The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-12
IN SOCIETY

Mrs. C Kingshury Billings, jr., son of Mr Charles K. Billings of Ssi Whitney avenue, is in town, and expects to spend a few weeks here.
 This evening at Harmonic hall the Wednesday dancing class will meet for it's third cotillion. There will he sev- eral new and very attractive figures in- troduced on this occasion.
 The regular weekly meeting of the philosophy class will be held this morn- ing at II o'clock in osborn hall
 The Rev. and Mrs. James DeWolf Perry will give a reception for the members of St Plul's parish, at the rectory. 213 Wooster street this after noon. The hours are from to [ o'clock.
 Mrs. Robert E. Manross will give 9 tea at her home on Willow street this afternoon, the hours being from to 6. Mrs. Manross will be assisted in re- coiving her guests by her daughters.
 The meeting of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Mis- sions at Center church chapel. yester- day afternoon, called ont an attend anee that filled the little chapel. and the meeting was an intensely interest ing one Miss Alpha Barlow. srcre- tary of the Junior Department, pre-. sided al the meeting Miss Davis read very delightful letter from Miss Bower, who is located in the Aintat hospital, of the way in which the work is carried on, and there is an enorm- ous amount of good being done h, those who are in that hospital both foi the physical and mental comfort of those who come into their charge. Miss Bewer was sent ont by the members of the County Christian Endeavor society last September, and this is the frs, word that has come from her. Fol. lowing Miss Davis. Miss Scranton read a most amusing letter from Miss Al. Ice Brown, missionary in China, in which she told of a social function a, the home of the chiefs of the country and how splendid their entertainment was.
 Miss Barlow then introduced Mis-, Mary l. Ward, who is at home for the ! irSt time from her work at Marsovan Turkey. Miss Wards talk was very l informal and interesting. Her vorl, has been in the school at Marsovan where there are lsO pupils, eighty of them boarders. They are Armenian and Greek girls. and they are doing with the teachers, work to reach the Turkish families. distributing tracts and visiting the patients in the hospit. al. Soge of the superstitions preval- ent among tho Turkish people were told, one being the keeping of mouse day, when the women go visiting al day, being afraid to do any work be cause they fear the mice will come out and destroy it. Many of the fam. i lilies. from which the girls come to tht school, live in small huts. sloan al i Tn one room, eat from a small table ir I the center of which is a general dish { The workers in Turkey have to cele brate three Christmases and two New |, Years. There is a boys school tbor, aso, and it has BOO pupils, making ; total of nearly 500 who come to in, prayer meetings
 
 Mrs, Tewksbury was present at tht meeting and chatted with the ladie, after the meeting, as did Miss Ward A doll dressed in the bridal of in, country was an object of much admir- ation. as were some splendid picture. of the hospital and it's patients.
 Tea was served in the parlors on th, second floor directly following in, meeting. and an hour was all too shor time to visit with the two deIightfu guests