The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-01-20

The Universalist Social Aid will meet this,
Thursday, afternoon at 2.3O o'clock with Miss
Elizabeth Kelley Church street.
FROM SUBSCRIBERS Portland subscriber
writes: 81 enclose check for the coming years
subscription to The Journal-an absolute ne
cessity for Penobscot river native. Frank
S. Forbes, Esq, sends US copy of the Los
Angeles Times, an issue of 22O pages in eight
parts-a SPLENDID example of the up-to date
newspaper.
Mr. Eben NJ Sanborn and family recently
received large number of very beautiful post
cards from Kobe, Japan, where Mr.. Sanborn's
nephew, Mr.. Henry Sanborn, formerly of San
Francisco, is now located. The cards, which
are hand painted, are exquisitely colored,
blending into "dream of beauty" The gay
costumes of the japanese ladies, the quanti-
ties of wistaria and other beautiful flowers
and the soft warm tints of the sky and water
are faithfully represented. After having been
permitted to look through this collection of
post cards one feels the charm of this land of
! flowers to such an extent that it is almost diff
/ fcult to readjust ones ideas to the chilly at
mosphere of New England winter, or to see
the beauty in the pale coloring of our New
England winter landscape.
CONCERT, CAKE WALK AND DANCE The
entertainment given in the Opera House
Wednesday evening, January 18th, under the
management of Orrin J. Dickey for the benefit
of the fair grounds, was success in every
particular. The program opened with an over
ture by Reyes orchestra. Then followed
solo, The Witching Hour" by Arthur john
son, who responded to an encore. Then came
a violin solo, "Prize Song" by little Miss Hazel
Doak, with piano accompaniment by Earl Hub
bard Childlike in appearance and manner Miss
Doak handled the bow with the skill of vet
eran and merited the generous applause she
received. She gave another selection no less
pleasing. John Parker, who is always heard
with pleasure, gave solo and responded to
an encore. Then followed piano solo by Earl
Hubbard, whose mastery of the keys is re-
markable, and who was called on for another
selection. Miss Katherine C. Quimby then sang
DANA" so acceptably to her hearers that they
insisted upon having another song. Charles
Hammons next appeared in blackface and ap-
propriate costume and sang the character solo,
what You Coin to Tell Old Saint Peter" The
laugh began when he came on the stage, and
after he had made his exit he was recalled to
repeat his song. This ended the first part, and
during the intermission the management of
the Opera House entertained the audience with
some fine moving pictures. Part second open
ed with Virginia cake walk, in which twelve
couples took part, and which proved very
attractive feature. The boys were dressed in
yellow Prince Albert coats with red trimmings
and white duck pants, with low shoes and red
stockings All were in black face The girls
wore Mother Hubbard gowns of blue and pink
and rose-garden hats The cake boy, William
Pendleton, was dressed in sailor suit. During
the dance the following specialtes were given:
clog dance by Miss Louise Weber, song by
Miss Alfredo Sylvester and duet by Alton
johnson and William Pendleton. Miss Marian
knowlton was the accompanist. When the
time came for the cake contest, the cake
bearer knelt at the front of the stage and the
couples walked in turn to the front and bowed
to the audience. Manager Dickey announced
that it was to be left to the audience to decide
who should have the cake, and when second
turn was made the applause which greeted
Miss Hazel Doak and Master Earl Hubbard
indicated that the decision was in their favor,
and the trophy was presented to them. The
cake, which was gift from the Riggs bakery,
was cut by Miss Doak and divided among the
dancers, with generous slice for Mr. Dickey.
The participants in the cake walk were Misses
Martha Knowlton, Gertrude Coombs. Belle
Heating, Jeanette Rogers, Jessie Hart, Louise
Weber, Hazel Doak, Alfredo Sylvester; Nor
man Littlefeld, Dana Southworth, Thomas
Randa Il, Frank Hazeltine, Alton johnson, Har-
ley Godfrey, Earl Hubbard, Kenneth Burgess.
A dance followed the entertainment. Mrs. C.
w. Wescott was the accompanist for the solo
numbers in the first part and Keyes' orchestra
furnished music for the Dance
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