The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-20
PERSONAL NOTES.

The society watchword at the pres ent moment is athletics" Golf, ten his, baseball and other sports are the all-absorbing topics at lunch and din- ner The Country club golf links are more than busy these days. Old and young. alike love the ancient Scottish game. It certainly has fascination about it that no other game can lay claim to, and it is perhaps the one game above all others that makes the old feel young and fills the youth with ambition and courage.
 Professor and Mrs. William G. Sum ner have announced the engagement of their son, Eliot Sumner, to Miss Diana Rockwell, daughter of the late General and Mrs. Alfred P. Rockwell General Rockwell, it will be remembered, died four years ago while visiting nr. and Mrs. Edward Jenkins, of Huntington street. MT. Sumner was graduated from Yale in '95.
 Secretary of State Root was the soci- ety figurehead of the past week. He was the guest of Judge and Mrs. Town send. He preferred seeing the sights from the saddle than riding around in an auto.
 Miss Anna Rounds and Miss May Barnum are arranging subscription dance to be given at the Lawn club on Friday evening, May "A.
 Mrs. William N. Meikle will sail for Europe June 15 on the Anchor line steamship Caledonia. She will return by the Columbia, of the same line, Au- gust 10.
 It has been announced informally that the wedding of Miss Teresina Peck, daughter of Professor Tracy Peck, and Rev. Wilfred A. Powell will take place next month. It will be one of the society events of the season.
 The approaching horse show will without doubt be the leading. event so- cially of the month of June. There is much enthusiasm around, and it will surely prove a drawing card for society in general.
 Several luncheon parties were given at the Country club last Tuesday Miss H. Potter had company of six, who were seated at tables in the ballroom.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel A. York, of Prospect hill, will have with them the coming summer MT. York's mother Mrs. Samuel York, of New York
 Among those who had luncheon par ties at the Country club last week were Mrs. Marlin, Mrs. Dexter Miss Gibbon, Mr. Munson and Mir. Benedict
 Among the Thursday diners at the Country club were Miss Helen Caring ton, Charles Monson, jr., H. H. Bene- dict, Miss P. Mackey.
 Mrs Henry Wilson Ring was also the hostess at a small luncheon given for Mrs. Chirm, while Eugene DeForest gave luncheon for four friends.
 George Schneider with party of six from Ansonia took dinner at the Coun- try club Thursday afternoon
 George c. Phelps left during the week to attend the convention of pho tographers in Washington. He will also visit the Jamestown exposition before returning.
 Thursday afternoon saw quite a large list of diners at the Country club, Among them were: Miss E. R. Trow- bridge, w. A. Rice, Mrs, R. A, White 2d, E. s. Parmelee Miss R. M. Sargent F. s. Bigelow, E. Chamberlain, H. Pease, c. K. Billings, Louise Sargent, W. G. Bushnell, Mrs. R. M Gaylord, C. II. Porter.
 Mrs. Frederick Stanley Root returned home a few days ago from abroad where she spent a great part of the winter in Egypt
 The Country club Friday was the scene of a very interesting luncheon party. Sixteen in all were present. The decorations were composed chiefly of pink tulips.
 MT. and Mrs. George B. Love of Whitney avenue sailed on Thursday on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria of the Hamburg American line for Germany. They will spend three months in that country.
 A team and toast party at the Coun- try club was composed of the follow ing: Mrs. R. White 2d, Miss P. Chamberlain, Miss Edith Hart.
 Sunday was an ideal May day and everything around the Country club looked charming and beautiful The fine weather was the means of drawing out large numbers of the members, among whom were MT. McClung and party of four, Dr. and Mrs. Gaylord and party of two, Miss Gibbons and party of four, F. DeForest' and party of four, c. s, |DeForest and party of three, Mir. Wins low and party of three.
 Mrs. Charles W. Cook of 9S Frank street, who has been seriously i'll for the past ten days, is slightly improved but not out of danger Mrs. Cook is being attended daily by Drs. Reilly and Mcintosh. Her many friends hope for her speedy recovery.
 Dr. Seymour L, Spier has located at 359 Crown street, the former residence of J. L. Nesbit the liveryman. Dr.. Spier completed the removal Saturday. His office was formerly at SS4 Grown street.
 Robert Foote, brother of Town 'Clerk Foote of Branford, has returned home from delightful three months trip in Europe and Egypt. Mr. Foote came over the Atlantic in the new palatial White Star steamer Adriatic.
 President Louis Felsburg, Vice Pres ident Louis F. Well, and Secretary Henry G. Nichols of the New Haven Musical Protective association lest Sat urday for Cleveland, O., to attend the twelfth annual convention of the Amer ican Federation of Musicians, which opens in that city on Monday They
 are all delegates to the convention, rep resenting local No. 234. They will be gone a week.