The Republican journal., 1915-11-11
The North Church Guild will meet Nth
Mrs. John c. Plllsbury. Northport avenue,
next Monday evening.

The North Church Guild will meet with
Mrs. John c. P,llsbury. Northport avenue,
next Monday evening.
Edward Parker of Bluehil returned home
Saturday from few days visit with his uncle.
Mr. Israel W. Parker. who is conf led to his
home by Illness
! Inc annual Christmas sale by the Woman's
Alliance of the First Parish UNITARIAN will
take place in Memorial hall. Thursday Deo
9th.
waldo b. Washburn, who has been living on
Waldo avenue on the place he bought on 70.
turning to Belfast has taken a room in tho
Eaton house. Court street, opposite his old
home. for the winter,
Miss Eva Holmes has returned from, xo
weeks visit in New York and Boston drr;n.
winch time her shop in Phoenix Row was CLOSED
during her absence she took course with Dr.
Murphy of Boston. in hairdressing, etc.
Mrs. ]. G, Paul will entertain the ,ad;es ~
the Universalist Social Aid and Sewing C;rc,e
ae tne woman's Club room this. Thursday, af-
ternoon' Needles and thimbles will be used
and refreshments served. All ladies of the
parish are invited
The Penobscot Bay Electric Comnanv are
building cement coal shed. AZ bv 6o foot .,d
feet high, in rear of the gas house on Wasb.
lngton street. 1t will hold 500 or more tons
and the coal will be hauled on to the fiat roof
i aud dumped in scuttle. thus materially reduc.
ing the cost of handling
Mrs. John "A. Fogg entertained the Hit or
Miss Club last Thursday evening in honor of
their non resident member, Mrs. Ashley
Smith of Bangor who was the guest of Mrs
Edmund Wilson the past week. Mrs. Irving
L. Ferry substituted for Miss Edith M South
worth. Auction was played during the even
ing. Mrs. Fogg was assisted by Mrs Ralph
| D. SouthWorth in serving sandwiches. olives.
cake, coffee, salted nuts and minis
1HE WEATHER. Our weather reporter laid
Down on the job some time ago. the kinds of
weather were so many and various that only
daily newspaper could keep up with them
! lie now rises to remark the season of ripe
strawberries and raspberries is over and Fri
Jay there were snow falls in many parts Of
the state, but 1t never touched u.s. We had
cold rainstorm instead, followed by a northerly
gale Saturday with temperature of 30 A
few scattering snow flakes fell in the after
noon. The gale was SO severe to the west.
ward Friday that the boat did not leave Bos-
ton until Saturday p. M, arriving here on
schedule time Sunday morning. The ground
was frozen Saturday morning and ice formed
Sunday was more or less overcast. with a
more moderate temperature. Monday fair
and warmer
| BIRTHDAY AUCTION PARTY. Miss Maude
E. Barker entertained the auction BRIDGE c,uh
of which she is member at her homo last
Thursday evening. Auction was PLAYED INIT,
1880, Mrs Ira M, CODE winning the prize
dainty hand-painted card case Lunch was
served in the dining room after the game A
beautiful bunch of pink roses formed tn.
centerpiece, and the candeabra and small
candles at the covers were dimmed with mink
shaoes' me place marks bore quotations that
couiu be tapplled to each member and making
| the application caused much merrment. The
hostess surprised her guests with the an.
nouncement that it was her birthday and said
that the centerpiece was a gift IN memory of
IT, She was the recipient of other gifts from
! family friends. The guests were Mrs. Albert
Z. Burgess, Mrs. Charlotte ". Coburn. who
substituted in the absence of Mrs. William f.
HOFFMAN, Mrs. Ira M. Cobe Mrs James H
h""es' Mrs Ben. Hazeltine, Mrs. Elmer A.
Sherman and Mrs. Joseph Tyler, Miss Mabel
buffers of Bangor. Miss Barkers guest. was
also present.
! The UNITARIAN ALLIANCE. The first meet
ing of the season of the Unitarian Alliance
was held with the president, Miss Charlotte
W. Colburn, last Thursday afternoon with
large attendance. brief business session
was followed by the reading of Religious Intel
hgence by Miss Frances Chase The naper
was given by Rev. A, E. Wilson on the sub
Ject, "Utopias, Old and New" He treated
the matter historically, taking up briefly Pla-
tos Republic, Analysing it and showing how it
was the forerunner of all other Utopias. CO.
| ing on through Augustne's City of God. he
next took up Sir Thomas More's Utopia and
Lord Francis Bacon's New Atlantis. These
books Mr.. Wilson recommended the Alliance
to read, to see how many of the prophecies ad-
vanced then had come to pass. Mention was
made of Harrington's Oceana and Campanel.
las City of the Sun, and with these the sneak,
er declared the first theoretical period of
Utopias closed. One hundred years ago began
the practical period, when demonstrations Of
IDEAL commonwealth were in order Robert
owen and his work, Fourierism in France and
this country through the Brook Farm expert.
ment. The 1carians, and the Oneida Commun.
lty, were all reviewed and then an outline Of
our own Utopia was given. The whole world
must be thought of as the field, an information.
al government and supreme court would rule
attention would be paid to the exhaustion Of
the earth's supplies and because of this. con.
servatlon which has only begun now, would be
carried to the extent of government allotment
Kitchens, ETC., women's household duties
would be lessened culture would be more in.
tensive. families smaller Many interesting
details were brought out and the paper waa
both instructive and suggestive,