New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1927, Page 3

MISS ELVA MCKIRDY Miss McKirdy is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McKirdy of Lincoln street. She is a member of the executive committee arranging for the Normal School Glee club concert. Social Activities About Town New Britain's in-between-season which lasted but a short time. has passed, and the spring bride with the many entertainments given in her honor are objects of the day to which members of the social world are devoting much of their time. From now until late June weddings are scheduled for nearly every week. Bridge parties, tea parties and showers for the bride to be will be great attractions. Out of door affairs, too, are coming into their own. With the season now en, most of the country and shore places are open and are the scenes of much entertaining. Week-end house parties are numerous and informal dinners and dances, golf, tennis and fishing offer interesting diversion. Spring was welcomed with many May breakfasts which were very well patronized. This year more than ever, this old custom seemed to receive support, especially in organizations, many of which @nished their activities for the season by giving such breakfasts and holding their annual meeting of the year at the same time. . s e There will be two semi-public musical events next week that will be of great interest to society, the annual State Normal School Glee club concert in the school auditorium comes ' ing Mr. ana 3r Monday night the New Britain Musical | o Lincein street. on Thursday, May 12. club, president, Mrs. Emilie Andzulatis, offers a concert of compositions by local composers to take place at the Camp! school auditorium. and Theron Hart will feature prominently in this entertainment. ! E PERSONALS Many Entertain Guests Over Week-End—Euro- pean Tours Attractive. Miss Natalie Gwatkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Gwatkin of Berlin, who is a student at the Russell Sage college, Troy, New York, has been appointed assistant business manager of the “Russell Sage Review” for the coming year. . . The Misses Sally and Ann Petus- lis of 36 Chestnut street, are on a two weeks trip to Atlantic City and Washington, D. C. P Mrs. R. Bolger of Rochester, New York, and daughter, Miss Catherine Bolger of Boston. are guests of Mr. and Mrs, Duke Bolger of West Main street, . . Mr. and Mrs. Grove Hill, will return today York city. » Louis Raphael of from Among the pictures sold at the recent exhibit of the Hartford Art Socicty in Hartford, was “Blue Day” by Vera Stevens. Miss Stevens iz art instructor at the State Nor- | mal school and is a pupil of George Blmer Browne, A. N. A. She will leave on May 11 for four months’ study in France and Italy. o s s Nr. and Mrs. Carlisle Baldwin of Forest street, returned from a week’s stay in Atlantic City, Thurs- day afternoon. . Mrs. Maxwell Hart and her daughter, Miss Maxine Hart of Lin- coln road, returned Thursday eve- ning from New York city. S Miss Ruby Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lincoln strect, is spending week-end in Bridgeport. « s the . | from a sever Andrews of | Work of George Hahn, Arthur Kimball | | | Mr. and Mrs. Dana L. Vibberts of Lincoln stract, rcturned Tuesday al months stay in Tuc- | son, Arizona. . T. Sloper of Russell street is Pittsfield, will go to New York on| Maine. . e Greenville, | Miss Esther Trumbull, daughter of Mr. znd Mrs. Henry Trumbull of Farmington avenuc, Plainville, s attending the house parties at Wes- leyan university this week-end. Yty Burton Kinne is home from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., to spend | »¢ week-cnd with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. A, Kinne of West Main reet. | . . .. Miss Jean Trumbull Florence Trumbull, da Governor John Trumbull