New Britain herald., 1916-04-15

SWdnlpS f1e gave all interesting du- dress at the State Normal school We'd nesday evening under the auspices of the Parents and Teachers association he gave a lecture at the High school, his subejct being s'The Tangled Wild 1 wood."
 Last evening MT. Schurr gave a de- l lightful address to the boys depart ] ment of the Y. M. c. A. on 'The Ma ture of the Berksnires.' | The Wentworth annual ball which will take place in Booths hall on Fri day evening. April 2S, promises to be an especially brilliant event. Neither l time nor effort have been spared by | the committee who has charge of 1t 1 and it is expected that it will be even l more successful than the balls of pre- vious years. The Tuxedo Mandolin and i Guitar club of Hartford will furnish 1 the music for the occasion, giving concert from half past eight until nine and then playing dance music l until one. 1 The board of charities and the New Britain Charity organization in the in ! terest of the New Britain milk station and the Visiting Nurses association, i have been making plans for helping ! the babies of this city during the hot weather. When the station is opened at the end of June a baby exhibit will 1 take place if the present plans are carried out, and then a better baby contest at the end of the summer. In this way those in charge will be able to judge the amount of good that the station has accomplished. The concert which the Y. M. c. A. orchestra gave last Tuesday evening was a marked success. The splendid l program was enthusiastically received by the large audience.
 Thursday evening the members of the orchestra enjoyed supper in the i association gymnasium. A. O. Wash burn of the educational department was master of ceremonies, giving short address, and Fred w. Latham. who assisted in the annual concert, was the guest of the evening. -..(. %"f''"-- xss&. -A. 'a-
 The members of the New Britain Radio club held a most enjoyable meeting Tuesday evening when they met at the Y. M. c. A. and listened to an interesting talk by MT. Yuon on his theory of sound. The club mem bers expect that D. Tuska of Hartford will address them at some later date. Organist J. c. Beebe's Wednesday, afternoon organ recitals still continue to delight New Britain audiences. Wednesdays recital was an especially pleasing one since the. program was made up of Wagner's compositions. In spite of the indictment weather last evening the supper that the Ladies' Aid, the Women's Home and Foreign Mission societies gave at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church was we'll attended, the sale of tickets being large
 The Misses Royce entertained the mem bers of the Emma Hart Willard chapter, D. A. R., Friday afternoon Rev Samuel A. Fiske, pastor of the Berlin Congrega tional church gave a very interesting talk on "Peace.'
 
 Mrs L. M. Bancroft charmingly en- rartained the Maple Hill bridge club at her home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. ]. c. Moody won the prize. 1
 Mrs. Frank J. Porter of Lexington | street has returned from an enjoy | able trip to Texas and California.
 
 Miss Frances Whittlesey delightful : ly entertained the members of the : Current Events club Monday after noon at the Berlin Tea shop.
 The boy scout meet which was to have been held in Bristol last evening was of necessity postponed until la ter date.
 Miss Katherine Brooks has return ed to Miss Capen's school, North ampton, Mass.
 Miss Charlotta Sloper entertained a number of her friends Tuesday after noon at her home on Grove Hill, the occasion being her eleventh birth day.
 The friends of Maurice H. Johnson whose marriage to Miss Helen Mac Milan will take place at the Trinity Meth odist church, Monday evening. April twenty-fourth are giving him a bachelor dinner this evening at the Elm Tree inn, Pennington.
 Leonard Maier and Phillip Rogers have gone back to Williams college which reopened Thursday after the spring holiday.
 The members of the school council will hold their annual banquet on Wednesday evening, May 17.
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 The members of the New Britain lodge of Elks are planning to have a