The Republican journal., 1913-04-03

The Travellers Club will meet with Miss
Annie L. Barr Church street, Tuesday after
noon. April 9th. Program: Paper, "Kashmr.'
Miss Elizabeth Kelley; reading GET in Arcadia
Ego" Mrs. Brown; reading END of the Indian
Empire Mrs. Pitcher.
The anniversary Sunday of the Belfast Spir-
itualist Society, was held in Knowlton's hall,
March Both. The local mediums did splendid
work, and gave many beautiful messages from
loved ones Thursday evening April Cd, there
will be business meeting. and Sunday, April
9Th, Frank R. Strout will be the speaker at
80 and 7.30 p. m--Secretary.
Miss Edna Dunbar Crawford gave lunch
con last Saturday at the home of her mother,
Mrs Phoebe Crawford, where she was spend
ing the Easter recess from Mt. Holyoke Col
lege. The guests were Miss Dorothy Denni
son of Mexico City, who is the guest of Mabel
Craig, both young ladies being classmates of
the hostess at Mt. Holyoke; Miss Marjorie
Shaw who is at home from Simmons College
for the Easter recess; Miss Belle Heating. Miss
Hazel Doak and Miss Florence Shaw, The
table was daintiy appointed. A centerpiece
of Jonquils and place cards with water designs
including daffodills and other spring flowers
carried out the Easter idea and was most
effective After lunch the guests spent sever
al hours with their embroidery and needle
work
FROM SUBSCRIBERS In a personal note
from St. Augustine, Florida. under date of
March 2sth Mrs J. A Fessenden says: "Next
week here will be strenuous one. 1t is the
400th anniversary of the landing of Ponce de
Leon and they are making great prepara-
tons He lands from his caravel one day
Menendez another-there will be fights be-
tween the Spaniards and Indians, the chang
ing OF flags, fire works, boat races, etc. Some
thing doing every day from Monday to Satur-
day. The town is full of people and the
'rubber-neck wagons are doing thriving
business Mrs. Fessenden says Mrs. Pendle
ton is much improved since coming to St. Au-
gustine. They expect to start north about the
middle of April and Mrs. Augusta S. Frederick
and Mr.. Chas. W. Frederick will leave about
the same time. Mrs. Fessenden and Mrs. PEN
dleton will stop a week in Columbia, S. c.
Capt. Fessenden was stationed there in 1867
and Mrs. Fessenden mas not been there SINCE
RETURN OF TIE WASHINGTON EXCURSION
lists. Dckey's excursion party which left
Belfast March goth for Washington, D. c., ar
rived homo at noon last Saturday on the boat
from Boston, and report most enjoyable trip.
The party was composed of Seniors of the Bel
fast High scnool. students from the Kicker
Classical Institute. Houlton, and others. They
saw everything of interest in and about the
National Capitol, visited the White House and
shook hands with President Wilson and receiv-
ed many courtesies and favors They we're in
Washington at Easter and witnessed the Eas-
ter Monday egg rolling on the White House
lawn. While there they met Mr.. and Mrs
Alonzo J. knoWlton and son Wilson, who were
with New Hampshire party, and the meeting
was happy one for both parties. The follow
ing members of the party arrived home by
boat Wednesday: Misses Belle Pitcher and
Edna Wight, who mad been visiting in Lynn;
Vivian Sylvester in Woburn; Norman Little
field in Middleboro. Walter Dickey and George
Wadlin were guests in Boston of Earl Dickey,
who returned home with them.