The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-23
PERSONAL IND SOCIETY NOTES.

Miss Coburn's Reception at Warner Hall
Pleasant Afternoon Tea-New Hnveners
who WIN Go to EurOpe-Society of HUI
genOts-Dr. Pratt's Reoeption-othcr
Events In Society.
The closing reception Of Miss Co
burns juvenile class in dancing will be
held on Saturday afternoon at Warner
hall. Among other fancy dances will
be the new "I'itania" skirt dance, the
little ones participating being the
Misses Jessie and Ester Craig, Anna
Macdonald, Katie Hemingway, Agnes
Ryan, Mabel Syner, Alicia Gamble and
John Coburn. The Scotch dance will be
given by Fred Smith and Miss Jean
Coburn to the music Of the bagpipe
played by Duncan Urquhart in cos
| tune, while the Sailors Hornpipe" by
| twelve pupils will also be a pretty fea-
ture of the afternoon. Mrs. George
J Steele, Mrs. Herbert Morse and Mrs.
| Harold Morse of Cheshire will chaperon
fourteen Cheshire academy cadets, pu-
pills of Miss Coburn's class of that
place. Mrs. Herbert Smith-Miss Co.
burn that was-who was formerly as
ISOLATED with her sister, Miss Helen
Coburn, in the school of dancing, will
also be present from Pine Meadow.
Mrs. Walter G Camp was hostess on
| Wednesday afternoon, giving tea for
Miss Grace Low, who has only return
ed from Portsmouth, where she has
been spending the winter with her
brother, Mr.. Theodore Low, an officer
in the United States navy.
Miss Edith Bell Of New York, guest
of Mrs. Birdsey c. Lake, and Miss Bis
sell of Cambridge, guest of the Messrs.
Stoughton, viii be among the out of
town girls present at the assembly
down for this evening at the usual rem
devious, Warner hall. Mrs. Hunting
Denton and daughter, Miss May Den
ton, who have been visiting in New
York, return to town for the dance.
The patronesses' flowers will be i'm
mense punches of Bruner roses. Mrs.
Godfrey Dunscomb, whose name figures
on the patronesses' list, will be unable
to attend.
The City of Elms will be large repre-
sented in Europe this summer. An. I'M
usually large number. especially
among the faculty, are already pre-
pairing for flight. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Clark of Whitney avenue expect
to sail early in July. Miss Kate Trow-
bridge will be among the tourists who
will sail in June. Professor and Mrs.
John N. Niemeyer and Professor and
Mrs. Ladd are to sail soon after the
close of college to remain away for the
c1Iy oy1o,n, ID,o
Bishop has arranged to sail by the
French line about the middle of June.
Mrs. Arthur H. Palmer wife of Pro-
fessor Palmer will sail on May 10 on
the Buffalo for her former home in
Norway. Professor Palmer's mother
and two young sons will go with Mrs
Palmer. After commencement exer-
cises Professor Palmer will join the
party in Germany. Mr., and Mrs. f.
F. Andrews and Miss Jules Pratzer
sailed yesterday for Europe to spend
the summer abroad.
Miss Marie Trask of Dunedin, Fla,
is the guest of her cousin, Miss Marie
Ives of Fair Haven Heights.
On April % at Delmonicos the Society
Of the Huguenots holds its annual ban.
: quet. The affair promises to go dowr
: in the history of this exclusive society
To be member of the Huguenot so.
} ciety requires the guarantee of Inca
descent from some Huguenot who was
in this country before 1887, at the time
) of the Edtot of liberation. There are
at present but four New Haven mem
bers, Mr.. Edward f. Salisbury, Pro
fessor Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Mr.
George F. Newcomb and Mrs. William
Fl. Moseley. They Will in all probabil
ity attend the banquet.
The Matinee Whist club will NEE
this evening at. the home of Miss Ger
trude Bigelow
| One of the smartest events of tn
week thus far was the reception OF
Wednesday by DR.. Joseph H. Pratt o
the chemical labora tory previous to hi
departure for Sapphire N. C. The af
fair was most attractive and very fey
regrets were received With few ex
. ceptions the 200 guests hidden were il
attendance. The rooms were decorate
o with palms and a profusion of red ant
;. white carnations. DR.. Pratt was as
!, sisted in receiving by his sisters, tn
= Misses Pratt Of Hartford, Mrs. S. L
| Penfield, Miss Richardson, Miss Payne
:, Miss Sanford and Miss Clark TIL
I.Messrs. Peck of New Britain, Mr.. T
B. Ellsworth of Hartford and Mr.. II
> w. Foote of the Scientific school acte
y as ushers. The callers included tn
faculty set and prominent townsfolk.
The appearance in New Haven o
Ferdinand Bruntiere, the eminen
e French writer, lecturer and scholar
: lays claim to public attention, espe
: cially among students of French. NJ
Il Bruntiere come her under the auspiCe
e of the Modern Language club and hi
k lecture tomorrow Saturday night o
+. Great Epochs in French Literature
" in the gallery of the art school, prom
C Uses much. This lecture is free and a
interested in the French language ar
/ cordially invited to attend. M. Brun
IS there is conceded one of the greatest c
y living critics, as we'll as the greatest c
e lecturers He is the editor of the Revu
des Deux Mondes. NJ. Bruntiere ha
II lectured at Harvard and Columbia an
n came to America to deliver a course c
= nine lectures on Poetry" at John
Honkins university.