The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-29
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERN
 ING NEW HAVEN PEOPLE

-Interesting Social Events Here and
 Elsewhere. Donald G. Mitchell. who has been quite i'll at his home at Edgewood with grip, has now recovered. His daughter, Mrs. Edward Ryerson of Chicago, who has been visiting him, has returned to her home. News was received here the past week announcing the birth Of granddaugh- ter to MT. and Mrs Denning Duer of Whitney avenue. The new tnby is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. George A. McLanahan of Washington D. C.
 A number of young people went down to Short Beach Saturday evening to the dance which Mrs. John Murphy gave at her home at Killam's Point for her daughter, Miss Marion Murphy.
 A large wedding tomorrow will be that of Miss Mollie Shanley and George Snyder, which will be celebrated with nuptial mass in St. Joseph's R. c. church by Father Harty. Mrs, Henry Johnson will be one of the soloists at the mass. A reception will follow at the home of the bride.
 At the Country club Saturday even- ing Miss Downer gave a handsome din- ner fot, eight. Her guests were Mrs. Dwight Miss Helen Dwight, Miss Edith Woolsey Miss Edith Weir, Winthrop Dwight, Thornton Hunt and Henry Townshend.
 Miss Julia Brintnall and Miss Susan V. Hotchkiss of West Chapel street left Saturday for Minnesota, where they will spend the late spring,
 A very interesting feature for the May festival for St. Mary's rectory fund to be given in Music hall Thurs day, Friday and Saturday evenngs, May g. 10 and Il. will be the floral whist of be given Friday evening, May 10. This will be carried out on an elaborate and beautiful scale and will be the chief whist of the spring season. Mrs. John J. Carroll has consented to act as chair man of the whist and is assisted in the work of preparation by Miss Christine Daly and Miss Ada Ruth. Each sec ton, of which they will be twenty-siX, will represent flower and will con tain six tables
 MT. and Mrs. Henry M. Steel of Phil adelphia announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marjorie Steel, to Newell c. Bradley the son of MT. and Mrs F. Stanley Bradley of this city. MT Bradley was graduated from Yale in 'a7S., and since that time has been connected with a large steel corpora tion in Philadelphia.
 With an entire change of program, the Gamble Desmond Co., minstrel company, will give performance at Music hall tonight. The proceeds will go to the Mutual Aid society connected with the store.
 Attorney Charles T. Mcclure has moved from his office in the Law Cham bers to one In the First National bank building, where he will be associated with Talcott H. Russell.
 Mrs Esther wife of Morris Finmark 'Df 160 Front street, is at the New Ha- ven hospital where an operation was performed for appendicitis. She is do- ing as well as could be expected.
 The members of the Sacred Heart guild are preparing for whist and dance which will be given in the school hall Wednesday, May 8. This popular society has had so many calls on its treasury during the severe winter that it Is obliged to make this appeal to it's supporters. The chairwoman, Mrs. Den his Martin, and the president, Mrs. Thomas McAveney, assisted by com rnittee composed of members of the guild, will leave nothing undone to make the evening a pleasant one. They will welcome their friends from all parts of the city.
 Among the New Haven people at At lantic City for April are MT and Mrs, Leonard Hotchkiss of Livingston street.
 Mrs, w. W. w Wilson went as a delegate to the Woman's Home Mis- sionary society convention, which met at Hanson Place M. E. church of Brooklyn, N. r., Wednesday and Thurs day of this week.
 Mrs. Wilbur F. Day and her son, Will bur F. Day, jr, are back from their trip south. They have been away since early last fall and have just opened their handsome home on the hill for the first time since late last summer.
 The anniversary carnival of St. Alloy slus T. A. and B. society opened in Har- monie hall Friday night with large attendance. Whist was played in the banquet hall down stairs, under the direction of St. Agnes Ladies T. A. and B. society. Miss Mollie Colwell and Frank I. Ellis sang solos, and about 300 people enjoyed the program and dancing. Again Saturday night large crowd assembled and for the closing tonight the committee has arranged a most attractive program.
 Mrs. John H. Ladd gave a birthday surprise party for her son Sam at her home, Cedar Toft, Short Beach, Satur- day afternoon from i until 6 o'clock When the young people, twenty-four in number, began to arrive, the honor guest, whose birthday falls on Monday next, began to think something was doing" The surprise was complete, and very happy afternoon was passed with games on the lawn.
 Miss Alicia Gamble, daughter of MT, and Mrs. David S. Gamble, ST, will spend the summer abroad, leaving on June 8 with a party of New York friends.
 Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Alling of York street are planning to sail the latter part of May for European trip.
 A whist and dance will be given by St. Joseph's guild at St. Josephs hall on Lawrence street Wednesday evening,