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A SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT,

The entertainment to be given by the pupils of Center school for the bentfit of piano promises to be a great success. Tickets are being sold by the scholars and can also be pro- cured at Garvin's drug store. The program will be as follows:
 Song, Bethel male quartet.
 Piano solo, selected, Miss Grace Twiss.
 Doll drill, primary room girls.
 Soprano solo, selected, Miss Jennie
 Recitation, Clara Hoffman.
 Recitation, Marshall Huse.
 Duet, violin and piano, Masters William and Henry Ohler.
 Sword drill, sixteen boys.
 Songs, lullaby, Pierri merri Dictum Domino, Girls Musical Club.
 Recitation, Magdalen QhlWeiler. Song, Abbey Carter and Alfred An drews.
 Recitation, Veronica Howlev.
 Piano solo, selected, Pauline Smith.
 Piano solo, selected, Estelle Com stock.
 Song, Bethel Male Quartet,
 Recitation, selected, Mrs Leonard Smith.
 Song, selected, Miss Jennie Smith. Forming a club, Nelson Fancher, Theron Judd, Bessie Tanning. Song, Estelle Baird. Scarf drill, thirteen girls. Violin solo, Master David Kicks. Dialogue, Miss Knowles school Alice Freeman, Grace Slack. Jennie Carter, Helen Lawrence. Piano solo, Julia Beecher.
 Song, "Jack and Jill," Mariette Hubbard and Carl Erdman.
 '"Ten Little Children We," First Primary Room.
 Recitation selected, Miss M. Evelyr Mackenzie.
 Negro melodies, "Ring, Ring de Banjo" My Old Kentucky Home,
 PARISH. :: ";;!f
 The annual meeting of St Thomas parish took place; Monday evening in the church. After the reading of the call and the minutes the election o1 officers was held and resulted as fol. lows: Clerk, Howard s. Gilbert; senior Dr Charles R. Hart: VeStrymen, Gideon Peck, Winthrop Bassett, Q: Bennett Short, George M. Cole; Charles Ridge William Ohler; treasurer, Gideon Peck; delegates to convention, Edwin Short and c. R. Hart; :alternates, Charles Ridge, John Mansfield; music committee, Virgil Dibble, Willis Judd chorister, Miss Helen Bassett; audit. ing committee, Horace Shepard, Willis Judd; sexton, William Green; pew renters, c. R. Short, Charles Ridge, Eugene Bevens; ushers, George Mich, ols, Leonard Dibble, Hurland Bates.
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smith shop to B. Hawley & Co.,, who expect to soon erect on it a building for storing grain.
 Chicken thieves visited the hen roast of w. J. Candee, last Sunday night, and relieved him of all he had.
 Miss Clara Candee has been i'll with severe cold.
 Eugene White of Hattertown is painting his house white, this spring.
 The Consolidated road has recently built cattle shoot at the depot which is greatly appreciated by the people here for loading and unloading cattle.
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MONROE.

Mrs Albert Wheeler has entertained her sister, Mrs Whitney Walton of b1dgewood, N. J., with her child, for a few days.
 There was an unusually large attend ance at St Peters, Easter The church was taStefully decorated, singing good, ana collection is said to be the largest ever taken in. The day was made tn a occasion of gift to the church of :. altar, in memory of the late Miss ,,'I; i1 cute Beardsley presented, we Il o,iar sley. oearo-
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LONG HILL,

