The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-03-08
Photo by American Press Association.
The Japanese Party


In Memorial Hall FEB. 2Sth Under the Aus
plees of the North Church Guild, was a
Great Success. A Happy Birthday Party.
correspondence o. the Bangor News.I
pr ,n NJ -"h /. Memorial Hall
looked lAa' very much much like "0f garden last st
night under its artistic decor. II
carry out the japanese garden effect. a.
by the guests. japanese lanterns We're
hung from corner to corner, and from
the cords, at intervals, were festooEs and
long hanging ropes of cherry blossoms.
The central electroler was banked with
the blossoms, as were the windows, and
the whole effect was very striking. The
stage was set with handsomely embroid-
cred Japanese screens and on the right
was tea table. only few inches frpm
the hoor ...v pourer. Mrs: E.afenee =
Read sitting, Japaaese tasllto''' o''
cushion. On the left OF 'S' =
st'ii'sE .ow table at which Mrs z D.
..artshorn and Miss Lena Nye sold Japan
csc novelties, All were in costume.
Thirty tables We're arranged in the hall,
with dainty cloths, and each was center
ed with slender vase containing Japan
ese flowers, in delicate shades. The
menu cards, the hand work of Mis-.
Clyde B. Holmes and Miss Florence
Shaw, bore quaint japanese designs, and
were beautifully lettered. The menu m
Guided sandwiches, doughnuts, cake, ice
cream. coffee, ginger ale, sold la carte.
ba NO l.
nos with chrysanthemums in their hair
| and were the Minnetoska Club sirls, as
sisted by Misses Margaret Owen, Helen
and Katherine Kittredge, Lena Nye,
Isabel Smalley, Phoebe Cross, Esther
Evans, Ethel Dexter. Miss Florence
Shaw passed programs.
The tables were filled and every seat
along the sides of the hall when at g. Is
the opening number of the program was
given, chorus from The Mikado, by a
dozen girls in costume. This was follow
ed by Charles Hammons, who sang The
| Mlkado's song, ''Let the punishment fit
the crime" Mr.. Hammons wore a
beautiful Manderin coat brought from
Japan by Miss Avis Morrison and loaned
by Mrs. c. B. Holmes. He was in his
best form and sang with an abandon that
was most pleasing. Receiving a rousing
encore he was obliged to repeat several
| verses.
An intermission of about Is minutes
then ensued during which Mtkado Sc
lections were rendered on the Victrola
kindly loaned by the J. l.. Sleeper com
pany. The mattresses took orders and
served refreshments at this time
A japanese drill by the Minnetoska
Club was very pretty thing and these
young girls, the newest branch society of
The North church, were as dainty and
cute ''c'lLe little maids from school, as
could be found in the Empire, They were
Katherine Brown, Elizabeth Kttredge,
| Margaret Rogers, Dorothy ana M arguer-
lite Ingalls, and Lillian Davis. A reading,
Paper Bag Cookery, by MISS Alice E.
Simmons followed. Miss Simmons was
very attractive Jap and her rendition
of the prepleXities of maid seeking EN-.
poyment was CONFUSING. She was never
heard to better advantage.
Inc third part opened with trio from
The Mikado, sung by Nanki- Poo, Poo
Bah and Pish- fish, arthur N. johnson,
E. S. Pitcher and Selden Hammond)
| This was one of the hits of the evening
and the trio circulated about among the
tables in their vicininty adding much to
the fun. They were recalled most en-
phatically and responded. Then came
! one of the hits of the evening, Mrs
Evelyn Cottrell Frost, who sang. She
Was Maid of Japan. Mrs. Frost was
never in better voice and was most en-
| Enthusiastically applauded, responded with
Pm Such Lonesome Dolly. Mrs. Frost
| very kindly took the place of one of the
soloists at the last moment and her kind.
ness is greatly appreciated. One OF the
most popular singers in the the city she
has not been heard in public recently fol
some time and many expressed the de-
| sire to hear her more often.
Arthur johnson opened the last group
on the program with his famous Mikado
solo, A'W andering Minstrel l. thing of
shreds and patches, sung by Nanki- Poo.
johnson is one of the greatest favorltes
in the city and many said last night that
he never sang better. He was recalled
and responded with another solo, That
Night I'll Meier Forget, from the opera,
The Chimes of Normandy, after which
he was forced to return a number of
times to bow his thanks for the prolonged
applause.
The closing number was given by the
Curbstone Quartet, Pitcher, johnson,
Parker and Morse, and their selections,
humorous and bright, were most enjoy
able and brought the program to a finish
in delightful manner. The affair was
an unqualified success, and the North
Church Guild, under whose auspices it
was given, appreciate fully the sple ndid
patronage given it by the members of
the other parishes. many of whom en-
tertained parties at their tables. Chair
man of the general committee, Mrs.
Zion B. Gilchrest.
Entertainment committee. Anne NJ
Kittredge, chairman; Mrs. John C. Pills
bury, Mrs. Herbert L. Seekins, Mrs.
Charles E. Owen, Miss Alice E. Simmons.
Refreshments, Mrs. William Weshe,
chairman; Mrs. Fred R. Poor, Mrs.
George E. Kittredge; Mrs. B. L. Davis,
Mrs. Everett Hamilton.
Decorating, Miss ENERGY CHM, chair
man; Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. M. E.
Brown, Mrs. L. A. Strout, Mrs. N.
Houston Small.
Posters and menus. Mrs. C. B. Holmes,
chairman, Miss Florence Dunton and
| Miss Florence Shaw,