New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
DANCE 70 MISS HART TONIGHT
Hawey To Entertain For College Britain Club Night Attendane-Cabaret

The presentation of System" a play by Rev. Dr. c. w. c. Hill, by the Brotherhood of tho South Con-
 gregationai church on last Tuesday
 and Wednesday evening has evoked
 much favorable comment from peo-
 pic about the city. The story, con-
 cerning tho troubles of an old man
 who paid the city $l5 for an adding
 machine and then tried to get either
 the machine or the money out of the
 mass of red tape and the group of
 politicians. was exceedingly we'll told
 by the author and well delivered by the actors. Winchell Smith. of Farm ington, aided in directing the produce
 tion. The piece was staged in the South church chapel.
 In unwinding the narrative an old
 Yankee farmer is one of the prin-
 ,ipal characters. Nathaniel Hobbs
 (the farmer), has made living and good one by judging men and business. He Is prevailed upon to buy an adding machine by one of the younger generation. his daughter. Whereupon he manages to locate a machine that has been discarded by the city by mistake and which may be purchased for S15. The machine is ordered back into the tax col lector's office after the mistake has been discovered, but this does not suit Hobbs. who finally gets the ma chine. The interjections of the farmer throughout the play and his wholesome, If amusing, advice to ftn{o hox 11 f,,~ Sc1. ', comedy feature.
 The cast of characters was:
 Nathaniel Hobbs ...............
 .......... Raymond R.. Watkins
 Mrs. Hobbs. Mrs. R. P. Babcock Nancy Hobbs. ....... Ruth V. Henry Dan Edwards. =. Harry E. Scheuy Martin Marsh. .. George E. M. Bean Merrill Knight. Sidney A. Montague Gideon Hale. =. David R. Manning Benjamin Perkins. Howard Timbrell Samuel Butler. .. George W. c. Hill Stenographers Margaret Board
 man and Elizabeth G. Sherman
 The play will be repeated March 23.
 Mrs. George NJ. Flanagan of Forest ! street entertained the Emerson Col lege club of Hartford at St. Pat ] rick's day luncheon this afternoon. A literary program followed the lunch con, consisting of q review of Irish | poetry and drama, and the reading of | two of Lady Gregorys plays.
 Miss Margaret Lewis daughter of Mir. and Mrs B. W. Lewis of Harri- son street. returned last evening from New York city, where she has been spending several weeks with Mir. and Mrs. Edwin N. Lewis
 The Alpha Delta Sigma fraternity | will hold it's annual Easter dance at the Elks' club on Friday evening. April G. Music for the occasion will | be furnished by the New Departure orchestra of Bristol from until l | o'clock.
 Mrs. r. M. Lyon of Hartford enter Iained at tea on Tuesday afternoon Tor Mrs. John Fellows of New Britain. About 20 guests were present from Hartford and New Britain.
 her bridge club at lunch- son and bridge at her home on Thurs lay.
 Eddie s. kalin, a graduate of the New Britain High school, and sen- or at Middlebury college, has recent y been elected to Phi Beta Kappa An average of S7h or ovcr for seven semesters of college work is necessary for election to Phi Beta Kappa. Mir. kalin is also a member of Kappa Delta Rho frater- ,ity.
 Friends of Howard D J. Clark will ,e interested 10 know that Mir Clark las been elected a junior editor on The Polytechnic" the publication of I he students of Rensselaer, Polytech- lie Institute at Troy. N. Y. Mir. Clark 5 member of the sphomore class in he department of engineering at the institute.
 At the state convention of the D. A. { t, held last week in Bristol. which
 number of members of Esther Stan sy chapter of this city attended, Mrs. a 'harles H. Bissel was reelected state s egent. Other officers selected were 2 Hiss Katherine Nettleton. of Derby, ice-regent: Mrs. Frederick Stevens, f Bridgeport, recording secretary; IT fiss Alice Lee Coe, of Winsted, cor ' esponding secretary: Mrs. James K. F rofut, consulting registrar; Miss Jen- l. ie Loomis, of Windsor, treasurer; V Iiss Harriet r. Marsh, of New Haven, q istorian: Miss Jessie W. Hayden. li- t rarian. and Miss Florence M. Crofut, o frs. Fred A. Strong. Mrs. c. NJ. D each, Mrs. Frank Spencer. Mrs. Will A am s. Ingraham. Miss May Louise n ardee and Mrs. Wills E. Terrell, p ounsellor.
 The annual meeting of the Wom- q n's club will be held in the Center st hurch chapel Tuesday afternoon, q Tarch 27th Officers for the coming e gar will be chosen and the usual u nnual reports presented. c
 
 Stanley Cooper, son of Mir. and Mrs. lisha Cooper of Vine street is at- R ndng the festivities at Vassar col tt ge this weekend. Mir. Cooper is e Inior at Yale University. e Henry Maier, son of the Rev. H. w. in Id Mrs. Maier. of Lexington street v home from Princeton University for oi e weekend. Mir. Maier has for his ouse guest Robert Skinner of Gou- 'rneur. N. r., who is also student d;
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