ALAN Hn aAGNIAAN4 4o DE- hEfEAIED.
 The pupils of the Long Hill public tainment given by them recently. This second presentation is to take place, Friday evening, April 4, at the hall and to be for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church. Also, refreshments will be served at the close of the entertain ment and an admission fee of lOc charged. Those who witnessed, with admiration and amazement, the antics of the young people the other evening will be glad to see them again. There additions, but the same astonishing talent will appear, and. unless they have forgotten a, good deal during the past two weeks, they will succeed in amusing all who attend. If it should be stormy on Friday evening, the af- fair will come off on Saturday evening.
 David Hickey aud family of Bridge port are visiting, this week, with Mir and Mrs Laufer on Chestnut Hill.
 Burt Mallory of New Haven is the Tho%a bis Tfit M9s B. t6e sgeS Long Hill station, is to be transferred sometime, this week.
 Mrs Charity Turney of Easton is spending a number of weeks with MT and Mrs R. O. Beers.
 Frank Wheeler is moving to Derby, this week. August Smith, who is working for him, is also moving his R. c. Topcey has been having sever- al rooms in his house newly decorated. Levi Downes is doing the work.
 Try one pound can Of c: G. Downs FNnyl I1 md be beaten; 25c per can. 1 Mrs Elizabeth Wade is spending few days with Mrs A. w. Bronson of South Britain.
 | Rev and Mrs s. H. Bray left, Tues day, for the conference held at Tor rington.
 Mrs Horace Wedge and son visited in Norwalk over Easter Sunday, as guests of her niece, Mrs Bertha Wood.
 Samuel Brooks, who has purchased Frank Wheeler's meat route, made his first trip Tuesday, April l. | Robert Lynch, who has been work been home for few days.
 The services in the Methodist church, next Sunday, will be as usual. l Charles COwles has bought another COW.
 1 While John Eastwood was on his way home with load of coal, Mon day, he got stuck in the mud hole op- posite Mrs Smiths. After about an hours work with the help of others he got on his way. again. If the se- lectmen would, shut up that road it would be much to their credit, as it is a very bad place and cannot be fixed until it has dried off some
 Mrs Samuel. Beardsley has returned to her home in Long Hill after being absent d number of weeks.
 A few bargains to, be, found at w. N. Hurd's store: Two cans Elite brand spinach, 25c; Best Reserve brand Maine corn, 1Qc per can; three pounds large prunes, 25c; two pounds evapora- ted peachts, 25c; two poun nds evopora- ted apples, 25c: canned apples, lOc per can; All of our goods are of the best quality and at lowest figure. E Mrs Granville Dunning is in Bridge port the guest of her son, Tracey Dun ming.
 Allen Joyce has been assisting w, N. Hurd at his store for the past few weeks,
 MT and Mrs Charles Mallett of Tashua welcomed a daughter at their home, March 28. Mrs John Nelson is caring for Mrs Mallett. Mrs J. M. Haugh and two daughters. l Irene and Sadie. of New Brighton, N. Y, are guests, this week, of Mrs Ma thaniel Hall. ~:>>. j
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TRUMBULL..
DANIELS FARMS.

The school is closed for Easter vaca- tion.
 Mrs Arthur Burr has spent a few days in Huntington with her parents.
 Mrs Samuel F. Clark is now with her daughter, Mrs D. J. Botsford.
 The sick ones in the neighborhood do not seem to improve very fast.
 Miss Jennie Hoyt of Bridgeport re- Clark.
 Frank Wheeler moved from Long Hill to his home in Derby on Tuesday of this week.
 Hanford Wilson, who has been in the employ of B. P. Hall for several years, is to try farming this summer.
 Mrs Wade of Long Hill has visited
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EASTON.

Ayoung man from Easton wlao s,cra. ea at HE BEE office, the otherr day the gun did him an injustice. He@ d ne carries Colt hammerless gum: ys i1 lioU dslaLhed or ms marklAans md i,n .ie says the gentleman maAt' hip. lit'oh kllleu any foxes this, YeaN .oned uog DeWey IS i4t; a thOr0A The nouhu, as clalmed to, be. The yhbreC lilah says 1uftper it the,, had young SklnS rom foxes he had killR all the ne would nave enough fos;se tanned a1 overcoat. make hin
 Don't go crazy. Ket3pp,
 to the spot cash this Wsyj ..ool. Co u1
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A COB-WEB SOCIABLE,

