New Britain herald., 1915-02-13

1 large audience witnessed with 1 much pleasure the excellently pro- | duced comedy, "A Russian Honey l moon'' given by the New Britain
 Teachers club, Thursday evening at
 the High school auditorium.
 The plot of the play is very simi- 1 lar to Shakespeares Flaming of the 1 Shrew,' the shrew in this case being 1 the beautiful and naughty Russian 1 Countess Poleska. Miss Loretta Cau- 1 field took this part. admirably and
 drew well deserved applause. The action takes place in a small village in Russian Poland and all the chara cters are Russians. The first and second acts are in a peasants s
 cobbling shop and the third in the drawing room of a wealthy chateau, thus a medium was afforded for por- traying Russian life among the differ ent classes. Through generous help of Russian Am orleans the committee in charge were able to present many interesting household furnishings a Russian peasant dance besides cos tunes true to life, all of which added greatly to the historical accuracy of the local color
 A better selection of actors among the members of the Teachers club could not have been made. The audi ence was highly entertained and in- terested through the entire perform ance.
 Professor William E. Fay in the part of the comical old cobbler was the fun maker and proved to be an actor of no little ability, as did also Professor M. F. Davis, in the role of Demetrovitch' Kaulikosf, the harsh intendant of the Chateau Woroffski
 Other principals in the play who did splendid work were Miss Grace F. Cadman, the pretty little daughter of Ivan; William l.. Hazen as Assip, her lover; Miss Merle A. Kibbe as Bar oness Vladimir, sister of Alexis Petro- witch, and Harold E. Dempsey, Polls kas husband. who poses as Alexis Pe- trovitch, journeyman, but is Count Gustave Woroffski. r-
 Those who acted as guards, ser wants and peasants were: Stephen w. Robinson, Henry A. Bonin, Law renee w. Wheelock, Miss Sarah A. Townsend, Miss Ida M. Brown, Miss Mary I. Flannery, Miss Ellen J. Hors- fall, Miss I4ista w. Lincoln, Miss Kathryn M. O'Connor and Miss Mary E. Donahue. .."
 During the performance beautiful bouquets of roses, violets and sweet peas were presented to the ladies of the cast.
 Those in charge of the play were Miss Mary F. Campbell, general man- ,ager; W. E. Fay, Miss Caroline E. Westcott, Miss M A. Kibbe, w. L. Ha- zen and Prof. J. c. Moody. The stage settings were superintended by Pro- lessor Joseph Wiseltier. .s.s....s
 The. annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the First Bap- tist church was held yesterday af- ternoon at the church chapel. , At this time the officers for the fol- lowing year were elected: Presi- dent, Mrs. B. R. Hitchcock; vice. president of foreign missions, Mrs. G. B. Germ ond; vice president of home missions, Mrs. A. G. Tender son; secretary of foreign missions, Miss Addie Lyman secretary of home missions, Mrs. William Hesse; treas urer, Mrs. W. w. Marshall and audi tor Mrs. James Coats.
 After the meeting a social hour followed and the ladies presented Mrs. G. B. Germond who has for ten years so ably filled the position of pIeSlueHI OI the society, W1Cn Dedu- tiful bouquet of roses, as a token of their appreciation of her untiring ef- forts in this capacity
 Miss Margaret Paterson, head of the art department at Dana Hall school, gave an excellent lecture on 'Sketching Trips in Spain and Spanish Painters at the meeting of the Wom- ans club Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church.
 Miss Paterson has made her home for several years in Spanish districts which are seldom visited by tourists, so her address was full of especially interesting experiences. She showed many beautiful paintings of her own work depicting Spain and it's roman tic features
 Several of the young ladies of this city who have graduated from Dana Hall, Miss Emily Andrews, Miss Hazel Andrews, Mrs. Robert Frisbie, Miss Helen MacMillan. Miss Florine Par ker and Miss Ruth Conant of Weth- ersfield, were present and presented Miss Paterson with a beautiful bou- forget
 The United Parents and Teachers association will present as it's last feature of an unusually excellent course a lecture by Dr. Thomas E. Green, the well-known lecturer, traveller and author of the day. Dr. Green has been for ten years one of the leading lecturers on the Amer ican Lyceum Platform. No man has had a wider hearing and no man has