The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22

AoL tie OccdSlOn, cut flowers aDOunulIlt everywhere. In the dining room tn | decorations were particularly pretty
 and here Mrs. William Daggett presid ed. Among the callers were noticed
 Mrs. Walter Camp, Mrs. Wilbur Day
 Mrs. William Beebe, Mrs. Kitchel, Mrs
 George Stevens Mrs. M. Harry Marlin | Mrs. Bruce Fenn, Miss Ellen K. Sar gent, Mrs. Samuel Fisher, Miss Eliza beth Sargent. Mrs. Russell Sargent
 Mrs. J, B. Sargent and Mrs. H. W
 Ring.
 A pretty luncheon was that given or
 Wednesday by Mrs. Thomas Bassett ir
 homer of Mrs. Gale, who is the guest
 of Mrs. Dean Lyman. Covers were
 laid for ten guests. and the decorations
 were exceedingly effective, yellow be ing the predomnating color and daffo- dils the flower chosen. Among Mrs Bassett's guests were Mrs. Edward
 Taylor, Mrs. w. c. Wurtenberg, Mrs. S
 A. York, jr, Mrs. F. E. Hall, Miss Leila
 Earle Miss Florence Brown, Mrs Dean
 Lyman and Mrs Gale.
 Mrs. Grdist, wife of Percy R. Greist
 of Westvilie, who has been dangerously
 ill with typhoid fever has passed the
 crisis, and her physicians think that she
 is now on the road to recovery. Mrs
 Greist has been i'll for three weeks. On
 Wednesday and Thursday of last week
 the nurses end physicians believed she
 could not survive, but the disease took
 a favorable turn. She is attended by
 DTS Judscn and Whittemore.
 MT and Mrs s. s. Adams entertained
 the whist club of which they are mem-
 bers on Thursday evening at their home on Orange street. The house W Is
 artistically decorated for tho occasion, and very pleasant evening was pass ed The first ladies' prize was won hy Mrs. M. D. Cosgrove, while the first gentlemen's prize went to William Babcock; the second ladies' prize was awarded Mrs. William Granville, while w. F. Hamblin was the fortunate win ner of the second gentlemen's prize. A buffet luncheon was served during the evening" followed later by course sup per. Among the players were MT. and Mrs. Herbert Howard, Professor and Mrs Granville, MT. and Mrs. W. F. Hamblin, MT. and Mrs Hel Kelley, MT. and Mrs. Markel, Miss Annie Babcock, Frank Adams, Mir. Thompson, William Babcock, MT. and Mrs. M. E. Cosgrove, MT. and Mrs. Charles Rowe and MT. and Mrs. Carl Mears. Mrs. & s. Ad- ans has sent out invitations for large dinner party next Wednesday evening.
 John H. Whittlesey, of 25 Madison street, Danbury, has come into posses sion of an old oak desk which is of more than ordinary interest, apart from its antiquity. The desk, which was for merly owned by MT. Whttlesey's John Hatch, of New Pres ton, was originally the property of Jer- emiah Day, who was president of Yale college next preceding the late Presi- dent Woolsey. In drawer in the desk were found a linen collar and a stock, the former bearing the name of Jere- miah Day
 Philip Daly, who has been visiting the McGrath family in Waterbury for the past week, has returned to his home in his city.
 A great wedding tomorrow will be hat of Miss Isabel Goodrich Stillman,
 
 A. Rockefeller, Yale 1900. It will take place at St. Bartholomew's church in New York city. Miss Stillman gave a | luncheon for her bridesmaids on Fri lay. and Percy Rockefeller a dinner for l lis best man and ushers on Saturday | evening. The bridesmaids are to be Miss Edith K. Gray, Miss Alice Ever lrd Strong, Miss Daisy Greer and Miss Ethel Whitney, The maid of honor | will be Miss Ethel G. Rockefeller. White and green are to be the color cheme for the church Easter lilies will | ,e used in profusion. These will orna- nent the chancel, the altar and the ,ews in the nave of the church, through which the bridal cortege will pass. Miss ,tillmans wedding gown will be of vhite satin, very simply made. It will e draped with old point lace, and there will be veil of the same lace The will wear rose pink Benga- he silk, trimmed with guipure lace, nd hats of pink and white. William {. Rockefeller, who married Miss Elsie tillman some years ago, will be best nan, and the ushers will be Frederick V. AdamsA James w. Cross, James c. .reenway, Corliss Sullivan, Frank D. ,heney, William S. Coffin and the rides two brothers, James Alexander nd c. Chauncey Stillman. MT. Rock feller was in his senior year manager f Yale's football team and promi- ent Yale society man.
 The wedding of Miss Grace Herman, 2 the Hotel Netherland, and J. Willett Tall, of New York, will take place at {. James church, Seventyfrst street nd Madison avenue, at noon on Tues ay, April 30 Miss Herman is a aughter of the late Philip Herman, nd MT. Hall who is resident of New ork city, is graduate of Yale '95 and member of Squadron A and the Yale ub. The maid of honor will be Miss ,anne Heisser, and the bridesmaids iss Elizabeth StObo, Miss Katherine righam, Miss Marie Zimmerman and iss Marguerite Jordan. The best man ; i'll be Joseph Hall, brother of the , ,idegroom and the ushers Richard sler Crane of Chicago, Louis F. Hart,
 Cleveland, Thomas A. Keck, of East i range, w. Frazer Gibson, of Mont , air. and Harry A. Fields, Frank B. Z eland. John A. Hesse and Thomas H. all brother of the bridegroom, of ew York owing to the recent death
 the bridegroom father there will be l
 reception, but there will be break st for the bridal party at the Nether- nd r