The Christian EndeavOr society of the Congregational church gave dcob-
 Web' social Tuesday evening. A good
 " number Of young people spent an en-
 joyable time unwinding the intricate cob-web which was spun around the
 room. While refreshments were be- ing served the following program was rendered. :,
 Violin and piano duet. Miss Mary Henwood, David Ricks..< v Recitation, Miss Fannie Evans.
 Recitations, w. w. Stevens. '.
 Violin aud piano duet, William and Henry Ohler. D.. .'.'''
 Recitation, Leo Schrieber.
 April at early dawn there were in- uicatlOnS or clear day. A white frost covered the earth which gave winter chill to the air. Still before the last star became invisible, eager sportsmen were up and astir. At daybreak the banks of the small trout streams were lined With d score or more persons try- ing to land the first trout of the sea san. A few of the lucky ones were rewarded with moderate sized string of small fry. Others came in without so much as nibble for long mornings walk. . Aue opOIUluS Iuell Ol the community have purchased several dozen quail which will be distributed in favorable localities about the town. These birds with several large flocks of native quail which have come through the winters storms in good condition, will proh- ably breed and swell the numbers to thousands.
 Fairfield county has contributed the past winter d considerable num- Der of fur bearing animals to the trade. The Brundage Brothers in King st rect district in Danbury have purchased about S2, 900 worth of skins.
 Judd Brothers commenced blowing the last day in March. The ground was a little heavy to work. but few days of April sun and winds will put the soil in fit order for planting onion sets and peas.
 Very moist land will be backward this spring. for planting, except in dry soils. The land is soaking full of water which will take weeks of dry weather to be fit for tilling purposes. However the heavy rains have cleaned out the | Old channels through the low meadows and draining them off much faster than usual.
 The borough roads, which are dry. are being repaired this week.
 The annual borough election of of-
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CHESTNUT HILL,

MT Stowe has his steam saw mill at work in the Buck Hill woods on land which he has bought of David H. Wakeley.
 The school has opened again, after the Easter vacation of last week.
 II. $. Beach has been putting new roofs on his barns.
 several from Chestnut EiA attended the Davis-Mallett, wedding on Wednesday.
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OPENING OF MEl0S & CO.'S, NEW
 STORE.

The opening of the new eIeigs & Co. store at Fairfield avenue and Main street, Bridgeport: Satuy day afternoon ana evening, was, entirely successful nom all points of view and while the weather was. most disagreeable, it seemed to have, but little effect upon the crowds of people who visited the new outttting emporium, both to see and purchase. The management ex- pected to throw the doors open in the mQfnlng, but that was found impossi- b4e, and it was o'clock before every thing: was in readiness. Then the doors were opened, and within five min utes every part of the large store was crowded, and the crowds continued till late in the evening. And it was not curiosity which attracted most of the people, although that might we'll have been the excuse, but the clerks were the figure for the days sales was a large one.
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OUR NEldHBoRs-
sTEPNEY.
A MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY.


 A number of the friends of MT and Mrs H: w. Joyce gathered at their home, last Monday evening, the occa. sion being the 10th anniversary ot their marriage. The evening was passed very enjOyably in a social way. Fred Sherman entertained the party with several productions from his gaphophone. The company were all grat1fied with a sumptuOuS feast, Those present were MT and Mrs R. B. Rockwell, MT and Mrs Birdsey Sher- man, Mrs c. w. Edwards and daugh. ter, Grace, MT and Mrs John Benedict, Mrs Wilbur French, Miss Jessie French, Morris French, Fred Sher- man, Mrs William Brothwell, E. A. Daley, Jerome Nichols and family, Miss Frances French, MT and MS John s. Joyce, Carlton and Allen Joyce, Mrs William Lewis and Miss Margaret Lewis.
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BAPTIST CHURCH TOPICS.

