The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-13

NflE DECEE1ALlEaAEs ] AE GlEaAE4 u L-AE evening will be Captain Jeremiah F. Donovan. Irish songs and melodies. with recitations. are some of the spe- cial features The tickets are emblem atic of the occasion.
 Mrs. George E. Boath of Gulf street. Milford. has entered Dr. Cheney's pri- vate hospital in this city. where she will receive treatment preparatory to undergoing a serious surgical opera tion.
 The second of the civil service reform course of lecture talks being given by Miss Beach was listened to Wednesday by an audience of sufficient size to prove appreciation undeterred by wind and weather. She treated the subject | of Slavery and Legislation After the Civil War" with very great clearness as to the imposing array of statistics. and with a noticeable impartiality of views.
 Mrs. William H. Parmelee of Nor walk is the guest of her mother. Mrs. Beverly Monroe. in Guilford.
 i At the meeting of the New Haven Dental society. Tuesday night, very i interesting paper was read by pr. Hen ry L. Swain Of this city; subject, The i Causes Which Determine the Arching | of the Palate.'' The discussion was opened by Dr. c. W. Strang of Bridge port, followed by Dr. James McManus of Hartford, Dr. J. Penney Barker Of 1 Wallingford, and others.
 l Miss Ottarson of Plainville has been visiting Mrs Ottarson of Main street. West Haven.
 Teh many friends in Milford of Mrs William H. Clark will be grieved to 1 hear that she Is seriously ill with typhoid fever at her home in Phila- delphia.
 Mrs. Childs of New York is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Machally of Court street, West Haven.
 Mrs. I. c. Stormont will to-day en- certain the Friday Afternoon Whist club of West Haven.
 MT. and Mrs Harry Nettleton of Main street, West Haven, entertained the Wednesday whist club at their home Wednesday evening. On account of the illness of Mrs. A. F. Wood and
 the absence of MT. and Mrs. Clarence L. Clark one table was dropped. Dr..
 M. J. Adams of this city acted as a
 substitute. The prizes of the evening
 were won by Mrs. Charles B. Warner,
 Venetian glass dish, and Charles B.
 Lomas, a book rack. The next meeting
 will be held at the home of MT. and
 Mrs, Charles Warner of Washington
 avenue, two weeks from Wednesday
 night
 Rev Clement Thuente, pastor of St.
 Mary's, has arranged for numebr of
 lectures to be given in St. Mary s
 church during Lent. One of the nota-
 ble lecturers to come here is Father
 Kearney, provincial superior of the Do-
 minican order, who is to lecture on
 Mission of St. Patrick and His Peo-
 ple," in St. Mary's church on Thurs
 day evening, March 19. Father Rear
 ney, who is a we'll known priest, was
 recently honored in Rome by the title
 of Master of Theology being conferred
 upon him.
 The Rev. Joshua Denton of this city,
 grand chaplain of the}sons of Temper
 ance of the state of Connecticut, paid
 an official visit to Concord division of
 South Norwalk, Monday night. Past
 Grand Patriarch Charles A. Baldwin of
 this city was alsoin attendance.
 Mrs. Stephen Wright of this city is
 the guest of MT. and Mrs. M. W. Red
 shaw, 4O1 Noble avenue, Bridgeport.
 After four more rehearsals the sec
 ond season of the Peoples Choral union
 will close. To celebrate the event a
 concert will be given in the middle oi i, April. Vincent's "Prodigal Son" vii
 be sung as the longest work of the evening Following on the programme are part songs. Then the entirely new
 work by William E. Haesche, who is
 director of the Peoples Choral union !, will be sung. It was most interesting
 at the last rally night" when the an nouncement was made by Professor w L. Phelps of this surprise to the chorus members MT. Haesche has dedicated : this composition to Professor Phelps who is president of the Peoples Chora union. Many honors have been reached and showered on this young president but it is the first musical dedication
 that has fallen to him. MT. Haescht has taken the Welsh story of the Haunted Oak of Nannan.' It is ar ambitious, tuneful and modern compo 7 sition, requiring soloists, full orchestra . and a large chorus to successfully car - ry out the dramatic atmosphere. The t scene is laid in Wales. The hero, How 7 ell Sele of Nannan, has been for years l | at variance with his cousin, Ower } Glendower. The old Abbott Cyennes ii 5 hopes of reconciling these two obstinate
 fighters, prepares banquet and hunt l ing party where the cousins should meet While in the woods Owen Glen l dover discovers a deer, and bids How
 ell Sele to bring it to earth. he being l the first marksman of the day. How - ard Sele pretends to obey, but witt / evil impulses drives the arrow full a 7 the heart of Glendower. A hidden coa l of mail protects the young life. Flu . rious with the treachery of his kinsmai :, Owen Glendower lets his arrow fly a :, Howell. He misses. A hand to hant f fight follows. Glendower is victorious l He throws the body of his victim int ,. a huge hollow oak. In 1913 this tre t fell during a terrific gale of wind. 4 skeleton was found concealed in tn
 trunk of the oak. The people claimed r it that of Howell Sele. They still tes t tify that on the night of the anniver l sary of the banquet, groans are hearc - in the woods. Consequently the Welsl