New Britain herald., 1929-04-13

Mrs. Wood and Miss Marsh of New York city and Miss Rose Churchill of Pennington,
 Mrs. Milton Jones of Trumbull street entertained the members of her bridge club Monday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Metcalf of West Hart ford won the prize.
 Miss Muriel Weber of the Glen apartments entertained eight couples at a dinner and bridge party last night in honor of two guests. Harvey Conner and Clete Tate of North Caro- lima.
 Our really youngest set had a jolly party last night when a pro- gressive dinner added novelty 0 their regular Friday night dancing club party. Mrs. Donald Bartlett. Mrs. Clifford Merwin and Mrs. Ray mond Catlin, who are almost neigh bors, at least live close enough to one another to make such a party possible were the hostesses, enter. taining the Friday night class for their young daughters. Barbara Bartlett. Dorothy Catlin and Vir- ginia Merwin. There are nearly 20 youngsters in the group and assem- bled at dinner in their best bib and tucker they made a very gay scene. The entire class includes Prudence Pease, Jane and Greta Rogers. Nir- ginia Merwin. Barbara Frisbie, Bet ty Spring. William Booth, jr.. Max well Coe, John Parsons. Milton Marsh. Richard Weed. Robert Fris- bic, jr., and lnger Grocock.
 The subject of art is always of interest 10 smart New Britainites and no exception is seen in the showing of paintings at the Morgan Memorial where the Woman Paint. CTS and Sculptors of Hartford are holding their first annual exhibition in Hartford this week. It SO hap pened on the day we saw the pie lures that New Britainites were more in evidence than Hartford folk. It was one of those warm spring days during the first part Of the week and it would have been hard to pick the best dressed woman in the crowd SO lovely were all the costumes. Mrs Elisha Cooper, whose work is always of interest to her fellow citizens and friends, may claim one of the very loveliest pictures on display. It IS called Black Walnut" Mrs. Cooper also shows one called Eight Mile River" which is another lovely thing. Mrs. Frank Nihberts is show ing two beautiful pictlres, Autumn Glow" and "The Landmark" Among those four from New Britain it would really be difficult to make choice.
 Mrs. Raymond Frapbre gave a fes- tive party Thursday night at her home on Monroe street, entertaining several friends with auction bridge ana supper.
 Among the New Britain folks dining at the Hartford club last night was a party including MT. and Mrs. Donald Gaffney. Mrs. George kimball, Mrs Harold M. Parsons and Mir. and Mrs. Pardon Hickey of Berlin
 Miss Emily Sloper, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. II. T. Sloper, is plan
 ming an afternoon party for Tues day of next week.
 1 Mrs. Jarvis Dowd. one of East Berlin's popular young matrons, gave a delightful bridge supper
 party carly in the week. entertain ing more than score of friends with auction and contract bridge. The trophies for play went to Mrs.
 James Macpherson and Mrs. Harold i Clark.
 l One might almost say all New Britain's theater followers turned
 out for the opening performance of Rain or Shine at Parsons theater Thursday night for the brilliant au- l dience of handsomely gowned wom-
 en that filled the theater included a