New Britain herald., 1915-02-06


 w. Maier, of Lexington street. Mrs.
 Hungerford, who is one of the en-
 thusastic workers of the First
 church, has been in charge of the
 Philathea class for about two months 1 and in that short time has made fast 1 friends of all the young ladies
 The affair was complete and pleas ! ant surprise to Mrs. Hungerford and
 the young ladies spared no efforts in | making it a memorable one. Those | who received were: Mrs. Henry w.
 Maier, Mrs. William C. Hungerford, Mrs. Laura Seeley, Miss Elizabeth
 Labaree of Hartford, Miss Lena Mar
 shall. Miss Sadie Miles, Miss Annie ! Barbour, Miss Minnie Rowland and
 Miss Frances Norton.
 Presiding at the refreshment table,
 which was beautifully adorned with
 large basket of sweet peas
 and rose colored candles, was Miss
 Elsie Miles and Miss Wilhelmina | Tracy. They were ably assisted l in serving the dainty refreshments
 of raspberry ice and fancy cakes, l by the Misses Myra and Nellie
 Elliott, Marian Schade, Frances Doo- little, Minna Hesse. Mary Lockwood
 and Evelyn Baker Throughout the
 evening the following musical pro-
 gram rendered by the talented
 young ladies of the class:
 l Miss Margaret Mueller favored with
 two excellent violin pieces "Romance"
 by Victor Hollaender and Still vie 1 die Nacht," by Carl Bohm Frances l Water rendered two charming so-
 prano solos, Gray Days.' by John
 son and The Land of the Sky Blue
 Water" by Cadman. '"The Fairies ] Piper" by Brewer and "Philofophy,' | by Emmel were the delightful con- , tralto selections given by Miss Ruth 1 Schade. Piano selections also com ! posed the excellent program, ''Phaif," i by J. Mafsenett and ITO Spring. were
 played by Miss Elsie Hesse. The last
 number was a vocal duet by Miss
 Schade and Miss Vater Calm As the
 Night" by Goetze.
 A large number of the mentors of
 Esther Stanley chapter of the Daugh- 1 ters of the American Revolution were i delightfully."- entertained yesterday af- 1 ternoon at the home of Mrs. Thomas
 w. Wilbor of Franklin Square, who
 was assisted in receiving by her 1 daughter, Miss Katharine $. Wilbor. l Rev. Sherrod Soule of Hartford was 1 the speaker of the afternoon and 1 delivered a highly entertaining ad ! dress on "A Clash Between Cavalier
 and Purtan.'
 | Rev. Soule is very familiar with ] the many interesting historic towns of | Connecticut and clearly pictured sev- eral, especially those of eastern Con- 1 necticut.
 T !, a,,tx
 were served by Miss Wilbor Mrs. 1 Harry M. Bates, Mrs. William s. Row land, Miss Flora Humphrey and 1 Miss Frances Whittlcsley. The color 1 scheme of the dining room was yellow and was charmingly carried out with i a large basket filed with daffodils | which adorned the table.
 i At this meeting Mrs. William C. | Hungerford, vice regent of Esther | Stanley chapter was voted delegate 1 to attend the Twenty fourth Continen- 1 tai Congress at Washington, D. C., which will be held In April and Mrs. , Frank J. Porter, Miss Frances Whit l tlesey. Miss Flora Humphrey and Miss
 Katharine Wilbor were voted as al-
 ternates. Mrs. William F. Brooks will
 attend regent of Esther Stanley l chapter D. A. R.
 Two very entertaining and instruc-
 tive meetings of the study classes of 1 the Womans club were held during | this week
 On Tuesday afternoon the members l of the Literature and Science depart 1 ment met at the home of Mrs. Joseph , R. Andrews and listened to excellent 1 papers on the subject "rhe Caribbean 1 Countries Mrs. Theodore $. Brown l spoke on Central America and it's | Problems" and Mrs. Harris B. Humason on "A Naturalist on the | North Coast" Mrs. Rufus N. Hem- 1 enway gave Current Events. The art department met Friday
 mo orning at the home Of Mrs. Clarence F. Bennett of Forest street The sub | ject of the morning being Murillo. Mrs. Elisha H. Cooper read a very fine
 paper. the title of which was: "Fa-. | mliar Spanish Travels"
 Mrs. Marcus White will be in charge of the vespcr service tomor- row at the Young Women's Chris tia association.
 The subject of Mrs. Whites address will be Mendelssohn. All young ladies arc cordially invited to attend. A social hour will follow the services. MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Corbin of Maple street will leave February 10 for Miami Florida. They will stop at the Royal Palm hotel. MT. and Mrs. D. MacMillan of | Forest street will leave Tuesday for Palm Beach, Florida. Burdett F.. Bassett is home from | Rensselaer, Polytechnic school, New l York