. That afternoon Miss Chloe Watson of Winnetka will give a tea dance and in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Stanton will entertain for their son and daughter, Henry and Miss Louise, at a dance at Indian Hill club. December 29--Mr. and Mrs, Arthur W. Cushman and Mr. and Mrs. Roswell B. Mason of Winnetka are giving a dance for their daughters, Miss Mary Cushman and Miss Annie Mason, at Indian Hill club. Miss Dorothy Engelhard of -377 Sunset road will give a dinner and bridge party Saturday evening, De- cember 29, at the Club Vista del Lago in honor of Miss Grace Gray and Warren Elmore Snyder. Miss Engel- hard will be one of the bridesmaids in Miss Gray's and Mr. Snyder's wedding which will take place on January 19. January will bring several affairs for young people which already have been noted, but new among them is the dancing party Mr. and Mrs. Morris K. Wilson of 429 Sheridan road will give for Leslie Wilson on January 2, Busy Wh December 22, 1928 North Shore Clubs to Be Scenes of Holiday Gayety North shore clubs come in for their share of holiday festivity, their affairs arranged to intrigue the interest of old and young. Their holiday appeal is expressed through their Christmas programs which follow: Club Vista del Lago for the fourth week in December discloses that a Christmas dinner will be served Tues- day, from 12 o'clock noon until 9 in the evening. From 8 in the evening until 10 on Thursday, December 27, a danc- ing party is planned for juniors and their friends. Saturday afternoon, December 29, children will hold sway from 2:30 until 5, with their mothers permitted a cup of tea during the afternoon. Monday, December 31, is the occa- sion of the New Year's party. The Kenilworth club has scheduled a children's party for Friday after- noon, December 28, at 2:45 o'clock, which will offer entertainment for the children, embracing a clown- juggler, novelty musical numbers, story telling and tricks and pranks by a cele- brated magician. Everyone, "from the little tots up" is invited. Hostesses for the affair will be Mrs. Wendell H. Clark, Mrs, Frank W. Ketcham, Mrs. Dewitt S. Stillman, and Mrs. Alfred S. Wiltberger. The young people's dance, upon their own request, has been postponed until after the holidays. The New Year's Eve ball will take place Monday, December 31. Indian Hill club and Skokie Country club also have entertainments down on the social calendar for both adults and children. Indian Hill will have its annual Christmas carol "sing" with an outdoor party and a tea to follow on Saturday afternoon, December 22, and on New Year's eve, December 31, there is to be a gala supper dance. Skokie has announced a Christmas and winter sports dinner dance for December 22, and a children's party for the afternoon of December 29. Entertained at Luncheon Miss _ Jean MacLeish, debutante daughter of the Bruce MacLeishes of 85 Wentworth avenue, Glencoe, was the guest of honor at a luncheon and matinee party which her aunt, Mrs. MacLeish Day, gave last Wednesday for a group of debutantes. The lunch- eon was held at the Woman's Athletic club and later the guests saw the "Trial of Mary Dugan." Issue Reception Cards Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Fentress, 939 Green Bay road, have issued cards for a New Year's day reception which they will hold at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Fentress have given these delightful affairs for so many years that they have become almost traditional with their many north shore friends. Issue Cards for Tea Mr. and Mrs. Norman MacLeish have issued cards for a reception at their home at 608 Elm street, Win- netka, on New Year's afternoon from 4 until 7 o'clock. Mrs. MacLeish's mother, Mrs. Joseph B. McCall of Philadelphia, is visiting her and will be the guest of honor. Entertain Before Play Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tenney and Mr. and Mrs. Marcus D. Richards are entertaining together at a dinner party before the Williams College Dramatic gh play Friday evening, December irl for Younger Set Cap and Bells Will Make N. S. Premiere . in Winnetka Friday Among the interesting events to take place during the holiday season will be the appearance of the Williams col- lege Cap and Bells players in their presentation of Galsworthy's "The Pigeon" at the North Shore Country Day school on the evening of Friday, December 28. In view of the variety and success of its past productions, Cap and Bells has won recognition as one of the leading college dramatic organizations, and for the first time in several years is making a tour of mid- western cities. The entire cast is composed of sea- soned actors who should give a del- ightful interpretation of this one of Galsworthy's lighter pieces. "The Pigeon" centers about the life of a Lon- don artist who has so allowed his tender sensibilities to be affected that he finds himself acting host to three outcasts who, though not unwilling to pluck the pigeon, are left essentially unchanged by his kindness. Gals- worthy finds in this circumstance op- portunity for satiring various kinds of social reform and for exposing with subtlety and impartiality the true na- tures of his characters. Under the capable direction of Ed- ward Donnelly, who appeared last year with Glenn Hunter in "Behold This Dreamer," Cap and Bells is able to present a finished production. There will be a dance after the per- formance. "Open House" Held Again at Boal Home Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Ayers Boal, with Mrs. Lorenzo Johnson, Mrs. Stewart John- son, and Mr. and Mrs. George B. Massey, will hold open house on Christmas afternoon at the Boal home at 701 Sheridan road. This, as well as the entertainment which the Boals give Christmas eve, for the children from Country Day school who sing carols, is a custom of several years' standing. Thomas and Stewart Boal are ex- pected to return today from Harvard to take part in the Christmas festivities and Mrs. Raymond Hardenbergh of Washington, D. C., will also be a holi- day guest at the Boal home. Ayers Boal, Jr., according to word the family has received is among those snow- bound at the Grenfell mission in Labrador where he is spending the year's leave of absence which he is taking from Dartmouth. Dinner Precedes Play Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Andrews and Mr. and Mrs. Hallett W. Thorne are entertaining at dinner prior to the Williams college play, "The Pigeon," to be given next Friday evening. The dinner will be given at Indian Hill club and will be in honor of Miss Leslie Thorne of New York who is the house- guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hallett Thorne for the holidays. To Give Dinner Party Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Moore, 1031 Fishers lane, will be host and hostess at a large dinner party before the per- formance of "The Pigeon" by the Williams College Dramatic club Fri- day evening, December 28. Giving New Year's Tea Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby Walling and their daughter, Fredrica, 1094 * Private road, have issued invitations for a reception which they are giving at their home on New Year's day.

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