There will be preaching service at the Baptist church, Sunday evening, at 7.30 o'clock. All are cordially in- vited.
 Appropriate services were held, last Sunday, at the Baptist church to cele- hrate Easter Sunday. The church was prettily decorated with flowers. |. :, The monthly covenant meeting of the Baptist church will be held, Sun day morning,. at 1O.3O. :.
 Prayer meetings next week conduct ed by Rev F. P. Braman.. will be as follows, Tuesday, Lower .Stepney schoolh0use, Ills p: m.; Wednesday evening, church, at D.. m.; Thursday evening at HattertQwn SchOolhouse, t.3O.1. y. ~. t: Y. >9i "' A slight typographical error occurs in thes article :on Stephen French on Page r. In the first column it reads "A position requiring tact and good news" It should be ''tact and good Sense.''
 A dead calf about four or five weeks ola was found under the railroad track just south of the depot in the water. It has not been learned as yet who was the owner.
 Misses Lillian and Aline Porter of Norwalk and Miss Lois DeMo of New York are guests, this week, of Mrs Charles Hawley.
 Miss Julia Clark is in the employ of Mrs Charles Hawley. Miss Nellie Turney, who has been with Mrs Haw- ley, has returned to her home in Bridgeport.
 John Candee of EastOn has been un- loading car of feed at the depot, this week.
 w. J. Candee has been in the East
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 wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney. bladder, uric acid Iou- bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble.
 pr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec commended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. Ithas been tested in so many ways, in hospital work. in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pu f. chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it. may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and E|k send your address to nsaisszSkH4Aa:::Tsst. Dr. Kimer & Co.,. Bng hamton, N. Y. The sssslaaslss :s1{fEsg9 E09 regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Roo. dollar sizes are sold by al good druggists
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REDDING.

MIR DUNNELL ILL WITH APPENDJ(,rT1s
 On Friday MT Dunnell, who purchas- ca the Whitehead place, came to Ei- pert Sanford's to see about the renairs, being made on his house. Saturdav hts was taken violently ill. It was Soon discovered that he was sufferinp from appendicitis. Two doctors, were sum- moned from Danbury by telephone and at midnight a successful operation wal performed. The patient is doinu wei ana % stands gC odI chance of recoverv
 The telephone did good service as tRe doctor said four hours delay wor1S it; have proved fatal. '"n'u U. $. Sanford of Brook2ine, >rass
 spent spent staurday and Sunday at his 1ii old nome; He brought with him ' a nnu ~u work horse for farm work ne"
 The beautiful weather bronoht nm, unusually , large congregations in the p alnerent churches. Christ chnrch was was iilanassomeiy iaa 1sS decorated with Easter lii- 1es, 1eS; oth the gift of Ms Tod of New York, M mere was also a great yaritey of nnt. te ttu pants. At the Methodist church ollere was no, observance of the day. owing to the illness of the pastor Mr MGConneil conducted the services.
 me farm of Oscar Jones, which has to tong peen2on the market, has been sold ,1,; uH Ml 1n simpson of New York. .:Mr Jones VIII sel! his personal effects at auction on Friday. Ao e"o''o'i
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Try pair of our mems patent leat' l.. CT Oxford ties at Sl.75. Regular g. Sn goods. Also mems grain buckle and lace shoes, prices from $l up. nan,t forget when your harness t,> shnaS give out that we are still do. .tso, hnSi. ness at the old stand.-[S aaflg" Hook Shoe Store. iA"o"
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AT BETTS'.

