snapped at the Christmas paper hunt. is, wife of HM. Consul-Gene one of Shangha Reeneat horsewoman.
[passing through Shanghai again. te The Arthur Kidders, formerly of the C.NAC. are now living in [Glendaie, California, close to the air field where. Mr. Kidder. takes, off to Oakland. There is a Junior in the family now, boin on September 4
Eric de Reynier, ex-whispering thriving splendy sin tenor of the Tower Night Club, Shanghai, has Jeff Berkeley for the south-west and with a friend Is mak-ting a bicycle tour in Old Mexico. Miss "Ruth Benedict and Miss Polly [Markham report meeting with him jin Nogales. 'The two ladies were to [be in Tucson, Arizona, until December 10. and perhaps longer, after which they expected to return' to California.
Mrs. Louise Gilman, of the "Cara ivan," "now has a shop in the lovely Bel-Air section of Los Angeles, and reports that Miss Frieda Frommel, who once had a plane studio in Bel Stanchot, has returned from Burope to Laguna Beach and has a delightful old cottage there.
Boston, friends write enthusiastic Jaily of "The Silver Bamboo." now rel up in 104 Newbury Street. Miss Ada Matthias is enjoying Boston and should "certainly be absorbing its Jotmosphere, as she lives in the oldest existing house on Beacon Hill, "1740 "real "Chien Lung." Besides 'a it~ Jehen with a Dutch oven she rejoices some of the famous purple-paned From Longfield Farm, Duncan, British Columbia, comes news of the Ralph Bilnkos, surrounded by peace end beauty on their charming place, where they go. Ju for ferming' serously, with chickens, cows and horses. They enjoyed a glorious summer with asin as glowing as that of the Orient, Mrs, Richard Wood writes: from wales. She is living -at Tenby in Pembrokeshire, a seaside resort with ivory pretty surroundings and lovely walks, There bathing, and either garden and golf she Is ent zine" vivid hi ure," ig still amongst the best-sellers of non-fection (she is now editing finema magazine); Me. Dick Simons, formerly a. pilot with C.N.AG. and now an aviator in the U.S. Army Air Corps, stationed at" Mitchel Field; Dr. and Mrs, Frederick' Reiss: Miss Marguerite Yancey, formerly of the "North-China Dally, News" and now doing Ikterary work in New. York after completing some historical research work in North Carolina and Mise Anne Lange, Miss Lange, who spent two years Shanghai and her sister, Miss Elfrida Lange, who has also visited Shanghat many' times, are on their "way spend the winter. in." Switzerland, Their home Is in Honolulu (On November 27, Dr. Fearn gave a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. W. R. John son (he was Florence Purdy), who are now living on a farm in Michaux, Virginia. Other dinner guests of Dr Fearn wore Dr. and Mra. Reiss, Miss Frances Russell and Mr. Nelson David. This Tatioe party. was inthe nature of a farewell to Dr, and Mrs Reiss who are en foute to Shangha 'A group' of newspapermen who at tone time or another were stationed the Fr East gave a luncheon for 'Dr. Fearn last week. Among those who came to meet her was Mr. Miles 'W. Vaughan, whose book, "Covering the Far East," came out two years ago. 'The Doctor is, in fact, being much feted in New' York now that she is about to become an author. She Was also the honour guest cocktail and tea, party given by the New York Newspaper Women's Club on the afternoon of December 2.
Among the guests assembled to greet her were Elsie MeCormick and her husband, Marshall Dunn, whose romance started when they met at a dinner parly given by Dr. Fearn in her hospital in Shanghai nearly 15 years ago, Another guest was Miss Jean Lyons, now a New York newspaper woman, whom Dr. Fearn treated for childish illnesses years ago. in Soochow, 'Then there were Louise Wilson and Reed Hager. "Miss Wilson, in private life Mrs. Hager, was one of the 0,017 babies Dr. Fearn brought {nto the' world in China, and her hu band (the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hager of Shanghai) wis a child pa-lent of the Doctor's.
Other ex-Far Bssteria guests were Mr, and Mrs, Miles W. Vaughan, Miss Mona Gardner, Mrs, F. M. Flynn, Miss. Frances Russell and Mr. Heiser Wright, Mr, and Mrs. Carl Crow will leave their farm In Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, next week to come to New York for the winter. Mr. Crow, whose fable mention from the Institute of Graphic Arts and also from the judges of the Herald-Tribune Spring Book Festival Peggy Hull (Mrs. Harvey Douell), of war correspondent fame, hag turned dom and divides her time between their New York apart ment and their big country place, Saxton, Hall, at, Cornwall-on-he Hudson, There sre so many hundreds of night clubs in New Yorke that it is strange thing to stumble on people tone knows, but last night, "enjoying! the rhumba musie at Club'La Rue, a Street, were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Culbertson, who have just returned from a trip to South America. They had arrived in New York that morning from Bedford Park, New York, where they and their children had spent the Thanksgiving holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swan, the former: Shanghai residents.
Another November visitor to New York was Mrs, Norman Xavier, who has now gone back to Boston but who is returning here sometime early:
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