Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10
LITERARY PROGRAM AT
 T.xs ss = PARISH HOUSE ASSN
<March Meeting Proved Most Inter- estinJ One at Ossood Memorial.

The regular monthly meeting of the Parish House association of Park church was held Friday afternoon ir
 the Hugh Osgood Memorial and was o1 a very interesting character
 Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn, president presided and called attention to the next two meetings. The April meet ing will be devoted to Red Cross worI. and will really be the campaign in the church for that organization. It will last from until G. and no other busl- ness will be conducted. Since the May
 meeting is the annual one, with the election of officers, the president ap- pointed as the nominating committee to report at that meeting Mrs Frank Hampstead, chairman, Mrs. Zebulon R. Robbins and Miss Louise B. Meech. The secretary's report was read and
 Mrs. Lloyd Buckingham, accompa-
 nied by Mrs. F. D. Ballou. sang
 charmingly When the Sand Was
 White, by Arens, and as an encore Josephine Preston Peabody's Bedtime.
 over to an exhibition of Chinese em-
 broideries and garments l oaned by
 Miss Della. .Leavens and the reading
 from Chinese poets and folk lore by
 Miss Marshall in the. absence of Miss
 Leavens.
 Miss Marshall read several very
 characteristic stories A Tartar Joan
 of Arc, being the story of a mountain
 maiden who became general of the
 such. was given. The Jade Treasure,
 a story of a priceless jewel and the
 struggle for its possession; the fable
 of the Wild Goose and the Sparrow and a. charming bit of folk lore called
 How the Cat and the Dog Came to Be
 Enemies, followed. From little
 book of poems, A Suite Of Jade, she read the very comprehensive and in- teresting preface and proceeded to read Tn1 and Dream of Spring, each possessed of unusual delfcacy and beauty.
 =. In . letter to the Yale alumni, Dick son Leavens wrote most interestingly of the new buildings under construc- ton at the college at Changsha, of the needs and of the college library and the books at their disposal.
 In another extract from the same journal Miss Marshall read from the letter of Miss Nina D. Gage of the work of the Ya-li hospital and her thrilling experiences as nurse there. She told. of the many wounds of yio- lence and the ignorance of goth century
 At the conclusion of the literary program Mrs. Buckingham sang de- lightfuiy-. 4 Persian Lullaby and A | Little Pink Rose, by Bond, after which tea was served and an opportunity given for the ladies to view the beauti- fHI specimens of Chinese. handfwork which adorned. the walls. There were many panels of silk rich with metal threads 6f-embroidery, used for temple nangings. many of them very old. 4 great variety of putZe there were also tnd embroidered ksashes, cuffs for ,eafss strips for making shoes and | number of bands for trimming. Many l If these were in the beautiful Chinese ,Ius sflades stiff with gold and silver | one particularly ovely one vas of exauisiteiy fine embroidery in | lelicate shades of watery green. pale seliowss and browns, with touches of | ,iffe and .acora1, ,s~ on a white ground | with q riot of birds and pale hued | over .a1l.- There was also | .n imperial yellow silk, skirt richly
 withhilse siiken roses, own d 5by-a Jpfincess, and a wonderful E mandarin coat in every shade of bne | nd gray, with a. deep rainbow border frs. TirreH wore an imperial blue coat Fl vfth. the. royal insignia of five claws, Instead of the usual three, and Miss Fl sernon wore a very lovely one of 'ellow.
 There were also dolls dressed to u