The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-02-08
The automobile and power boat show to

Inc autOmODlle ana power boat show to
opened in the Portland auditorium on
! February 26th and to continue until March
I'd, will without doubt be the most wonder
| full exhibition of its kind ever seen in the
State of Maine. There will be no less than
five acres of floor space devoted to this
mammoth exhibit, and automobiles and
power boats of every make and style will
be in evidence, together with their re-
spective gears, accessories and parts, to
the value of half a million dollars.
THE. j. X. CLUB. Wednesday evening,
January 31St, the J. X. Club was very
| pleasantly entertained at the home of Mrs.
| Clarence f. Read, Cedar street Shrimp
| NeWburg, and other dainty refreshments
were served. Monday evening, February
9TH, party of japanese ladies, gorgeously
gowned in oriental raiment, met at the
home of Miss Amy f. Stoddard The par
| lOr had been transformed into a Japanese
| interior, and the brilliant colorings of the
| paper lanterns and tiny umbrellas, COM
bned with the bambo furniture and screens
made an artistic background for the circle
of guests who occupied cushions on the
| floor in true native fashion. The leaves
plucked from Japanese plant proved to be
both enlightenng and instructive, in many
cases. and the doll-making contest, with a
clothes pin and Japanese napkin as
material, was productive of much merriment.
The characteristic initial game brought
some puzzled frowns to the faces of the
ladies from the Gland of the Rising Sun, ;"
but everybody finally finished their work
and put up their hammers while tea and
fancy crackers were served. An hour of
informal enjoyment, followed in which
musical and other ''stunts" were performed.
The two hostesses had spared no trouble in
their preparations, and every detail of the
evenings entertainment was entirely in
character. That the flash lights will turn
out well is the hope of every Jap lady who
enjoyed a delightful evening as guest of
Miss Stoddard and Miss Strout.
A NARROW ESCAPE. DR.. G. P. Lombard
had narrow escape from death last week
by asphyxiation from coal gas. He occu-
pied rooms in the R. F. PIERCE house on
Franklin street and retired shortly after II
O'Clock Tuesday night. The other inmates
of the house did not notice anything out
of the way. In the afternoon he was heard
breathing heavily and the room was entered
and he was found in bed unconscious and
the room filled with gas from large coal
! stove. Mrs. PIERCE at once went for help
and Drs. Flanders, johnson and Tapley re-
sponded, and later DR.. Small, who was on
of town, arrived and prompt measures were
taken for the relief of the sufferer. The
double windows were taken off to admit the
air. The patient was unconscious, and that
his life was saved is due to the skillful
medical attendance and the use of a tank of
oxygen gas obtained from the Waldo
County Hospital. During the evening Drs.
Kilgore and Wilson and Vickery were in at
tendance. The patient partially regained
consciousness early Thursday morning and
later recognized his friend R. 81. Moody,
who with Mrs. Moody had been constant in
their ministrations. His condition was still
regarded as critical, but later in the day, to
the joy of his many sympathizng friends, it
was announced that the patient was out of
danger. Mrs. Lombard, who was visiting
relatives in Massachusetts. was summoned
by telegram and arrived Friday evening"
The first telegram sent failed to reach her,
causing delay. DR.. Lombard was at his
Office Monday and, though still weak, is
gaining rapidly.