The Republican journal., 1912-12-26

hold their Christmas exercises and have their
tree at the home of Mrs. A. c. Hopkins, Con
gress street, next Saturday afternoon from 8
| to o'clock.
The December number of Yachting contain
ed the first installment of Mr.. Alfred Johnson's
| interesting account of his trip from Nassau
! N P, to New York in a catboat, which re-
Gently appeared in The Journal 1t has been
revised for publication IN the magazine and is
fully illustrated with beautiful half-tone cuts
! CHRISTMAS IN THE SCHOOLS. In the High
school and upper grades the regular school
exercises were held, but in the lower grades
and outlying districts the children brought
evergreens and with the assistance Of teachers
in providing bells, etc, the rooms were deco
rated and frightened In the South school the
teachers of Grades three and four invited the
first and second grades to their rooms Tor ex-
ercises, which consisted of school songs and
memory gems. Later they returned to their
rooms and each teacher provided confectionery
and popcorn. The Citypoint school house
was decorated, a tree provided, land the teacher
furnished peanuts for hunt, box of candy
LOT eacn pupll ana d christmas cara. Inc reel
tations pertained to Christmas.
THE PARCELS Posi-. The printed ms tructions
in connection with the parcel post lawhave been
received by Postmaster Carleton at the Belfast
postoffice. There is no end to the instructions,
and as one carrier said, it will take man two
weeks to go through the printed matter. The
Parcels Post stamps have been received. They
measure Il inches, and all denominations are
red in color. In curved panel across the top
supported by panel perpendicular column at
each end, appear the words: "U. S. Parcels
Post" in Roman capital letters. Triangular
ornaments occupy both upper corners. The de
nominations in large numerals in each
lower corner, with the title of the subject and
the word cents" or dollars" between. The
subjects of these stamps are unusually attrac-
tive, and follows for the several de-
nominations: 1c., Postoffice Clerk; &C., City
Carrier; &c., Railway Postal Clerk; &c, Rural
Carrier; Sc, Mail Train; 10c., Steamer and
Mail Tender; 15c., Automobile service; zoe.
Areoplane carrying mail; 25c.. Manufacturing,
soc, Dairying; 75c., Harvesting and 81, Fruit
Growing. The Parcels Post due stamps are the
same size, but are green in color, with large
numerals expressing the denominations in
cents
The CHAPMAN CONCERT. Last Saturday
evening brought to Belfast the musical event
of the season-perhaps of many seasons-in
the long anticipated Chapman concert. A
good-sized audience, and expectant one,
greeted the artists who were given almo3t
GREATNESS attention from the first note to the
last. No one went away with an anticipation
unrealized. VIM. R. Chapman at the piano is
a concert in himself, as all Maine music lovers
well know. Miss Winchel, too, is not unknown
in her native State, but had never been heard
in Belfast before, and her winsome manner
and grace, as we'll as her complete mastery of
her difficult instrument-the cellc-Won her
audience at once. The singing of Miss
Florence Anderson Otis, the prano, was also
rare treat, her numbers displaying the de-
lightful sweetness and fiexibility of voice as
pleasing as it was well-trained Cheva-
lier Salvatore Giordano, the acknowledged
sensation of the Maine Musical Festival this
fall, had been heard by many present, and they
were prepared, in part at least. for the treat in
store; but his wonderful tenor was beyond
adjectives and the generous number of ap-
pearances he made was fully appreciated. No
one found it hard to credit MIR. Chapman's
prophecy that in ten years from now, provid-
ing the singer keeps his health, it will be hard
to convince the world that Giordano sang in
Belfast. A Belfast audience is never wildly
+b,c fin hnt hot
it thoroughly sympathetic and apprecia-
tive one, and one of the most enjoyable fea-
lures of the affair was the little air of inform
atty. The charming personality of the per-
formers seemed to reach over the footlights in
most delightful way, and when, at the close
of the concert, Mr.. Chapman. in thoroughly
characteristic little speech, asked for show
of hands of those who enjoyed the annual
concerts it was surely unanimous vote. The
| Directors compliment to the Colonial was as
sincere as it was enthusiastic, and could but
help please the audience. Mr.. Chapman also
thanked Mr.. Pitcher and the members of the
chorus for making the concert possible for
Belfast, and they deserve the grateful thanks
OF everyone present for an evening which will
go down in Belfast's musical history as un-
equaled. The artists kindly held an informal
reception on the stage after the concert. Fol-
lowing is the program:
l. Scherzo, Van Goens
Miss Winchell.
2. Aria-"La Boheme" Puccini
Chew. Giordano.
8. Aria-"Oh! Fors e lui" Traviata Verdi
Miss Otis.
4. Spanish Dances Pepper
Miss Winchell.
| 5. Romanza-"Mignon" Thomas
| Chew. Giordano.
| 6. (a) "Oh Come With me in the Summer
Night" Vanderstucken
| (b) Autumn Song Salter
lei mia Piccirella" Gomez
Miss Otis
z. Duet-"La Boheme" Puccini
Miss Otis and Chew. Giordano.
PART SECOND.
| g. "Tarantella' Pepper
Miss Winchell.
9. (a) Fedora" Giordano
(b) Lolita" Buzz Peccia
Chew. Giordano.
10. kiss Waltz" Arditi
| Miss Otis.
II. "Salve Dimora" Faust Gounod
Chew. Giordano.
IL. Duet-"Rigoletto" Verdi
| Miss Otis and Chev. GiOrdano.