New Britain herald., 1929-02-16

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 Review Of opera Johnny Strikes Up the Band." Recent developments In China. The Cascade mountain tunnel. At the close Of the claas tea was served. The coH,mtttee for ths tea composed of Ma. Horace Brown. Miss Gladys Day. Mra. o. F. Parker and Mrs. A. B. Porter. > The feature of the meeting of the New Britain Musical club at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Marcus H. Tleitxer last Tuesday was an ad- dress by Arthur c. Kimball. who described musical pilgrimage he and his family made in Europe last summer. During the course of the talk MT. Kimball forcefully criti. cised the actions of some American tourists who disport themselves In a manner to earn well-merited crit icismS.
 A silver dish was presented by the club to MT. and Mira. Charles W. Smedley. who were recently mar ried. Mrs. smedley. nee Ruth Schade. is a charter member of the club.
 The musical program was as l follows:
 Sonata No. 1 in D. ........ -yande! Albin Pikutis. violin; Charles A. Johnson. piano.
 Mattinata Tosti The Second Mfnuet ....... Besby
 Mrs. Edward Schupack. mezzo soprano: Theron w. Hart at the piano.
 Spanish Dance No. l. .. Granados Eroticon, Op. l ......... Sjogren Ethel Proir. pianist.
 How Do I Love Thee .........
 ............... Maude V. White Impatience ............. Schubert Donna, vorree morer ....... Tost,
 John A. Lindsay. baritone: Mrs. Lindsay at the piano.
 MT. Pikutis and Mrs. Schupack were newcomers on the club pro- gramA The former was runner-up in the recent Kate A. Stanley schol arship contest Both were highly complimented upon their excellent contributions to the program.
 The meeting closed with refresh ments served by Mrs. Fleitzer and her assistants. {
 Friday afternoon. Gleason w. Parke- chairman of house commit tee of the Shuttle Meadow met with Harold Parsons. chairman of thu. entertainment committed of the club house to complete plans for a dance to take place Saturday, February .Srd. Mir. Parsons committee in- cludes Mrs. Donald Gaffney, Mrs. Howard Humphrey. Mrs Johnstona Vance. Manville Johnson and Ed ward Twichell .. .... The Woman's club of New Brit ain. Mrs. Laurence Mouat. president, Will present Mary Agnes Doyle, In- terpreter of Literature, at ts regu- lar meeting on Tuesday afternoon. February 18th at 2:30 o'clock. in the parlors of the First Consraga. tional church.
 Miss Doyle combines an i'm. rressive knowledge of psychoiogy with technical skill in the creation Of all of her characters, and she plays them magnificently. it is said Miss Doyle's repertoire has in. cludcd many important ro,es. tho most distinctive being that of Juno in Juno and the Paycock." she has been a leading woman for Thomas Wood Stevens at the Good man Memorial theater of Chicago for several seasons. Tea will be served at the close Of the meeting. The Teachers club gave a Valen tine tea Thursday afternoon at tn, 1, Walnut Hill school. Miss Elizabeth Clark. Miss Mary Tormay and Mis- Mary A. Campbell presided at th, tables. The hostesses were teachers from the Walnut Hill. Smith, Wash. ington. Chamberlain and Roosevelt schools.
 
 The Teachers club of Plainvill |, gave its second annual dance last night in the Plainville High school gymnasium. The Trinity Bacchanal. ians of New Britain furnished the music.
 The committee in charge of the [ affair consisted of Miss Madeline Feury. chairman: Miss Katherine Torrant. Miss Helen Somers. Leon ard R. Wilkinson. ice-Principal Douglass S. MacDor Nld president Of the club: and Pr ncipal Orrtn l.. Judd. -