New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

! the w Ollla1l CluD met III LIle CIdpo'
 Of the First Baptist church and lis
 tened to most interesting and in-
 structive talk on "The War Problem
 and the Home." Captain Charles w..
 Burpee of Hartford. was the speaker, and, as he was very able one, his
 address was greatly enjoyed. He said
 in part:
 The home is a modern institu- 1 tion. It was not known in the days
 of ancient Greece for all the chill
 dren were trained in the market place l and the healthy ones were given the 1 first consd deration for the safety of the state depended on the strength 1 of the youth. The weak children | were not given much consideration. 1 Cromwell in England, by breaking
 down the last barriers of feudalism, ! made the home preeminent and, as
 a result, the soldiers of the com
 monwealth felt they were fighting
 for their homes. when called to bear | arms. Germany came later in de- | veloping the home. and bringing to 1 the front art. literature and music. l But the traces of the ancient Greek | civilization are still noticeable m l that country for the citizens first duty 1 is to the state. After the revolution 1 in France the homes were given over | to the pursuit of pleasure and in the 1 twentieth century, when the world l was drt'lming sweetly of peace the Germans have dealt their blow. rms I country is a nation of homes and must uphold the great principle Of civilization regarding them' The benefit concert which the mem- bers of the Stanley Memorial church are planning to give on March 22, promises to be a splendid one. The program has been arranged in part and is an especially pleasing one. It is a follows, the church quartet, consist ing of William Hockmuth, tenor. Mrs. Charles Marshall, soprano, Miss May Williams, alto, and George Mitch ell, basso, will sing Don't You Cry My Honey" Mrs. H. Grombach and ! Miss Williams, will sing "A Mad Night in May" a soprano solo by Mrs. Marshall, with violin obligato by MT. Marshall. The chorus will give "The Song of the Vikings and Miss Will Hams will give an alto solo. NIT. Mitchell will give an bass solo anu there will be a number of instrument tai selections.
 In celebration of their wedding an- ,niversary MT. and Mrs. John l.. Lyon of Chicago and MT. and Mrs. Charles Corbin of this city, entertain ed at dinner last Saturday night in the grill room of the Royal Palm hotel at Miami, Florida. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M Leonard of New York and MT. and Mrs D. E. Makepeace of North Attleboro, Mass. The table was at tractively decoratel with pink roses.
 Tuesday evening the members and guests of the Wentworth club er,- joyed a leap year dance, given in Booths hall. The party was a most delightful one, Judd's orchestra fur nishing the music.
 The Maternal association met Wednesday afternoon at the South church. The meeting was an es- pecially interesting one, the subject of the afternoon being "The Modern Sunday School.'
 At the jubilee celebration of the Y. W. c. A. last evening Mrs. F. G. Platt presided and Mrs. Dwight E.. Potter of Hartford spoke "The Source of Our Powers."
 . Walter Hudson is giving a dinner party this evening at the Hartford Golf club in honor of Miss Katherine F FTalmadge, of Columbus Ohio.
 ~. Mrs. S. M. Cowles of Kensing- ton has been attending the conven- ton of the Women's Missionary un- ions of Connecticut in New Haven. 
 Miss Jeannette Schauffler of Brooklyn, N. Y. who has been the guest of Colonel and Mrs Charles M. Jarvis, has returned to her home The engagement Of Miss Lucille Katherine Bradley of Hartford to Richard Farnsworth Paul of Boston, 1 has been announced.
 Mrs. Kenneth Sloper will enter 1 tain at cards next Tuesday afternoon at her home on Russell street Mrs. H. C. Noble and Miss Lo,use 1 Noble have returned from Daytona, l Florida.
 Miss Bcttey Peters of New York is l the guest of her grandparents MT.
 and Mrs. w. P. Bacon of Lexington ! street.
 ] MT. and Mrs. Arthur G. Kimball 1 and Mr. and Mrs. George Kim ball are l planning to leave very soon for Flor 1 ida.
 MT. and Mrs W. E. Beers and | daughter, Miss Francina Beers, left | yesterday for Miami, Florida
 Mrs. w. Sloper and Miss Katherine
 Ialmaose nave returheo> rom New
 York