The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-03-24
A Contest for a Silver Medal.


The medal contest given at Memorial Hall
Tuesday evening, March 22nd, under the
auspices of the Alliance was the first con-
test of the kind ever given in Maine, while
the medal was the first one sent out from
the headquarters of the National Non-Parti-
san w. c. T. u, Cleveland, Ohio. The
medal, a crescent surrounding silver ct"
is beautiful in design and chaste in work
manship-the crescent being admirably
adapted as representative of young and
growing organization.
Other contests will follow until eight or
more have won silver medal, when they
will be allowed to compete for gold medal.
The interest taken in this contest has been
very inspiring and helpful, not alone to the
participants, but to all the members of the
Girls Club, each of whom will in time have
the opportunity of competing for medal, if
they so elect. And by the help of Mrs AL
eXander, who has been untiring in her eff
forts, we may reasonably expect great prog
ress will be made by all who take part in
these contests. The object of these contests
is educational in two-fold sense, inducing
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best modern thought on temperance work,
and familiarizing the audience with this
temperance thought.
1t is but justice to say that medal work
was introduced some six years ago by Jen-
nlngs Demorest, of New York, who has given
mnniticently of his means and popularized
the Demorest medal ''an attractive fea-
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course could not be endorsed by the Non
Partisan temperance workers, and they have
substituted the lovely crescent in place of
the larger and more SNOWY shield of the
Demorest medal
Memorial Hall was filled by an apprecia-
tive audience, and the little ones received
M uch we'll merited applause Mrs. l.. NJ.
burlington opened the meeting with brief re-
marks setting forth the object of the medal
contest. Mrs. David Alexander followed
with more extended remarks, eulogizing the
movement in which the temperance workers
are engaged.
The Judges of the contest We're w. p.
Thompson, George E. johnson and F. W.
Brown, Esqs, who We're seated in front Mrs.
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and announced the subjects. Miss Lucy
Palmer OBLIGATED at the piano.
The class to contest for the medal consist
ed OF nine pretty misses, who We're seated at
the left of the stage. They We're Misses May
Macaulay, Anna Cook, Alice Dickey, Ora
Patterson, Flora Blake, Etfie Clifford,
Blanche Gilmore, lisa Hall and Bertha Blake.
he foil
Singing by the class-'Open the door for
the chldren'
"A Voice from the Poor House, by May
Macaulay.
"Lo. the Golden Fields are Smiling" bv
Anna Cook.
''RiApah watching the Slain,' by Alice
Dickey.
Song by Lizzie Roberts
'The Saloon must go" by Ora Patterson
1.-TWO Pictures from Life, by Fora Blake
"The Time shall Come by Etfie Clifford
Song by Misses Lizzie Roberts and Mary
Coombs.
"The Rumsellers legal rights by Blanche
Gilmore
"The Bugle is Calling" by lisa Hall
"Moral Suasion or Prohibition" by Ber-
tina Blake
Singing by the class
A dialogue was given by a number of
young misses.
The judges then made their award, giving
the medal to Miss Bertha Blake.
Where all did so well it was most difficult
for the judges to decide to whom the medal
should go. Upon comparing notes upon
voice, articulation, gesture, memory and
general effect it was found that Miss Bertha
Blake received the highest general average,
and accordingly the medal was awarded to
her. Now who will try and get the next
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