A dinner party that proved most enjoyable for all present took place last Sunday night at the French Club where Mr. Henry Killam Murphy gave a dinner party in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Melbert Cary, Ju, of New York City. Mr. and ' Mrs. Cary, who arrived in Shanghai within' the fortnight from Peking, sailed yesterday for Anker, and will pass through Shanghai once more on their eastward trip in the s. President Coolidge on September 10 and li, Mr. Cary, an old friend of Mr. Murphy, visited China in, 1922, six years after his graduation from Yale University, but Mrs. Cary is on her first tour of the Far East.
Mr. Murphy's guests congregated at his new pent-house apartment a-top Wayfoong House for cocktails before proceeding to the French Club for dinner and dancing on the root. Those present included Dr. and Mrs Essen M. Gale, Col. Beaumont, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Butrick, Mrs. G. E Tucker, Mr. P.R. Josselyn, Mrs. A. Bland Calder;"Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bixby, Miss Cleome Carroll, and her tance, Mr. Lucius Wadsworh.
More Off to Japan Japan, with her too cool breezes and always soothing scenery has been luring more and more Shanghai landers away during the past few weeks and still the exodus continues.
Miss Pamela Brooke returned at the beginning of the week after a fortnight's holiday spent at—Yagamt Her father and mother have been visiting Mlyanoshita and have just joined Miss Nancy Brooke and their small son at Karatsu, from whence they will probably return to Shang. hal in about a week. Karatsu must have a charm all its own. Colonel Cosgrave returned from there last Friday looking very fit and brows and after a week in town he is planning to dash back again next Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Hoy! have chosen Unzen for their holiday, On Home Leave Mr. H, Bridges who leaves for several months in England in the s. President Grant next Tuesday being wished bon voyage in" the approved fashion at a series of dinner parties. Mr. Joe Maughan was his host on Tuesday evening and amongst the guests were Mr. J.
Bosustow, Mr. C. F. Shackleton, Mr. E. F, Bothwell and Miss L. M Dawson.
And Entertaining Continues Amongst the many entertainments given for Mr. and Mrs. John D. Haynes was a dinner party tendered by Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lockhart last week Friday at their residence, the party being taken on later to the Cathay Hotel for dancing. Amongs the guests were Dr. and Mrs. Essen Gale, Mr. James Collins, Mrs. Bland Calder, Mr. H. K. Murphy. Mr. Julius Wadsworth, Miss Cleome Carroll, Miss Schmid, Mrs. H._ Barnard, Miss Barbara Bernard, Miss Marie Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. 'T. B. Brown. Jr, Messrs. Fox, Harrington and Jappe, the Misses Ellen Louise and Joan Lockhart, Mr. C. M. Lockhart and others.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sprague gave a large cocktail party in their charming new home at Kiangwan. Of course all the polo crowd was there and others noted in the throng were Mr. Edmund Toeg, Mr. Julius Wadsworth, Miss Cleome Carroll, Mr. Link Moore, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Bradford,. Miss Ellen Louise Schmid, Mr. C. 'M. Lockhart, Miss Ellen Louise Lockhart, Miss Joan Lockhart, Messrs. Sutterle, W. Harrington, W. Watson, A. U. Fox, W. Painter, K. Lutey, J. Muceio, Miss Astrid "'Ungers, Miss Ann Branch, Count Del Bone and others.
Mr. Ed Stocker, who is returning to college soon was the guest of honour ata buffet dinner given by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stocker fon Thursday evening and again the party wound up the evening at the deliciously cool Cathay ballroom.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Lockhart, Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson," Mrs. R. W. Squires, Messrs. Sutterle, Sittrell, F. Malone, N. Drake, H. Robertson. Mrs.
Bernard, Miss Barbara Bernard, iltis Schmid.' Miss Mary Drake, and Miss Marie Brown.
Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Twogood gave' avery delightful garden party Thursday evening to celebrate their wedding anniversary, flood lights illuminating the garden where Winner was served, one of the most popular Htems of the menu being the hot dogs which were grilled over fires in the garden itself. Naturally many of the guests were connected with the Standard Oil Company and amongst the others were seen Judge and Mrs. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs.
Houser, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Calir, 'Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sprague, Miss) Betty Cohen, Miss' Edith Bundy, Messrs. Bates and Reed.
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