Trumbull of Farmington avenue, Plainville are spending the week- end with their parents. Miss Jean Trumbull, coming from Bradford Academy has as her guests her room-mates, Miss Louise Canfield of Somerville, N. J. Miss Judith Pieriott of Marshall, Mich.,, and Miss Mary Griffin of Glens Falls, N. Y. Miss Florence Trumbull re- | turns from Mount Holyoke College, | | bringing as her guest, her room- jmate, Miss Virginia Rogers of Pittsburgh, Pa. . Miss | ghters of | and Mrs. | and . John H. Kirkham of Lexington street spent last week-end in New | York city. | « .o Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Ratten- |bury and daughter, Miss Jean R tenbury, of Lenox Place, are spend- ing the week-end in Wellesley, | Mass. ! | Howard Humphrey street returned Monday Springs, Ark. of Russell from Hot DY Mrs. John H. Kirkham of Lexing- ton street and Mrs. Johnstone Vance | of Monroe street returned on Mon- day from Aurora, N. Y., after at- tending the May Day celebration at Wells College which was obsorved NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1927. open day golf matches at the New Haven Country club on Tuesday last. Y Among the entrants of the 6th an- | nual cavalry horse show at the state | armory in West Hartford are four horses owned by Willlam C. Hun- gerford of this city, Aladdin, Rose Bryant, Blue Smoke and My Lady | Jane. Mrs. Howard Brummer of West | Main street and Mrs. Bret Neece of Corbin avenue returned on Wednes- | day from New York city. o e George Coit of Vance street has! returned from New York city. i P i Miss Harriet Parker is spending the week-end with her parents, Mr. and M Clayton Parker of Vine street. She has as her guests, her| roommates at Gateway school, Miss Louise Little of New Jersey and Miss Hatch of Virginia. « s Bliss W. Clark of Trinity street is attending the annual freshman ball at the Russell Sage college in Troy. N. Y. | « s Added to list of officers and direc- tors of the recently organized New Britain chapter of the League of Women Voters ate the names of Mrs. James Robinson, Mrs. Roger! Whitman, Miss Mary Bingham, Mrs. Laurence Mouat, Mrs. Johnstone Vance, Mrs. Hamilton Bickford, Mrs. Walter Murdock and Miss Cor- inne Bacon. P Dudley P. Felt, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Felt is attending the Phi Upsilon National convention ! at Hamilton college acting as dele- gate from the Amherst college chap- i ter of that fraternity. Y Mr. and Mrs. Gail Porter tamily who have been spending the! winter in Florida returned to their| home on Forest street on Tuesday. . e Misses Shirley and Betty Morse of Bellingham, Washington and stud- ents at the Gateway school in New Haven, are spending the week-end |as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. N, Abbe of Vine street. Py Judge E. §. Lyman of Alabama is the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Sidney M. Cowles of Kensington. | and Dr. William Fownes Keith has re- turned from Boston. A Miss Roslyn Colson of West Suf- fleld spent last week-end with Miss Lillia M. Hill of Winthrop street Miss Hill has been home from Sey- mour to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Frederick H. Hill. DY Miss Jenette Hibbard of New| York city spent last week-end with| Miss Geraldins Cullen of Winthrop street, Mr. an w York city have been visit- Henry W. Moors of N . . J. Feinberg of Belden street is at the Edgewater Beach hotel, Chi- cago. 11l . . Mrs. William H. Booth of Forest street will leave on Tuesday for Montelail ., to visit her daugh- ter, Mrs. Gouldinz K. Wight. « v . Mrs. Arthur Hollings of Newing- ton and sister, Miss Helen Hare, of Monday to meet their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hare, who will arrive from Tucson, Arizona. where they have been spending the winter. WEDDINGS Vernal Note is Sustained in Costumes as Well as in Decorations. and Mrs. Patrick W. Kenny ed the twenty-cighth anni- of their marriage Tuesday. re married May 8. 