The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-29
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
POINTS or INTEREST FROM BOTH
SIDES or THE RIVER.

NaN winning NolNelh At ttS ElIsA
The Coming Opening of the New and
Handsome Masonic Hall-The New
Years OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
New Hall.
The committee on reception for the
out invitations for the New Years re-
ception and for the dedication and in
stallation ceremonies yesterday. The
New Years reception is to take place
on Friday from 3 to p M, and the
committee consists of John O. Rowland,
chairman; William S. Rowe, secretary,
and S. A. Tourtelotte Harry K. Rowe,
Francis Ray, Frank p. Tyler, Joseph
S. Holiday, W. C. Lambert Thomas
Smith, w. T. Thompson, John j. Day.
ton and Gotfried Amann About two
thousand tickets have been issued.
For the dedication ceremonies and the
installation of officers of Adelphi lodge
f. H. WEIGH, the most worshipful grand
master of Danhury and associate otll-
GERS of the grand lodge have been in
vited. These ceremonies will take
place on the evening of Tuesday jan
uary s.
The new Masonic hall is in the CraW-
ford building. 103 Grand avenue, head
of East Pearl street. This building has
just been reconstructed at large out
lay, and the third floor is entirely given
up to Masonic quarters for Adelphi
lodge, Pulaski chapter and Crawford
council Henry w. Crawford, the own
er of the building, is prominent Ma
son and has taken great interest in pre-
pairing the new quarters.
The main lodge room is 50 by 81 feet
and 16 feet high The frescoing of
walls and ceiling is very handsome and
was done by Gotfriad Amann from his
special designs The design Of the cell
ing is of a Maltese cross and is the only
work of this style n this city. There
are several Masonic emblems, includ-
ing representations over the chairs of
the three principal officers and the key
stone on the north. In the corner of
the center panel is the book of the con-
stitution and near by the square and
compass, the broken triangle and trow-
ell. The design is a combination of the
German and American. The cost of
this work was four hundred dollars and
is very creditable TO Mr. Amann as
frcsCoer.
On the south side of the lodge room
is a gallery extending across the en-
tire width, with front railing of hard
WOOD. There are sixteen windows,
eight on each side. The upper section
is of vari-colored glass, and the lower
windows are of handsome white glass
Two hundred and fifty yards of body
Brussels carpeting is used for this
room, and it Is of very handsome
design. Very pretty opera chairs are
used and the seating capacity is about
two hundred The furnishings are
very handsome and include two large
desks of uuartered oak (rolling top),
and entirely new Masonic appointments
throughout The lodge room Is lighted
by seven chandeliers, furnished by
Bradley & Hubbard Of Meriden--sixty-
four burners, and adapted for both gas
and electricity. The officers chairs are
of heavy oak and are upholstered in
| blue plush. Opening out of the lodge
room on one side is the parlor, with
stairway leading to the gallery, This
room is furnished with pretty furni-
| ture library and a handsome carpet,
| Another door from the lodge room
! opens into the ante-room and reception
| room. out Of which are the robing
! rooms All of these apartments are
| handsomely carpeted and furnished.
| The lodge safe is placed in the recep-
| ton room The kitchen is convenient
| Nv appointed. with cupboards, stove and
culinary utensils. The supper room is
located on the front and has provision
for seating one hundred and fifty at
the tables
There is certainly no handsomer Ma
sonic hall in the state, and the four
hundred or more Fair Haven Masons
are to be congratulated upon their
splendid headquarters. The expense
of the lodge furnishings and decora-
lions amounted to about fifteen nun
dred dollars, and has been raised by
the members.
The grand recital by Nine. Hettie
Bradley. assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Milo
Devo, pianists; Mr. Frank Hough Os
born, baritone; Mr. Harry Woodstock,
accompanist, will be given at the Grand
avenue Congregational church Thurs
day evening, December 81, at 8 O'Clock.
The program is as follows
Part,I.
/. Pianoforte Soil.
a. Invocation" (Prelude Tran
scendant), Opus. "a, No. 1,.......
............ ...............M Milo Deyo
b. Polka" F'ugue &C sharp ......
49,. ...................Joh job. Sch. Bach
C. THE Break of Day aurora
Sonata, Opus SO (irst movemenD
....................L. Won Beethoven
Milo Deyo.
2. Aria--Dio Possente (Faust) Gounod
Frank Hough Osborn
8. "L' Hirondelle". ..........Dell' Acqua
Nine. Hettie Bradley.
4. Pianoforte Soil
"Favorite Compositions" .........
| .... ...................F Franz Schubert
a. Moment Musical CA flaD.
b. "Impromptu Brilliant &c flaO.
Milo Deyo.
! 5. Nocturne.
Still Vie Die Nacht' .......G Cote
Nine. Bradley, Mr.. Osborn.
| Part II.
1. Pianoforte Soil.
1-Songs Without Words ...
...................Fe Felix Mendelssohn