The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-16

l htllI Ul LHlS Clly, Tedu sHOll papO
 on How to Cultivate the True Spiri
 of Christmas Giving in Our Children" !" | The speaker of the afternoon was Rev
 H. B. Mead of Scotland, Conn. Hi: subject was "The Divine in Every
 Child"
 pr. and Mrs. Charles Zink, of Berlin
 are in Branford, the guests of Dr
 Zink's mother.
 All arrangements are nearing comple. | tion for the opening of the basketball season at Pythian and Music halls il | Branford. The various teams are or
 ganizing and appropriate suits are be- ing ordered. The halls are in process ot
 fitting up for the sport and January l.
 1902, will see the athletic season in full
 blast, The first term of the ladies
 class in physical training is drawing to
 close, but second term will follow.
 Basketball games by the ladies may
 perchance be interesting features of the
 winter
 The marriage of Miss Katheryn
 Smith, daughter of Mrs. Sarah F.
 Smith, of 1925 Boulevard. to Edward
 Wilson will take place at the home of
 the brides parents at 6 o'clock this
 evening. Rev. MT. Scoville, curata of
 Trinity church, will officiate. MT. Will
 son is the well known chief clerk of
 George l.. Connor passenger traffic manager of the New Haven road, and has many friends in this city, where he makes his home. Miss Smith is an en- gazing young lady who has many friends in the soc'al circles of this city. After the ceremony the couple will leave for an extended wedding tour through out the west. Upon their return they will take up residence at the home of the brides mother.
 At the Girls Friendly society, West Haven, lest week some interesting pa pers were read, one by Miss Lillian Cornwall on Harvard College from the Founding of it to the Present Day" Miss Margaret Grannis' paper was on Bunker Hill"
 The improvement in the condition of Mrs. Thomas Carter of Chestnut street, Branford who was injured during the past week, is slow, but assuring.
 This evening Rev. Dr. Leonard w. Bacon, of Norwich, will read paper before the Historical society upon 'The Anti-Slavery Movement Before Garri- son." The story of the way 'n which the anti-slavery movement gathered by the labors of men who were not violent agitators will be told.
 Mrs Charles Smith, of Stony Creek is ill with pneumonia.
 Mrs. Frank Chamberlain Porter gave a tea on Saturday in honor of Profes- sor and Mrs. Walker, of Hartford, who will soon make their home here, their ney house on Edwards street being nearly ready for occupancy. Assisting Mrs. Porter in receiving was Mrs, Mac Candless. The opportunity to again meet Chester Lyman, of New York, a brother of Mrs Porter, was also one of the pleasures of the occasion.
 At the next regular meeting of Prin cess lodge, N E. o. P, of Branford which takes place tomorrow evening, the nomination and election of officers will be held. A full attendance is de- 1 sired
 An announcement of interest to New Haven people is that concerning Miss 1 Mary Montgomery, of this city, who | las carried off the honers of Berlin uni | lersity. Miss Montgomery is the [ laughter of a Congrega tional minister md former missionary, and a graduate . if Wellesley college for women. She ook her degree last summer for Orien- al languages. She knows sanskrit Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic Greek and Egyptian and is one of the most ac- women in the world in these branches of learning. Miss Montgom ry has passed her examinations and eceived the formality of promotion" g they call it. The ceremony takes lace next month, after which she will eturn to the United States to apply CT vast learning to some useful pur- Ose.
 The Idle Hour Whist club, of West Iaven met with Mrs. Holt of Elm treet, last week. Mrs. William Rus ell won the first ladies' pr ze and Mrs. )ora Kelsey the second. The gentlemen ,ho won prizes were William Pitl1in nd H. M. Adams.
 A reorganization of the Emmet club f Branford is on the boards at present nd there rumor to the effect that ranford will soon have an opportunity witness a revival of the tenderly pa letic drama Robert Emmet," pre- {, ,nted as nearly as possible by members :, the old cast. 7 The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. l.. !, Fisk, of Branford is critically ill. |, r. Bellosa, of this city, is in charge of c 10 case. F Mrs. William N Winne, who has e zen quite i'll at her residence on Whal- , y avenue is slowly but surely recov- | ing. |, V. T. Hammer of Branford, is busy i assifying and arranging a collection e
 Rocky Mountain mineral specimens I mt to the Branford library by Mrs. T. 0
 Blackstone, of Chicago. These will on be placed on exhibition at the H. S ary. o A meeting of the Martin Burke Hook W Id Ladder company of Branford will a
 held lat the company's attractive u lb house on Hillside avenue this eve- h ng. h A book which is attracting much at N lton from those interested in histori- incidents is that edited by Mary lilotheta Root, A. B., of the Katherine ,ylOrd chapter of the D. A. R., of z, istol Conn. The title is Chapter etches of Connecticut Daughters of g American Revolution, Patron