Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-12
FETE CHAMPETRE
IS STAGED TODAY
GANEST0N PARK

The stage is set at GaneSton PARK
on Western avenue for Fete Cham
petre that will rival in elaborateness
anything of it's kind ever presented In
Maine and which gives high promise
of netting a large sum for the new
wing of the Augusta General hospital.
At l o'clock this afternoon the first
part of the program will start and 1t
will continue brilliantly and virtually
without interruption until the end OF
the dance at Howard hall tonight.
Dancing-p plain and fancy-athletic
meets, a tennis tournament, a doll car
riage and cycle parade, sale OF IAN
cy articles, an outdoor play, special
entertainments for the children, a
magic tree. sales of homemade candy
and ice cream-all will combine TO
provide entertainment for the young
and old and a means of raising money
for an especially worthy charity.
The Fete tennis tournament has
been brilliantly contested to the final
matches and the winning players Will
clash during the afternoon on the
Ganeston Park court for the cups CIV
en- by b. z. Bither, Turner & Price
Beane & Cross and D. w. Adams. But
this will be only one of the many big
features.
OF especial intereste to the school
children and young folks will be the
High and Grammar school track nad
field sports and as there Will be no
Afternoon session of the schools many
hundred will undoubtedly attend. NOT
onlv will there be medals for the va
rious events, but there will be silver
Guns offered by Russell & Weston ana
C. A. Messer for the classes scoring
the most points in the meet. Inc
events will be 150yard dash, 5V-yaro
dash. 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash. 8
legged race, pole vault, high jump,
broad jump and tug of war gooo
track. a good stretch of field and care
fully trained athletes will combine To
make this part of the affair spectacu-
lar and entertaining.
The athletic meet will come first ana
the first racers will get away sharp
at o'clock. The sale of fancy art-
Giles will begin at 2.30-and this prom
ises TO be one of the features. Aru-
cles of unusual beauty and utility have
been provided and the farsighted
shoppers. on the lookout for CHRIST
mas gifts. will find this sale of espe-
cial interest and value.
The little children get their inning
M Q o'clock. when the doll carriage
and cycle parade will be started. Prizes
have been offered in both divisions for
the prettiest, the cleverest and the luh-
NEST decorations
As soon as the judging is concluded
the ont door dances will be staged.
nroeram of unusual excellence mas
a If
cIeyerest Young dancers will take part
this part of the program VIII De an es-
pecial treat.
The afternoon program Will con
clude with a burlesque renditlon Oh MI
Shakespeare's justly renowned trase
DIV Hamlet. This has been careiuils
rehearsed and will be elaborately stae
ed and as the actors are eleVer anu
the lines ludierous this playlet shoulo
produce an hour or so or uhoroheh
fun. -,
The final event of the Fete VIII DC
the dance. which will begin at HOW
ard hall at o'clock. Dennis iali or
ehestra has been engaged to furnlsh
the music for the dance, as wei dc
for the afternoon entertainment anu
as Howard hall boasts one OF the nm
est private floors in the State ana as
II is an exceptionally beautl1ul place
for an evening entertainment the n
nal event of the Fete should De Mt
ting close for wonderful days en-
tertainment
Special car service has been arrane-
ed. The admission to the fete Is zoe
children under IA. 15c. For the dance
couples soc, for ladies unaccompanled'
CSC In case of rain the Fete VIII De
postponed until Saturday afternoon,
when the same program will be carried
through.