The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-19
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And Other People Known fz This CIt1 .-Interestipg Social Evsntn Here and ! Elsewhere. Dr. Jewell M. Gompertz, formerly of Washington, D. C., has opened dental offices at 22O Orange street. Dr. Com :. pertz is a brother of pr. Louis M. Gompertz, of West Chapel street. Mrs. Walter Camp has for a guest Mrs. Butts of New York. Mir. and Mrs, F. B. Tillou, who have been absent from this city for the past three months have returned to their home on College street.
 The college girls are fiocking home for the Christmas holidays, and among the New Haven students at Mount Holyoke college who arrived on satur- day were the Misses Lillian Kneringer, Mildred French, Eliza Nichols, Julietta BurweIl, Ella Smith and Bessie Clark.
 Mrs. Rodney Parker of Whalley ave- nue will, December q and 22, be the guest of Mir. and Mrs. Randall spauld- ing. Montclair, New Jersey. From there she will, go to Philadelphia and Clifton Heights, Penn., for Christmas and the holidays.
 Rev. James Grant of Watertown, Mass, preached an eloquent sermon GuT1N1 11X morning. Owing to ill health MT. Grant is now without a pastorate. He is not a candidate for the pastorate of Calvary Baptist church, 1t was stated yesterday.
 The illness of Mrs. w. F. Platt of Milford has developed into an attack of pneumonia and Sunday she was re- ported as being quite sick.
 Miss Pearl Young, the talented young soprano, will sing at the Christ mas services in Calvary Baptist church next Sunday morning. Miss Young is studying with MT. George Chadwick Stock.
 Mary Clap Wooster chapter, D. A. R., has accepted an invitation to be present at the meeting of Mary Silli- man chapter of Bridgeport, Thursday. January 4, 1906 to meet Mrs. Donald Mclean, president general of the D. "A. R.
 The Elm City branch of the Tribune Sunshine society opened its Christmas exchange at 442 State street yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, and the members in charge have been kept busy re- ceiving the clothing and Christmas cheer to be passed on to the needy ones by the Sunshiners. The store will be open for three days from 10 o'clock a. m. until 6 D. m.
 Miss Lena Keller has completed arS engagements for another of the charm ing dances which will become so pop West Haven, January 1. AS usual, Miss Keller will plan the decorations herself, and will have full charge of this feature of the dance.
 Attorney Arthur Spinello celebrated his birthday anniversary by very de- lightful gathering at his home on Chestnut street Sunday evening. The guests included a great many musical people, principally the members of the choir at St. MichaePs R. c. church. The beautiful Giorza mass, No. 2, which the choir Is releasing for Christmas was sung, and there were innumerable other selections.
 Dr. William Drake of New York &C., companied by his niece, Miss Mollie Drake of Vassar college, were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Drake of Main street, ;Branford, over Sunday. Miss Mollie Drake, whose health has failed, will not return to college after the Christmas vacation, but will spend the winter in southern California.
 The fair given by St. Louis R. C.. church in Music hall closed last night after a most successful run. The finan- cial result is gratifying in the extreme.
 The condition of Mrs. Justin, who has been i'll for some time at her home on Springside avenue, Westville, contin- lles to be about the same, although there is a slight improvement.
 Mrs. s. L. Hayes, who has been the guest of Mrs. Embler of Norton street, has returned to his home in Alabama.
 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Graham of : Chapel street will have as Christmas guests MT. and Mrs. eE. A. Williams, MT. Seymour Williams and MT. and Mrs. William Tolhurst, all of Hartford.
 Mrs. Leverett Bayley was in East Haven Friday, the guest of Mrs. H. Walter Chidsey, leaving Saturday morning for Hartford, where she will remain during the winter with her daughter.
 Mrs. Rutherford Trowbridge spent last week with friends in New York city.
 Miss Julia Blakeslee will have as a guest over the Christmas holidays Miss Martha Mcclellan of Wheaton semin- ary.
 In Harmonic hall tomorrow evening pianoforte recital will be given by the Steinertone Piano company. Readers will be delighted to hear that the stein- ertone company has resumed the giv- ing of free recitals. For the first of the series on Wednesday evening the