The Republican journal., 1914-03-12

The sewing circle OF the Woman's Hospital
Aid win have social meeting next Monday
afternoon with Mrs. Joseph Tyler.
There will be a masquerade ball and supper 1t
Seaside Grange hall Thursday. March 10th.
Prizes will be given the best and worat dressed
lady and gentleman appearing on the floor.
Music by Reyes orchestra.
dainty souvenir post folder from Daytona.
Fla, with the compliments of Mr.. Charles W..
Frederick was received Friday. 1t has TWEEN
ty-two colored pictures Of "Daytona. the Beau
tiful." each gem in tint and scene.
"Jerry" gray parrot with red points be-
longing to Miss Frances Macomber. left his
cage and home last Saturday and was seen in
the elm trees on Charles street and later in the
trees in front of the Baptist church. where he
answered the whistle call Of Miss Frances but
refused to be captured.
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish.
Unitarian, church will give supper id Memo
rial Hall, tomorrow. Friday. evening at six
o'clock. The supper will be followed by an in
formal reception to Rev. and Mrs. Charles B.
Ames and a social evening. The affair is for
the members of the Alliance and parish.
The Saturday Auction Club was pleasantly
entertained last week by Mrs. Elon B. Gil
chrest. Mrs. Fred R. Poor substituted. Deli
cious Refreshments were served at the close of
the play. Miss Clara Heating held the highest
score. The club will meet next Saturday with
Mrs. William F. Scboppe.
The death of Nettie Mae Dyer, wife of Ell
mer A. Dyer of Rockland, which was reported
in our last Saturdays issue as having taken
place at Searsport, Feb. %, is denied by Rock
land relatives, who say that they have heard
from the woman most interested, and that she
is "alive, well and smart" Our death notice
was based on letter to that effect, purporting
to have been written by Mrs. Dyer's father,
N, N. Dickey Either the latter is misinformed
or somebody has been taking liberty with his
name-Rockand Courier Gazette.
1.-THE ENCHANTED APPLE" This pretty lit
tie operetta will be given at an early date in
the Colonial Theatre by the young people of
the city under the auspices of the Universalist
church The coach is Mrs Cleora Haney Read
and about 100 children will take part. The
the poor little girl. Hazel Sheldon; Judith, the
rich little girl, Miss Mabel Young The Fairy,
Grace Mitchell; the governess, Alice South
worth; the mother, Velma Mitchell; the IA
Their, Byron Salter; Jim. Betsy's sweetheart,
Vaughan Hayes; first labor er, Earl Hammons;
second laborer. William Pendleton third la
borer, Donald Spear; mlkmaids, Chastine
Stevens, Hazel Bradstreet, Jessie Hart; school
children, Elizabeth Kittredge. Lillian Davis
There will also be full choruses of laborers,
mlkmaids, school children and fairies. Spec
tacular effects in the dances and tableaux will
be given, among them a dainty Spanish waltz
by the milkmaids, under the direction of Fred
erick G. Spinney.
WANTED: A HOTEL. Under this caption
The Waterville Sentinel says, editorially:
The Belfast Board of Trade has started
looking to the erection of new
hotel in that city. We hope that the move
ment will succeed Belfast is thriving
place. 1t should have all reasonable facilities
for the entertainment of the people who go
there to transact business. But there are
other needs that additional hotel accommoda-
lions will meet. There is growing tendency
among summer visitors to this State to make
their headquarters in the cities, Belfast with
its beautiful surroundings and it's site upon
the shores of Penobscot bay is admirably
adapted to be place of summer residence for
large numbers of people. So here's wishing
good luck to Belfast's enterprising board of
trade in their new undertaking.
The second annual supper of the Mems
Forum of the Universalist church, which took
place in the vestry Wednesday evening, March
4th, was participated in by about IS members.
After an excellent supper provided by the men
Mr.. Edward R. Pierce read paper on current
events that held the close attention of his au-
dience. The paper was originally prepared
and read before the literary department of the
Arts and Crafts, and took up the tariff, the
currency and the income tax, and to this was
added chapter on the Mexican question. Not
only by study but by experience Mr.. Pierce is
well qualified to speak or write on the live is
sues of the day and his paper on this occasion
was highly appreciated by all who heard it.
The American Embassy Association of sos
Fifth Avenue, New York. Stands purely Tor
the acquisition by government of suit
able buildings that will combine the office and
the residence that an Ambassador can main
tain on his pay, and in which all ambassadors
must reside whether worth millions or de-
pendent on their salaries" 1t is non-parti-
san movement, there no dues, and the
association neither solicits nor desires con-
tributions." The membership in Maine in
cludes number in Waldo county, among
them William H. Quimby, Belfast, Fred A.
McAllister, Burnham, Hayward Pierce, Frank
fort, L. D. Jones, Liberty, Thomas E. Gushee,
Arthur W. Knight, Monroe, Mel
vim R. Trim, North Islesboro, H. L. Pinkham,
Palermo, Leslie S. Mariner. Searsmont ]. w.
Black, Searsport. John H. Wardwell, Stockton
Springs, and James Libby, Jr., Unity