New Britain herald., 1928-04-05

IL lS generally draD picture of Dart woods in the early spring, but ths first evidences Of fresh green gras. are discerncd and give the painting special charm at this season O the year. Some oi her paintings ar, somber in tone, while in others ther, IS q gorgeous riot Of color. but al are pleasing and appealing becaus, ot both subjects and treatment.
 The ba'ik work is even more won dertul than the paintings. These are done on both linen and silk, and the co!orS are brilliant and marvel, ous The subjects are largely hel own and include a peacock, a Chi. nese mandarin, young Lochinvar, | medieval flower girl, skulkint tiger in the jungle. and others q. varied and as teeming with actior and color. Her touch is not mod crnlsiic but sayors rather of the tapestries of o!den days, and. indeed those batlhs are designed for wal hansings. IL is these which have caught the fancy of the New York art enthusiasts, and Mrs. Harris seems about to be forced out Of hei modest shcl! of retirement into the llmelight Of the art world.
 Cleo Club Concert
 That Plainville students are not superstitious is proved by the fact that the annual glec club concert the big musical event of the year has been set for Friday. April IS Aside from separate numbers sung by each slrc club. q special feature Of this concert will be the cantata "ColumbuS," presented by the com. bnoI clubs. The solo parts of this canfata will be sung by Harry Coe Olmstead, bass, who will also sing a group of songs. MT. Olmstead is well known as the bass of the popu- lar Colonial quartet of Hartford.
 Good Friday Closing
 Good Friday will be observed to- morrow with q general shutdown of business in Plainyille. Only one factory, the Standard Steel & Bear- ings, Inc. will remain open, this plant being busy with orders at the present time. The Trumbul Electric Mfg. Co, Newton Mfg. Co.,. Ideal Machiner Co.,: Landers. Trary & Clark branch: Peck Spring Co.,. Plainville Electrical Products Co.,. Planville Electro Plating Co.,. and II. C. Baum Co, will shut down for the day only. At the Plainvillc Cast ing Co. and Peck Harris Co., opera tions were suspended tonight until Monday morning.
 The A. x P. and Economy stores will be open until 1 o'clock tomor- row afternoon. The majority of stores will remain open tonight un- til 10 o'clock and be closed all day tomorrow. while the barber shops will observe the same schedule. The post office will celebrate by merely closing it's windows at 2 instead of 7:3o r. m, while there will be only one delivery, The Plainville Trust Co, will not be open, The office of the town clerk will be closed. The public schools let out this afternoon until Monday morning.
 Good Friday Services
 A union Good Friday service of the Protestant churches will be held at 7:4o o'clock tomorrow evening in the Advent Christian church. Each of the ministers of the coopera ting churches will give a brief talk on Me" and the Advent Christian church choir will sing. An offering will be taken up for charitable pur- poses.
 The mass of the pre-sanctitied will be said at 7:S0 o'clock tomor- row morning at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. with unveiling and of the cross.
 A service will be held at 1o:30 o'clock in the morning at the Church of Our Saviour, and there will be from F noon to p. m.
 C. Of C. Annual
 The annual meeting of the Plain- vile Chamber of Commerce will be held in the chamber rooms on Pierce street tonight. This will be com- bined gathering of the directors and and officers for the com- ing year will be elected. It is also expected that the town display com- mttee will make report. ns this group is now nearing a final pro- position which it will put to the Iownspeople.
 w. C. T. '. Meeting
 The regular w. C. T. U. meeting will be held at .:30 o'clock Friday April 10. with Mrs. Will bur stoddard of Cook street. Those accommodations in taxi for a small sum each are requested o notify Mrs. Hyde as soon as pos- sible.
 Pythian Sisters Whist
 Ten tables of whist were played It he social conducted by the Pythian Sisters in Odd Fellows hall last evening. The prizes were awarded IS follows: Ladies' first, Mrs. A. Askme: second. Mrs. M. Dutton: :hird. Mrs. J. Fanion. Mems first. !. Conlon: second, E. Wilcox: third, \. Askme. There will be two more Shists in the series.
 Cosmopolitan Rowling
 The under dogs had their day in he Cosmopolitan bowling league at 1art's alleys when the NJ. E. church cam cleaned up four points at the .xpense of the Musketeers, while the 3ozukers came through with a hree-to-one win over the Smoke Eaters. Mir. Rogers of the M. E. hurch was high man for the night. he scores:
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