Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1911-08-24

of praise represented the Knight in
La Belle Dame Sans Merci A paint
Ing OF Narcissus just catching sight
OF himself In the pool and one OF Mel.
isande In her garden were also greatly
admired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter MacNeille,
who have been visiting Mrs. Perry
MacNeille for a while at her summer
home after a weeks stay.
Mr.. Charles T. Root, who has been
for some time in New York returned
al welcome by all his friends among
! the summer residents.
Mrs. Clara Louise Durham Is ex.
pecting Mr.. Robert Dempster Of New
York to be a visitor at her summer
home shortly. Mr.. Dempster, who
took the leading part in Mrs. Burn
hams play, The Right Princess"
last winter, has signed a three years
contract with David Belasco and next
fall will act as leading man for Fran
ces Starr in her new play. =
Or. ]. S. Seward was away for a
short time last week on a cruise in
his new yacht which carried him a
short distance up the coast.
Messrs. r. c. and A. d. Thorpe Of
Orange, y. J., arrived on Saturday,
and will visit their sister, Miss Jose
phine Thorpe, at her cottage here
till September.
tended the production of the two Irish
plays The Land Of Hearts Desire"
and The Lad from Largymore" on
Monday and Tuesday nights OF last
week that there Is a possibility that
they may be given again. While no
definite plans have been made as yet,
from all sides have come requests for
repetition Of the plays. Both nights
that they were given, there was not
only nothing but standing room to be
had, but many people had to be turn
ed away, so that 1t would seem that
another performance could not fail to
be a success.
At the annual meeting of the Bailey
Island Improvement Society last
week, the meeting was adjourned to
Thursday, August "a, in order to hear
the reports from the special commit
tees on taxation and town organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Horace Mann. who has been
spending a week here left the island
Monday and before returning to New
York will visit friends in Kennebunk-
port for few days.
Mr.. Carl II. Graf, Of Indianapolis,
Ind, who has been visiting at the cot
tage of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Riborg
Mann, left for his home last Satur-
day. Miss Helen Baldwin of Newark.
y. j., who has also been a guest of DR..
and Mrs. Mann returned home the
same day.
The Library Board, consisting of
II. F. johnson, Miss Margaret S.
Black, Mrs. Charles T. Root, Mrs. A.
c. Burnham, Charles S. Thomas, l..
NJ. York, and c. Riborg Mann will
meet on Monday, August %, TO COM
plete the Incorporation Of the Bailey
Island Library as literary and social
corporation under the laws OF the
State of Maine.
Visitors TO the Giants Stairway in
some bronze tablet bearing the in
scription: The Giant Stairs, pre-
sented to their native town by Captain
William Henry Sinnett and Joanna F.,
his wife, March z, 1910" The tablet
will be set in flush with the rock in
some prominent place and stating as II
does the manner in which the Stairs
" ere given to the island should prove
of great interest to visitors.
Mr.. j. c. Armstrong, who has been
detained most of the summer in New
York by business affairs, arrived this
week and joined Mrs. Armstrong at
the island, where he will spend the
rest of the summer season.
Miss Mary Axtell, of Morristown,
n. J., arrives this week at the island
where she will spend two or three
weeks with Mrs. Alexander MacColl at
her summer cottage on Summer Hill.
On Monday OF last week Mrs. War
rem Simpson and her daughter, Miss
Helen Simpson, who come from South
Weymouth, Mass, arrived at the cot
tage of Mrs. l.. w. Atwood, and will
stay at the island for a week or ten
days. Wednesday, Mrs. Atwood's
nephew, Mr.. Philip II. Walters, OF
Readfield, Me-, spent the day with his
aunt. Mr.. Walters has been attend
ing the summer school OF the Univer-
sity OF Maine which he will enter
next fall. Mr.. Roger Hill OF Montreal
spent the week end as guest OF Mrs.
Atwoods at 'iRedgables."
Mrs. VI. II. Darling and Miss Chris.
tine n. Darling OF Worcester, arrived
at the island last week and VIII
stay at "Bonnyview," Miss Susan Jor-
dams cottage. Mrs. Susan l.. Greeiy'
of Allston, Mass, and her sister, Miss
Mary f. Cochrane, also OF Allston,
will also be guests at "Bonnyview' for
two weeks. Miss Laura Beals, who
has been spending some time at Miss
Jordan's returned last week TO her
home in Auburn.
Mrs. r.. c. Potter was called last
week to her home in Lewiston by the
serious illness OF her mother. Mrs. Z.
Y. Newman, but hopes TO DE back be-
fore long. Miss Mabel Holmes OF
Lewiston, Is spending some time AT
w. Potter's summer house Rose
mont" on a visit TO Miss Flora
smith: Miss Holmes Is the teacher
~ French and German at the Dexter
High School. Mr. Alton Maxim, VINO
Is a real estate dealer IN forllanu,::
snent the week end at Rosemont
80 ~ xye.lev Coburn OF Lewiston