Entertaining has suffered a lull during these depressingly warm days, bhut before leaving for a holiday in Tsingtao, Mrs, I, Ht. Kerr-Cross gave a large cocktail party one evening this weeks in her new apartment in Cavendish Court, Route Frelupt. Mrs. Kerr-Cross, who has taken a "keen interest in the Shanghai A. D. C. ever singe her arrival here, was formerly fon the stage, and enjoys the distinct tion of having played with one of Hngland's greatest actresses, Dame Sybil Thorndike. Eaflier "in the month too, though after the D.W.D. (depressingly warm days) had set in, Colonel Beaumont, as well as Mfr.
i. Browh, found themselves, still capable of acting the gracious has'. Each gave a huge cocktail party, the former in the garden of the Bubbling Well Road U. S, Marines quarters and the latter in the garden of Taikoo's sumptuous new Taipan's residence in Route Paul Legendre.
Approaching Wedding The younger American group is being "kept busy with dinners and parties of one sort and another in honour of Miss Mary Sutterle's approaching marriage Mr. Lucius Roy Holibrook Jr., son of Major General and Mrs.' Lucius ollbrook, of New York. Miss Ann Branch, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
B. Branch is to be maid of honour and the bridemaids will be the Misses Beryl Webb, Loretta Young, Mary Drake and Marie Brown, Mrs. Harry Rowland is to be matron-of-honour. A "stag party" for the bridegroom is being given at the American Club.
At Columbia Club Fulflling its approved role as a real summer club, where members Tave to foregather' on cool evenings (for at least the weather has not yet cut off the cool night breezes from us), the Columbia Country Returning to Shanghai for her summer holidays and travelling with our college. friends, in the Presi-out Coolidge. last week was, Miss Eiimabeth Young, daughter of Me. and. its. Arthur N. Young. oise Young. "was one of the 1933 Groduntes of the Shanghai American SGhoot and. after, leaving Shanghai inst year entered Occidental College, Lot Angetes, where she has just completed her freshman year. The four
catch a glimpse of the Orient, are Feends who have come with her, 1 Miss Pont Maroder, Miss Betty Blee, Miss Eleanor Dow' aga Miss Lovell Yan Meter, lise Mafoder, who has Tot come entirely on pleasure bent, fayed only a few days in Shanghai, trid has left for oko 10 attend the English Speaking Japanese, Studen Cokterences Miss Bice, Miss Dow Soa ivtss van. Meter have gone to Poking sand. on their return to Bhanghai, the party wil divide up once "more. Miss Dow and Miss van Mtoter "going on to. Manila, while Miss Blee remains as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Young until her return with itis Young to the States on Sepiem-Deen, re celebrate the young, peoples arrival Mrs. Youns bad a party her. house on Friday" last" and after dinner' a move, was made ihe Canidrome for dancing.
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