Connecticut western news., 1915-12-16
CHORAL UNl0N'S ANNUAL
Elect Officers, Eat Deln1onco Feast :,
 and Go to Theatre.

the Litchtield County ChIrat Union was held at DelmonicD New York. last Friday afternoon. on invitation of Mir. Carl Stoeckel, who entertained the officers and number of honorary aud invited guests at dinner in one of the splendid Delmonico dining rooms after the business meeting.
 The reports of the music committee and the various local chOruses were read. and officers fnr tine ensuing year elected, as follows:
 President, Ed ward P Jones. Winsted: secretary, Edmund Brown, Norfolk. IT was announced hy the music conl- m:tttv that at the June concerts the UEiJ.. will sing Haydn's Creation" and Rralim's Requiem. The con. certs will be given June 3, 6, and 7. In the absence of Mir. Paine. who IS enjoying 8 year vacation, the con- ductors will be pr. Arthur Mees. of New York, and N H Allen. of Hart ford. The former will conduct the Winsted. ToTriugton and Norfolk choruses, and the latter Canaan and Salisbury. The Canaan officers present were President F. c. Gille te, Vice. President R. D. Peirce, Secretary J. L. Parsons and Registrar George P. HardenbeIgh. Salisbury was repre- scented by President John Calvin God. dard Wm. B. Perry, Jr., E. $. Chapin and William P Russell. Norfolk by President I. l.. Hamant, A. B. Collar and Edmund Brown.
 Honorary guests were: President Donald T. Warner, Iitchfield County University Club; Charles F. Chapin, Waterbury American; c. c. Woodruff, Litchfield Enquirer, Irving Manchester, Winsted Citizen; John Rodemeyer, Cor necticut Western News; A. H. Wilcox, Hartford Courant; H. E. Krehbiel, New York Tribune; William J. Hen- derson, New York Sun; Richard Aid rich, New York Tines; Judge Waiter Holcomb. Torrington; Percy Wilds, New York; 4. B. Smith, of New York, New Haven 65 Hartford Railroad; Win throp Cone, Norfolk; E. Rossiter. Washington; c A. Rich, New York; Charles A. Saunders. president HaTvatd Club; Cecil Forsydle. Loudon, ana Frederick Dielman, New York. Com posers ptesentwere Victor Herbert and Henry Hadley and Conductor K. P. Paine, of Norfolk: Arthur Mees, Henry Schmidt and A. D. Woodruff. of New York.
 In the interval between the business meeting and the banquet, G1r. and Mrs. Stoeckel mingled with the guests, giy ing the most cordial greeting and wei come to each individually and making all feel at perfect ease. TI:s period of informal soclal intercourse, ill which Mrs. Stoeckel is always the charming central figure, is one of the delights of the annual gathering. At o'clock Mir. Stoeckel summoned the company to the dining room. where. around an immense circular table beau. tifully embellished with smilax and roses arranged in seTpentine designs, the A guests took seats, and disposed Ui royal feast, of which the following menu will give our French subscribers a clear idea:
 Huitres de Cape Cod
 Potage Mongol
 Pailles au frontage Celeri Olives mures ct crescentes l Amandes salees Caramels
 Eperlans desosses grilles
 Sandwiches de pain noir
 Agneau de lait, sauce nenthe
 Petits pois au beurre Pommes hachees a la creme au gratin |
 Poussin en casserole aux raisins
 de Muscat
 Salade de melons de Casaha
 Fromages assortis
 Diablotins
 Bar-le.Duc rouge
 Pouding Nesselrole aux marrons
 Marasquin
 Biscuits Ia cuillere
 Macarons
 Cafe special
 Dr. Goddard asked q blessing before 1 the guests were seated, and after a few courses proposed a toast: "Stick to which was unanimously en- dorsed. Editor Woodruff followed suit with toast to Directors Paine, Mees and Allen. There were no post-pran. dial speeches. Immediately after the close of the feast the guests departed for the various theaters and opera houses where the best available seats had been secured by MT. Stoeckel, after his usual generous custom. and thus ended one great day ill the year for the favored A.
 Don't Have To.
 The Litchtield Enquirer, briefly re- ferring to the recent death of D. l.. Peirce, our "oldest native resident,' ' says they don't consider 92 years great age, over in Litchtield, where there are several people over 92" But why shouldn't there be? The town of Litchfield is a great many years older than Canaan.-Connectic Western News.
 Besides, people don't have to live so fast over there.-Pittsfield Eagle.