The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONFIRMING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And Other People Known i'm This City Local Social Events Hero and EIse- where,

Mrs. Dr. Francis Bacon,32 High street
 will give small reception this after
 noon for her niece Miss Alice Brad
 rord Bacon, who will be with her fo
 the rest of the winter.
 Miss Sarah Scovill Whittelsey of thi
 city has been offered the chair of polit
 fcal economy at Wellesley college fo
 one year. She has been summoned t.
 Boston for a conference with the Vel
 lesley authorities relative to the offer
 She is to take the place of Miss Balch
 who will leave Wellesley next fall t,
 go to Europe for her sabbatical year
 Miss Whittelsey will. it is understood
 accept the position She is the daugh
 ter of Joseph T. Whittelsey of this city
 Yale Sheffield scientific school, 1867, anC
 of national prominence as an authority
 in tennis, golf and college sports Mis-
 Whittelsey has already won the degree
 from Harvard. and has taken her doc
 tors degree from Yale. The subject o
 her thesis for her doctors degree was
 'The Labor Laws of Massachusetts"
 Mayor and Mrs. Peix of Danbury or
 Tuesday received invitations to the
 wedding of Miss Helen Hay, daughter of Secretary of State and Mrs Hay, tc
 Payne Whitney, at the Church of the
 Covenant in Washington February 6
 Mayor Peix was classmate of MT
 Whitney at Yale and the roommate of Miss Hays brother, the late Adelbert Hay United States consul at Pretoria.
 The Blossom Art club held a very pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs. Lowering, 419 Temple street, Wednes- day evening. After the business meet Ing a colla ton was served The next meeting will be held at the residence of Mrs. Barker, 1855 Thompson street.
 Miss Alice Scoville of Durham is vis- fting friends In this city.
 The sophomore tea will be given by Mrs. John M Hall at her residence, 23 Hillhouse avesue, on Monday from 4 until o'clock
 Mrs G. Brfnley Morgan entertained a party of twenty at luncheon yester- day at the Country club.
 J. A. Stansfield of New York city. late of New Haven, who is to take charge of St. Paul's parish, Waterville. was in Waterville for short time Tuesday The Waterbury American says: MT Stansf1eld, who is about thir- ty, impressed those who met him as a mas of ability and strong character, and has had much experience in the kind of work which awaits him in Wa terville He will begin his duties early next week. He is sent here by Bishop Brewster.
 E. Veronica Stanley of Columbus ave- nue has returned to Boston to resume her duties at the Boston seminary.
 c. Sherrill Wilvox, who has bees em- ployed as assistant secretary at the New London Y. M c. A. since October, has accepted a position in a draughts- mans office in this city, and has all ready entered upon the discharge of his duties
 MT. and Mrs. Morris Apsel of 100 Lyon street asnounce the engagement of their niece, Miss Esther Trenner, to Morris M. Hertz of 114 Lafayette street There will be an at home reception held at the residence of MT. and Mrs Apsel on Sunday, January 26 from 3 until 5 o'clock.
 The vested choir of St. Johns P. E. church will give a special musical next Tuesday evenisg at 7:30. The cantata which will be sung at this service is pr. Garrett's Advent and Epiphany ,antata entitled "The Two Advents," The high standard of the work of this choir is we'll known among musicians, md insures that the service will be a source of great enjoyment to lovers of 1 ,ood church music. The choir will be assisted on that evening by Heinrich l Meyn, the well known tenor of New York city MT. Meyn. in addition to 1 lis work in the cantata, will sing an 1 ,ffertory solo. By nomination of the board of agents l f the Bronson library of Waterbury 1 he Holmes scholarships at Yale have 1 ,een awarded in the academic depart l nent to Jesse Devine and in the Shef- l eld scientific school to s. P. Williams, l oth of Waterbury.
 Miss Ruth Law, who has been the uest of Mrs F. P Hubbard in Dur am, has returned to this city.
 The sophomore german will be danc- q at Harmonic hall, Elm street, near l tate, on Monday evening, immediately olIowing the promenade concert. The atronesses will be Mrs. Arthur T. Iadley, Mrs. Henry l.. Hotchkiss Mrs. I. Grant Thompson Mrs. William w. 'arnam, Mrs. Thomas Thacher, Mrs ohm M Hall, and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid 'avors have been given by Mrs. A. M. lover. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. homas Thacher. The music is to be 1rnished by Wells orchestra of this ty. and the supper by Stewart.
 The Brockton (Mass) Times says of former pastor in Uncasville: Rev. ames gaskiss, conference evan alist of New Haven, Conn.,, will be at ,e South street Methodist church at 1 ampbello this week and assist Rev. opl<ins B. Cady in the special ser ces to be held every evening except i aturday MT. Tregaskiss has been 1 { meetings in the Howard . venue M. E. church, New Haven I, The Girls Friendly society of the St. 1 ( ,nes' church, Westville, gave con- 1drum and pink tea in the church 7 ,sement last evening from the hours z to g. A unique menu was arrang- 2
 bv the members of the society," the I shes wanted were given by numbers, 1 : ,d one is to guess what he is order ' g. t The first annual bazar given by the l T est Rock camp, No. F, Woodmen of I