The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-16
will be the guest of Representative Donovan while in this city.

month, is improving. She is now re } garded as out of danger.
 Captain Newport, the popular com
 mander of Bristol's company of tn
 state guard, has received word tha
 Lieutenant H, M. Roydon. of the Twen , ty-third United States infantry, hal
 been nominated by President Mcl<inle,
 for promotion to a captaincy. Lieuten
 ant Roydon was a classmate of Captail
 Newport at the Hopkins Gramma
 school of New Haven, in the class of 80
 Miss Jessie s. filling has just returned
 to New Haven after an absence of two
 months in New York, where she hal
 been staying at the Waldorf Astoria
 Hotel
 A branch of the National Mothers
 Congress has been recently organized
 in this state and will hold their frs
 convention in New Haven, April 17 ant
 IS, in the United church chapel, tC
 which all ladies interested are invited
 The officers are Mrs Frances Sheldon Bolton, New Haven president; first vice. president, Mrs. D. A. Markham Hartford; second vice-president, Mrs { Charles Capen, Willimantic; third vice.
 president Mrs W. B. Ferguson, Mid
 dletoWn; fourth vice. president, Mrs. E. l.. Ames, Rockville: Mrs. Caroline J. 1 Taylor Bridgeport recording secreta-
 "; Mrs. Mable P. Stivers, correspond
 ing secretary, West Haven; Mrs. Ho- mer S. Cummings, treasurer, Stamford; 1 Mrs. Walter D. Daskam, auditor Stom- | ford. The object as set forth In the
 constitution for the organization are 'to 1 bring mothers of the state together in conference for promotion of best inter-
 ests of home; for the improved training of children, and for the advancement of
 the moral and social conditions of the state" Mrs Bolton, who is the editor of the Mothers Journal, was appointed
 as state president in April 1900, and
 aimed to secure the names of all Moth-
 CTS clubs and their officers, but found
 it slow work, owing to the lack of or
 ganization. However, after sending out one hundred and five invitations in De-
 cember, on the 5th of that month the
 branch was organized. Three meetings have been held to complete the organ iZation and to arrange for the coming convention, from which it is hoped much good may result. Until this sea- son there was for five succeeding years a very successful Olive1 Congregational church, but 1t has now disbanded There are, however, others in the city and must be several women interested to further the influence of this splendid medium for the interchange of ideas of thoughtful mothers.
 MT. William Babcock and Miss Bab- cock, of 11S Putnam street, entertained their friends Thursday evening most delightfully."- with whist. The affair was in the nature of a St. Patrick's day whist, and along this line the decora- tions throughout the house were carried out. The rooms were prettily decorated with green, and many curious sugges- tons of the day were in evidence. Green ponpons were presented to the ladies, while the gentlemen wore Hiber- nian badges. Partners were selected by means of clay pipes tied with green ribbons, while shamrocks adorned the ladies score cards and Irish musical instruments the gentlemen. Supper was served to the guests at eleven o'clock, and here the same idea was  oranges served on green dollies, creme de mentte being served also as the appropriate drink of the oc- casion Favors the shape of small fam cy articles, were presented each of the guests after the whist, and four very handsome prizes were awarded the most successful players. The first prize, one-half dozen cut glass tum- blers, was taken by Mrs. M. E. Cos grove, while Mrs. Harry Lacey. who played in the place of one of the gentle- men, carried off the first prize, shaw ing brush. Among those present were Mir. and Mrs. S, $. Adams, MT and Mrs | Arthur Ryder, MT. and Mrs. Hal Kelly, i MT. and Mrs. John Pratt, MT. and Mrs. | w. F. Hambin MT. and Mrs. M. E. | -osgrove, Mrs. Harry Lacey, Mrs Pratt If Boston. Mf. and Mrs Charles B. | Row, MT. and Mrs. Simpklns, Professor and Mrs. Granville. During the supper , live alligator, tied with a green rib oon, was sent to MT. Babcock by MT. sfmpkins as an appropriate present for he occasion.
 The clerks who are employed In the department of claims of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company had house clearing in their apartment, for it was the last day for his departments location in New Ha- zen. An order issued recently trans erred this department to Boston, for which place many of the clerks depart d yesterday.
 "The Rice Pudding" comedy was presented in Harmonic hall Thursday vening at 8:15 o'clock, and as amateur heatricals are always an attraction, arge audience was present. The cast onisted of Miss Whittlesey, Miss Car naIt, Miss Sanderson, MT, Mackenzie nd MT Wion. Between the acts nov lties were introduced The following | entlemen were ushers: H. H. Town bend, c. Fl. Walker, H. T, Sheldon, c, V. Mendall and w. G. Collins /. A lad named Dannehomer ten years ! age, residing near Richards lumber l ard in West Haven, was seriously in- Ired yesterday morning in consequence ,, f falling from shed He suffered a {, light concussion of the brain and some :. lternal injuries. pr. Barnett thinks e will recover.