The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-19
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF IN1EREST CONFIRMING
 NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And other People Known in This City
 Local Social Evenxs Here and EIse-

where.
 Mrs. Chittenden wife of H. H. Chit tenden, is seriously i'll at their resi- dence, 295 Humphrey street. She is at tended by Dr. Rollin McNeil
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Howard have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Roberta Traill Howard, to Ebenezer Learned of Nor wich, Conn. the wedding to take place in the autumn. Miss Roberta Howard is the second of the four daughters of this attractive household, and very we'll known i'll Washington and Baltimore society. Her sisters are Mrs. John Henry Russell, wife of Captain Russell, U. S. M. C., now stationed at Ports mouth, N. H.. Miss Claire and Miss Olivia Howard the later a debutante of the present season. Mir Learned who is member of an old and prominent Connecticut family, was graduated from Yale in the class of '99 and has been a frequent visitor to Washington in the past Washington Post
 Mrs Grace Brown Salisbury will meet her class in current events to-day at the usual hour, in Trinity parish house. The subject to be discussed will be "The Monroe Doctrine" for which Mrs. Salisbury has prepared a special paper.
 R. c. Clapp '99 &, who holds the in- tercollegiate record for the pole vault, has been appointed head of the physi- cal training department of the Univer- sity of Nebrask
 MT and Mrs. Albert Hooker aye in the west, having been the guests for the last two weeks of Mir. and Mrs, Hinchman of Detroit, Mich, who are very well known here.
 The Busy Bee, a class of little West Haven girls for sewing, will meet in Lent as usual. Mrs. c. K. Bush will have charge. They will meet in the parish house on Monday at the close of school hours. All little girls will be made welcome at the class.
 A club composed of men from Rhode Island elected officers Monday night as follows: President, R. Sturgis 1902; secretary and treasurer, B, M. Smith 1908; executive committee, R. H. I, Goddard. IT,, 1902 E. C. Ostby 1903. G. E. Parks 1904, and w. w. White 1905.
 Dr. Charles D. Phelps and wife of this city will make West Haven their future home, and Dr. Phelps can be found at 336 Main street, near Camp bell avenue.
 Professor Seymour will interpret the Pythian Odes Of Pindar to all those members of the junior class who intend to compete for the Winthrop prize, at o'clock this afternoon in + Phelps hall.
 Detective Henry J. Donnelly returned to duty yesterday after a months ab- sence, the result of an operation for the removal of a tumor. MT. Donnelly is very popular with those whose business connects them with the police depart ment and the numerous expressions of satisfaction at seeing him once more at | work wer sincere and highly compli- mentary. Captain Cowles has assigned | the detective to office work until he f thoroughly recovers his strength.
 MT. and Mrs. Max Adler, who have | been spending some time in southern | California, returned to this city Satur- l day night.
 Tomorrow evening in the town hall | in Orange will take place the Colonial ball, to which many West Haveners have been bidden. A very pleasant af-
 
 Mrs. Harry Welch, who resides at the l Kensington on Orange street, will leave ] next week for months visit in Cali :, fornia, going out with party of friends.
 The Kings Daughters circle of the Congregational church of West Haven met yesterday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Clarence l.. Clark.
 Professor Russell H. Chittenden, di- rector of the Sheffield Scientific school, has been appointed the official Yale rep resentative of the university at the in auguration of Dr. Ira Remsen as pres ident of Johns Hopkins university in Baltimore next Friday and Saturday. Aside from the inauguration of Presi- dent Remsen the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the founding of the school will be observed. There is unusual interest in the inauguration of President Rem sen, especially because of the fact that his predecessor. Daniel Colt Gilman, was from Yale and the relations be- tween Yale and the Johns Hopkins have always been close. It is understood that President and Mrs. Hadley, who are spending most of the