Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-24

M r. and Mrs. William Joseph Far
NA rell, of 222 West Twenty third
street, New York city, will entertain
at dinner next Tuesday evening in
honor of the bridal party of their
daughter, Miss Margaret Elizabeth
Farrell, whose marriage to Joseph b.
Conlon will be solemnized Wednesday,
Mr. Conlon is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Redmond p. Conlon, of 30 James
street, this city. The dinner will be
followed by q rehearsal of the cere-
mony.
The wedding will be solemnized
In st. Agnes's Catholic Church by
Monsignor Henry A. Brann, rector
of the church, assisted by Mon
signor Isaac =. Whelan, of ST.
Patrick's Cathedral. this city. Mise
Farrell will be attended by her sister,
Miss Helen r. Farrell as maid of
honor; by Miss Regina Byrne, of this
city, and by Miss Gelevieve O'Don-
nell, of Brooklyn, as bridesmaids,
Little Miss Constance Byrne, OF THIS
city, will be flower girl. DR.. Philip
Conlon will attend his brother as best
man. The ushers will be Frank Con-
Ion and William Conlon, also brothers
of the bridegroom; James Dunn, OF
this city, and Frank Radel, of South
Orange.
Plans are under way for the annual
fair and "dansant' to be given at the
Washington, November "a, under the
auspices of the board of managers OF
the st. Barnabas Hospital. Those
who will have charge of the various
booths and tables include: Mrs. Fred
erick w Ball and Mrs Harry Lee
Durand, chairman of the apron table;
Mrs. Austen ii. McGregor. utility
table: Mrs. Wallace NJ. Scudder and
Mrs. william II. Illingworth, cake
table, Mrs. Francis Pell Ice cream
table; Mrs. Arthur IL. Mackie and
Mrs. John w. Howell, "grab-bag'
table; Mrs. Robert w. Cumming, flow
ers: Mrs. Peter Smith, paper booth,
which will include paper flowers,
menu cards and articles of all descrip-
ton made of paper; Mrs. Beekman
Illsley will have charge of the candy
and Mrs. Joseph G.. Spur Will have
the fancy work table Mrs. spur is
in charge Of the general arrangements.
a card party is being arranged by
the Ladies' Guild Of the Church of
Our Lady Of Good Counsel, to be held
at the home of Mrs. Frank McAleer,
Of Grafton avenue, next Friday att
ernoon. Auction, euchre and whist
will be played Mrs Louis Beers
Mrs. Edward Maher and Mrs. Joseph
McDonough will assist the hostess.
The bachelor dinner of Joseph T.
Conlon, of this city, will be given this
evening at Achtel- Stetter's. The
guests will include those who will at
tend him at his marriage to Miss
Margaret Il. Farrell. which will be
solemnized next wednesday in New
York city Intimate friends of Mr..
Conlon will also be present,
a series of lectures will be given
by Mrs. May Lamberton Becker, OF
New York city, beginning Novem-
Der ). in the parish house of the
Church of st. Banabas by the mem
bers of the Ladies' Guild of the
church. The course presents certain
significant examples of contempt
rary literature and drama. Its OBJ
iect is to show the thought of these
countries as it is being recorded at
the present time. Subjects marked
with an asterisk are not yet an
nounced in detail, to permit the in
elusion of works that may appear
through the season in Europe. Most
of the foreign books are presented
for the first time in English in this
course.
The subjects of the lectures are as
follows: THE Plays OF Rabindra-
nath Tagore" CChitra," THE Post
office" "The King of the Dark
Chamber'D; "And Thou America"
this country through foreign eyes
GA Far Journey" Abraham Rih-
hany." with Poor Immigrants to
AMERICA" Stephen Graham; THE
Plays of Granville Barker" 1.-The
Ma0ras House'D; 1.-THE Present Po-
sition of Arnold Bennett and I'll. G.
Wells;" "The Younger Generation of
British Novelists" Especially Hugh
Walpole and oliver Onions'o; 'The
Plays of Lord Dunsany'' c'The
Gods of the Mountain The Golden
DOOM" King Argimenes' and the
unknown Warrior"o; Thomas
Hardy, Last of the Great Victo-
rians:" Denmark of Today" les
pecially Martin Andersen-Nexo's
"Pelle the ConquerorD; Henry
James, Collector of Impressions"
CA Small Boy and Others, Notes
OF a Son and Brother"D "Idealism
and Realism in American Fiction"
with especial reference to the nov
els of Will Lexington Comfort'D; "a
Group of American Portraits" 1.-TWO
women, two men and boy. chosen
from the novels of the year as rep
resentative American types; Poetry
in America Today (poems published
and unpublished. chosen from this
lecture by the poets themselves);
"Thomas Mann, Germany's Great