New Britain herald., 1916-02-22

l decorated in blue and gold and beau 1 tiful old dishes were used There were about 100 members and guests present. Mrs. $. A. Tiske, the pres ent regent of the chapter, received and Miss Lita Cowles, attired in a George Washington costumc was the page. The pouring was done by past regents Of the chapter, Miss Alice Norton, Miss Mary Atwatcr, Mrs. S. M Cowles Mrs. E. w. Mildrum, Mrs. H. J. Pratt of Hartford and Mrs. F. F. Austin. fract1cally all of the members of the association were attred in colonial costumes. The hostesseS for the Oc- caslon were Mrs. G. P. Dunham, chairman; Misses Florence Katherine and Emily Brandegee Bertha Good rich. Hattie Ho1]istcr and Mesdames R. M. Griswold. A. B. Goodrich, I4e- land Gwatkin, TaNIor, Thompson and Bigelow. Mrs w. F. Brooks, regent of New Britain chapter, D. A. R., was the guest of the chapter. The af- fair was one of the most enjoyable ever held by the chapter.
 Catches Message.
 Roy Seibert, who has had a govern ment license to operate wireless tele- graph apparatus for the past year, succeeded in catching the message, which was relayed through the coun- try last night from Illinois. In a note sent to First Se1ectman William H. Gibney early this morning, young Seibert said he had received the mes sage from Rock Island and it was worded as follows: "A democracy re- Quires that people who govern them selves should so be and disciplined that they can protect themselves" The text as printed in this mornings pa pers show that he received the mes- sage word for word
 Carroll Dunham, who received a H. cense to operate last week was unable to get the message for two reasons He had taken his apparatus apart in order to make some slight improve ments and was unable to reassemble 1t before the message was sent out
 He was With young Seibert when the latter received the message but did not hear it, for although the spirit was willing the flesh was weak. and despite many shakings from Seibert. young Dunham was unable to wrest himself from the arms of Morpheus. which took him under their shelter shortly after midnight.
 Literary Society Meets.
 me Berlin Literary society held an ehJoyaole meeting last night at the nome Of Major and Mrs. Frank L.
 WILCOX. The subject fo the evening was Municipal Buildings and the City Beautiful" Papers were presented by
 Major Wilcox, IL. W. Stearns, J. Y. Hart and Mrs. c. M. Jarvis. Major Wilcox. The subject of the evening
 1nss in Chicago and the middle west.
 MT. Stearns gave a description of the municipal buildings in Waterbury. Hartford and Springfield. Mrs Jar WIS conflned her remarks to Berlin and offered several suggestions for oeautlfy1ng the town. She favored the idea of covering the water tank near the station with ivy, which would beautify net only the unsightly tank, put make the surroundings prettier She also offered the suggestion that the clay pits on Pennington road would make ideal playgrounds for the children Of the town and the cost would be comparatively small in com | parlson with the benefits obtained for the young. The next meeting will be held March G.
 Postmaster TTagan'S Birthday,
 Citizens who went to the Kensing- | ton post office ths morning after 93O i o'clock found it closed. There was a 1 question in the minds of many as to l the reason. The post office was closed 1 because of the observance of Washing tons birthday and not because this is 1 also the anniversary of the birth of