Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-28
BELFAST

One of the most interesting features of
the Belfast Food Fair of 1915 is the do
nestle science department conducted by
two instructors from the University of
Maine, Miss Randall and Miss Borden. At
8 o'clock each afternoon Miss Randall
will lecture for a half hour in the small
lecture room arranged on the east side
of the stage. Here seats are arranged
and Tuesday afternoon all were filled
| with interested women who listened at
tentively to what the lecturer had to
say.
Madam Mona, the Indian palmist and
seer who has made her home i'll Belfast
for few years, and who is leaving next
week for Island Falls to attempt to %
cate the murderer and find the body of
Deputy Hillman, is doing a good business
at her booth Many business men ask
her advice and the young people consult
her in their love affairs.
Another home industry which is be-
| ing we'll patronized is Roscoe Arey's
Moxie and candy booth. Mr.. Arey is
one of the city's hustling young business
men who has in few years worked UP
| a large trade and is rapidly making
| good at his place of business in Phoenix
| Row. He is assisted at his booth by
| Mrs. Arey.
| The Annex is a place where one can
easily spend an hour to goou advantage.
Here are the Made in Waldo County ex-
hbits. Products of the farm, preserves.
| needlwork and many other interesting
exhibits are shown and admired. The
| judges in this department are: Fancy
| work. Miss Katherine Z. Brier, Mrs.
George l. Heating, Mrs. w. L. West
| agriculture. a. NJ. Levensellar of Wal
| do L. c. Putnam and NJ. r. knowlton
! ton.
An interesting booth for the women
especially is that of the. Neighborhood
! Club Of Sargentvile. under the personal
direction OF Mrs. Z. Tabor Fox. Tie
purpose of this club is to help women
to help themselves by aiding them in dis
| posing of farm products. fancy work.
etc. The markets where such goods are
brought, the quotations of prices and
ways and means of earning money in
farming or remote communities are dem
onstrated and a call at the bootlr' is well
worth while. Mrs. Fox is glad to consult
with any who are interested.
AS usual, the Penobscot Bay Electric
Co booth (another home Industry is an
attraction. Some very handsome fix
lures as we'll as fine line of electric
appliances are shown and demonstrated.
This exhibit occupied the entire main
stage
Mrs. J. L. Sleeper is demonstrating Vic
trolas at her booth near the stage and
is pleased at all times to play your ia
vorite selection.
If you wish to know anything about
the booths. the fair, the program or in
fact anything concerning the fair, cali
at the secretary's office on the right Of
the entrance and TASK Mr. Dickey."
There was a splendid attendance all
day Tuesday and until late at night, the
dancers remaining until midnight, when
the fair closes. The gallery was filled to
its capacity long before o'clock Tues
day night. and although dancing did not
commence until 9. the people found much
to interest them watching the gay scene
below. Keyes Orchestra, which furnish
ed music day and night, played a num-
Der of selections, and Arthur Johnson
the popular tenor. sang 'Tipperary,"
with chorus of male voices. There will
be other vocal numbers during the re-
mainder of the week and dancing every
night.
Mrs. John r. Dunton and Miss Mar
garet Dunton entertained the Travellers
Club Tuesday at their home on Church
street. There was a full attendance and
the afternoons program was as follows
Paper, Oxford and Cambridge, written
by Miss Elizabeth Kelley, now in Min
neapolis. and. read by Miss Dunton
reading, The Schoolmaster and the En-
pire, Mrs. Charles NJ. Craig: reading,
Three English Race Meetings, Mrs
James II. Howes
Rev. A. E. Wilson is expected to arrive
in the city Saturday to assume his new
duties as pastor of the First Parish
Unitarian church, succeeding Row
Charles Buckley ArAes, who resigned last
August. Mr.. Wilson will preach his first
sermon as pastor on Sunday. although
he has twice been heard from this pull
pit.