Dr Betts calls the attention of horse men and poultry raisers to the Inter- national stock food.
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A barn, containing small amount of hay, belonging to .phnmas Naann'- or sandy Hook, wac, totally destrovs.Ij by. ire on Monday. night last 'nh. 9rlg3n or the hrc, was unknown. Dfir uweillng nou.Se and other budding
 ve,r were e,rt saveo by the exertiols ;of!4H
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U. w. Stuart has nevs%bay home
 Mrs O. w. Barker a.ci IJoyd Ra1 ox wenA to Brooklyn Ycs1erday for aaT st cit Ot two weeks. io''
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or the WOnueftu cures made by Dr. kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
 It is the great medi- cal triumph of the nine teenth century: dis covered after years of scientific research by Dr. kilmer, the erni- nent kidney and blad- J
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DO YOU GET UP
 WITH A LAME BAILr.
Kidney Trouble Makes You Misurat;;. |.

Almost everybody who reads tie new papers is sure to know of the wonuerful
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Nearly all of the schools are hay- ing one , to two weeks vacation, begin,-
 Henry Foster of New Haven w.s in town last week, looking after fa % rm af- fairs. '>''eI |" Ill "i-
 Work on the state road is now pro-
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TOWN MEETING VOTES AGAINST Npw
 BRIDGE.
AT;,sT PAUL's.


 At the Easter meeting of St ps1r,s parish the following officers Were Clerk, E. N. Hawley. senior warden, D. N. Hawlsy. 2un1or warden, E: H. Beers. a,esIrymen, Charles Stuart. c. T. H. H. Andrews. " '" AiA'' Delegates E. N. Hawley, Charles Starr. tAA"aiu Treasurer, Edward Starr.
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PLATTSXILLE.
CHURCH BRIEFS.


 Rev J. J. Blythe preached very in- teresting Easter sermon, last Sunday morning, and the choir sang some fine music appropriate to the day.
 There will be no service at the Meth- odist church, next Sunday morning, as thes pastor will be away at conference but the usual League service will be held in the evening: leader. Charles Sherwood.
 MT and Mrs A.. J. Clark have return ed to their home, for the summer.
 Miss, Myrtle Booth has gone to Bridgeport for while.
 A: Allen has bought the schoolhouse at Hoyden's Hill and is to put an ad- dition on to his house.
 Mrs Arthur Clark entertained Err nest Jennings and friend over Sunday.
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w Omen'S PetticOatS.

Black MercerZed Satine Skirts. some with ruffaas and othersawith plaitings, value q g price $I.
 Very fine quality Black MerceriZeG Satine Skirts, with eight small rufHes. value s1.75 pEice 4l.25 each.
 Special Skirt of heavy Mercerized Satine. Grsduating Accordian Flounce. edged with ruching. dust ruffe with feather bone. value s2.15, price g. 25 each.
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Wash Goods.

This department is bright with all the prettiest and finest organdes, Dotted and Embroidered Swisses, Scotch Madras and Zephyrs, French Sateens, Corded Ginghams and Plain and Figured Challies. We can satisfy your most cherished fancy---no Ja,atter how delicate or ultra 1t may be. V An o New Silk Ginshams, yard Silk Muslns Si grade, yard
 Oxford
 
 suitable yard fabric
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BROoKFIELD.
GRANGE DRAMATICS.

Your correspondent hopes all those who may.have desire to see what the dramatic element of the Grange can do will not forget the date af the en- tertalnment, Friday evening, April 4. It would almost seem presumption for any but those of experience to a attemnt such a play. They believe themselves equal t0 1t and so do those who know those who are to take part in, it, Re sure to be there and see for yourse1f To begin at 8 o'clock. TOWN MEETING VOTES AGAINST NEW
 BRIDGE.
 At the town meeting last week to !ake action in regard to building an iron bridge to replace Gray's hridne ana elevate the road above high water marx, 1t was voted down by good ma aJorlty. About the only consider- tion affecting those opposed were ts,e tne financial. The risk to the town the instability of the old struStnre which has almost every year to he repaired yet never con safe, were ignored, There is not much doubt in the minds of thosa who are thoroughly familiar with inc situation that the time is very near when more radical measures viii ha taken in the matter "1
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Dress Goods Dept.

