New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

1 The New Britain chapter of the l American Red Cross is hard at work 1 making garments and surgical sup
 plies to be used in the hospitals in 1 Europe Six boxes of finished ar
 ticles have already been sent and we have received word of their being l shipped abroad on different steamers. l There is such an urgent need for these supplies, especially just now
 when this heavy fighting is in pro-
 gress, that we make an appeal for ] more workers. Any lady who is will l ing to sew either by machine or by
 hand will be most heartily welcomed at
 the Red Cross rooms No. 51 Booths l block. which are open every day from 10 a. m. until 12 m. We also have
 cut out garments and knitting yarn
 which can be taken home. Many l of the different societies and clubs in town are working for us and we hope
 that others will join in the good | work. Do not delay, as the rooms 1 will be closed after April first i MT. and Mrs. James w. Parker of Stanley street very delightfully."- en-
 tertained party of friends at their l
 principle feature of the evening was
 an old fashioned dance in their spa 1 cious kitchen. After tripping the light fantastic" to their hearts con-
 tent, the guests repaired to the living
 room and were seated around the fire 1 place. Vocal selections were rendered
 by Mrs. Theodore Natzke, Henry Hat ! sing of City View and Robert An l drews. They were accompanied on | the piano by Mrs. James Parker and i Miss Ada Parker An oyster supper
 was served, and the party enjoyed straw ride home. All voted MT. and
 Mrs Parker royal entertainers. Mrs. Saunders of Maple Hill en- tertained the Woman's Literary socie- 1 ty at her home Wednesday afternoon. An especially pleasing program was carried out; Mrs William Felt of this ] city read a splendid paper on Mod 1 ern America and Miss Hassan of Hartford gave several piano selections, Mrs. H. Latham and Mrs. F. Latham 1 assisted Mrs. Saunders in welcoming the guests The society will meet next time with Mrs. l.. B. Mallory on March 21 when the members will en- joy bridge and tea.
 At a meeting of the Women's Mis- sionary society of the Berlin Congre- gational church, held Wednesday aft ernoon at the home of Miss Samu& A. Fiske. Mrs Edward w. ChapeH of Hartford gave an entertainin hd- dress.
 ce.. r"' s'asas's,S ns7saS s"a a- was ~e;x Ss 'y since the committee repOrtslthat a.out realized from it.
 Miss Caroline Bartlett of the New Britain City Mission made an interest ing report of the work of that organi- zation Monday evening at the quarter ly meeting.
 The directors of the Visiting Nurses
 association met Thursdty afternoon at the home of Miss Katherine Wilbor on Franklin Square. Reports of the directors were read.
 Miss Flora Humphrey has gone to New Orleans where she will meet MT. and Mrs. Howard S. Humphrey. They will visit in Hot Springs, Ark, before returning to New Britain.
 Y ". C. A. Notes.
 This afternoon at 4 o'clock tea was held at which the final reports for Association Week." that is the raising of the budget deficit of $7,O00 were given. The reports up to Fri day noon showed s5,619 collected.
 A Jubilee birthday service was held last evening in the auditorium. Every club in the association was repre- sented, though many of the members were unable to come. This assOcia- tion with all the associations in the country helped last night in the rals- ing of the endowment fund for carry ing on the work of the national board of the Y. W. c. A. in memory of Miss Grace H. Dodge, it's first president, who gave to the work so generously of her self and her money. The ad- dress of the evening was given by Mrs. D. E. Potter, whose subject was "The Source of Our Power.'
 Rev. J. E. Klingberg will speak at the Vesper service tomorrow after noon and tell about the splendid work done at the Childrens Home. Tea will be served as usual at 5:30 o'clock after which a social hour will follow. On Wednesday afternoon at, 4 o'clock the board of directors will meet at the association for the reg ular monthly meeting. Plans will be made for the annual meeting which comes in April.