The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-25
PERSONAL.


street.
Nine Nordica was very kind and gen.
erous in her relations with the festival.
When the matter of the festival was
preached to her by Prof. Chapman, she
said she would be pleased to give free
half of her time owing to her love for her
native state of Maine. She gave her SER
vices at one concert in Portland and the
same in Bangor. Her kindness was
greatly appreciated.
DR.. William L. Southland, a prominent
oculist of San Francisco, visited his
aunt, Mrs. E. D. Bates, State street, on
Wednesday. DR.. Southland, who returned
from Europe last week, was sent as
delegate to the Moscow Congress of Ply
sicians last summer, by the Medical asso-
citation of the Pacific coast. DR.. Southland
visited while abroad all the principal
hospitals in Europe and the wounded
soldiers in Greece and Constantinople.
DR.. Southland was a Portland boy.
S. W. Bates, ESQ.,, of State street, gave
an informal musical to a few friends on
Friday. Among the vocaiists who con-
tributed to a delightful programme were
Sig Baldanza and. his pupils, Mile.
Nelletti and Mile. Landi. Mile. Nelletti,
who is shortly to make her debut in opera
in Portland, is said to have charming
personality; a voice full and sweet and Of
great range. She easily reaches the high
D in the sextette of Lucia.
The many friends Of Mr.. Giles o.
Bailey, the former publisher of the Sum
his health has SO much improved that he
has opened a stationery and periodical
sotre at No. 713 Sixth Avenue, New
York Mrs. Bailey left last night to join
him.
The last issue of the Underwriters Re-
view contains excellent portraits of Mr..
F. II. Hazelton and Mr.. Howard Gould,
of the Equitable Life agency in this
city.
Mother Petroni1la, superior of ST.
Joseph's academy, Deering, celebrated
her silver jubilee on October 22d. The
happy event was fttingly commemorated
by appropriate services. For upwards of
20 years she has labored faithfully in this
diocese.
Mr.. g. E. Sanderson, who has the
management of theatre in Leominster
and Gardner, Mass, twas in the city
Saturday, the guest of Mr.. Stephen
Bogart of The Jefferson.
Col. j. M. Wood, the architect Of The
Jefferson, left Saturday for Detroit,
Mich, where he is to design theatre to
take the place Of the one recently burned
in that city. He will return to Portland
in about ten days.
Chief Justice Peters recently enter
tanned party of well known legal lights
of Maine at the Lamoine farm. Includ-
ed in the party were Judge Haskell,
Senator Hale. L. B. Deasy of Bar Harbor,
George M. Warren of Castine and o. F.
Fellows of Buckfeld.
A fine crayon portrait of the Hon. Top
pan ROBBIE has recently been hung in the
vestry of the Congregational church in
Chester, N. H., where Mr.. Robe was
born.
Miss Bertha Webb left the city last
week to be gone six months. She will
travel through the South and West with
the Swedish quartette.
Adjutant General Richards called upon
NJ yor Randall Saturday.
Among those in attendance on the
meetings of the Cumberland County
Teachers Association were Prof. John
E. Dinsmore, of Auburn, (Bowdoin, $50,
and State Senator Witham of Raymond.
Howard nj Dodge, '97, P. II. S left
Thursday for the gold fields of Alaska
Mr. r. J.Waugh. food inspector at Hall
fax, N S., and wife, are spending few
days with Mr. and Mrs. w. FL. Howard
of Federal street.
ss--The many friends of Mrs. Flora Holds.
don of Green street, who has been quite
sick will be pleased to hear that she is
slowly improving.
Philip Blazer, until recently employed
at the Lowell bicycle factory in South
Portland has determined to go to the
Klondike. 1t is also reported that man
at Fort Preble intends to go.
Captain J. w. Davis and wife, Captain
J. F. Tenney and wife, Mr.. G. A. Weston
and wife, Mr.. John Higgins and wife,
Miss Carrie Gordon and Miss Christine
Mccarthy of Portland, Miss Gertrude
Richards and Miss Belle Snow of Var
mouth, attended reception, rendered at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs W. E.
Youland at Biddeford Friday evening
to the Christian Endeavorers of this
section of Maine who attended the San
Francisco convention last summer. There
were about rs present.