15093, at st. Mary's church. Mr. 2nd MrS. S DiCerbo of Pros- pect street, have announced the en- gagement of their daughter, Lena Grace, to Christopher Marion of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar E. Lindgren celebrated ¢ir twentieth wedding nniversary at their home in Bel- videre Wednesday evening. There were fifty guests present. P The wedding of Miss Fose Pestil- lo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Se- bastian Pestillo of Whiting street, Plainville, and Daniel Tedesco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo Tedesco also of Plainville took place Wed- nesday morning at @ o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in Plainville. Reverend John E. Fay pastor and Reverend Austin F. { Munich officiated. The couple will make their home in Plainville, upon their return from a wedding trip to New York city and Philadelphia. v e e Miss Irene Dorsey, daughter of . Catherine Dorsey of 10 Broad J. Tormay of M | vesterday afternoon at the | treasurer nd Mrs. William J. P. Moore | Bernard F. Gaffney and Miss Alice Gaffney of sailed for Europe. i Mrs. daughter, Vine street, have on Saturday, April 0. s James Chamberlain, of Forest street, William Maler and Stanley Hart of Hart strect are spending the Vliss Marjorie Baldwin, daughter | week-end in Aurora, N. Y. of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle Baldwin of INorest street, left yesterday to | S e spend several weeks as the guest| Miss Dorothy Case, daughter of of Mrs. H. H. Corriher of Hender- | Mr. and Mrs. Edwards D. Case of sonville, North Carolina. | Forest street is attending the spring festivities at Wesleyan College in | Middletown this week-end. € e Miss Carlotta Sloper, daughter of !Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Sloper of .« . e Robert Hart, a student at Yale university, is spending the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Hart of Lincoln road. | Russell street is spending the week- . « . 0 | Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Mouat of [ cnd in Boston, Mass. Greve Hill, will return today troml il Mr. and Mrs. a trip to California. s | ot Lexington Springficld, M John H. Kirkham street will go to . next Monday to wedding of Mr. Kirk- e h T. Sloper of Grove Miss Sally Humason, |attend the ‘iter of Mrs. Harris B. Huma- [ham's cousin, Miss Elizabeth . of Vine street. will sail from |man Kirkham and Stuart Hyde . *bee on the Empress of France, 1‘ Hawkins. Miss Kirkham is a dangh- Inesday. They will spend the |ter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kirkham. 4 ‘mer abroad. | A | Mrs. Russell Germond, Mrs. Har- o ow e y llss Nellfe LeWitt, daughter of |ry Parsons, Mrs. Philip 3 and Mrs. M. C. LeWitt of Rus- |Mrs. Clarence Bennett, ‘ystreet, sailed last Saturday for |bert Pease, Mrs. Ralph Howe and ur months’ tour of Europe. Mrs. Louis Young played in the © street, and Frederic! Curtis street, were married Monday morning at St. Mary's church. The ceremony was performed by the ! Reverend Walter McCrann at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Mary T. Crean sang “At Dawning. The bride wore a period gown of imported figured net over pink satin with hat to match. She carried & bouquet of pink roses with a show- | or of sweet peas. Miss Mary M. Kiniry, Who was mald of honor, was attired in a period frock of figured. green taffeta with hat to she carried a colonial bou- ussell Tormay was the best | | | i quet. ! man. