The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-14
DIPLOMAS TO BE AWARDED NURSES TOMORROW NIGHT Graduation Exercises of Hospital Training School
 in Auditorium. MEETING, NATIONAL
 WOMAN'S PARTY College Club to Have Inter esting Speaker on
 February 19.

pr1zed possession of Mrs. Maud Met calf, superintendent of the Park Hos pital of New York, who will address the graduating class Mrs. Metcalf was at the head of a hospital in a small town in Serbia which was she'll ed by the Germans and after the townspeople had fled and building af- ter building was being raized, Mrs. Metcalf made an American flag from personal effects and fioated it over the hospital, saving that institution Mrs. Metcalf will bring a special message to the pupil nurses of the great need of their profession in war and incidentally will relate some very interesting circumstances from the front.
 The graduating exercises are open to the public and will begin at 8:3O o'clock. Dr. Charles c. Godfrey, re- gently elected president of the hos pital, will preside. The diplomas will be presented by Dr. George B. Cowell head of the training school, while Miss Oliver, superintendent of nurses at the hospital, will bestow upor each graduate the coveted profes- sional emblem.
 It has been customary on these | occasions to shower the graduates with floral tributes, but this year the class has voted to request thei1 friends to refrain from spendins money for flowers, in view of the general attitude of the country or conservation.
 A nf ni oh of h | local Home Guard under the direc. tion of Russell D. Cate, will act as | ushers.
 The National Woman's Party ha. 1 announced that it is to hold a meet | ing in this city on Sunday afternoon March IT. This is that portion of tht l Suffrage party known as Congression | al Unionists that believes in picketins | and like methods to carry it's point and a number of it's members were jailed in Washington for their activi i ties in the vicinity of the Whit House. Like the National Suffrag, Association the party workers are en deavoring to bring about the passag, of the Federal amendment known a the Susan B. Anthony amendment.
 Dudley Field Malone, former col lector of the Port of New York, is t be the speaker at the meeting to b, held here but the place for the meet | ing has not been secured as yet. I is one of a series of meetings beins held in Connecticut, in an effort t. 1 crystalline the suffrage sentiment ant 4o IrS,, pressure to bear upon the senator from Connecticut so that they vii cast their votes in favor of the Fed era1 amendment. At the meetin! held in Hartford recently there wa an attendance of 2,00O and there vii be another in New Haven on Marcl | 10. Miss Catherine Mullen of Nev Haven and Miss Catherine Flanagan of Hartford, are the national organ izers who are in charge of thes meetings and Miss Flanagan was il this city yesterday making the pre- liminary arrangements for the meet ing here.
 Under the auspices of the Colleg Club of which Mrs. Frank Miller 1 president, there is to be very inter esting meeting on Tuesday evening Feb. 19, when Miss Gertrude P. Tub by, secretary to Prof. James P. Fly slop of the Society for Psychical Re
 search, is to be the speaker. He
 subject is to be "Psychical Researc and Surviva1s." The Society fo
 Psychical Research has been quite | s,. 1o4a | the communications which it alleges
 is getting from Mark Twain. It not known whether or not Miss Tub , by will touch upon this happening
 A very enjoyable social gatherin
 was held recently at the home of Mis
 Alice Hauessler, the occasion being
 novelty shower in honor of MT Henry Holmberg, formerly Miss Ma
 Tyer. The bride received man
 handsome gifts, among them being
 beautiful chest of silver from he
 associates of the George c. Batchelle , Go. Refreshments were served an : musical selections were rendered Miss E. Grosshans and Miss Ros s Caseria. Those present were: Alit HaueSSler, Ruth HaueSSler, MT
 Hauessler, May Cutler, Mrs. Coe, Eth
 Slattery, Mrs. B. Nagle, Mrs. Grs \ ham, Mrs. Fernly, Mrs. Meyers, MT H ! Mary Evans, Edna Hauessler, Jenn I Hauessler, Mrs. Coakley, Minnie c; | seria, Rose Caseria, Marion Fanto J Gladys Fanton, Ethel Grosshans, MT l. Henry Holmberg.
 Seldom has there been heard in tn city a musical program, so distinctly
 so unique and so thoroughly artist
 as. that presented to the members
 the Wednesday Afternoon Music
 Club yesterday afternoon by the TT
 de Lutece. This organization is con
 posed of George Barrere, flute; Ca
 los Salzedo, harp, and Paul Kefe # cello, All three are artists in eve
 sense of the word, masters of the q respective instruments. The sele
 lions chosen were most melodious al lyet of type that required the grea