The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-17

road, who has been attending private
 school near Philadelphia, is slowly re- covering from severe illness with dou-
 ble pneumonia and pleurisy, with which | he was seized about four weeks ago | His mother has been with him at lhe
 school since the beginning Of ms illness l and his condition was so serious tnat
 MT Platt was sent for twice, put as ] soon as his strength will permit he Will l be brought to his home on orahEe street. Henry A. l.. Hall, of Main street, ana
 Miss Edith Russell, of York street. VIII
 constitute the West Haven bureau ol
 information" for the Music Teachers l May Festival.
 Master John Thomas, of 29 Grove
 street, celebrated his, thirteenth birth
 day Wednesday. That evening num- Der of young friends walked in, tender
 ing him pleasant surprise. Plano se-
 lections and vocal numbers were en- l joyed, as was the excellent supper
 served.
 The choir of Trinity M b, church will give the cantata 'The Story Of the l Cross" Easter Sunday under the direc- ton of Mrs. Frances Heath Eaton Lev 1 erett Goodyear, Charles c. Dram and Charles Wimsatt of West Haven, will assist the choir. Mrs. LeVerett Good
 year Is a member of the quartette of this church.
 The following appointments have re- gently been made by the officials of the
 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company: c. W. Jager, agent l I,fn r+o Air I ,ine- North ampton division; J. F. Lowcock, ticket agent at Holyoke station. Air Line Northampton division; Fortunat Cayer, agent at Coventry station Worcester division; Thomas F. Kelly, ticket agent at Meriden, West Main street station, Hartford division.
 This evening at 7:30 in the parish house, West Haven, Rev. G. l.. Parker, curate in Trinity church, New Haven, will deliver an address on "The Amer ican Church" The Busy Bees will meet in the parish house Monday after moons during Lent at the close of school hours The class of little girls, who meet to sew, are in charge of Mrs, Bush
 On Thursday afternoon the members of Admiral Foote w. R. C., No. 3, gath cred at the home of Mrs. Theron R. Hull for their regular social and sewing meeting The occasion was also the fifty-eighth birthday of MT. Hull, and comrades of Admiral Foote post No. IT, G. A. R, joined the company at sup per The party of slxty-thr sat down to bountifuIly laden tables. A large birthday cake, the gift of Mrs. Hull and .Jo oI ta 1,1n nf ho10J- handsome oak chair was presented to MT. Hull by the ladies and his G. A. R. comrades. Selections from the phono- graph by Charles Betts, vocal and in- strumental music and games made the evening pass pleasantly.
 All musical and social New Haven will be delighted to know that Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, of Boston. is the pianist engaged for the May Festival piano recital Mrs. Beach is known as proni- nent socially in Boston as in the world of music Her appearance once every season with the Boston Symphony or chestra is the signal invariably for brilliant gathering of Boston's smart set. Even that most conservative of organizations. the scholarly Kneisels, have this pianist-conposer once or more for its chamber concerts each year Mrs. Beach will doubtless be en- tertained during her stay in New Ha- ven, as she has number of friends among society women here. As com poser this woman ranks so eminently along certain lines among the foremost American composers that resume of her work here would seem elementary. She is accorded first place by musical authorities among women composers in America, and everywhere her songs are found on concert and church pro- grammes. A few years ago one of Mrs, Beach's works was sung in New Ha- ven, it will be remembered, under Pro- lessor Parker's direction by the Eu- terpe society. Everybody at all inter- ested in the May Festival will feel in- debted to the management for giving this opportunity to hear Mrs, Beach as a pianist Her programme will be awaited with interest. She is down on the festival programme for Tuesday, May 6, at 4 o'clock