New Britain herald., 1914-04-04


 ding anniversary. The club was handsomely decorated with southern smilax, ferns, azaleas and roses. MT. and Mrs. w. l.. Hatch, Harold Hatch and his fiancee, Miss Catherine Nor l ton of Meriden, received, and the guests were presented by William E. Atwood, Frank G. Vibberts and Frederick S. Chamberlain. 1 During the evening music was fur nished by Dittsteins orchestra. Auc- tion bridge was played and dancing was enjoyed until late hour. Among those present were MT. and Mrs. w. H. Squires, Mrs. F. S. Brooks, A. Brooks, A. w. Savage, Miss Louise 1 Brooks, Miss Alma Seymour, Miss Anna Sands, Miss Margaret Robin son, Miss Catherine Norton, Miss Faye Imnich from Meriden, and MT. 1 and Mrs N. F. Allen and MT. and , Mrs Frank Brodie of Hartford. The Misses Elsie and Constance Russell gave tea Wednesday after noon for Miss Dorothy Walker. Mrs. Russell, Miss Pauline Moore, Miss Walker and the Misses Russell re- ceived the guests. In the dining room Mrs. Ira Hicks and Mrs. J. E. Cooper served tea, assisted by Miss Julia Russell and Miss Barbara Moore. The tea was the occasion for a mis- cellaneous shower for Miss Walker useful gifts
 Miss Ruth Damon entertained number of friends at dinner Sunday evening at her home on West Main [ yNl> R~n4 present: Miss Mildred Leeds of New Rochelle, formerly of this city; Miss Davis of Minnesota, classmate of Miss Damon's at Mt. Holyoke col lege; Miss Freida Atwater of Ithaca, New York; Miss Gertrude Hine and the Messrs. Harry Coholan, Gardner Weld, Brayton A. Porter, Fred Porter and Lawrence Hunason.
 Two engagements of much interest 1 to New Britain people were an l nounced this week. One is the en- 1 gagement of Miss Ruth l. Stanley, l daughter of MT. and Mrs. c. B. Stan | ley, to Harry Milton Bates of Hart | ford, while the other is that of Miss Dorothy Sawyer Pease, daughter of ! MT. and Mrs. l.. Hoyt Pease, to Robert l Taylor Frisbie, son of Mrs. Charles I Frisbie of Hartford.
 Both young ladies are we'll known socially here.
 An enjoyable musical was held at the Stanley Memorial church last We'd nesday afternoon, at which consid- erable sum was realized for the bene- fit of the church. The soloists were Miss Irene Trask, Mrs. Reynolds. Mrs. . der. A pleasing duet was rendered l by the little Misses Reynolds and Mable Wicander.
 The, Y. w. c. A. will hold its annual meeting at the First church chapel Wednesday evening, April 15, at SIS. Music will be furnished by the Man dolin club and Miss Zanzinger will give a brief report of the years work. Miss Sara B. Mathews of New York leader of the Y. w. c. A.. summer camps, will give an illustrated ad- dress.
 Professor Scott Nearing of the University of Pennsylvania s lectured Tuesday evening in the Grammar school hall. The subject of his ad- dress was: "The New Economies" and it porved most interesting and in- structive one. This lecture was the last of a series given under the auspices of the Commonwealth club. s fN **
 The progressive card party given Wednesday afternoon at LeWitt's hall by the Sunshine society was a great success, both socially and financially. Eighteen tables were filled and each one present received a prize: appro- priate to the first of April Mrs B. F. Gaffney had charge of the affair.
 Miss Helen Caldwell, a student at Smith college, is spending the Easter recess at her home in this city Miss Caldwell has with her as her guest, Miss Reaves of Iowa.
 Seamus McManus the famous Irish poet, will speak at the New Britain club Saturday evening on Ireland and the Irish People,.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward E. Nourse entertained the Berlin Literary so- ciety Monday evening.
 Miss Blinn's dancing class will hold It's closing reception Wednesday even ing, April s. ,-.
 MT. and Mrs. D. o. Rogers of Camp street, have returned from Winter Parks, Florida.
 Miss Evelyn Davis of Minneapolis was the guest of Miss Ruth Damon this week.
 The Theta Sigma alumni are plan- ming to give a dance Monday night, A pril IS.
 Miss Dorothy Walker gave a box