The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-29
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MRS KELSEY IND MRS. DARLING
 4RRIVE IN HOLLAND.
Next saturday's Regatta Brings Up
 Race Looked Forward to With Great

Race Looked Forward to With Great
 Anticipation.
 Word has been received that Mrs. w.. W. Kelsey and Mrs. Susan Darling arrived Ill Rotterdam yesterday. After visiting places
 of interest in Holland they will go to Bel glum, Austria, Germany, France Italy and
 egypt, returning probably next spring or summer.
 There was birthday dinner yesterday at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Il. J. Barnes of Ill Exchange street in honor of Mrs. Barnes brother, Edwin Booth. Among the relatives who were present were MT. and
 Mrs. Charles Booth, Mrs. Walter Lewis, the Misses Mildred and Dorothy Lewis of Hartford, MT. and Mrs. Edwin Booth and Charles Booth and Miss Clara Booth of Wallingford The guests stayed during the evening and helped Mir. Booth to forget that the day had added one more year to his age. The affair was very pleasant and joyous one.
 A. G. Mcintyre of Ferry street is enjoy ing his vacation this week. He will visit among other places the Pan-American ex- position at Buffalo.
 One of Grand avenues business men who takes great interest in anything which may be beneficial to the town life said yes terday in speaking of the regatta which will be held next Saturday: "A number of years ago John Dayton and A. II. Granniss got up q race which was success. As many as 1000 people witnessed the race, hundreds of teams lined the shores and is was a gala day for Fair Haven. At that time there was sailing race and also q rowing race. A year or so after this they tried to get up another. but the boatmen did not take any interest. so the project fell through. This year MT. Dayton has taken hold of 1t and has some of the boat. men interested so that there will be race and q good one. l don't see why there can't be one every year about this time as the boatmen have plenty of time to get their boats ready before starting in for the fall work. There is no prettier sheet of water anywhere and the scenery is splen- did. l hope that the boatmen and business men will see that there is race every year, something that will let the people know that there Is life yet in the old town. have no fear but what the merchants in this locality will get the purses up as they always have responded nobly."
 Printed circulars distributed yesterday an- nounce as judges for the coming regatta Captain Charles E. Thompson and Orton A. Rose.
 There was lively meeting of Columbia castle, k. C. E., on Tuesday evening and of the representatives to the coming sessison of the Grand Castle. Tho castle extended an invitation to the grand body to attend their session, which is held on the same evening as the Grand Castle
 Miss Dora Hogan of S3 Downing street has returned from three weeks stay in Hartford.
 Mrs. Emma Whitlock of Boston is visit ing Mrs. David R. Pollock of 109 Atwatet street.
 Thomas Higgins of Wilmington, Del, is his aunt, Mrs. Thomas Donahue of 1S3 Chatham street.
 The kindergarten school kept by Miss Carrie NJ. Chapman at the corner of Ferry and Pierpont streets will not open until September on account of the prospect of hot weather during the first week of the month
 Miss Ellie F. Scranton of 75 Lombard street Is visiting friends in Hartfrod.
 The William A. Warner X Bro. Co. have window in their store decorated in honor of the coming races There is a handsome sharpic four feet long which was made by Frank Laraby. The foremast of the boat s four feet high and the mainmast nearly he same. She is beautiful model and has speed in every line.
 Mrs M E. Alvord and daughter of Quin- lipiac avenue are visiting relatives in Nor. walk.
 Miss Minnie Portnowitz of 16O Front street is visiting friends in New York city.