New Britain herald., 1921-03-16
M0NTCLAIR CHURCH ]. GREATLY STIRRED
Liquor, Masquerade Costumes, etc., Cause Commotion


 consisting of a brief two- piece bath ing suit and a set of criifkly rinklet Npeeping from beneath a colorful cap
 be considered an "infel!citous'' cos
 tune for a masquerade ball given ir
 n suburban town uf1der church aus. J pices? .-:> ."' l That.is part the question that is
 or rather was. agitating: I50 or sc
 members of the Watching Congrega-
 tional church. on Watching avenue
 lp the respectable town of Montclair
 Unfortunately. that is not the whole I of the question. Little matters of i .drinking liquor and breaking of con-
 tracts also figured in the Washing I tons birthday dance of a subscrip- { ton club connected. with the Watch l ung congregation held in the com
 munity house adjacent to the church | over which the Rev. pr. Thomas ! Travis. a veteran i'of Vimy Ridge,
 Ypres and other enga4sments invqlv- I ing Australian anddEnglfsh forces in the World war. presides. -.
 There is no denial either by the
 dance committee or the standing com-
 mittee two weeks after the dance, that. there was some imbibing of
 liquor on Washington's recent birth day. There is no denial that a cer- tain. young gentleman of prominent
 conriections did fool -staid members of "hathinE girl .:co$tume. l"
 He wore stocking that reached
 above His knees. either for the sake
 of felicity or to disguise his mas
 cultne shanks, but now there is not the slightest iii feeling and as evil
 dence tos it, another dance, the last
 scheduled under the present contract,
 was held in the comufunity house last
 night. This dance was the superla-
 tive of the felicitious. - The dance committee who have been running affairs of the masquer- ade sort, in the church house for the last four years consists of Mir. and:
 Mrs. J..D. Cone of s3 Beverly road.
 MT. and Mrs. c. c. Wendehack of 124 Ciordonhurst avenue, and MT. and Mrs L.. D. Elmer of v Beverly road. all comparatively young folk. Each | couple receifed a stiff letter from the standing .committee. who has the | right to say whether tho community l house shall bo let for dances and like | .cutertsinments,, sS ga Tifc' StandfnF Committee consists of the dominic and the deacons. whhl a few others. inclssd ing .FrederiGtt 'Sirits rf'f fdgsruort r r sB ctId, .s.Hy. T Fl of EYllterton- Boad, Albertl Rohn of Watching avenue and w. III. mgerehead of No. 235 Park street. I
 tsFrou these the. letter was senttUait r-ernindfng the dante eommittee 9iat the .eontraft tsllIowing them thefufel of. 2, the CoTnmuDity rffotfs5s ccnfain n clause which provides that there4isl 10 sSbe NO infclicitious dances. 'or tifinkf,g, or cestuufos. 7. ,.c.f h. + "A member of the dance committeet confessed that she, was puzzled byI the Word "infeiicitious." but. MT. who knews more la so,ss tho little disagreement than most anybody. explained later that the word,.is a generous ono,s and the >ac-l iion -of Che sianding.. committee has been broad throughout.
 The contract expired with the danceI last night Mir Moorehead pointed outI that with a signing of the same con-l tract again withE certain reservationsl he does not care to have published,1 dances may continue there until eter- nity. so far as he is concerned.
 The fact is. everybody connected is willing 10 admit that. the settlementI of the difficulty has been along thel tma ginable lines. and thati <indIy feeIin- reigns.%
 It was learned that the dance com nittee did. not have a copy of the contract last Washington's birthday ] put a copy was sent them soon after T ward. Whether any of the feminine t dancers were in any: way indecorous l .ould not be learned. but Mr. Mooretj { lead expressed his belief that the l most infelicitious act of which any! a ,f the fair sex was, guilty was in I conventional evening gowns, f ,uf. .he confessed that hnE could mol i lothing about that. nor did he want } O do anything. .. asMf. sEf6oreh~ati' ,aid >lfrot Jattersi. tIreI i lance Teb.-i2a nor did hsssttend theE, ,ne last night, not Being. a dancingI t nan: butshe- said <tiie report of the I hings that; happended at the Wash a ngton birthday dance came from a q member of the church whordid attend. I iome of the alcoholic responsibility C must be borne by guests at that dance. le asserted. but a part of the hooch vas fetched by members. he knows.
 What one member of the dancel committed wants tot know is when a uburtan' community becomes shock "a ,vbv Anoa otl rfI