The Republican journal., 1907-04-25

Comet Grange. Swanville, is prospecting.
The fixing up of the ante room and dining
room has been deferred until better travel
ing.
The many friends of Master Albert II.
Healey gave him complete surprise party
Wednesday evening, April 18th, at his home,
45 Church street. It was his sixteenth
birthday. He was the recipient of many
presents, one of which was lovely gold
ring. Refreshments were served and the
evening was much enjoyed with games, etc.
In taking their departure his friends wish
ed him many happy returns and bade him
good night.
SENIORS PLAYS AND DANCE. The Bel
fast High school Seniors will present their
plays Gan Open Secret and "Queen Anne's
Cottages" in the Opera House Friday even
ing, May 3rd. A dance will follow the plays.
Reserved seats, IS cents admission, Is cents.
The public is cordially requested to patron
ize the Seniors and help make their endeav
ors success. The plays are catchy and in
teresting and as presented by the sweet girl
graduates, and some of the boys, must be
attractive.
"A SEVEN SALE" The Junior Society of
the North Church will have sale of May
baskets, candy and peanuts Saturday even
ing, April 9th, in the church vestries. The
sale will open at $50 and at 7.30 "seven"
entertainment will be given with the follow
ing program: Introduction; rec, "The
Children's Hour" Elizabeth Kittredge;
song, Harry Bowker; seven Mother
Goose tableaux piano solo, Helen kittredge;
seven tabeaux song, Stephen Clement rec,
"Seven Times One; illustrated poem. Ad
mission to entertainment seven cents.
Hi Henry's Minstrels played in the Bel
fast Opera House Saturday afternoon and
evening, and for the first time in years the
''Standing Room Only" sign was displayed
at the evening performance The entertain
ment merited the patronage it received, as
it was first class in every respect. The sing
ing and dancing were good, at least half the
Jokes were not hoary, and the puppet show
was novelty to Belfast audience. AL
together it was a thoroughly good show, and
Belfast will hope to be included in "Hi'S"
itinerary next season.
A NEW DIRECTORY. Arthur Walton of
uburn is compiling history and directory
of Belt asst for the II. E. Mitchell Publishing
Company of Auburn. The work will be
ready for delivery about the middle of June.
The plan of this work is more comprehen-
sive than the ordinary directory, giving
many details not before included in such
works. The firm has issued similar books
for about $50 Maine cities and towns, in
Guiding Castne, Islesboro, Searsport, Stock
ton Springs, Bucksport, Prospect, and 9TH
ers in this vicinity, and will soon begin on
Brooks, Morrill, and Waldo.
CONCERT AND BALL. The second an
nual concert and ball given by the Belfast
Band in the Opera House last Friday even
ing was great success, artstically and f.
nancially. The band was at its best, and
the fine program published in last weeks
Journal was excellently rendered The
solo numbers, by NJ. S. Crockett, II. A
Drinkwater and j. Maurice Wade, and tn e
selection by Patterson's Saxophone Quar-
tette, were all greatly enjoyed. Reyes full
orchestra played for the dance and the floor
was crowded. The affair was one of the
most largely patronzed and thoroughly en-
joyed of the season.
LETTERS FROM CALIFORNIA. The pu-
pills of the division of the sixth grade,
taught by Miss NJ. Helen Bird, have receiv-
ed some very interesting letters from the
pupils of the 9th grade of the Mckinley
school in Pasadena, CAL, in answer to
some written from here. The letters were
written in connection with the language
work of the grade, and contained a descrip-
ton of this city, schools and studies, etc.
They were sent to the superintendent of
schools in Pasadena, with the request that
he give them to any 9th grade teacher for
distribution. They were sent to the Nc
.Kinley school, and the letters recently re-
ceived are the result. They were remark
ably well written and contained much in
teresting information about the buildings,
plant life and climatic conditions of the city,
etc, and most of them contained pictures of
buildings, post cards of interesting places,
Or pressed California flowers.
THE TOY-MAKERs. Almost every one in
New England story, "Quincy Adams Saw
yer," by Charles FELTON, Pidgin, or has seen
the beautiful play dramatized from the
same book. Mr.. Pidgin has written another
story, entitled "The Toymakers," and has
made musical absurdity from it. Twenty
six numbers of very pretty and tuneful
music have been composed for it by Charles
d. Blake and John A. Bennett. The scenes
of this musical play are laid in an old
English toy-maker's shop. The old toy
maker has made life-sized doll and tries
to bring it to life by the aid of electricity.
The doll is impersonated by the village
belle and the complications that arise are
many. The music is very pretty and
melodious and there is plenty of clean and
wholesome fun. The company carries all
the scenery, which represents an old toy
shop. The costumes are very pretty and
the whole production is under the direction
of Messrs. Atkinson and Thatcher, the
managers of the "Quincy Adams Sawyer"
companies. This comic opera is booked for
the Belfast Opera House for the night Of
May 18th.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The Portland Press of
April 18th says: "The schooner F. C. Pen
dleton came into port during the evening
from Southern lumber port. The Pendle-
ton in recent gale had her jbboom carried