New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1917, Page 2

Millinery sale. i} be held in Cleveland, O., nan Fred Wagner and a friends have returned from expedition in Massachusetts. {Officer James McCabe will 6 his duties this evening after oft duty with e sprained ankle. unicement of the engagement A. Smith of this city and ulia Moran of Bristoh has been C. M. Grocock.— e first of & series of whist parties the Red Cross was held this af- oon in St. Mary’s parish hall. ighters of" ile whist ' and Booth’s haffl tonight.—advt. 1.A. Carlson has been elected a jate to the national convention of BcAndinavian Fraternity which . and Mrs. M, N. Judd of Vine . are receiving congratulations 2 of a ten-pound daughter. i Thursday evening, June 7, the ' drum corps will give & social dance in the Y. M. T. A. & B. Kavanaugh Shop, 40 Pratt St., d, have a eplendid line of These are of exceptional va- and finish. Many of the collars § adjustable.—advt. j social and whist to be given i Catherine aij) ) CROSS WHIST D. OF C. TONIGHT rd Growd Expected st Func- tion in Booth's Hall mplete ‘arrangements ,¢onsum- 1 weeks time, have been per- d by various. committees of Court nba, Daughters of Castile, for in 's hall this evening for the ben- the Red Crosss The hall has ed for the event, which of being ‘one of the of the season. A num- young women ‘~wiil | be ‘William. J. Sheehan is chair- 1 committee. “Bhe | Mrs. Bridget. snuu, mu PH(( Mrs. Catheri: en, Michael T. Kerwin, ’E Mrs. Anna Fr-wlqy, “Miss Catherine Gilligan,. .. Lynch, Mrs. Mary Hinchey, llrl. t Erwin;-Miss Mary Faulkner, Riley, Miss Mangaret Miss Catherine s-mkur, Miss schwélézer, Catherine an w2 recep on cnlnmittae will con- Mrs ‘John E. Downes, Mrs, L. McGuire, Mrs. Walter ;. Mrs, Bush, Mrs. Anna Waleh; George Hibbert, Mrs. McGuin- rs.. Julla Hart, Mrs. Anna Moe- n, Mrs. John Fitzsimmons, Mrs’ Mawe, Mrs. Thomas Roper. The _committee will consist of Miss Bagnell,: Mrs. James Hall- Mrs. Mary T. Crean, Miss Anna larty, Mrs. Charles Cleveland. door committee will consist of ‘Helen O’Brien and Miss Mary . The scorer will be Miss Moore, Miss Esther O'Brien- Elsle Bailpy, Miss Maygaret Con- fi Miss Catherine Canlin, Miss Helen n, Miss Marguerité ‘Rose, Miss ret Heslin, Miss Florence Kent, ‘Mildred Pratt, Miss Esther Bai- Miss Cela Burkhardt, Miss Agnes e tickets will be- In charge of Fox, Miss Mary Henneasy, Mrs. Miss Roper and Mrs. Bone- ‘The scores will be in charge of _Anna Moore, Miss Mollie Jack- i Miss Esther O'Brien and Miss . Bailey. The refreshment com- consists of Mrs. J. B. Poyer, Mary Gorman, Mrs. Erwin and ‘Thomas J. Smith. The decora- in charge of M¢s. Agnes Fagan. Nellie Coffey and Mrs. C. Mur- The card committee is com- of Mrs. Francis Annear, Miss Ralph and Miss Mollie Jackson. ' reception committee consists of Alice Fox, Mrs. Catheérine Ryan, f Mary Fagan.and Miss Elizabeth next | Where'is Your Red Cross Button ? Every loyal ' American in New Britain should wear one. You get your button when you pay your mem- bership fee, (one dollar) at Red Cross Headquarters or to an authorized solici- tor. “Here's a chance to do Ifiéuilfifi;ican flad Gross New Britain Chapter Headquarters CITY HALL BUILDING Open Tonight Until Nine o'Clock Bafley.' The cloak room will be in charge of Misses Néllie Hennessy and Anna Hannon. Misses Catherine Mon- ahan, Margaret Devine, Mary Conlin will be in charge of score cards. The patronesses will be Mrs. An- drew J. McGill, Mrs. Johanna Mc- Mahon, Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Sarah Tay- lor, Mrs. Catherine Taylor, Miss Alice Hallinan and Mrs. Thomas ' Farrell {Miss Anna McBriarty is chairman of the whist committee. LOCAL MEN REGISTER. the Mayor_From Out. of Town. New Britain ren who, are ‘residing .out. of town continue. to send: im-their registration blanks and An this morn- ing’s mail Mayor Qulilay m.lved cards from the following. Arthur Storrs Barrows, 46 Lincoln street, in Hartford; Edwin N. Lewls, 179 Lake street, ining camp: Al- bert C. Phelps, 53" Glen street, at Rockford, IlL.; H. Leslie Eddy, 240 West; Main street, at Plattsburg Train- iig_éamp; John Edward Burns, Jr., 167 South Main street, in Cleveland; Clifton W. Wilson, 86 Francis street, at Harrisbur Adolph Puppel, §8 Rhodes street, in Cleveland; Greg- ory J. Comstock, 1564 Stanley street, at Plattsburg ning camp; John Henry Savage, 47 Hurlburt street, in Tyler, Texas; Peter J, Coffey, 30 Star street, divinity student at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore; Robert E. Lee, 30 Summer street,. at Plattsburg Training camp, Andrew Corbin Wet- more, at Plattsburg; Tredick K. Hine, Maple Hill, at Tampa, Fla. REGISTRARS TO MEFET. The head registration corimittee of the military census and the chief reg- istrar of each ward will hold