A party in the costumes of French artists (eluded Miss Alison Boyd, Miss Eileen Hammond, Miss Marjorie Kelly, Miss Marjorie Large, Mr. Bill Woodivand, Mr. W. A, Peterson, Mr.
Edwards and Mr. N. A. Kearney, Mr and) Mrs." M.D. Scott were also hosts to a group of fonds, although at the last moment Mrs, Scott, stricken with, mumps, could not attend. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs, "Kenneth Piper, Mr. T. A. 'T. Begg, Mr. and Mrs, Bourne, Mr. 0. Whitehouse, Mr. W. Lydall and Miss T. Peterson.
Large Groups Twenty guests were in Mr. and Mrs. D, R. Mackenzie's party and an even larger number were In the party headed jointly by Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Drakeford and Mr. and Mrs, Morris Stranack and given for Mr. and 'Mrs, Drakeford's daughter the formee Faith Drakeford and now Mrs. Ed Jupp of Hongkong. Other members of the party wore Miss Susan Machaghten, Miss E, Spence, Miss Joyce Middleton, Miss Beryl' Drakefort, Miss Belty Roe, Miss June Hoygate the Misses, Wendy and Barbara Stranack, Miss Mary Louise Newman, Mr. Douglas Smart, Mr. John Kane, Mr. Peter Strickland, Mr. Rouer Gaine, str. Peter Mann, Mr. Ronald Roe, Mr. John Kilmartin, Mir. Bruce MacDonald, Mr. Vern Parker, Mr Americans Make Merry-
The majority of the American com munity could be found at thet Columbia Country Club where festivities continued well into the morning. Among a few noticed there were Mr. and Mrs. Lil. S. Page, Me land. Mes. O. G. Steen, Mr. and Mrs Paul Bordwell, Me. and Mes. J. W. Carney, Captain and Mrs, Cecil Sellers, Mr. and Mrs. "Pete BU' Painter, Mr. Steve Clark, Mrs. Charles 'S. Vaughan, Me. and Mes. W. 3. Frank, Mr. R. J. Grant, Mer.
J, Twoxood, and many others.
Some Distinguished Visitors Sooner or' later the world—the travelling portion at' least—pays Shanghai a visit and as a result there usually are some interesting visitors. about. At the present time among the more distinguished guests in the city fare Mr, and Mrs, Martial Housez who Jarrived here on Monday and are staying at the Cathay Hotel for a week oF
Mr, and Mrs, Housez divide their time between their home in Paris and their villa in Cap Ferrat. With them on thi Bombay" and Mr.
'They are all just' "drifting" through China with no definite plans other than that they may fly to Peiping. And this in spite of the fact that they had a most uncomfortable forced landing in the jungle while they were flying to Janinagar.
They had a delightful time in India where they spent six weeks and were the guests of Mrs. Hausner's father jand of the Maharajah of Kapurthala fand the Jamsaheb of Nawanagar.
Mr, Houser is a delightful Frenchman and his wife, the former Mrs, Robert Rueping. is an American, She is a lovely looking blonde who, by the way. twas selected n few years ago by the
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