New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

l was held yesterday afternoon at tie
 l home of Mrs. c. E. Bennett on For
 l est street. Two groups of songs were
 | sung by Mrs. Horton. The chapter
 had as guests three state officers, Mrs.
 Buel, state regent; Mrs. Bissell, state
 l vice regent and Mrs. Curtis, state
 treasurer. The treasurer of the local
 chapter received several gifts of 1 money from the sale of Belgian l flags. A telegram from Queen EHz-
 abeth of Belgium to the National So-
 l ciety of the Daughters of the Amer | ican Revolution, expressing pleasure l and approval of the society's plan to l commemorate today, birthday of the
 King of Belgium, with a national appeal for the destitute of Belgium
 with the distribution of ten million 1 Belgian flags and the collection of 1 funds was read Mrs. Buel B. BaS- | sette read a paper on the Great Seal l of the United States" and Mrs. Buel, | the state regent, gave a short ad- ] dress and urged every daughter 10 1 become member of the Red Cross
 society. A nominating committee con- l ssting of Mrs. James B. Thompson, i Mrs. Buel B. Bassette and Mrs. Tho 1 mas w. Wilbor was named. The event l concluded with a pleasant social hour. 1 Plans for the state conference of
 the Congress of Mothers, to be held in
 our city, April 27 and 2S, are about 1 completed, and it promises to be a i notable event.
 1 The local committee are sparing no 1 pains to provide for the comfort and
 pleasure of all delegates and visitors 1 attending the convention. Following 1,o l al ofoc, oir,i
 over night will be entertained in pri i vate homes.
 l The full program with list of speak
 CTS will be published at an early date. 1 A most cordial invitation to these 1 meetings is extended to everyone in- l terested in child-welfare. 1 The talk on the work of New Brit
 aims charity department which Miss 1 Elsie Osborne gave at the local High 1 school Tuesday afternoon was very 1 interesting and instructive one. Miss Osborne who is the city's agent Of the l charity department, spoke of the work 1 being done here and of the ways in 1 which this work is carried on. Under the auspices of the Woman's Club of Plainville, a very delightful entertainment was given Tuesday eve- ming by the Hinton Verdi com pany, This was the last of a series of nntcr- tainments that the club has given for the benefit of the library building 1 fund. The program was excellent l and was greatly enjoyed by the ap- preciative audience.
 The members of the New Britain ] Maternal association held a very de- lightful meeting Wednesday afternoon when they met in the South church ! chapel. Miss Harriet Wright who was l formerly in charge of the children's library at the New Britain Institute | told in a most pleasing way, some of her experiences with children and named a number of text books for ju- venile reading. .s.- Miss Amalia Traut entertained 0 numbere of her friends last Saturday afternoon at her home on Plainville road, the occasion being her tenth birthday.
 The Congregational club will meet Tuesday evening in Bristol, when Pro- lessor c. T. Winchester of Wesleyan will be the speaker of the evening and he will address his audience on Some Tendencies in Modern Literature.' Supper will be served at 6:3O. l.. c. Maier, l.. w. Labaree, and P. H. Rogers who are students at Will Hams college are home for the hol- idays.
 Mrs. F. A. Traut is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Traut
 MT. and Mrs w. Beers and Miss l Francis Beers are home from Miami, 1 Florida.
 Miss F'lorine Parker and her guest, ] Miss Margaret Sieben of Helena Mon ] tana, are spending the weekend at Dana Hall.
 l Wetmore and Corbin Wetmorc have l returned from Nassau
 l Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Eddy and Miss 1 Margaret Eddy have returned from l California.
 The Bristol boy scouts have invited the mem bers of the local organization l to a meeting in that city next month. l Mrs. A. J. SlOper gave a luncheon
 Wednesday to the officers of the l Woman's club.
 l Mrs Charles M. Landers is spend 1 ing a few days at the 13iltmore Hotel, l New York city.
 Miss Lucy Talcott is home from Miss l Porter school for the spring holiday. MT. and Mrs. Eugene Porter are in