Dinner Dance at Astor House The dinner dance given at the Astor House on Tuesday by.the Frederick Ward Post of the Ameri-zan Legion in Shanghai with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D'Olier as guests of honour was a most delightful function. Mr. D'Olier was formerly national commander of the American Legion in the United States and, although he is now just travelling in China, he has also supervised the establishment of a Legion Post in Peking. He and his wife are now waiting to sail on the 'L.K.K.S. Shinyo Maru on Friday for San Francisco.
About 140 people arrived "nearly" on time and fell under the spell of the patriotic strains of "Dixie."
Major A. Bassett, of the British American Tobacco 'Company, who is in command of the local' Post, which is also headquarters for the Legion in the Far East, presided. Many men were in uniform and Miss Wilkinson, of the American Consulate, had' the distinction of being the only woman there in a costume of war-time.
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