The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known Here-Vari- ous European Trips and Local Social Events.

Dr. Almon w. Pinney, a graduate O.
 the Unionville High school, class ot
 '95, and of Hahnemann Medical college
 Philadelphia, class of 1900, who has
 been at Grace hospital during the past
 year, is opening an office in Norfolk
 for the practice of medicine.
 Rev. Father Kennedy starts next
 Wednesday for Niagara, N. Y, where
 he will address the graduating class ot
 the Niagara university.
 Mrs. Phoebe w. Lake of this city
 has just purchased the land and build
 ing on Meadow street in which the
 Price, Lee company, publishers, are To-
 cated. The seller is Harry H. Caswell
 of Brooklyn, N. Y. Half of the block
 was sold and the price paid for it was
 $15,0OO. The land has frontage of
 fifty-two feet on Meadow street.
 Miss Ethel Stone of 257 Orchard
 street will spend this summer at the
 American exposition as the guest
 of her aunt who resides at Buffalo.
 A society event this week of note will
 be the wedding of Miss Mary Thomp-
 son, daughter of Mrs. William Thomp-
 son of Mansfield street, and Edward
 Bailey Birge formerly of this city, but
 now of Indianapolis, which will take
 place in the United church at o'clock
 Thursday evening. About 1,200 invita-
 tions have been issued and the wedding
 will be one of the most brilliant wed-
 dings of the year The ceremony will be performed by Dr. Theodore Munger
 Professor Harry B. Jepson will preside at the organ. The bride will be given away by Dr. William J. Tucker, pres
 dent of Dartmouth college. Miss Thompson will have for maid of honor Miss Lydia R. Booth of Poughkeepsie, and for bridesmaids Miss Frances Booth of Poughkeepsia, Miss Leila Birge of Providence, sister of the bridegroom, Miss Georgiana Jeannett of Mount Vernon, Miss Alive Walker, Miss Emma B. Reilly and Miss Teresi- ma Peck of New Haven. Buell. Clifton Day of Boston will act as best man and Professor Robert l.. Taylor, formerly of Yale university but now a member of the faculty of Dartmouth, Robert Birge of Providence, brother of the bridegroom. Francis G. Hall of New York, George Dudley Seymour, Ken meth Mckenzie, George Montgomery of New Haven will be the ushers.
 Mrs. Charles DeForest of Humphrey street will sail on Wednesday for Flu rope where she will spend the summer.
 E. A. Beecher and family of this city are occupying cottage at Savin Rock.
 Mrs. Frank l.. Bgelow of Whitney avenue has issued cards for a tea this afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs. Thompson.
 Some of the arrivals on the Thimble Islands are: Messrs. Wayland, D. Clark Roop, Revel, Beecher, Tudor, Bradley, Foskett Barnes, Stockder, Madeira, H. Sherman, Jefferson and friends, w. Hill, Seymour Rodgers, Dr. Davis and Captain Paine. Most of the above have their families with them.
 Mrs. Lewis English of Whitney ave- nue gave delightful party to twenty five of the younger members of the smart set at the Ansantawae club on Thursday afternoon. A special car, which left the residence of Mrs Eng fish at 3:30 o'clock took the little guests down and returned at 6:30 with tired but happy children. During the after | noon a dainty luncheon was served on the lawn.
 IHG IlSWly WtuQSu tOuplc 4hl' dIll Mrs. J. Trumbull Smith are enjoying | their honeymoon at the brides summer home at Branford Point.
 Eli Whitney of Whitney avenue has rented the well known Chrissey house in Norfolk for the summer. The fami- 1y will leave the city some time this week.
 Paul Batz of Westville, who has been suffering from typhoid fever, is fast improving.
 Mrs. Eli Whitney and Miss Whitney of Elm street have leased the Pratt cot tage on West street, Litchield, and will soon leave the city for the summer.
 Many friends of D. l.. Humiston of Burton street, Westville, will be pleas ed to hear that he is speedily recover ing from his illness.
 The Baldwin prize essay, offered by Judge Simeon E. Baldwin of the Yale law school, to that member of the Hop kins Grammar school, who writes the best English essay, has been awarded by the judges to Alexander o. Fasser, the son of Leonard Fasser of IA Bald win street His essay on "The Present Needs of Constitutional Convention n Connecticut" was considered by the Judges as one of the best ever submit ed for the Baldwin prize. A pecul- ar incident of this competition, and ,ne that shows that literary talent is natter of heredity in no small degree S that MT. Fasser's younger brother, Charles E. Fasser, received the honor- Lble mention for the prize, his essay , ,eing on "How to Succeed" A. Fasser will enter Yale this fall. ; Mrs E. B. Jones of Branford, ac- by one son and her daugh- CT. left Saturday morning for Easton, Z 'a., to join her husband, who is em- ( loyed there. I Miss Ives and Miss Leila Ives of avenue gave a charming I luncheon and tea cup shower on Thurs ( ay in honor of Miss Estelie Darton, l whose engagement to Walter c. Greist V as just been announced. The guests I we're Miss Darton, Mrs. Charles Bur ' on, Mrs. Henry Ellenberger, Miss Kir- | y, Miss Sue Kirby, Miss Minnie Kraft t Hiss Catlin and Miss Edith Catlin. c Mrs. Alfred Newton Wheeler has sent t ut cards for large tea at her sum- | ler home at Woodmont tomorrow af- ( arnoon at o'clock. The affair is in V onor of Mrs. A Heaton Robertson, 4 'ho sails for Europe on Saturday.
 Howard Kirk of Valley street, West " file, who has been visiting his parents h