The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-23
RED CROSS HOLD
 BRIDGE WHIST AT BROOKLAWN CLUB
First Rehearsal of the Ora torio Society Will Be
 Held Tonight
PROFESSOR LECTURES
 ABOUT THOMAS HARDY
Silver and Gut Glass Shower Is Given for Miss Bessie
 Kelly

Kelly
 From present indications, the num- Der of reservations for luncheon and of those who have taken tables for the Red Cross bridge and luncheon at the Brooklawn Country club will make the affair a great success. The com mittee in charge has worked untir- ingly and for this one occasion non- members are to be privileged to at- tend the function. This includes the luncheon as well as the bridge. It will give great many chance to see the clubhouse which is replica of the famous club at Piping Rock. Among those, who are to be at the club for lunch and to play bridge afterwards are: Mrs. Frederick Bas- sick, Mrs. H. LeBaron Peters, Miss Amelia Beardsley. Mrs. Bradford D. Pierce. Miss May DeForest, Mrs. AL fred Fones,s Mrs. w. B. Seeley, Mrs. Clinton Barnum Seeley, Miss Austina Futile: Mrs. L.. B.. Curtis, Miss Anne Jennings, Mrs. Mary s. Mills. Mrs. Samuel Wheeler, Mrs. Henry Glover, Mrs. c. B. Doremus, Mrs. o. H. Della noy, Mrs. w. R.. Eaton, Mrs. Harry Christie, Miss Edith Christie, Mrs. E. IN. 0p0TTy, MIS- w. l.. I1dFl1dnu, MIS- R. I. Neithercut. Mrs. Stiles Goodsell, | Mrs. Bedford. Mrs. D. c. Laizure, Mrs. c. G. Waldo, Mrs D. Fairchild Wheeler, Mrs. F. S. Strong, Mrs. w.. Percy Allen, Mrs. Jarvis Williams. Mrs. John Field, Mrs. Jonathan Grout, Mrs. N. H. Heft, Mrs. W. B. i Lashar, Mrs. N. W. Bishop, Mrs. 1 Sanford Stoddard, Miss Barbara Waldo. Mrs. Guy Miller. Mrs. s. C Shaw, Mrs. L. B. Powe. Mrs. D.. s. Day, Mrs. W. c. Bryant, Mrs. M. H. l Chapin, Mrs. Samuel Senior, Mrs. l Harvey Hubben, Mrs. G. s. Hawley. Mrs. w. T. eHincks, Mrs. H. H. DeLoss, Mrs. H HI. Hamilton, Mrs. G. c. Ger rish and Mrs. John Pullman Mrs. H. H. DeLoss is the treasurer of the kfunds derived from the bridge party l that are to be used to further the work of the Red Cross. zes..44s sl. l Members of the Bridgeport Ora 1 torio society will hold: their first res l hearsa1 this evening in the auditor ium of the Bridgeport High school al l 7:45 o'clock. The chorus will be
 somewhat smaller this year owing to
 the fact that the stage is small. Prof
 Horatio Parker's Flora Novissima' IS lll0 Ul& WOTh tIldL WILL pS sung 61AC
 Dr. Arthur Mees will again act as
 director.
 The first lecture in a course O. Ithree under the auspices of the Court
 land School Graduates Association
 was held yesterday afternoon at thu
 home of Miss Elizabeth Nichols ol Clinton avenue. It is the hope of thu association, as expressed by Mis- Louise Warren who introduced tn
 speaker of the afternoon that in tn
 course of time the association vii
 find it possible to erect fitting mem
 orial to Miss Miner and Miss Marbl
 the founders of Courtland School. Miss Warren said that for tim the members felt as if they were } finished problem, a closed corpora } ton, but, that twenty years of fellow , ship meant too much to be lightl
 given over and that perhaps som mission could be found in Bridgeport
 that some way would be shown t l Icarry on the ideals and inspiration l of the school. In presenting Pro } fCarrol Lewis Maxcy, dean of William College as the speaker of the after F noon, whose topic was Thoma t Hardy. The Apostle of Fatalism,'' Ms 3 Warren said it was most fitting etha
 he should open the course for he lik ] the members of the association ha 8 studied with Miss Miner and Mis . Marble.
 Prof. Maxcy said that Miss Warre r haid said exactly what he had wtshe 1 Ito express that 1t was fitting that h . the member of the alumni should at Q dress the alumnae of Courtlan . lschool. 'In a way said he.'it is ur i. fortunate that should be speaking c ]. Ipessimism when renewing old frient : for the past two days. Prof. Maxe = knew Hardy which gave rather a pc
 sonal touch to his words.
 In opening his talk he spoke of u
 difference between the modern nov and those of the Mid-Victorian CT = Novels of the present day would ha, been anathema then. Now the move - ist has become a, lantern to our fe . and are a part of our heritage to
 deep down into the problems whiC 'e underlie personalities. Novels are b e coming increasingly serious and wit
 and their evolution constantly deeper ing.
 The important fact about any nov n and on which criticism is based 5 what has the author tried to ekpre
 nAA LOW udS n0 OAptSSSSo lL. a' spoke of the kindly help given Hart J. by George Meredith and contrast, .- the sombre melancholy hopeless no in Hardy's poetry, which Hardy hir o self considers better than his pro Ft with that of George Eliot. '.The R le turn of the Native" ''Tess of u ls D'Urbervilles;'' ''Wood1anders;" ar k' The Trumpet Major were cited four masterpieces that stand in u g, forefront of the literature of the 19 'u century. '"The Dynasts'' a treme Il, dous drama in 19 acts and 1as seen e. was criticized as work that in yea
 to come would either be totally fo 'd gotten or else bring immortality to er writer.
 V Hardy is a pessimist. a fataHst. l r. believes that all is wrong with t ve world. That everything hangs u, chance and this is illustrated in pfa v, tically all of his novels for his chs
 actars on being confronted with
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