The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL


 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL | Bridgeport will have the opportun-
 ity of hearing Grace Grenell Farmer, l who has made such a stir with her
 classes in Sprin gfie1d, Hartford and
 New Haven, Thursday evening. Mrs.
 Farmer has just completed a course
 of five lectures in New Haven, which | have been attended by several Bridge port women. Her visit Thursday
 is the only one which will be made { this spring. While in the city she
 will be the guest of Mrs. D. K. Mich l olson- The address will be in the 1 chapel of the First Presbyterian
 church, which is situated at State
 street and Myrtle avenue.
 l > Mrs. Farmer will give resume of
 an Oriental trip with reference to l the condition of women in non-Chris-
 tian lands and the improvement in
 the lot of women. She is secretary 1 of the Federation of Women's Boards
 of the various missions of North
 America and comes here on the unit l ed invitation of all the missionaries
 societies of Bridgeport. Mrs. Farmer
 is a woman of many talents. At the
 present time she not only holds the
 office above referred to, but is the
 editor of a newspaper and is a mem
 Der of the faculty of the NorthfieId 1 school. Merely to cover the expense 1 of the coming of Mrs. Farmer to | Bridgeport, a small admission will l be charged.
 MT. and Mrs. A. J. LaBord enter
 tained a number of their young friends
 Sunday at their home in Long Hin.
 The party was started early in the
 afternoon and lasted until the last 1 ttgreen jigger'' brought the young peo- | Y01n tn Oifx Vay- 7esS and other forms of amusement made a pleasant day pass quickly and the only
 regret expressed Was at parting time.
 Great interest was aroused when MT.
 La Bord displayed the many souvenirs ] he has collected on his travels. The l couple have had an extensive career
 before the footlights and were known 1 in those days as La Bord and Ryer- 1 son. The guests list comprised the
 Misses Catherine Harnan, Evon Dey-
 one, The1ma Carat, Mary and Agnes { Dunleavy, Lulu and Ethel Kelly, MT.
 and Mrs. A. J. La Bord and MT. La
 Bord's mother; Clifford Wheeler, Wal | lace Bradley, LaTTrence Lanyan, Jo- sepr Hurley, John Pardo, Louis Good
 chu, John Dunleavey, Joseph La
 Breque and Carl Ross.
 Edward B. McDermott has resigned
 as traffic manager of the American l British Manufacturing Co.,, and has
 accepted a berth with the General 1 Ordnance Co.,, Derby. as general man ager.
 The Hinkee. Dee club will give a formal dance at the Stratfield on
 Friday evening, April 2s.
 Because of the dance that wilson Marshall of Marina, park will give l March 24, the subscription dance which the Four Leaf Clover club was 1 to have given on that date has been
 postponed until March 25- Proceeds 1 of the Four Leaf Clover clubs dance
 will be used, for the Kindergarten of
 Atlanta University.
 Sunday, MaFch 6, at the home of
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, Of | Stratford. there was a, gathering in
 honor of the birthday of Mrs J. Don- l ovan. Musical selections were ren-
 dered by the Misses Nagle and Dono-
 van. Vocal selections were given by
 the fInvincible Quartet Roy and Lou Burgess. John Garvey and Daniel
 Sullivan. Mrs. Donovan obliged with
 a very artistic sword dance. A bur
 lesque dance by Charles Goerig and
 Edward Boinay was an amusing fea- l ture.
 On March IS and Is, the annual
 State Conference of the Daughters of | \ in the Second Congregational cnurch.
 Derby. The attendants will include
 regents, delegates and alternates to
 the Continental Congress in Wash | ington, D. c. The conference will be the first held under the revised by laws and there will be a credential committee present for the registra- | ton of delegates, regents and alter mates and the giving out of creden- | tials. The members of the conference will be entertained at the Library haIl Derby on Wednesday evening.
 The members of the Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter. will be the hos tesses for the entire conference |. The Bridgeport Business Woman'S club will bring to this city Friday evening one of the most prominent lecturers in the country, Dr. Walter Rauschenbusch, of the Rochester Theological seminary and well known as author of several books on social problems and contributor to the Out | look, The American and other cur rent magazines. Dr. Rauschen- busch will speak on t'The Forces Be- ditorium of the new high school, for which a cordial invitation is extended l to all. No admission collection will be taken. The speaker was on the program but owing to a misunderstanding did the Business woman's club to intro ity. Dr. Harriet Van Deusen. presi- f7a 7a71t 0f he oIT h will TNra al "a