New spring shades in 3s-inch. ali-wDol Whip Cords, Granites and Serges, soc y1rd-
 45-inch Pilot Cords. Granites, Seryes and Soliels, in the latest colorings, yard,
 46-inch Covert Cloth, newest shades. 75c yd. 54 inch. all-wool Kerseys, $1 yard.
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carnation and by matching the color on
a table she found her place. Covers
were laid for twenty-four at two long
tables, one adorned with pink, the other
with white carna tions and smilax. The
flowers were strewn over the linen, in
tertwined with the vines, making an ef-
fective decoration. The menu was
served in six courses. Mrs. Burkett will
leave on January second with her hus-
band for Washington. They have taken
apartments at the Dewey hotel in that
city and will probably do some enter
tanning there during the winter.
A dainty four-ccurse luncheon was
given Saturday afternoon to celebrate
the eighth birthday of Master Isador
Steiner. Those present were Miss Anna
Holland. little Misses Gertrude Rehlaen-
der. Rheta Hollingsworth. Alice Brooks.
Harriet Chaplin, Jennie Greenfield. Mar
ian Levy. Helen Levy. Bessie Polwosky.
Hazel Steinberg. Masters Nathan
Thomas, Gordon Ayres. George and
Dewey Curtis. Richard Morrow. Paul
Griffith, Elmer Mills. Melvin Schlesinger.
Harold Mayer, Edward Jones. Robert
Talbot. Deward Temple. Hyme Green
field.
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SOCIETY NOTES
LIFE'S May WHIRL

of meteor roses. Daylight was excluded
and the room was illumined with white
tapers under red poppy shades. The
color scheme was carried out In the con-
factions and ices, and in the costumes
Of the ladies who served. Mrs. Fred
Hurd served sherbet, and was assisted
by Misses Florence Robinson, Olive
States, and Cora Herrick. The punch
room upstairs was adorned with palms
and white carnations. Miss Winifred
Sherman, in sheer white over pale green
presided over the punch bowl. Her as
sistants were Misses Katharine Tuttle
and Ruth Baker, both in white. Mrs.
Jaques was assisted in doing the honors
in the drawing room by Mesdames r.
d. Stearns, ]. L. Kellogg, H. NJ. Bush
nell, Elias Baker, Landy Clark and John
Klinker. Miss Grace White assisted
with the music. Several hundred ladies
called during the afternoon.
Last evening at their home 1901 G
street, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mason
Keefer gave a large and successful re-
ception in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Howard Ashton, whose marriage oc-
CURED last week. Masses of evergreen
and holly over doorways and windows.
and on mantels and buffet. contrasted
with pink flowers, pink ribbons, pink
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table decorated in roses, carnations and
smilax At a late hour the guests de-
parted wishing Mrs. Barras many more
happy birthdays Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Horn of Charleston, Penn
sylvania; Mrs. c. B. Mclaughlin of
York, Nebraska, and Messieurs and Mes
DANES Cauger, Dudley, Fishwood. Ho-
gan. Ritchie, Masterman, Shanan, Frs
man. Alywin, Kingery. Herrick, Jesse
Cauger, Lee, Ritter. Mccain, Smith, j.
J. Davis. Newcomb, Hogue, Austin.
Mower, Bivins, Phipps, Harry Alywin,
c. A. Barras; Miss Florence Hogue. Miss
Hazel Ritchie, Mr.. Guy Ritter Mrs.
Barras received some beautiful and use
full gifts in tokens of remembrance.
Mrs. Russell Sage is a member of the
New York Society of Mayfiower De-
scendants, an organization that has been
her particular Joy and comfort. as she Is
seventh in the line from Miles Standish
and rejoices over the distinction this
gives her in the society. Five years ago
smoking was introduced in the club on
the suggestion Of Mrs. Lyman Abbott
and Mrs. Waring. motion being carried
that the men smoke" Mrs. Sage's vote
was the only one cast in the negative