The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-16
FRIENDS OF BEDDING
 GR00M-TO-BE HOLD PARTY OF FAREWELL E l! l: l: [: l.
Give Chautauqua Salute to Vii enna Rolls in Order to Pre-
 serve Neutrality.
Especial to The Barmer.)

Or1d6'S home In the presence or a COIL pany composed almost wholly of rel this as in other respects the wedding was essentially a home and family af- fair The par1or and adjoining apart ments were in festal attire with floral and other decorations. Rev F Fairbanks of South Norwalk, formerly pastor o4 the Methodist church in Georgetown. tied the nuptial knot. The brides gown was of cream crepe me teor trimmed with silver lace. A re- past followed the ceremony and the groom and bride departed on late afternoon train for a W week's trip, hav- ing washington, D. e.. for it's farthest objective point.
 On thursday evening last Herr Schrochs bungalow at the Five Points was the scene of an interesting social event a tended by some 30 of MT Muennicf's friends who assembled by his fnvftation, the occasion being a sort of farewell preceding his re-entry into the matrimonial estate. It was strictly lnfornnaI and delightfully."- so- ciab1e affair. Speeches, music and conversational sai1ies all coming in rapid succession on the spur of the moment left no dull moments from o'clock until the time of dispersion at about midnight. bountifd1 and toothsoTne spread of somewhat Ger man east Of coun 1ance was one or the features contributory to the gen eraI satisfaction and enjoyment. By way, however of emphasizing the prin- cip1e of neutrality, Herr Schoch, sup ported by volunteer aid which included violin accompaniment by William Kennedy sang and played on the piano the Marseillaise, the Watch on the Rhine '' Annie Laurie,'' and "Killar- ney Their acconp1 shments failing short of national songs of all the war ring nations other forms of recogni- ton were employed to fill the gaps. Thus in order that the Ottoman Elm pfre might not be left out ssaectTnan. tTr an Joseph Sullivan sornewhat relucten tlv obeyed an trade to smoke d Turkish cigarette and James Terry and Dennis Ryan s'obifged'' with terpsichorean eff forts purporting to be Russian and Hun garian dances The problem of Austria seemed hopeless one until some one suggested a Chau ta-uqua sa- lute to the Vienna rolls The individ- uaI assigned to the making of a few remarks relative to the host said in substance that all hoped MT Muen- nfch approaching change of condt- ton would work no change in his quail ities because the latter were suscepti- bie to no Improvement. Other themes more or less elaborated may be briefly summarized as follows: .'Baseba11's s Local pecadence Since F Ceased to Be Young, Edward M Bradley Home
 
 Rulers Are .of Course, the Ladies, . John H Malone; tsThe Launching and ITpbui1ding of a Rural Fire Depart ment not Suggestive of Rose-Strewn Path with Peaches and Cream on the Side.,' John Muennfch If Anyone Thinks He Can Convince Me That Any Make of Car Is Better Than the One I Represent He Is at Liberty to Under take the Johs' M B. Burr; The Mixed Emotion of an Amateur About to En- gage in a Public Contrpversda1 Duel, z Hugh McCollann The final ina promptu incident of the innpronnptu 1 program was the Singing of asA11d l Lang Syne's by the entire company.
 Ben Waterman, st we'll known local character Of stalwart build and 3 l roaming disposition. called on Select I man Sullivan last Thursday Instead l began talking in a rambling and ex- I cited fashion about the recent murder Iof a cobb1er in Newtown He seemed unable to talk of anything else and l Judging him to be somewhat demented l MT. Sullivan sought information from the Newtown authorities in regard ite l him. It was learned that two doctors after an examfnation of Waterman. had pronounced him insane and thai I the Newtown selectmen were arrang- ing for his commitment to the State .l hospital at Middletown- Selectmar Sullivan accordingly sent the man tc Mir Rogers. keeper of the town pooi I of Bedding, and arranged with sDr I Smith for a further examination o1 I tTWaterman relative to his mental con ditIon- When the doctor went to Rog- erss Saturday, however, he found that his subject had taken his departure
 At last accounts Waterman was stII
 missing.
 Tomorrow CF'rfday) evening there will be a, public discussion at the San. .yS rs- Za I the European war it's causes and the | responsibility for it's outbreak between | two local and two visiting- 1isput an fs 1 The former are Herr Emil Schoch. wht Twin uphold the German view, and H lC. ATcCol1am, advocating the Allies I The visiting German advocate is to b. Otto MerkeI of New York, a well in. formed and eloquent speaker, whi1,
 the righ teoushess of the Allies caIlsi
 will be chanpioned by George L. Fox lheadnaster of the Hopkins Grantfnaz
 school of New Haven The latter f,sl lf1gured prominently on the side of re
 form in many important public move
 ments. He was the main author ant
 upholder of the Corrupt Practices Act
 and made a public speaking tour fl
 England as a supporter of IIoyt
 Georges radical economic policies Re
 gently he again came prominently int
 public notice as an advocate of tn, l proposition that the state require pay
 rnent for the tuition Of high school pu pills. As none of the debaters in Fri
 day evenings contest is lacking in in
 teIligence and pugnacity the contes should be well worth attending, tn net proceeds going to the schools ath letie association.
 For the first time in the long histor. of Christ Episcopal church the m1sica Lpartion of the services was rendere,
 last Sunday by a vested choir number ing IA voices. The adult members ar
 AIessrs. Lake, Barnett Rosenau an
 Selfridge and the Junior singers pupil
 of the Sanford school. Their selection
 were given with precision and genera 1 artistic excellence and the congrega
 ton found the innovation highly sat ltsfactory. The choir rehearsals ar
 under the direction of Rev. Mir Gun
 ntngh am, the rector, and the vest raentsl used were obtaired from Eng