a special joint meeting tomorrow night in the mayor’s office at 8 o’clock to receive final instructions concerning the im- pending registration. The registrars of the second and. fourth wards have made arrangements to meet again ‘on a‘onday evening for further instruc- ons. Events Tonight High class photo drama, = Fox’s eater, s Vaudeville and moving pictures, Keeney’s theater. New Britain council, O. U. A, M, meets at 277 Main street. Court Columba, D, of C., Red Cross whist, Booth’s hall. Turner soclety meets in Turner hall "Lexington lodge, I. O. O, F., meets in Jr. O. U. A. M, hall. Patriotic Novelties Red, White and Blue afly Cards, Place Cards, Post Cards, Greeting Cards, ¢ Cups, Paper Cups, Flag Seals, Silk Flags, Decor-. Crepe Paper. ’QNBRY DEPT CK INSON = DRUG 0. i, LM (I AN “ll(lll WINS NEW MEMBERS Ten Day Gampalgn, Brings - in 469, Local Association Learns | General Secretary C. H. Barnes of» the local Y. M. C, A, recently re- ceived from J. Merle Davis, general secretary of ithe ‘Y. M.-C.A. in Tokio, a report of that association for the quarter ending March 31. In his report Mr. Davis telis of ‘the ar- rival in Japan. as an. association sec- retary, of W. R, F. Stler who was at |- one time¢ membership secretary of the New Britain Y. M. C. A. The report for the quarter followa: “Membership Campaign—The first short term membership campaign in the history of the Tokio assoclation was carried out in February with a net increase of 452 mémbers The work was accomplished in ten days. Furthermore, it was done by a, com- mittee of 22 members, each one of whom did excellent work and had a real shaye in the final suecess “This is the opening round of a contest for 1,200 new members, which is aimed to put our member- ship above the 2,000 mark by the end of 1917. (It now at 1,850). The second round will come with the opening '‘of the new gymnasium in May, and the third is to take place in the autumn. This, the first im- portant meémbership work undertaken by aur members themselves, is, we hope, . the beginning of a definite co- operation by the rank and file of our. association. Though the idea has been periodically urged upon the staff by the foreign secretary for three or four years, the decision to undertake the canvass, its arganiza- tion and its successful development to completion is entirely due to the energy of our membership secretary, Mr. Takabatake, “Auditorium Extemlqn—'fln quar- ter has seen the completion of the auditorium extension and the Boys' department rooms. The extended portion of the bullding is occupled on the ground floor by a spacious THE QUALITY STORE MEAT SPECIALS Sprhlthmb,Nafive Veal, Roasting - Chickens, Fowls, Broilers, Prime Roast Beef, Eastern Cut Pork m AV VEGETABLES '/ 4 -Asparagus, Radishes, Rhubarb New Pohtos. Bermuda Onions, String Beans, Celery, Head Let- tuce; Fresh Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Spring Spinach. Fresh Corinecticut River Shad—All Kinds of Sea Food. : Oranges, Apples, Grape Fruit, Jersey Strawberries “C. A. HALL 238 Main Street ARMENTANS mAD. Message From White m to llo tional ‘Union. / Acknowledgment of the telegram pledging the loyalty of local Armen- fans to the Stars and Stripes sent to President Wilson by the New Britain branch of the National Armenian union has been, received from the ‘White House. It reads: ‘“The presi- dent thanks you cordially for the 800od will which prompted your kind message, which has helped to reas- sure him and keep Kim in heart.” The. committee which has been of- ficially apgointed by the National Ar- menian on to look after all affairs and interests pertaining to the Ar- menian people in New Britain con- sists of George 8. Keverkian, Kacha- door A. Mardoian and H. H. Najar- each’ admission ticket purchased chance for everyone. vestibule and facilities for checking |ian 2,000 wooden clogs, always a problem in handlifg a Japanese crowd which exchanges wooden shoes at the door for straw sandals. The second floor, measuring 30 by 60 feet, is the boys' department, which is.served by its own stairway and has jmmediate ac- cess to the adjoining physical depart- ment. The third floor carries the ex- tended gallery of the old hall and with seats on wide steps, like a sta- 4tlum, will accommodate 500 people. The entire auditorium has been re- decorated and furnished with new seats, the roof has been raised ten feet and the lighting greatly im- ‘proved. It will now seat 1,600, which kes this hall second to nono in the city inthe point of capa “New Secretaries—The arrival of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. R. Stier on March 5 was an event to which the Tokio association has long been eagerly looking. Mr, Stier will be assoclated with me in the‘city work. His all around experience. in departmental work