Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-01-08
FOOD FAIR.
FULL PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
ANNOUNCED.
GOVERNOR HAINEs WILL OPEN FAIR
SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES - SALE
OF RESERVED SEATS.

OF RESERVED SEATS.
The food fair committee of the Ellis
worth Merchants association has an
nounced the full program for the week of
the food fair, Jan. 27 to Feb. /.
The doors will open the first day at
| O'Clock, and each day thereafter at 1.30
p. m.
DAILY FEATURES.
The musical program for each afternoon
will include, besides selections by the or
chestra, soprano solo by Miss Bertha
Giles and violin solo by Max Cimbollek.
Gifts will be distributed each afternoon at
O'Clock.
The doors will open each evening at z
o'clock. Dancing each evening, begin
ming at 9 o'clock.
SPECIAL FEATURES.
Monday, Governors day - The doors
will open at O'Clock, and the opening
exercises will begin at 2.15. Gov. Haines
will deliver the opening address and press
the button formally opening the fair.
The governors staff and Mrs. Haines have
been invited to accompany him. Repre-
cult with Ellsworth - Bangor, Rockland
and Belfast have also been invited to be
present the opening day. President West
and Secretary Dickey, of the Belfast food
fair, have already accepted the invitation.
Tuesday, Children's day-The feature of
Children's day will be the doll parade at
3 O'Clock. Three prizes are offered, but all
children in the parade with dolls will re-
ceive prizes or a souvenir. Children
with dolls will be admitted free this day.
The doll parade is open to children from
anywhere, and it is not necessary for the
doll shown to belong 70 the exhibitor.
Wednesday, County day-The feature of
Wednesday will be the baby show at 2.30.
Entries will close Tuesday noon the day
preceding the show. Three prizes are
offered.
Thursday, Maine day-The feature of
Thursday will be an address by President
Alley, of the U niversity of Maine, at 8
O'Clock, and music by the U. of M. guar
tet. The cooking school will open Thurs
day.
| Friday and Saturday ellsworth day.
will have the regular program, with ses-
sions of the cooking school.
COOKING SCH ooL.
The cooking school will be in session
Thursday, Friday and Saturday after.
moons. Neither Miss Comstock nor Miss
Palmer, of the U. of M, will be able to
come this year, but they have promised
to recommend someone, which is sufficient
| guarantee that whoever comes will be an
| efficient instructor.
RESERVED SEAT SALES.
All gallery seats will be reserved for af-
ternoon and evening. The sale of seats
will open Jan. %, at 10 a. m, at Moore's
drug store, closing at 1890. At this sale
only seats for the entire week, afternoon
and evening, will be sold.
The sale will be resumed Jan. "a, at 10 a.
M, when the sale of seats for any after
noon or evening will be opened. Not
more than four seats will be sold to one
person, and no tickets will be reserved on
telephone orders. A limited number will
| be sold on -of-town mail orders.
| SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES.
Special rates will be offered on the rail-
| roads for food lair week. From all points
in Washington county one fare for the
round trip will be allowed. The rebates
| on purchases by out-of-town customers,
as in force during the holidays, will be
allowed by the same Ellsworth merchants
during food fair week.
SPACES SOLD. w
| The food fair committee announces that
| all spaces have been sold, and there win
be more than the usual number OF out-of-
| town exhibitors.
The Bar Harbor & Union River Power
| Co. has made its usual generous offer to
| furnish free electric cure Mt and the labor
for special installation. The generosity OF
the company may best be appreciated
when it is stated that electric current
4 used and the labor would represent an
expenditure Of around $500 If the food fair
committee was obliged to pay for it at
regular rates.