The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-22

l second vice preSldent-MrS. F. w
 Gerard.
 Organizer for New Haven county
 Mrs. John H. Platt
 Secretary-Miss D. S. Pinney.
 Recording secretary-Mrs. Henry H
 Barroll, of Norwalk.
 Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Jay H
 Hart of Waterbury.
 Treasurer-Mrs. Henry T. Hoyt, O
 Danbury.
 Auditor-Mrs. John B. Talcott, O.
 Grove Hill, New Britain.
 Directors-Mrs. Henry T. Pyle, ol Bridgeport, Mrs. w. R. Hopson, ot i Bridgeport, Mrs. E. L. Smiley, of Hart.
 ford Mrs. E. J. Camp, of Seymour, Mrs W. s. c. Perkins, of Norwich, Mrs. F l W. Shelton, of Shelton, Mrs. Arthur w.
 Gates, of Willimantic.
 The entertaining clubs were all rep
 resented by presidents and members They are:
 Women's school association, Miss Re- 1 becca D. Beach, president. | Study club, Mrs. Bunnell, president. Igdrasyl club, Mrs. s. l.. Salisbury. Kalmathean club, Mrs. J. H. Rey-
 holds.
 Hawthorne club, Mrs. William S. Ja- ger, president
 On the platform were the officers of the federation, presidents of the enter taining clubs and the chairman of the general committee, Mrs. G. F. New comb
 Mrs. George W. Lewis, as chairman of the entertainment committee, report ed rooms secured at Hotel Garde, Hotel Tontine and Hotel Davenport for dele gates.
 Fifty of the officers of the federation and standing commit tees are being en- tertaned by the members of the home clubs.
 complete list of the committees in charge of the arrangements for the meetings is as follows:
 General committee-Mrs. George F. Newcomb, Miss R. D. Beach, Mrs. George S. Barnum, Mrs. William Jager, Mrs. E. c. M. Hall and Mrs. G. B. Far nam.
 Enterta G. w. Lewis, Mrs. E. M. Tillinghast, Mrs E. I. At water and Miss Boyd.
 Transportation-Mrs. John H. Platt, Mrs U. Clark, Mrs. Harry Chandler, Mrs w. E. Weld, jr., Mrs. E. T. Thompson and Mrs, S. Lloyd Salisbury.
 Music-Mrs. E. l.. Nettleton.
 Place of meeting and decoration Mrs. F. c. Cole.
 Guides-Miss s. s. Whittlesey, Mrs. E. T. Mclaughlin, Miss Quincy, Miss Ives, Miss Walker, Miss Farnam and Miss Ford.
 Ushers-Miss F. Merwin and Miss I. Darrow.
 Press-Mrs. c. w. Pickett and Mrs A. Troup.
 Lunch-Mrs. H. H. Pierce, Mrs. S. J. Fox and Mrs. Mills.
 At the close of the session tea was i which the visitors were escorted to the | Yale Art school, where they were re- eeived by Miss Dwight and Miss Quin- cy and shown the art treasures in the They were also taken through the Yale library and other Yale show | places
 Among the new clubs that were ad- nitted since the last annual meeting are the Mothers club of Fair Haven, Mrs. Frederick B. Street president and -he Study club of East Haven, Mrs. E. 1 P. Thompson president.
 The subject for the evening session was Civil Service Reform The ses- sion was called to order by Miss Mary Merriam Abbott, president of the State In her brief introductory address, which, by the way, was ortho- ,pically perfect, she said it was just a. year since the State Federation was in yited to take up the subject of civil | 'ervice reform. She spoke of the work he association was doing to further md create a healthy public opinion in avor of reform in the civil service. And as she could not invite all the members of the association upon the platform, owing to the largeness of its members, she would introduce to those resent as it's representative gentle nan who is not known only in this city, ut throughout the whole state of Con- ecticut, as an ardent and consistent yorker for the advancement of good overnment-Colonel N. G. Osborn.
 Colonel Osborn's name was greeted ,ith applause and much handshaking The coloneps address was delivered in a ashful but insuppressible, witty man. CT, causing many titters and ripples of ! aughter. He said that when he heard { e was selected to preside at the session { e protested against 1t. Indeed, he pro- { ested so hard that he finally convinced he committee that he was just the ght person for the position. Colonel { sborn then introduced Professor Hen ( y w. Farnum. late chairman of the lew Haven civil service board, who ad- f ressed the association on "The Merit ' ystem in New Haven" His address ( blows: (
 PROF. FARNAMs ADDRESS. g Prof Henry Farnam addressed the romen's Federation of Clubs last even- g in substance as follows: MT. Farnam spoke of the formation in S1 of the New Haven Civil Service eform association and of it's efforts ]. irly in it's history to secure the con- |, ,lidation of city and town and the in- 2 of the merit system into mu cipal offices, both of which measures ere incorporated in the charter of 1897. v, his charter created a civil service 6 oard, but gave it small means for the |. trying on of it's work This was in f sense fortunate, since it forced it to 'e it's wits in devising measures and leved it of the pressure of office ekers. In order to provide, for in- p ance for the necessary physical eX-