New Britain herald., 1915-04-17

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 tea dance held last Saturday after
 noon at Booths hall for the benefit
 of the New Britain hospital. Four
 hundred dollars was realized. This
 amount was made possible by many generous donations given to meet the
 expenses of decorating, for prizes for ! the orchestra, etc.
 1 Not only financially was the after
 noon a success, but also socially. All
 present thoroughly enjoyed the plea
 sures of dancing or playing cards. l Under the direction of Mrs. Har-
 greaves the rooms were very attrac- ltively decorated for the occasion with l streamers of pale green and white.
 One of the most charmingly success 1 full features of the afternoon was the l candy booth The sale of home
 made candies, nuts and ingenious little 1 Jack-Horner pies being exceedingly
 large. The booth was adorned with
 green and white paper and snap
 dragon while two large pillars wound i in green paper and studded with
 pussy willows stood at either end.
 The excellent work of the chair l men of the various committees and
 their able assistants was greatly en-
 joyed and appreciated by all. The members of the Berlin Liter ary society met Monday evening at the Berlin Congregational church and
 heard with much interest an address
 on "The Educational Value of Pag- | eants,' by Miss Bertha Sheldon of l New Britain. Miss Sheldon IS espe- cially well qualified to speak upon this
 subject, as she is the author or pageant which has been gwen py 1 Dartmouth students. Many very ln-
 teresting radioptican views supple
 mented the lecture.
 Miss Margaret Foster of New Brit
 ain performed charming fairy dance, l following which Miss Ruth Norton 1 rendered a number of pleasing vocal selections.
 The last meeting of the Literary
 society will be held Monday even l ing, April 19. Miss Emily Brande- gee will give paper on "Old Gar dens." and Mrs. Charles M. Jarvis one 1 on '"The Raising of Tulips following
 which there will be brief readings by i Mrs. J. T. Hart and Mrs. Leland l Gwatkin.
 A musical and tea will be given un-
  1 land league of the First Baptist ! church at the home of Mrs. Joseph R. , Andrews, 123 Vine street, on Friday l afternoon, April the twenty-third at half after three o'clock. Nt The artists will be Miss Cecile Chap ! man of New York, soprano, Mrs. Alice 1 Springer Brown, contralto and Miss l Frances Joy, pianist. An unusual pleasure is in store for New Britain people as Miss Chapman l is an artist of no small note while Mrs. 1 Brown with her deeply sympathetic | voice has done much to charm New l Britain audiences. Miss Joy, whose
 ability at the piano has been greatly l appreciated on numerous occasions, 1 will accompany the soloists of the af- ! ternoon.
 1 Mrs. Mary Harris Armour of Ma : con, Ga, spoke before a large audi ence at the South Congregational church Tuesday evening, under the 1 auspices of the local w. c. T. U. The I members of the organization acted as usners. Rev. Henry w. Maier pre- sided at the meeting and Mrs. Arnold I of Meriden favored with several de- l lightful vocal selections.
 | The feature of the evening was an l instructive and impressive lecture by
 Mrs. Armour on one of the vital sub
 jects of the day, .'The Present Status
 of the Temperance Question Miss Lista Lincoln left Friday to l attend the Continental Congress of
 the Daughters of the American Revo-
 lution with Mrs. Wilson of Hartford,
 delegate from the chapter of that
 city. After the convention they plan
 to go to Lakewood, New Jersey, for 1 several days.
 Miss Lincoln represents Emma Hart
 Willard chapter, D. A. R., and has
 had the honor of being elected one 1 of the pages at the convention. 1 Mrs. w. N. Dunhaln was delight
 fully entertained at luncheon by nine of her friends in honor of her birth
 day last Saturday.
 Daffodils and lilies of the valley were effectively used in carrying out the color scheme of yellow and pale 1 green.
 | Miss Laurabelle Compton of Pough- .keepsie is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
 James Woodruff of Worthington ridge, l Berlin. "% .ff#F
 l Mrs. Adelaide Hubbard charmingly | entertained her friends at tea Friday | afternoon.
 i Miss Lucille Bradley of Hartford has l been the guest of Miss Marjorie l Brandegee of Worthington ridge, 1 Berlin.
 Miss Alice Hart is homo from Miss | Finch's school in New York for over