The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-16
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THE Y. p. S. Il. UNION sooIA1.

Held at the Church of the Redeemer Last
Evening-A Pleasing Entertainments
Progressive Games and Guessing Contest
Prize Winning.
The reception committee for 1896 Of
the New Haven Christian Endeavor
union gave its first social at the Church
Of the Redeemer last evening. During
the first part of the evening a musical
and literary entertainment was given
in the lecture room upstairs, and was
attended by large audience, the entire
seating capacity and standing room Of
the hall being occupied. The instru-
mental music was furnished by a quin-
tet orchestra consisting Of the follow
ing we'll known musicians: A. P. Wolf,
first violin; S. LAUDER, second violin; ].
e. Blatchley, viola; c. H. Bush, cello;
and c. M. Doolittle, bass.
One of the most entertaining features
of the program was the reciting by
Miss Flora Macdonald, daughter Mr.
James H. Macdonald, chairman of the
state highway commission. Miss Mac
donald, by special request, took the
place of Miss Minnie Belle Kay, who
was unable to be present, and recited
to perfection. She first gave 1.-THE
Spinning Wheel Song" in which she
sang Robin Adair'' and Comm
Thro' the Rye" while turning a spin
ming wheel. She received an encore, to
which she responded to the Spinning
Song" with IF ! Couldn't, How Could
I?'' She was down on the program for
another recitation, Tit for Tat" which
she gave with great credit and receiv-
ed hearty applause.
Another pleasing feature of the pro-
gram was music by a trio, two mando-,
Inns and a guitar, consisting of Miss
Grace Koella and two of her pupils,
Miss Louisa Koella and Miss Jennie
Beers. Their playing was very cred
table
A solo by Miss Williams was finely
rendered and received much applause.
During the evening refreshments
were served down stairs in the two
rooms opening, respectively from the
left and right Of the main entrance hall
of the church, the former room being
decorated in pink and called the pink
room, while the latter was decorated
in red, white and blue, and was called
the national room. The ladies VINO
served refreshments Were Miss Jennie
S. Beers chairman of the committee;
Miss Edna B. French, Miss Belle Man
vile, Miss Flora Macdonald, the Misses
Webb, Miss Annie e. Hening and Miss
Louisa A. Koella. The ladies who
served in the national room were dress
ed in the national colors and those in
the other refreshment room in pink
Miss Rowland had charge of the lem
onade booth in the pink room and Miss
Dickerman of that in the national
room, while Miss Scranton presided
over the chocolate booth in the same
room.
At the close of the musical and lit
erary program upstairs the remainder
of the evening was spent in a social
way and in progressive games upstairs
and an old-fashioned guessing contest
down stairs. Prizes were awarded to
the winners of each.
In the progressive game party" the
winners of the first prizes We're j. F.
Shepard of the First Baptist Y. p. s. G.
e. and Miss Lizzie M. Wadsworth of
the West Haven Congregational soci-
ETY.. Mr.. Shepard received solid gold
&C. e. pin. Miss Wadsworth received
a book of "One Hundred Games" Miss
A. 7. Elkins of the Howard avenue
Baptist society was awarded the con-
ISOLATION prize, paper weight with view
of Lake Whitney.
In the guessing contest" Miss Belle
Manville of the Church Of the Redeem
er was awarded the prize, handsome
ly bound copy of Whittier's poems
The social was in every way sue
cess, this being due to those having
charge of the arrangements, that COM
mittee consisting of Mr.. Read, Mr.
Bush, Mr.. Charles Atwater, MISS
Smith, Miss Bavier and Miss Imar.
Miss c. w. Smith is chairman of the
reception committee and Charles FL.
Bush of the musical committee.