The Republican journal., 1912-08-15

Tomorrow. Friday, night will be orchestra
night this week at the Colonial theatre, with
a new program of pictures and illustrated
songs.
lake advantage of the excellent opportunity
to visit the National Soldiers Home at Togus
and the State House at Augusta on Orrin J..
Dickey's excursion tomorrow, Friday.
Charles Brown. who has been employed at
the Read Garage for some time, will 90 to The
Pastures, the Chenery farmin Belmont, next
Monday to take the position of superintendent.
succeeding Leland Moore, resigned.
The rainy weather has interfered with base
ball games of late, causing those scheduled
for last week and the week before to be can
celed: but. weather permitting, the Searsport
team will play the Belfasts on the Congress
street grounds this, Thursday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. Searsport has a strong, fast
team, including three Bangor men.
GRADUATION" AT THE BATTERY. The coll
ony at The Battery has become famous for its
big bonhres, engineered by Hon. John R. Dun
1on' Tor Its musical and social entertainments
ana good times generally. But it capped the
climax In the party given last Friday night at
Inc Athenaeum, the summer home of Mr. and
MRS. VIII K. Howard of Williamstown, Mass,
IN honor OF the birthday of Hon. John R. Dunton.
Inc affair was "mock graduation" the guest
of honor being graduated from the "Univer-
slty of the Battery" with all due pomp and
ceremony. The regular exercises led up to
the awarding of the diploma, in which the
officials of the University took part. The
diploma was fearfuy and wonderfully made
was IN Latin and interpreted by the Dean of
the University, Principal Freeman of the
Maiden High school. The graduate appeared
exceedingly stupid and had evidently come
from Missouri, for he had to be shown Just
what it all meant He was told that he should
have been graduated three years ago, but for
the aforesaid stupidity. OF course the grad
uate did his part in the program, and the sing
ing OF the class ode, with original words and
music, was one of the features of the gradua-
tion. At the close old songs and choruses
were sung by the entire assembly of about so
people. The music was led by Prof Sleeper,
director of music at Smith college. Refresh
ments were served and the evening was one
long to be remembered.
| Tom HOOP. Geo.W Winslow, ,principal of the
Normal Training school, lat Westfeld, Mass lee
tured in Memorial Hall last Friday evening un-
der the auspices of the Epworth League of the
Methodist church. The title of his lecture was"A
Story of an English Humorist" and his subject
was Thomas hood, whom he characterized as the
greatest English humorist. Mr. Winslow gave
a brief sketch of Hood with interesting incl
dents of his life, rected some of his short
poems and the humorous parts of longer ones.
and Miss Faustina Curtis of Bangor, with Mrs.
G. E. Read accompanist, sang several of Hoods
songs, including Il Love You" This. with the
lecturers well modulated voice and evident an
probation of true humor, gave the audience an
evening of rare enjoyment, which should have
been shal ed by larger number Thomas Hood
was born in London in 1899 and died there in
1s45. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed
to wood engraver and acquired some facility
in drawing. used later in illustrating his works,
At an early age he began writing verse for
periodicals, and in 1922 became sub-edtor of
the London Magazine, which marked his debut
in literature and brought him in touch with
the literary lights of that day. He published
several volumes of verse and was the author
of one novel, "Tilney Hail." He retained his
punning propensity on what proved to be his
death bed, remarking one day during his long
illness of consumption that he would soon give
the undertaken opportunity to urn lively
Hood" But Hood was something more than a
humorst and his Song of the Shirt" pub
lished in Punch in 1874, had wider circua-
tion than anything he had before written. The
first verse:
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red
woman sat in unwomanly rags
Plying her needle and thread i
Stitch! stitch! stitch!
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
And still with voice of dolorous pitch
She sang the Song of the Shirt
In Punch the same year ne published The
Bridge of Sighs,'' the story of the suicide of
young woman,
One more unfortunate
Weary of breath
Rashly importunate
Gone to her DEATH
which attracted scarcely less attention and
added further to his fame. He was then in
failing health and died the following year.