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of the bride’s mother for members of the jmme- diate families. Mr. Tormay and his bride left on a wedding trip to New York gity and Washington, D. C., and upon thefr return will reside at 10 Broad street. R . The wedding of Miss Eva M. Wey- mouth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Weymouth of Berlin, and Merle H. Miller of 57 Parmelee avenue, New Haven, took place Petite Symphonie . Sac Wednesday at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon in the Second Congrega- tional church in Berlin. The Rever- end Bamuel A. Fiske, pastor, per: formed the ceremony. The bride was attired in a gown | of white georgette with a tulle vell. | She carried a shower bouquet _of white roses and sweet peas. Miss Ruth L. Weymouth, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. She wore a gown of yellow crepe with hat to match and carrlfed a bouquet of sweet peas. Danjel Louth was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Miller will reside at 61 Burr street, New Haven, upon their return from a wedding trip. PR Mrs. Anna E. Galpin of 326 South Main street, and George H. St. John of 64 Clark street, Hartford, were married Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock by the Reverend Louls J. Belden at the Christ church cathe- dral of Hartford. Dr. and Mrs. Louis C. Hathaway of Hartford were the attendants, Mr. and ‘Mre. St. ‘John left on a wedding trip to New York city and | Washington, D. C. They will be at | home after the fifteenth of June at 64 Clark street, Hartford. o« o Announcement has been made of | the engagement of Miss Helen Fagan | G.| 214 South Burritt| of 256 High street to Clarence Rosensw of street. No date has been set for the wedding. CLUB EVENTS D. A. R. Hold Annual Meeting With Luncheon at Shuttle Meadow. of the Daughters held At the annual meeting Esther Stanley chapter, of the American Revolution Meadow club, Mrs. Howard §. Par- sons was reelected regent, Mrs. Harry M. Bates, vice-president: Mrs. William H. Judd, recording secre- tary; Mrs. E. Clayton Goodwin, Mrs. Parker W. Fair- registrar; Mrs. James H. historian and Charles W. Nichols, auditor. The meeting was preceded with {a luncheon which was followed with | {a delightful program of music given | bank, Robinson, I by the Orpheus Instrumental quar- | tet. The quartet is composed of | i Marcus H. Fleitzer, violin; Walter P. | Occupin, ‘cello; Harold G. Stedman, flute and Charles A. Johnson, piano. The program consisted of the fol-, tions: | | Shephe dance and Morris | | dance, by Edward German: Vals | Triests, by Sibelius; Adagio and | ! Bouree, by Richardson: Adagio and | | Finale Allegro, by Bohm: Serenade, | { by Drigo and Le Secret, by Coutler. | Mrs. Howard Parsons, Mrs. Wi | llam Booth read their very interest ing reports of the 36th National | Congress of the D. A, R. which was | held in Washington, D. C. e e e | The College club will hold its pic- | nic and annual meeting Monday | afternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. George Traut on Plainville road. Mrs. Paul R. Buchanan, pres- ident of the Hartford Collcge club, will give an informal talk on the { “Activity of the Hartford College club. | | | PR i Mrs. Frederick Bullen entertained | the Plainville Woman's club Wed- | | nesday afternoon at the homa of | Mrs. Howard Smith on Tarming- ton avenue, Plainville. i . . } the Garden club ' A meeting of j of Newington was held Wednesday {afternoon at the home of Mrs. Har- old R. Rowe. PRI The New Dritain League of Wo- men Voters, president, Mrs. Buel | | B. Bassette will hold &n open meet- ! ing Monday evening, May 9, at 8| 'o'clock at Mrs. Bassette's home on Emmons Place. Assisstant Prosecut-, ing Attorney, Mrs. Frances L. Roth of New Haven is to be the speaker. | She will discuss “Our Courts, What Do They Mean to You and Me?” GATHERINGS | [} i . || Bridge Parties — Lunch- eons and Teas Feature | 1 During the Weck. Herman J. Zahnleiter has ar- ranged a program of music to be { presented in the High School