Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-15
SUCCESSFUL OPENING.
Peoples Church Fair Well Patronized
"Wednesday Evening.
The Temple Of fams' Nicely Presented i
Good Time Given All.

The Peoples church fair o,
Wednesday evening. with rood
crowd in attendance and with an on.
! tertainment that pleased al ~
members of this little parish bave
been working very hard lately towar5
making this fair success. and ,ba.
certainly deserve the success that loaLs
SO apparent to all If the ATTENDANCE
is as good other evenings as II was
ON the first. The money that thew
make Will go toward the benefits 70
the church and to assist in pavinp ~.
running expenses, so the object is cer.
tainly a worthy one.
Each and every member of the par.
ISM which is one made up of the most
genial Christian people, showed by
words and acts, that they were proud
OF their little church, Wednesday
evening. 1t will be remembered that
the church has been built and made
what it is. wholly by the people of the
parish. many of them giving in ma
terlal and labor as we'll as money in
small sums all in the past year and a
half. Today they have a church that
is perfectly suited for their needs,
though it is not large or SNOWY, but of
a modest appearance, both in finish
and in size.
The rooms were well filled ami be-
fore the entertainment the people
pleasantly passed the evening in look
ing over the fair department in the
little parlor. There are booths where
confectionery and all sorts of fancy
goods are sold, while in the corner is
fish pond. The articles that are be-
ing contested for are also on exhibit
ton. These articles are a clock, Il silk
quilt and harness. Oyster stew was
served to all who wished it, Among
the exhibits is a quilt made and con-
tributed by Mrs. Catherine Harlow
Moore who is SO years of age.
The entertainment was the cantata
THE Temple of Fame" The queen
in this cantata has wrath which she
proposes to give to the most deserving
celebrity who appears before her in
their different parts, some speaking
and others singing. When all is over
she is perplexed as to whom she thinks
should have the wreathe. A chorus
of little girls is heard begging the
queen to give the prize to Mother
Goose which is done.
Every part was carried out with
credit to the person who took it and to
Mrs. Arthur Brown who has drilled
them in it. Some Of the singing was
very sweet showing that the parish is
rich in this line Mrs. Asa Cole was
the accompanist.
The different parts taken were as
follows: Queen of Fame. Miss Anna
Noyes: Cleopatra, Mrs. keenan,:
George Washington, Burt Morrow;
Martha Washington, Mary Redmond:
Columbus. Will Chase; Left. Charles
Leighton; Rutn, Bertha Springer:
Sis ter of Charity, Visa Prentiss: Maud
Muller, Florine Tobey; Jenny LIND,
Miss Annie Sturtevant, Christine Neill-
son, Mrs. 3. S. CROSBY; William Tell,
John Harvey; William Tells Son, Har-
old Judkins; Socrates, Joel Bean: Kan
thrippe. Mrs. Lila Packard: Joan of
Are. Annie Rowe; Barbara Fretchie,
Edith Stone; Mother Goose, Mabel
Edwards: Pccahontas, Mary Wake
field Captain Smith, William TopeE:
Alice Carey, Alice Carey; Phoebe Ca
rev. Ethel Bean; Diogenes, Charles
Rowe: Benjamin Franklin. Wallace
Gerow: Louise NJ. Alcott, Ellen Mari;
Mrs. Darlington and SON, key, MIS-.
Bean and George Pratt, Miriam, Eoith
t<iftredee: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mrs. j. F. Clark; Topsey, Flora Chase.
Resides these was a chorus OF llttle
girls all prettlly dressed IN waite.
Those who took part were all dresseo
70 represent the characters, ana the
distances were exceedingly pretty ana
rich.
Mrs Arthur Brown artistically read
the selection Shifting the Rock anu
,.s,,orded TO an encore with The
I.oyeioy Caow." which was very funny.
The entertainment, this evening Will
,,o Of miscellaneous nature.