The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-30
BATH.
The B. H. S. eception-Cos tumes Worn
by the Ladies-Shocking Accident
The Heat-Gossip.
SATURDAY. June 2S.

SATURDAY, June 2S.
The reception by the class of 70 in Column
bian Hall, last evening, is confessed the event
of the season. Upon the card of invitation
dancing was announced to commence at eight
O'Clock, but for two hours previous crowds
fiocked up the hall staircase so that at 8.45,
when the music began, galleries, stage and
sides were crowded with invited spectators,
while fully $50 couples were on the floor. A
notable feature of the crowd was its entire
freedom from any Objectionable persons, SO
carefully had the 1000 invitations been dis
tributed. Indeed, we frequently heard the re-
mark, ''Never were so many nice people gath
cred in the old hall before" However true
the remark, 70 is to be congratulated upon the
number and quality of its friends.
Against the east gallery was the emblem of
'Gluck," noticed at the graduation in the
morning, within which, in evergreen, was the
number of the class. The hall would have
been more extensively trimmed had it at first
been proposed to hold the evenings festivities
in any save the High School Hall. However,
the lack of flags and bunting was more than
compensated in the brilliance in dress and the
beauty of individuals.
AT precisely S.45 the opening march began
and the spectacle of $50 couples executing the
different figures of the "Sicilian" was pleas
ing to look upon Barker's full orchestra was
stationed on the stage, and furnished music in
more than its usual good taste and execution.
In passing, notice of the dance card is de-
served from its oddness in design. The card
was of the class color, cardinal red, with a
monogram of the High School upon the front
in gold and on the back "B. III. S." in single
letters. The fourteen dances were noted in
gold letters, with "Three cheers for '79'' in
gold at the end. 1t hung pendant from white
silk.
Present in the assemblage were many of the
professional men of the city with Ladies' 6eTesa
MI Mos sne sIdge was Principal of the school,
,-eS dehfng in the Boston public schools, to
whom much of the improvement in grade of
the High School during the last decade is due.
Also present was Miss Elinor P. Cushing, one
of the class of 10, Smith College, and a grad
uate of the B. III. S. IA. Graduates from and
students of Bowdoin, Harvard, Yale, Dart
mouth and other colleges were also present.
AS usual, the costumes of the ladies well
represented the ability of Bath girls to taste
\ fully display dry goods and millinery in ele-
iee91t costumes.
c Josi about midnight was intermission and
vomtbs ;aein. the festivities were continued,
ways having niJans ,van od thoir h lo
at the reception Ssi . most deISbt fnI avenino
Cherries have reaGS w. " VIM
So0 said mercury at seslse market.
A woman was overcome Issl ~,
Beacon street church this morRens+roko naor
Mr.. Mitchell of Wilmington, SUNNY ii0'-
brother of David 1. Mitchell of this G q
spending few days in his native city {, i
in the ship chandlery business. in Whining
ton.
Yesterday afternoon, just before tea, as Mrs
Lew IL. Oliver whose resistance is ~, Radfor
street, was shaving piece of wood to obtail
kindling, with draw shave, the tool slippe
while being pulled towards the lady's knee
cutting terrible cash in the right knee, sew
ering the tendon of the knee-pan, inficting
wound three inches long and two inches dee
to the bone. Dr. A. T. Fuller was in immedi
ate attendance and sewed up the wound.
VIM; Goldthwait, the champion billardist
is to take charge of the Sagadahoc billiar
rooms.