The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-26


 Interestise socIaI EvsRtn Here and Elsewhere. MT. and Mrs. Henry H. Benedict and MT, and Mrs, Paul Benedict, who have been traYeling in the south, are spend ing the holiday season in the quaint old town of St. Augustine. Prior to this they were for some time in central Flor ids.
 Judge Hobart l.. Hotchkiss of Whal ley avenue will spend Christmas in Saugatuck, Conn.
 The republican deputy registrars of the different wards of the city met Sat- urday night and called upon General Registrar Frank s. Hamilton at his home, g Warren street, and presented to him a handsome couch upholstered in plush. The presentation speech was made by Deputy Registrar Philip We'll of the Third ward, and MT. Hamilton was given a complete surprise by the visit of his deputies.
 Henry T. Blake, president o1 the New Haven park commission, pursued his usual Christmas custom this year by giving a Christmas present to all the young ladies employed in City hall on the third floor, which the floor on which MT. Blake has his office. Five persons were made happy by Mir. Blake and they have voted that he is one of the finest of gentlemen.
 ' Miss Emma Strickland of Glider sleeve. Conn, is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. N. J. Squires of Savin avenue.
 Mrs. Samuel M. Hammond, of College street. left on Friday for Torrington, where she will spend week with her father, Mir. Dayton. Dr. Hammond left Saturday to spend Christmas there.
 Harry Owens of Atlantic City will spend the. holidays with MT. Charles Harra. MT owens formerly lived in Westville and is well known.
 William McNicholl of Greenwich is spending few days with his brother, Percy McNicholl. They will both spend the holidays with their parents, Rev and, Mrs. William McNicholl in Wa tertown. Conn.
 A. E. Bradley and family of Farm ington, Me, have moved into Mrs. Stones house on State street.
 Mir. and Mrs. Minott E. osborn and children are now domiciled in their new home on Dwight street They are spending Christmas in Guilford. Fred A. Holt, jr., of Campbell ave nue, who has been very i'll with pleura pneumonia, is now convalescing. His schoolmates and their teacher, Miss Nancy Smith, of Room 2, Washington school, visited him Friday noon. Be fore entering the house they sang Christmas carols and then their Santa Claus presented him with a beautiful bouquet of cut flowers.
 i Professor Bernadotte Perrin of Yale university and Miss Edith Woolsey, daughter of ex-President Woolsey of Yale, were among the passengers on the steamship Princess Irene of the North German Lloyd company, which arrived at Halifax Friday from the Mediterra- mean, after voyage of over fifteen days. They were expected home here last evening by all rail route from Hal fia.:.
 MT. and Mrs. B. Lester of New York are speeding the holidays with Mrs. Lester's mother, Mrs Brown, at her home in Campbell avenue.
 The next lecture of the Alliance Francaise will be given on Wednesday evening, January Il, the one scheduled for this week having been postponed until that time on account of the holi, day season. At this lecture the speak CT will be Frank Bretano, professor at the College of France, Paris. ! Miss Lucia Tyler, of Yalesville, who has been away for the past month for the benefit Of her health, returned home Saturday.
 l A pleasant surprise party SEas given Melvin Doty and his wife at the home of MT. Doty's parents, S9 East Pearl street, last eening. MT. Doty arls-sd here 'saturda% afternoon from Philadel phia on Cn4 4Stmas visit. He has re- gently located@ the City of Brotherly Love, going there from the City of Films about three months ago. Mrs. Mary Daniels of Newark, N. U, is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs, Lewis Thomas Of F1rSt ayenue, West Haven.
 l Mrs. James M. B. Dwight has return ed from an extended visit to Europe and has opened her house at 5I Hill l house avenue.
 George w. Neal of Whalley avenue searcher of records at City hall, is re ported as greatly improved from his recent attack of the grip.
 Miss Ernestine Schneider, compan ion housekeeper for Miss Mary Nun son, of Guilford, ha gone on a two weeks visit to her home in Brooklyn N. I.
 Miss Dorothy Morgan and Miss Elm ! fly Morgan, the young daughters of Rev. c. Brinley Morgan, esat home from school at Dobbs Ferry for the holidays. Denison Morgan is also at home from St. Pauls at Concord. Mrs F. H. Morrell, who has beer spending several weeks with her moth CT, Mrs. Lauson of Main street, West Haven, has left for her home in Dayton, tOhic.
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