audi- | torium on Wednesday evening, May 12th by students of the violin. Miss lga Harvey will play the accom- paniments. The program follows: The Dancing Master .... E. Severn Frances Russell, Henrietta Du- bowry, Louls Oldershaw, Jr., Derrol Rogers . A. Von Ahn Carse Regina Emily McGrail Kinderreigen E. Brunne: Edith Cohen, Regina McGrail, Frances Sall Hungarian Love Song—"The Lost Sweetheart” 0. Rieding Eugene Stern Goldstein V. Morct Noah Kaplan, Harold Friedman Serenade Herbert E. Anderson Teacher VIOLIN VIOLA ENSEMBLE PLAYING Studio: Packarp Broc., ) AND ARcESTS. Shuttle | Mrs. | Islded at the tea table which | attractive with pink roses and yel- | low candles. Mrs. Howard Bruem- | mer and Miss Eurith Wachter as- sisted with the serving. « s . Mre. Charles P. Merwin tained her brilge club Wednesday ning at her home on Trumbull enter- | nter street. Mrs. Harold Guy of Portland Hubert Willlams won the ! and | | prizes. Mrs. Kenneth Vreeland of Bret- |ton road, West Hartford, gave a | bridge party of nine tables at the home of her mother Night Winds .. -- Franz Drdla | yrecland on Walbridge road, Harold Bernard Friedman | Monday aftcrnoon. Those winning Le Depart ....vvvooun. Ch. Dancla the prizes from New Britain were: Misses Reynolds, Applebaum, Miss Ruby Andrews of Lincoln Jakel | street, and Mrs. George Hildebrandt Messrs. Demorat, Friedman, of West Main street. Kaplan, Sneiderman, Rutherford e e Zigeunermusik . H. Mohr Miss Harriet Reynal of Lexing- Raymond Roloff. William Cowles, | ton strcet, entertained her brldge Joseph Demorat club Thursday afternoon. Mrs. F Rondo Brillante .... Cecil Burleigh ' ward H. Christ, Mrs. Lucien Ste- Thomas Anthony Murphy | vens and Mrs. Bennett H. Hibbard Serenade to the Moon .. |won the prizes. Camillo 4’ Allesslo 5 Misses Edla Sims, Rose Meltzer, Miss Martha Clark entertained Helen Rau, Rose Pagella | the members of the Alpha alum- Adaglo ... v.v... F. Rles| nac Tuesday evening at her lLome Miss Rose Louise Meltzer | on Garden street. Grand Valse brillante. .Fred Chopin | & Messrs. Thomas Murphy, Hymen Meltzer Solo in C H. Leonard Ralph G. Gidlund Capriccio ....... .. F. Hermann Misses Edla Sims, Rose Meltzer Mrs. John Ross of Chestnut street was given a surprise party by 20 of her friends at her home on Monday. P Mrs. John IL Trumbull of Plain- ville will entertaln at luncheon on Ralph Gidlund | Wednesday Miss Rosemary Ander- Andante und Scherzécapriccloso | son of Long Lane farm and Mrs. e ; F. David | Joseph Alsop, president of the fifth Miss Edla Sims | senatorial district of republican wo- Zugder Fraven zum Munster-aus | men. Miss Anderson will speak at Lohergrin R. Wagner ! Legion hall, Plainville, in the after- Misses Sims, Rau, Pagella, noon upon the work the state is Meltzer doing for the Insane, blind, feeble- Messrs. Gainer, Gidlund, Rol- | minded and others who must off, Bruce, Murphy, Jeroncyck, cared for in the state institutions. Cowles, Kaplan, Demorat, | All women of the district are in- Meltzer, Woodruff, Zahnlejter, | Vited to attend. .« s e The Etude Musical club met last| | | o e The women's golf tournament at Monday evening at the home of Mrs. | the Shuttle Meadow club, °‘.’°“§ Robert Sims, 182 Carlton street. The | Monday and will e continue: |subject was MacDowell, the Ameri-| eVery Monday qur\ng the acuax:i can composer., Mrs. Ralph Howe is in charge an A paper on the life and works, | 18 assisted by Mrs. Philip B. Stan- {with personal reminiscences of the lev. Mrs. Charles B. Parsons, | composer was read by A. M. Béards- | Russell B. Gerniond and Mrs. Louis ley. | W. Young. Piano solos— Impromptu ... | Improvisation .. Mrs. Robert Sims ! Plano solo— Sundown .... MacDowell| Mrs. H. C. Magargal entertained MacDowell | twenty friends at luncheon followed | by cards at her home on Garden | street on Thursday, May 6. The { prizes went tg Mrs. W. A. Kinne, | Mrs. Frederick Macomber, and Mrs. Fred C. Telch. . .... H. Hopekirk Warren Hale The members of the club will have a dog roast mext Tuesday evening. .