New Britain herald., 1915-03-13

At a short business meeting which
preceded the musicale held TUESDAY
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Will
liam G. Hungerford the following Of
ficers were nominated to be voted on
at the annual meeting of the Wo-
mans club, Tuesday afternoon, March
23. President, Mrs. Andrew j. Sloper;
first vice president, Mrs. b. W..
Schultz; second vice president, Mrs
Isaac D. Russell; recording secretary,
Mrs. Frank L. Traut; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. William f. Rowlands;
treasurer, Mrs. George Rapelye; au-
ditor, Mrs. Hartwell A. Taylor.
The following names were proposed
for membership, also 10 be voted on
at the annual meeting: Mrs. Philip B..
Stanley, Mrs. Harry M. Bates, Mrs
Louis P. Slade, Mrs. Frank III. john
stone, Miss Jennie Vessel, Miss Ber-
tina Chamberlain Miss Cornelia
Chamberlin, Mrs. Grace M. Coholan
and Miss Florence Camp.
The Woman's Hospital Board will
hold it's annual card party for the
benefit of the New Britain General
hospital on the afternoon Of April III
in Booths hall from 3 to o'clock
AS usual the ladies present nave
the privilege of playing any caro-
game they prefer.
This year in response to the many
requests it has been decided by those
in charge to introduce new feature
on this occasion. that of dancing.
This will undoubtedly tend to double
the popularity of the affair as like
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and supported by the many local en-
thusiasts of the new dances during
this social season. Every effort is be-
ing made by the committee in charge
to have the afternoon a decided sue
cess AMI tickets may be secured from
Mrs. James H. Robinson, chairman of
the ticket committee and also from
the officers and directors of the board.
The members Of the Alpha Delta
Sigma fraternity held a dance last
evening at Booths hall which was
decided success.
A large illuminated pin of the fra
ternity hung at one end of the hall
and red electric bulbs gave pleasing
effect throughout the dance halls.
There We're over seventy couples
from Hartford. Judd's orchestra fur
nished an interesting and varied pro-
gram of fourteen dances
The patronesses for the evening
were Mrs. Clayton A Parker, Mrs
Davis E. Dean, Mrs. William Nc
Kirby and Mrs. Frank Wright.
Through the capable management
of the committee in charge of which
Beeman F. Hubbard was chairman, a
most delightful evening was enjoyed
by everyone present.
The last meeting of the literature
and science department of the Wom-
ans club was at the home of Mrs
Arthur G. Kimball of 81 Lexington
street. Tuesday afternoon. How
We Built the Andean Railway"
was the subject Of a very inter
esting paper by Mrs. Arthur G. Kim
, ball. Mrs. William T. Wells read
very interesting paper on "A Young
Englishman on His Estancia.'' "The
River Discovered" was a most able
! paper read by Mrs. George Rapelye.
The members of the Young Wom-
| ems Foreign Missionary society of the
| First Congregational church held a
very attractive tea party and cake
| sale Wednesday afternoon at the
! home of Frederick G. Plat on Grove
| HILL Many delicious goodies were
sold and a neat sum of $40 was
! realized.
The executive committee of the
Red Cross society held meeting on
! Thursday afternoon at the Chamber
| of Commerce rooms Plans were
| furthered for a campaign for secur-
! ing new members. The members of
| the committee are we'll pleased with
the splendid relief work the local
branch Of the Red Cross has thus far
| accomplished.
A cake sale and tea party will be
given for the benefit of the Flower
| Fund of the South Congregational
church Wednesday afternoon, March
II, from 3 to 6 o'clock at the home
of Mrs H. Dayton e Humphrey, No
265 West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler OF
Plainville have returned from At
lantic City.