The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-04
SOCIAL
Wis,tes- Garden Parry Successfully Held
 At Women s Club

The auditerium of the Water bury Womenss club was transform ed into picturesque garden scene yesterday afternoon when the members of the Waterbury Wo- mems club gathered at a meeting which was In the form of a winter garden party. Seasonal bouquets tending toward a winter atmos- phere were, atfractively grouped abundantly about the hall. Booths were constructed for the occasion and they contained books, baked beans foods and plants adding greatly to the spirit of the affair. A fortune teller abiding in tent surrounded by large fire foretold the future to members who sought her aid.
 Card playing was one of the fea- lures of the afternoon and fifty five tables were in play when a duplicate contract match was con. ducted. Mrs Raymond H0tchkiss, Mrs Raymond Titterington, Mrs K. N. Hess and Mrs D. H. Coe were the winners of the match.
 The receiving committee includ- ed the officers of the club. On the committee were Mrs John P. Brad ley, Mrs Charles A. Templeton, Mrs Edwin c. Rockwell. Mrs Charles M. Saltsman, Mrs Arthur H. Lang ley, Mrs Robert F. Walker, Mrs Nelson T. Miller and Mrs Benjamin Chatfield.
 The committee in charge of the garden party included Mrs William s. Smith, chairman. Mrs K. D. Schroeder, Mrs F. A. Stewart, Mrs D. H. Coe, Mrs s. M. Hess, Mrs George Baronian and Mrs Frank Squires.
 They were assisted by Mrs Fred ence Lines, Mrs Clarence MacKay, Mrs M. H. Toomey, Mrs David Tyack. Mrs l.. O. Benham, Mrs T. l.. Van Norden, Mrs R. E. Johnson, Mrs George Wells, Mrs l.. G. Mer- Till, Mrs Irving Platt and Mrs L. H. Leonard, Mrs E. Wilson was fortune-teller.
 The committee in charge of the lunch included Mrs Rollin Clark, Mrs Louis T. Auber, Mrs D. Vim cent Randall, Mrs Oscar Stahl, Mrs John Curtis, Mrs James Peasley and Mrs Warren Trott. They were assisted by Mrs William Briggs, Mrs Walter Van Tassell. Mrs Frank Buchanan, Mrs Russell Singsen, Mrs Harold White, Mrs Arthur Goepel, Mrs Arthur Barnard and Mrs s. Merwin Main.
 There will be lecture tonight under the auspices of the Water- bury College club at Davenport hall by Dr Sydney B. Fay, professor of history at Harvard university and Radcliffe college, at p. m. Pro- lessor Fay's subject is to be The Newspaper Press and International Relations"
 Mrs Charles Boyd Curtis, of Litchfield, Conn, will give a tea dance on December in honor of her granddaughter, Miss Vivian Boyd Curtis, at the Colonial Danes House. 215 East Seventy-first street, New York city. Miss Curtis is the daughter of MT and Mrs Ronald Eliot Curtis, of 152 East Sixty-fifth street. She was educated at the Brearley school, at Lausanne, Swift zerland, and last winter attended the Sorbonne in Paris.
 Mrs James P. Woodruff of Litch- field has arrived at Hot Springs. Va, where she will spend some time at The Homestead.
 Miss Annie Anderson of this city will have charge of the installation of the new officers of the Daugh- ters of Scotia at Hartford on Thursday evening. Miss Anderson will be assisted by Mrs Elizabeth Glaham of Thomaston, Mrs Agnes Duncanson, and Mrs Isobel Ritchie. About thirty members of the local lodge will attend the meeting.