and his splendid preparation especially it him to develop the or- ganization of our departments here. Mr. Stier's presence will enable me to devote an increasing share of my time to the extension of our work into new city flelds and to general plan- ning and consolidating of its activi- 8. fle“saott Ryan has also come since the beginning of the year to assist Mr. Brown in the national physical work. Mr. Brown was formerly phy- sical director at the New Britain Y. M. C. A. Tokio City association is especially interested in his arrival, nce for the present Mr Ryan is al- loted to Tokio and will have special responsibility for development of our new physical department., We expect to open the new gym: m during May, though organizatiof work can dly be started before September. “Industrial Conditions Survey— Much of my time has been devoted to continuing the survey of industrial -conditions which I began last year and in bringing attention of the social and religious workers of the city the practically untoughed indus- trial fleld of greater Tokid, “During the quarter, I have pre- pared e report on industrial condi- tions which, with a set of wall maps and charts, was used In the Sacial ‘Welfare committee’'s report given at the annual conference of Federated Missions. Two papers on the ‘Chris- tion Occupation of Tokio’ appeared in the January and 'February numbers of the ‘Japan . Evangelist.’- I have also written a chapter on ‘Industrial Con- ditions in Japan,’ for the 1917 edition of ‘The Christian Movement.’ “As evidence of the timeliness of this subject, I would report that within two months of the publication of the ‘Christian Occupation of Toklo® represntatives of five different mis- slonary societies in Tokio asked for assistance in planning for institutional or settlement work in the neglected industrial districts. Two centers have already been opened and three slons are preparing appeals to their home boards to enable them to enter this fleld in force. Also Guy C. Con- verse, our colleague, has opened a hame across the river in the midst of. the slums, where he expects, while pursuing lifs’ language ‘study, to gain first hand knowledge :of slum con- ditions in Japan. By this move on Mr. Converse's part thé published statement that 960,000 of Tokio's poor are without a missionary living in their midst is no longer true, aQ before another year is over several may follow his example.” C. M. Grocock, 138 Main atreet, is having a mark down on -his ‘model hats at below cost. Prices from $1 to $5, formerly up to $15.—advt, L POLICEMAN’S DAUGHTER WEDS. Frederick George Schnelder of 403 Church street and Miss Rbse Eliza- beth Lyon of 440 Church street were married by Rev. J. E. Rees at the Stanley Memorial church parsonage yesterday afternoon. The bride is the daughter of Policoman Herbert Lyon, Your Motor’s Efficlency You can judge the efficiency of your motor by its flexi. bility—the eagerness with which it“picksup,”the steadi- ness and smoothness with which it turns over when throttled down. ' SOCONY gets the full flex- ibi]ity out of your car because it is absolutely pure, and every drop powerful. " More than that, SOCONY is _always the same—every gal- lon like every other gallon. That means freedom from the motor troubles which re- sult when today’s gasoline doesn’t mix with yesterday’s carburetor adjustments, Buy under the So-CO-ny sign. It will insure you a more ef- ficient motor. : Standard Oil Co. of New Yoric whichwfllbednwnonthelhcel“fidlymght,vm TheKeeneymnmmthllmade ey’s every Friday and t.heyear with Ruth Roland Saturday this week. After-the-Holiday SALE OF SUITS AND COATS FOR WOMEN AND MISSES. Ouren'-irestockuinchldedinthlsuk garments to sui erence. This is a most timely sale—stocks are still unbroken—and at these prices no woman need be without a spring Suit or Coat. SUITS that were formerly from $25 to $35 are now $14.75 and $17.75. : from $25 to COATS that were fi All Suits and Coats above these prices are $35 are now $14.75 and $17.75. W PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND WIN A $50 Liberty Bo Patrons of Keeney’s theater will be given a chance on a $50 during the week. : the bond. tycnrmmeiaonnnenlfllempmfimwhidl to have a ! ey s Tin s, Now Bettatn cnc-un..m.u-. 236 Main 5t, New Brftatn. Oty Servico Siation, - e i SR Corbin Moter Vehidle Cs., _ | 23 Chestant 8¢, New Beitaln. ¢ mlhhn.un-u-n. l—v-llh-u. -153 Mala St., New Britaln. m:;:-w-‘. aom.c... "'!fllhhl&.lnu e aet 2ata 8., Now Betiatn. New Britaln Garage, 10 Obestuut St., New Britain. F..E. Purinton Gerage, 100 Aroh 8¢, New Britain. Rackliffe Bros. Ge., 256 George Rapelye, J. Ravissa, . South Main & Brooks Sts. New Britain. Williams Aute 3 %hu,x«m 3. W. Weedrum, '-. Park St, New Britata. P“&hm Berita, Conn. East Beriin, Cenn.