Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-26
OFFICERS OF MAYFLowER
 CLUB REELECTED Annual Meeting and Picnic Held at Norwich Town.


 The annual May meeting and pie nic of the Mayhower Club was held on Thursday at the home of Mrs Nell -son D. Robinson at Norwich Town. This was the thirteenth time that Mrs. Robinson had welcomed the Ndayfow- CTS to her home. This May mteting is eagerly looked forward to by the club and, as in many other societies each year is pronounced the best meeting of them all. Yesterday was no exception to this rule. Even the weather man was impressed with the importance of the occasion and pro- vided the usual Mayfiower day
 A delicious luncheon was served | with S4 covers at 1 o'clock and the favors were tiny Maybaskets. The guest of honor was Mrs. Sara T. Kin ney of Hartford, the governor of the state society. Mrs. Charming M. Huntington and Mrs DeForest Spof- ford were also invited guests and there were S1 members Of the club | present.
 After the luncheon Mrs. Christopher l Morgan, the president, called for the secretarys s report. The same offi- cers were reelected for another year. l They are: President Mrs Christopher l Morgan; treasurer and chaplain, Mrs. l Nelson D. Robinson; secretary, Miss l Phebe H. Brewster.
 I cordial greetings to the guests and club and Mrs. Sara T. Kinney told what the state society had been doing during the winter. Eight new members were voted in at the last executive l meetinga
 l A pleasant surprise had been plan l ned by some of the New London la dies ip the way of a Shakespeare pa l geanf on a small scale and the or 1 chard was the scene of a speech by Nre.naa fN aIr.~ 1-4 | three scenes from Midsummer Nights Dream, showing the planning, rehear-
 sal, and play of Pyramus and Thisle
 by the clowns. Mrs. Seth Comstock
 as Shakespeare, said: T am here to-
 day, the Mayfower club to meet
 Sweet young things, forsooth, I fin6
 you and as gay ard happy as Int
 Merry Wives of Windsor. For cer.
 tain there will be no Tanning of tht
 Shrew for, alack and alas! the ma
 terials fail for such a purpose. Per.
 adventure, a Comedy of Errors, may
 occur-but neither hostess nor guests
 will be disturbed. We believe tha
 If it please you, so if not, why so.'
 With Mrs. Robinson it is always {
 generous As You Will and As .Yol
 Like It. And Mrs. Robinson has fol 1 lowers. I came to Connecticut r1gh
 early By my faith and honour, 'Th
 air bites shrewdly.' Frozen stiff woult The Moor of Venice be in Norwicl Town, but we have a sweet anticipa
 tion. Midsummer will come with he Dreams by Night and we'll show yol a simple skill for your delight. All' Well That Ends Well. The actor are at hand and I pray for your at . tention."
 The parts of Peter ouince, Pyra
 mus, Thisbe, Wall, Lion, Moonshin } and Robin Staryeling were taken b Miss Harriet Prince, Mrs. Nelson M Keeney, Mrs. Charles B. Graves, MT:
 William H. Osborn, Miss Geneviev Stark, Miss Fannie L. Potter and Mis- Elizabeth Stark.
 The other members present were Z Mrs. Frederick M.rsmith, Mrs. Joh
 T. Wait, Mrs. l.. K. Shipman, Mis- Lucretia Smith, Mrs. Herbert l.. Gran
 dall, Mrs. Charles B. Jennings, Ndr' Joseph L. Cavacly and Mrs. Frank Green, New London; Mrs. Christophe
 Morgan, Mrs. Benjamin l.. Holmes 5 Mystic; Miss Mabel L. Holman, Say
 brook; Miss Amelia Mathewson, Gale e Ferry; Mrs. Geo. A. Haskell, Mrs. AT
 thur Ladd, Jewett City; Mrs. Burri
 w. Hyde, Miss Geer, Miss Lucy Gee n Mrs. Benjamin F. Lewis. Mrs. Wi = litm Fitch, Mrs. B. P. Bishop, Mis q Eliza w. Avery and Miss Phebe I l Brewster Norwich