The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-03-19
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
ITEMSOFINTEREST CONCERNING
NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
And other People known In This City
Local Social Events Here and Else.


tary of the New Haven Caledonian
club, left for Boston yesterday. He
will represent the New Haven Caledo-
MAN club at the fiftieth anniversary OF
the Boston Caledonian club, which is
one of the Oldest Scottish organizations
In the country. Delegates will be pres
emit from every club and clan in the
United States and Canada.
Mrs. Carl Mears has returned to New
Haven after a fortnight's trip through
Massachusetts and Maine. Mrs. Mears
visited relatives in Boston, Lancaster,
and several other cities and reports
having had most enjoyable trip.
A. Hyatt verrill of this city, whose
work in colored photography has at
tracted such widespread attention, SAIL
ed from New York yesterday on the
steamer Caribee for a two months trip
to the Leeward Islands Of the West In
dies, where he will make an extensive
collection of photographs. Mr.. Verrill
goes south for the New York state de-
partment of public instruction, and will
collect material for lectures in addition
to his photographs. Part of his duties
will be study Of the few remaining
Garth Indians on the islands. Most of
his time will be spent at Dominica,
where he will visit the crater of a vol
cano for the purpose of making photo
graphs. Mr.. Verrill will also visit the
craters of Nevis and Montserrat.
Naomi Rebekal1 social circle will meet
to-day with Mrs. Bryant on Dwight
street. These socials are proving very
popular and becoming more interesting
each session. A full attendance is de-
sired at this weeks meeting.
Anthony Carroll, who recently had
an operation performed for appendicitis
was out yesterday. Mr.. Carroll was
about the city hall and received con-
gratulations on his recovery.
A special musical service, the first
since Christmas, is announced for Sun
day evening next March %, at the
Grand Avenue Congregational church.
The choir is under the direction of Mrs.
Sinner e. Okeson, and is composed of
the following singers: Mrs. Okeson, So
prano; Mrs. Dewell, contralto; N. E.
Smith, tenor, and Dwight Chamberlain,
bass. They are to be assisted by Mrs.
Eugene McKenna, the we'll known solo
cornetist, and the programme will be
announced later. Mrs. Okeson was the
soloist last evening at the reception
given at the Epworth church in honor
of visiting resident pastors of the Meth
odist churches She sang Allitsen's "A
Song of Thanksgiving.
John J. McCabe of Harbor street,
Branford, has accepted a position as
pattern maker with, Pratt & Cady of
Hartford. and begins his new duties this
week.
On Sunday, March %, the New Eng
land travelling secretary of the Brother
hood of St. Andrew, accompanied by
four of the state officers, will spend the
day with the chapter of Trinity school,
Branford, attending services and giving
such help as they are able in the inter-
est of work among men. The Brother
hood of st. Andrew is an organization
devoted to the spiritual interests of
men.
The Hon. Frederick A. Belts of the
louisiana exposition commission has re-
turned from a trip to st. Louis, where
he attended meeting of the commits
sion. Commissioner Belts brought back
to Connecticut a supply of exposition
emblem pins. The pin consists of a blue
field extending .one-third of the length
from the staff and from this field
stretch three horizontal bars, red, white
and yellow. On the blue field a circle
of stars representing the fourteen states
of the Louisiana purchase surrounding
q f1eur de lis. 1t includes the colors
of Spain, France and the United States,
the countries that had possession of the
Louisiana territory. The dedication of
the exposition will take place on April
go and May and 2. Governor Cham
berlain and his staff will go to st. Louis
to attend the ceremonies to be held on
Governors day.
Tomorrow and Saturday afternoons
and evenings there will be very fine
exhibit of art work by the pupils of st.
>Mary's academy, 444 Orange street. The
previous exhibits under the auspices of
their teachers, the Sisters of St. DOM
iriic, were a revelation to the many
who attended, and certainly this coming
exhibition promises to eclipse its prede-
eessor
Registered at Rock Ledge hotel, Rock
ledge, Fla. last week We're: Charles f.
Brown and wife, A. L. Gallon, Mrs. G.
r. Hodson, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Day,
MIR. and Mrs. U. Mason, Virgil F. Nc
Neil, and Frank Seward of New Haven
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Clark, Mrs. r. G,
Pratt and Miss Olivia I" Pratt of
Stony Creek, Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Wise
of Derby, Mrs. Francis E. Bristol. Mrs
Theodore P. Terry and Mrs. z. J. Rowe
of Ansonia, Mrs. M. E. Seeley and
Mrs. F. B. Hawley of Bridgeport, Mrs
7. H, Weed and Miss Jennie c. Weed OF
New Canaan, and T. H. Allen of Nor
witch.
w. M. Merwin of New Haven and
Milford. Allen D. Baldwin and c. W
Blakeslee of New Haven, who have
large orange groves in Rockledge, Fla.
are there spending the winter.
Mrs Warren Hungerford, who was
the guest of her sister, Mrs, A. F. Aver
Ill of Indian Neck. departed for hel
home in Wilmington yesterday noon.
Miss Dougherty of New York city has
been spending the past few days as the
guest of Miss Anna Dunn in Branford.
The fifth of the series of University
Extension lectures was delivered by DR.
Frederick H. Sykes of this city at Ii.
brary hall, Branford, last evening. The
subject will be George Meredith-Real.
ism and Philosophic Novel," Interest
In these lectures has increased with
zach succeeding one.
Mrs. Hegelheimer of Harrison avenue