« 0. Mrs. James Kitson of South Main i The Wednesday luncheon bridge party held at the Shuttle Meadow | |ning for Miss Sadye Lipman, who|marked success, considering the {Will be a June bride. | many other parties of the week, LR there was indeed a record attend- Mrs. R. C. Baldwin entertained |ance. Among those having tables her bridge club at her home on Golf | and entertaining guests were Mrs. J. H. | on | be | Mre. | e | 7 SEN i ! MISS LOUISE HOLCOMBE | Miss Holcombe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G, Holcombe of Church street, her engagement to Henry A. Christ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Christ of Ten Acre Road was announced last evening. | bridge party given by Miss Elva Me- | Miss Beatrice Reynsl of this city and | Kirdy of Lincoln street. Mr. Christ | George Rapp of Middletown. 4 is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest | e | W. Christ of Ten Acre road. They | Mr. and Mrs. Bret Neece will en- {arc both prominent among the tcrtain some fricnds at dinner at younger set in town. Miss Hol- | iheir home on Corbin avenue this combe is a member of the Alpha eyening, later taking their guests to | Alpha sorority and a graduate of the |pouse dances at Wesleyan Univers street, gave a shower Thursday eve-, club this week, that day, met with ] Mrs. | | New Britain high school, class 1924 {and Mr. Christ graduated in 1922 .« e e Miss Mildred K. Barrows of Lin- {coln street entertained twelve, friends at cards Tuesday evening. | The prizes went to Mrs. Sturman | Dyson, Mrs. James Cochrane, Miss/| | Hazel Bemont, Sturman Lyson and | | Spaulding Warner. . e | sity. .. A number of the friends of Dr. Robert Buol gave him a house warm- ing at his home on Garden street Wednesday evening, May 4th, Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs, Charles Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs, Logan Page, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond | Gilpatric, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Par. ker, Mr, and Mrs. William Judd and { music to be presented follows. street, Maple Hill, Wednesday eve- | ning. .. . The ‘annual State Normal School Glee Club concert will he held in the Normal school auditorium Thursday cvening, May 12, at 8:15 o'clock, D. 8. T. Miss Ethel Prior, director of music at the school will conduct the concert. Miss Ida Levin | f Hartford is to be the accompan- st to the Glee club while Alfred John of Hartford will be the violin- | ist and Stanley Usher will play his accompaniments. The program of The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 5 Boltwood | . Brewer | Arlene Anderson Coombs | The Fairy Pipers .. Soprano Solo Her RoBe ........ Four Leaf Clover The Club | .. Handel | Zimbalist Sarghetto Minuet Bodinerle : Mr. Cohn Ma Little Banjo . De Sandman .... Mezzo Soprano Solo Helen Bjornberg 1g Brown Bear . Mana Zucca | The Club i Roses of Picardy .. Wood | The Brownies . Leoni By the Waters of Minnetonka .. Lieurance Mr. Cohn Dichmon:! Protheroe | The B The Clu! Romance Negro Spiritual . From the Canebrake Mr. Cohn Hawthorn and Lavender A Song Cycle for Women's Voices The words selected from the Poems of Willlam E. Henley. The music composed by Fanny Snow Knowlton. Soprano Solo Arlene Anderson Mezzo Soprano Solo B . Helen B The Club « o » Mrs. Virgil M. Palmer of Harrison | Wieniawski | Cohn Gardner | jornberg | i street. gave a tea in honor of her daughter, Mrs. James Baldwin of Harding street, Wednesday after- | noon. Miss Marjorie Baldwin pre- | Isaac Kellogg of Waterbury. | Kenneth T. Sloper of | son Parker Abbe, Mrs. Earl Van Bus- | xirk, Mrs. Howard