New Britain herald., 1915-03-01
CHURCHES ACTIVE THE COMING WEEK
Benefit for Vacation SChoo|--- ---0thcr
 Items Of Interest.

l Three solos will be given at the en l tertainment at the Center church fol 1 the benefit of the vacation schoo l Friday evening in addition to the two 1 plays, the broom drill, and the 1 operetta. Miss Jean Cochrane vii 1 sing two Scotch songs: Angus Me- Donald" and "Afton Water" Miss 1 Elsie Hess will play Chopins "Polo. naise Miitaire." Miss Margaret , Muller will play a violin solo: "To the ] Evening Star" from '"Tannhauser.' The first edition of The Chronicle l since it was taken over by the Young Peoples society, was issued yesterday. l The best sale of copies was made l since the monthly publication was started and great improvement was shown in the work.
 A tea party and cake sale will be held Wednesday, March 10, from 3:30 tc , o'clock, al the home of F. G. Platt, Grove Hill, under the auspices or the Young Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary branch.
 Next Sunday will be Communion Sunday at the First church.
 The next church supper will be held Friday, March F. "A parents meet ing will be held the same evening, when Wallace Woodin will give a stereopticon lecture on "The Growth and Development of the Sunday school. 'f'
 Dubois cantata. Seven Last Words Of Christ" was given last evening by the choir of the church.
 A meeting of the Boy Scouts will be held at o'clock tonight.
 The monthly business meetings of the Philathea and Baraca classes will be held at o'clock this evening.
 The Armenian Women's Bible class will meet at 2:30 o'clock Thursday af- ternoon. A service preparatory to communion will be held at 7:45 Thurs day evening. There will be special music under the direction of the Young Peoples society.
 n The second session of the Boys Friday club, which was successfully organized last Friday will be held at 4 o'clock Friday. ... ? South Congregational Church.
 At the Christian 'Endeavor meeting yesterday afternoon, Miss Elsie Os- borne of the Charity Orga nization, gave a supplementary address to the one presented sometime ago, on the work in which she is interested.
 The regular monthly musical ser vice was held at the vcspers yester- day afternoon at 4:3O.
 On Thursday evening the Lenten readings will be continued. The general subject is "Christ. the Friend and Inspirer,' and the selections will be from the writings. of Emerson, Willis. Maclaren, Lowell. Grenfell, and Kipling. There will also be special 1n usic by some of our young people.
 pr. Hill will begin next Sunday the Pcstor's I4enten class for young people who contemplate coming into the church on Easter This will continue for three Sundays-March [, IA and 21. The class for boys will be held at 9:45, and that for girls at 12:3o. Dr. Hill will meet at 12:30 today any young people who may desire to join this class.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary society will hold it's regular meeting Monday at 800 o'clock in the church parlors. The subject of the meeting: The Young Student in Foreign Lands" will be presented by Mrs. George $. Talcott. The hostesses are Mrs. Elford B. Eddy nd Mrs. H. Day ton Humphrey. A cordial invitation is extended to all ladies of the con- gregation. On Tuesday evening of this week there will be an entertainment in the chapel, consisting of a sleight-of- hand performance by Adrian Plate of New York. The proceeds from the sale of tickets are to be given to the Red Cross chapter.
 The twenty ninth annual meeting of the Woman's Congregational Home Missionary union of Connecticut will be held Wednesday, March 3, at the Immanuel church, Hartford. Morn ing session at 10 o'clock, afternoon at ?. The speakers will be Mrs. x. w. Hankemeyer of the Congregational Education society; Mrs. H. Hastings Hart of the Woman's federation; Miss Edith Scammon, secretary of the young peoples work of the Maine union; Mrs. Charles F. Chase of the Interd nomi national council of Wom- en for Home Missions. Luncheon served at 12:30 to which all are in vited.