Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-02
ONE MORE WEEK.
Anna HeId's Party 10th to Leave
Belgrade Lakes.
Members of Party Changed Minds and
Will Stay Another Week.


Tune breazes the following bit Of story
incident to the visit to that popular re
sort of the celebrated actress, Anna
Held, together with her husband, f.
Zcgfiald, Jr., and a party Of friends, be-
fore leaving for Paris. where she ana
her husband will spend the summer.
The story itself is perhaps only theI
recital of one of those experienced
which sometimes are shown in TIE ever
Changing picture of life, but 1t goes TO
show that Miss Held and her party
are keenly appreciative OF good thlne
when it is presented to them, and tn tl
the great actress who has charmed
thousands by her talents, was in turn
charmed herself by a weeks sojourn in
Maine. by the shores of two Of olrl
most BEAUTIFUL lakes.
the party arrived at Belgrade onel
week ago Sunday. and cook up thclrl
abode in one of the log cabins. andl
since that auspirio-s moment life mi
that cabin and around il has beer rnel
continuous round of pleasure. Forgot
ten was the whirl and excitement OIL
city life. forgotten was the st2Se IN
fact everything was forgotten IN tnel
life that was before them--the purel
country air, the beautiful panorama Oh
lake. field and woodland. the bo ttinSI
and fishing. the raa'hies through incl
fields and giCves, and the thousand anal
one other things that serve to "ll inl
the little inches Of life at an inland
simmer resort. And not the least OF
all that served to make their stay al
pleasant one was the service CtVenl
them at the hutcI which bears the namel
OF the lakes by which il is located
But the free and easy life of "acl-I
ton DAYS like everything else has AMI
end. and last Friday mornil.S found thei
party with trunks and travelling cases
hacked. saving goodbye to all before
starting for the train. They were 10 go
TO Boston. en- rocte f"~ New lmk,
where. Saturday night, Mi. and Mrs.
Zeigfeld were to sail on :ha hritallni1l
for Europe.
When the last farewell had been said
tney party mounted the barge ard 'Nera
~ hirled away toward The depcf, bu- itI
was not happy ride to them. EVolN|
one Of them was filled with regret at
leaving and no one could talk of any
thing else. Things went on in this way
until the feelings of the party M"Ie
wrought mp 10 such a pitch that enc ?!
Tho gentlemen could contain himself no
longer, and holding up his hand he
ehontcd to the rest:
Look here; l tell YOU what III do.
If you people will go back to the lake
and stay another week, ! will 71y all
The bills
For seconl there was Z silence
came over that party that was 50 in
tense that you could almost hear the
huZzing Of ifs which lowered over th'
left ear o. the nigh horse. Thea n
came a chorus OF WHAT'S" that mo-
nlentarily aroused the stceds q rev
life. and-scared the fly The echoes Of
that explosion had hardly did awa'
among the trees, when ii IVES fo'!rWcd
iv a fusillade of questions that, rs i,
was borne away upon the morning ak,
sounded something like this:
What did YOU say" Did you mean
it9" How lovely that word be,
wouldn't it?" can We do it, "Are
YOU trying to jolly us old man. How
are we going to do it, anyway" and
other kindred queries. Then the man
who had made the proposition turned
TO the driver aid said: Hold on here
a minute: we have got question to de-
eide before we go any further" Turn
ing to the party again, he continued
cor course we can do t-all there is to
do is to work the telegraph wire a little,
and there YOU are"
That settled the whole business, and
they decided to go back. You may
drop us right here" said the man Ia
the driver. 'and go on, and when you
come back on the return trip. We will
get in and go back to the hotel"
This was done, and when they had
reached the Belgrade once more, they
didn't do a thing but give the telegraph
wire the hottest hour of its life. They
wired Boston. they wired Fall River
and they wired New York, giving up all
claims which they had on apartments
in hotels. and staterooms on Sound
steamers or ocean liners, and then they
wired again, to the same places, engag-
ing passage for one week later. And il
is said that they even wired Paris
telling friends there that they would
not arrive until a week after they had
anticipated.
Then they went back to the log cabin
and the old life which had been theirs
for five happy days. and picked up the
thread where they had dropped it but a
few hours before; and If those people
don't cram fun and enjoyment into ev-
erv minute of the week to come, it will
be because the supply of these two es-
sentials to life has become exhausted
A Boston Sunday paper announced
that the party would remain at Bel
grade until June 16.
Ninety-seven American municipalities
report that they have established crema-
ton or reduction plants for sewage ac
cording to Engineering News MAY H.
''Pennsylvania and Indiana lead in the
total number of plants. having IA and Y
reSneCtiNelN- and also in the ,,,,r,,hnr. &C