The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-08
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMS oF INTEREST CONCERNING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known in This oity
 Local social Events Here and Else-

Local social Events Here and Eise- whore.
 Nicholas r. Coleman, son of MT and Mrs. John Coleman of 1467 State street. who has been studying in Rome ltaly' at the North American college has been ordained sub-deacon. MT, Coleman graduated from Hlllhouse High school | in 1894 and from St Charles college, | Baltimore, Md, in 1897; since then studying in Rome,
 ] Miss Bessie Fleischner of Gold street entertained a number of friends St her home Thursday evening, the atfalr De 1 ing in honor of the recently announced ensagement of Miss Fleischner to liar 1 " Cohn. The evening was pleasantly passed in games, one of the features being the reading of an original poem 1 by MT. Weiner, in which pleasant men l ton of the engagement was made. The musical part of the programme was we'll rendered by Miss M. Housen, Miss Block, Miss Weiner. Miss Dreizen, and Miss Fleischner
 Mrs. Mary F. Borges and son, Rus sell, of New York, are the guests Of MT. and Mrs John Hayes of S2o Grand ave I me,
 | Miss Nellie Mullen of Southington is visiting Mrs Mullen of Greene street. | Mrs. l.. L. Hull and Mrs, Anna Beers of Clinton were in this city yesterday visiting Mrs. William H. Kelsey, who is in the city for treatment for her eyes. l Professor Francis w Kelsey of the University of Michigan will give an H. | lustrated lecture on Ten Years Of Ex- cavation at Pompei. 1S92-190l, We'd nesday. March 12 at s p. m. In the His | torical society building. Grove street. Professor Kelsey is widely and favor ably known as the translator of Profess sor Mann's most recent work on Pom !eii.
 Dr. Skinner of Grove street delivered an interesting lecture before the Ciini- cal society in New York a few days ago His subject was The Use of K rays in Treating Cancer
 | ExMayor and Mrs F. E. Farnsworth are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter at their home on l Orange street Wednesday.
 The Twentieth Century Whist club of Branford met yesterday afternoon i with Mrs. Walter Foote at the home of Mrs Zacher on Rogers street in Bran ford. Mrs Dr. Seaver of this city and Mrs Joseph Pierpont of North Haven were substitutes in the absence of Mrs. i Edmund Zacher and Mrs. Sage of New Haven, who left for Poughkeepsie, N. Y, to visit their daughters who are stu dents at Vassar.
 l Miss Elizabeth Cranston Matthewson of New Jersey is visiting Miss Mitchell of Whalley avenue. Miss Matthewson l is a pupil at the New England conser- yatory of music at Boston, Mass. She will leave for her home In New Jersey | to-day.
 This afternoon in the parlors of the New Haven house will be held the re ception and meeting of the Mary Clap Wooster chapter of the D. A. R. Mrs. Moseley, who is regent of this chapter, will receive. and the music will be under the direction of Mrs. & s. Thompson, who has organized a quartet of voices from among the associa tion's members.
 Mrs. Thomas H Gebbie of Clifton street, Fair Haven Heights, will enter l tain the Contented Whist club next Tuesday afternoon. Two handsome
 prizes will be awarded to the winners and a consolation to the loser
 MT. and Mrs George Hayes entertain ed their whist club Thursday evening
 at their home, 173 Lawrence street.
 pleasant evening was enjoyed by the
 members of the club present Substi-
 tutes acting as representatives of ab-
 sent members were MT and Mrs. George A. Mathews of Orange street, parents of Mrs Hayes; MT. Babcock and Miss Susie Asher. A buffet lunch con was served from prettily decorat-
 ed table, smIax and red shaded candei- abra being arranged with tasteful et' feet. The winners of the prizes Tor the ladies were Mrs Frank Guion, the | first prize, handsomely bound copy Of | Audrey" Mary Johnston's latest nov
 el. and an embroidered luncheon cloth,
 beautifully made by the hostess herself | for the second prize, won by Mrs. F.
 A Hauff. Richard Tyner won first
 urize for the men, taking a water color picture of Sir Galahad," General H. s. Peck second, receiving q sealskin card
 case.
 Mrs. F. l.. Miner entertained the l mothers club at her home at 234 Whaf ley avenue yesterday afternoon from
 until 5. Mrs. Elizabeth Sheldon Til linghast was chairman of the day | Mrs. Frances sheldon Bolton and Mrs F. R. Street made most interesting re-
 ports from the mothers congress held | in Washingtou last week. The members thoroughly enjoyed attending the con gress at secondhand
 1 Another of the popular social Whis1 and dance evenings is to be held at tho
 Young Mems Republican club on the evening of March 27.
 | Announcement is made of the en sagement of Miss Charlotte Kimberly daughter of F. M. Kimberly, of Edge wood avenue, and c. Franklin Pierce oi (11 Whalley avenue. He Is the organ ist of Grace church and the leader ol the Pequot Opera company for two years.
 The New Haven Orchestral club is preparing to give a concert at the Blackstone library in Branford in the
 near future. This organization Is com nosed of younger musicians than the symphony and is conducted by the earnest, panstaking William E | Haesche. The work of the club is mark
 ed by enthusiasm and spirit, and the individual members are deeply interest
 cd in the progress of theorganization'