Parsons, Mrs. John C. Loomis. Mrs. Charles W. Davis, Mrs. Stuart Parsons, Charles Nicholas, Mrs. Sturman Dy- son, Mrs. E. Robert Carter and Mrs. The next party is set for Wednesday, May 18. .. Mrs, Parker Abbe of Steele street and Miss Polly Bird of Lexington strect entertained at luncheon and bridge Wednesday at the Shuttle . Meadow club for Mrs. Kenneth T. | | Sloper and Miss Sally Humason. ¢ s o Mrs. William H. Rattenbury gave a luncheon followed by bridge at her home on Lenox Place last Wednesday. Mrs. tained twelve friends at luncheon followed by cards at her home on Lenox Place, Tuesday noon for Mrs. Grove Hill and Miss Sally Humason of Vine -eet. Mrs. Sloper and Miss Huma- leave on Monday for Quebec to sail Wednesday for Europe on the Empress of I'rance. . . Mrs. Charles Frances of Main strest gave a bridge party at her home on Thursday afternoon. The prizes went to Mrs. W. H. Van Oppen and Mrs. William Glover, DI Mre. Earl Van Duskirk enter- tained a few friends at luncheon and bridge at the Shuttle Meadow | club last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Johnstone Vance was awarded the bridge trophy. Mrs. Walter W. Leland entertain- ed at cards at her home on Hart | afternoon. street Thursday v e e Mr. and Mre. Arthur Kimball en- tertained some friends at dinner Wednesday afternoon at their home on Lexington street. PR The engagement of Miss Louise Holcombe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. . G. Holcombe, was announced last evening to Harry A. Christ at a Picture Mrs. | Willlam Rattenbury enter- | i West | Framing STATIONERY ZAEW BRITALA,COZ2 149 Main St. Phone 124 Local people are looking forward to the concert which the New Brit- | | ain Musical club will give next Mon-| day evening in the Camp school | auditorium when music by New | Britain composers will feature. | The program will include a prel- | ude and romance for two piunos by | George Hahn (in manuscript). Thri | songs for contralto by A. G. Kim-| ball. Valse lente (the Words at! | Lask) for flute, violin, ‘cello and ! piano by George Hahn (in manu- | seript.) A song cycle on Thomas Grev's | immortal poem, “Elegy” (written in |a country churchyard). This poem | has been set to music by Theron W. | | Hart and is written for soprano, ! ! contralto, two tenors and baritone, | violin and two piano accompani- | ment, (in manuscript.) Already there has been a splendid | sale of seats and the affair promises | to be unusually successful, socially ‘\n_s well as financiall . . [ Mrs. Elias T. Ringrose of Wooster | street entertained two tables of |bridge at her home last Tuesday | evening. The prizes went to Miss | Alice Hickey and Miss Rose Conlin. P Miss Gladys Day. e e The members of the Delta Gamma Sigma gave a very delightful ine | formal dance last evening at the orden Bungalow. Mr. and Mrs. H, C. Warner of Eton Place were the chaperons. Members of the Phi Sigma Alumnj ociation gave a party last Thurse evening at the home of Mies | Gladys Rau, Maple Hill. Mrs. Paul Stewart of Bristol was the guest of honor. . fourth of a series of musicales en by the pupils of Ruth Bennett Lindsay at the Business and Professional Women's club last Mon- afternoon. The following pro- gram was glven: Gavotte Th. Abtler Ernest Bacon Pastorale ..... Brinkmas | Lillian Suess Intermezzo : Francis Garaucher Big Moonlight g Madelene Garrish Fifteen minutes with Schumann Ruth Benneft Lindsay Blake Bendel Mr. and Mrs. Harold Guy of Port- land will entertain several friends |at dinner this evening preceding the i house dances at Wesleyan University. {Among her guests will be Mr. and | Mrs. Sturman Dyson. Mr. and Mrs. | George Bolt, Miss Harriet Reynal, Thinking of Building? Have a Free Plan Book HE desire to own your home is in- stinctive. 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