New Britain herald., 1914-11-21


 Mir. Geddes of No. 235 West Seventy fifth street. New York, to Stephen
 Wilcox Pratt, is announced. Miss
 Geddes made her debut last Decem-
 ber Mir. Pratt is the son of Mrs.
 Nathaniel Waterman Pratt and the
 late MT. Pratt of Brooklyn, N. Y. No
 date has been set for the wedding.
 Miss Geddes is a sister of Mrs.
 Charles B. Parsons of Hart street ana has been a frequent visitor here. She
 has made many friends in local soci-
 ety and took a leading part in The Belle of New York; performance last
 winter.
 1 A large audience heard with plea i sure one of the best musical and
 literary entertainments of the season. l Wednesday, evening at the First i church chapel, given under the au- ; spices of the Womens society. l Those who took part in the pro gram were Miss Emmie A. Korn. well known pianist and Mrs. Clarence /, H. Wickham, a distinguished reader. ] Mrs. Carletta K. Smith, soprano; Mrs. Grace P Naylor, contralto; Frank A. Kelly. tenor, and Frederick A. Ken yon, basso.
 The future meetings of the Sunday School institute will be held at the South church. On Wednesday even ing Mrs. Lucy Stock Chapin spoke before the beginners and primary de- partments on Essential Features in the Primary Program Rev. Fl. $. Fox addressed the junior department on "The Teaching Method: Recita- tion." "The Lesson Material of the Intermediate and Senior Departments was the subject of Rev. F. T. Thienes address before the senior department.
 Mr. and Mrs. l.. o. Lusk of Cedar street celebrated their thirty-first wedding anniversary last Saturday evening with a dinner party at Heu- bleins Hotel, Hartford MT. and Mrs. Frank HI. Johnston of West Main street who attended them on their wedding day, were present
 It is interesting to note in this con- nection that Mrs. Foot of New Ro- chelle, New York, the m other of Mrs Vernon Castle. was a bridesmaid of ! Mrs. Lusk. ]
 Theron w. Hart, the local pianist, 1 has arranged varied and interest |
 
 the South Congregational church, un- der the auspices of the Woodruff club i on December 2, 1914. Miss Lillian Eubank, a mezzo-soprano from the Metropolitan Opera company, has been engaged to assist in the pro- gram.
 Mrs Frank J. Porter of Lexington street entertained on Wednesday af- ternoon group of the young mar ried women of the western end of the city of the South church. There were about twenty present and all spent delightful social afternoon Articles for the Red Cross were sewed. The circle will meet again in two weeks at the home of Mrs. Porter.
 Miss Josephine Weymouth. who has charge of the handwork depart ment of the Women's Industrial Union of Boston, Mass, gave an ad- dress before an open meeting of the Womans club Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist church chapel. She ex- plained how a woman's exchange may be effective, helpful and profit able in city of this size.
 Mrs. George w. Traut of West 1 Main street entertained the Maternal at her home Wednesday afternoon. large number of ladies were present and spent a pleasant afternoon sewing for the Red Cross. Refreshments were served.
 On Friday afternoon many charm ng Thanksgiving novelties were dis onsS no | ,ral parties were entertained in the , title tea room upstairs On next veey Friday, tea will not be served.
 The Working Girls will hold d { rha nksgiving supper this evening at ! heir club rooms in Judd's block. A I ,ery appetizing menu of the harvest upper variety has been arranged and C t Is anticipated that there will be ( many of the members and their friends present
 Miss Ruth Corbin of Lexington treet gave a card party last Saturday | fternoon at her home to eleven of Ter friends in honor of Miss Marion Y IulIil1en of New Haven.
 Because of the illness of Marshall ( )arrach, Shakespearian lecturer, his ecitation of the Merchant of Venice" will be postponed until some future ime. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Calef of Spring eld. Mass, spent last weekend with heir daughter, Mrs Leonard B. Nal ,ry of Maple Hill.
 Mrs F'orts Fl. Allis who was the Q uest of Mrs. Frank J. Porter of Lex s ,gton street has returned to her home .. , Hayerhill Mass. @