The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-02-27

parors will be open for the use of ladies'.
A novel sociab!e was held at the North
church parlors last Friday evening, all the
exercises having reference to the day, Wash
ington's birthday. Many Of those present
We're dressed to represent States or Terrific
ries, and the efforts of all were directed to
solving the greatest number of costumes.
Following is list:
Martha Washington,
Mrs G. S. Mills, Miss Evelyn Havner
| California; Miss Mabel r. Mathews
| Connecticut,
Miss Bella Warren, Osborn Lord
Delaware, II. NJ. Prentss
| Florida, Miss Maud johnson
| Maine, Miss June Hills
| Massachusetts,, Miss Avis Morrison
| Mississippi, Miss Josie Knight
| New jersey Miss Sadie Jones
| Pennsy lvania, Miss Louise Ferguson
Rhode Island, Miss Edna Roix
| Texas.
Misses Helen Dunton, Maud Steward, Mar
garet Hazeltine Ethel Colby and Mr.. War
rem W. Knowlton.
| Indian Territory, Miss Edith Stoddard
Colorado, Fred Poor
| Columbia, Miss Esther Colson
The costumes We're all ingenious and APP
propriate. An amusing feature of the even
my WIS bllt udbCnGu Sdlllt. "A picture Ol d
cherry tree partially cut down was hung on
the wall, and each one after being bindfold-
ed and turned around two or three times,
tried to place a Ratchet in the scarf in the
tree. Very few succeeded, and some put the
Ratchet i'll dangerous proximity to the head
of the Father of His Country whose picture
hung near by.
The Masked Party given by the Unity
Club in Memorial Hall last Friday evening
! proved great success. About twenty tive
| couples We're in mask. The costumes were
| fancy dress, character, comic and domino
AT O'Clock the dancers formed on for the
march, after which there We're three dances
before unm asking. 1t being Leap Year the
| ladies had the choice of partners for the
| evening The refreshment room was draped
with flags, and picture of Washington
hung over the entrance. The tables were
tastefully laid and adorned with handsome
parlor lamps. Refreshments, consisting of
oyster stew, sandwiches, tea and Coffee
We're served during intermission. The gem
tlemen in costume We're Chas. S. Bickford
as Captain Cutie, capital costume, and he
looked the character to the life. T. B. Dins-
more, j. S. Hartman, f. I. Chase, T. N.
Winslow, Arthur Mitchell, Joseph Thombs,
T. c. White and DR.. Stevens wore dominoes
| of various designs. DR.. Libby wore dress
suit put on back side to- his mask on the
| back of his head, and his low cut vest and
shirt bosom on his back He appeared to be
a man walking backwards. Ben Field was
very funny as a college girl graduate in an
oxford gown and cap. His couture with Its
Psyche knot was Understandable, as was also
the congress boots which graced his feet.
| IL. l.. Woodcock haG very unique and
comical domino and attracted much atten-
ton Irving Dinsmore, dressed as woman
was excellent. If he was the coming woman.
stop her. Your reporter asked him who
he represented and he said "I'm Loo Loo
and we think he was. G. W. Wescott had
| on an Indian costume of buckskin. He
very little resembled the gentlemanly cashier
of the First National Bank, who stands be-
hind the grating and smilingly tells you that
your account is overdrawn. Cashier Frank
r. Wiggin of the Peoples Bank, was richly
enveloped in hand-embroidered, hand.
painted, high cut, non decollete en- train,
Princess Metternich NJ other Hubbard night
dress, with baby's sun bonnet on his head.
He looked too sweet for anything. Assistant
Treasurer Will Quimby of the Savings
Bank gave us glimpse of what we may
trust, however, that William represented
the last of the species He wore bloom
er domino. Let us draw the curtain
Our George as Trilby, was there as she
hrst made her appearance at the studio,
DIR essed in the old military coat and belt.
with epaulettes on her shoulders, short
SKIRT and her feet showed into some big
81 lppers. AS George was at once engaged
by an artist present for a sitting for the
c aaiIog1 = COP comments are unnecessary;
Chas II. Coombs in a rich suit "looked
every inch king" Norman Wardw ell was
| disguised in do BILE faced domino possibly
intending to signify that the legal fraternity
can look both ways at once. Sam Locke, as
a sailor boy, in his white duck suit looked
the character to perfection barring the fact
that Sans suit was immediately clean and
spOtless, which is rather unusu al with the
bold tar of real life. The ladies' who masked
We're Miss Hattie Clarke (who wore very
rich costume OF green satin, trimmed tn
ermlne, representing Princess Flavia) Miss
McLellan, Flossle Wells, Mrs Geo I. Keat-
ing, Josie Thombs, Josie Burkett, Mrs j.
| 5. Hartman, Miss Miliken. Mrs. R. P
Chase and Miss Alice Shales wore dominoes
| over evening or fancy dresses. Mrs. G. II.
Field, as the President of Woman's Rights
Club, was very energetic and caused much
amusement by her "hustle." Miss Ethel
knoWlton represented the Sunfower, and
her dress was trimmed accordingly. Miss
Louise Knowlton was very breezy as the
summer girl. Gene Thompson went as a
Flower girl. Miss Louise Hazeltine as a
Colonial Dame was excellent. Her dress
was lavender silk, with Martha Washing
ton fichu and powdered hair, and one could
not help feeling that there has not been
much improvement in woman's dress since
the days of the revolution. Miss Maud
| Ellis wore a white dress trimmed with
Easter Lilies. Miss Lena Ellis represented
Good Luck, as indicated by the horse shoes
with which her dress was adorned, Lou
Littlefield, as Maud Muller, looked as
though she not only could have raked the
hay but also have raked in the Old Judge
had she been in the original Maud's place.
Louise Bcknell wore a pink dress and
slippers and represented Little Bo Peep;
only she didn't fall asleep under a hay stack,
but was very wide awake and had an eve
on all the lambs most of the time. Ada
Mitchell and Lucy Heating made us almost
forgive the man who wrote the song Two
Little Girls in Blue when We saw their re-
presentation Of it. Besides those in mask
quite number of the ladies appeared in
evening dress, which added greatly to the
beauty OF the party. Including those look