The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-01
A WELCOME HOME.
Friends of MRS. L. NJ. N. Stevens Call ON
Her at Her StrOudvva ter Residence.

Her at Her strOudwa ter Residence.
A very pretty, but informal reception
was rendered last evening by the mem
bers of the Stroudwater W. Q. t. U
and friends to Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens,
the national president of the w. Q. Il
u, and Miss Anna Gordon, the national
vice-president, they having recently re-
turned to their home in this city from a
trip to Europewhere they have been in at
tendance upon the session OF the Worlds
w. G. T, U.
The reception held in Quincy hall
at Stroudwater was attended by about
hundred OF the friends of Mrs Stevens
and Miss Gordon. The hall was
prpttily decorated for the occasion.
About the hall were tables on which
were placed flowers and ferns. The re-
ceiving party was composed of Mrs. L. M
N. Stevens, Miss Anna Gordon. MISS
Annie Boothby, president of the Stroud
water union; Miss Cornelia M. Dow
president of the Portland union; Mis-.
N. B. Sterling, president of the Peaks
Island union, and Mrs. Caleb AIontgOm-
cry, president of the Woodfords union.
Among the guests in attendance wer9 Mr..
and Mrs. w. @. Spaulding Of Caribou,
Me-, Mrs. SpauIding representing the
Arc ostook county union as it's president;
Mr.. and Mrs. e. P. Wentworth, Mrs.
George S. Hunt, and several others.
After the reception which lasted for
nearly an hour, the following programme
was carried out: Solo, entitled Home
Again, an original composition, sung
by Rev. e. H. Newcomb. Following the
solo, the Loyal Temperance Legion, COM
posed of young people, headed by Mrs
Gertrude Stevens Leavitt and Miss
Myrtle Folsom, entered the hall to the
strains of an appropriate march played
by Mrs. Walter Pickett.
The young people marched about the
hall, concluding the march by forming a
half circle in front of Mrs Stevens and
Miss Cord On, who stood with the receiv-
ing party. While grouped in front of the
receiving party, the children sang the
following song, composed for the occasion
by Mrs. Andrew Halves:
We welcome you tonight, my friends,
With song and smiles once more;
From Merry England's stately homes,
From bOnny ScOtland's shore.
Fair are the lands where you have roamed
AS fair as fancy's dream,
Yet glad your eyes to greet again
SJroudWater's lovely stream.
And we are glad to say with you
The WatchWOrds ever dear,
For God and Home and Native land
If it be there or here.
Our blessings went with you abroad,
Your battletields are ours
But here tonight we bid you rest
And ill your hands with flowers
AS the children concluded the singing
of their greeting song, trey marched in
a circle past Mrs. Stevens and Mi SIS Cor
don, giving to each handsome bouquet,
until the aggregate of the small bouquets
held by Mrs. Stevens and Miss Gordon
made a large and handsome floral offer
ing
Miss Alice Chapman followed the ex-
eroises of the children by rendering in an
admirable manner a recitation entitled
''The Famine Mr.. and Miss Hatch
rendered acceptably a duet entitled ooh,
Restless Sea, >" after which the pro-
gramme was concluded by the children
singing in chorus the hymn entitled
"Home Again.
After the entertainment refreshments
of cake and sherbet were served. The
refreshments were served under the direc-
tion Of Mrs. VIM. Leavitt and Miss Lizzie
Milliken. The entire musical pro-
gramme was successfully carried out
under the direction of Mrs. Walter
Pickett.
The general committee in charge was
composed of Mrs. Andrew Halves, Mrs.
Fred Bates, Mrs Walter Pickett, Miss
Lizzie Milliken.
The reception was well attended and
was a very pleasant affair.
After the reception Mrs. Stevens and
Miss Gordon were called on for remarks,
thanking her friends for the hearty recep-
ton accorded them.