The Republican journal., 1917-05-17

Inc Old PeaDody rev, nate douglass
| Virgins playlet, will be given in the
Universalist church Friday evening, May
{ 25th, under the auspices of the Social
| Aid. Very satisfactory rehearsals are
being held under the direction of Mrs. S.
A. Parker, with Mrs. Giles G. Abbott,
reader. The play is full of real life and
the cast one of the best: Mrs. Barter,
the minister wife, Mrs. Sarah F. Knight;
Mrs. Burbank, president of the Dorcas
Society, Mrs. j. r. bennett; Mrs Miller,
! wife of Deacon Miller the Sexton, Mrs.
Frank l. Wilson; Mrs. Sargent the viii
lage historian, Mrs. Frank H. Mayo;
Widow Buzzell, willing to take a second
risk, Mrs. George A. Leavitt; Miss Lo-
bella Brewster, no lover of men, Mrs.
Eugene L. Cook Mrs. Maria Sharp, quick
of speech and sound of heart, Mrs. Geo.
w. War lwell; Miss Nancy Wentworth,
who has waited ten years for her ro-
nance, Miss Alice Roswell; Justin Pea
body, the claimant to the Peabody pew,
Fuller Wentworth.
THE RED CROSS SOCIETY. Miss Nina
M. Valentine, R. N, of the Waldo County
hospital and Mrs Lulu c. Hills, r. N,
a special nurse at the Tapley hospital,
! members of the Belfast Red Cross So
ciety, returned last Thursday from Pitts
field, where they went to receive instruc-
tons in making surgical dressings from
Miss Annie |. Fletcher of Boston, mem
Der of the Peter Bent Brigham hospital
surgical dressings committee. All the
surgical pads, rolls, bandages, sponges,
used in the base hospitals are re-
quired to be of certain measurements,
etc. Miss Valentine and Mrs Hills will
give instructions to any who may wish
to do the work here or in Northport The
following instructions for making face
bandages are supplied by Mrs. James c.
Durham, the Auxiliary's secretary: Use
No II steel needles and No. 6Dexter cot
ton, 3 ply. Cast on IL stitches; knit Is
inches; knit stitches plain; widen one
on each side 18th stitch at beginning and
end of row. knit across plain; widen 5th
stitch on every other row till "a stitches
are on needle Knit across times plain,
then narrow ON the 5th stitch on each
side-as you widened-till you return to
| the original IL stitches, then knit to
make the whole length "a inches. Knit
the last stitch in the row on the back
side; after turning slip the first stitch.
This makes a pretty edge. Yarn is not
supplied by the Auxiliary. The Red
Cross in the future will accept only sur
gical supplies which are made under
the directions of a Red Cross nurse.
The room on Main street will be used
Saturday and Monday afternoons for this
work, and no sewing will be done on
those days. Miss Louise Hazeltine, chair
man of the Belfast Auxiliary, while in
Boston secured authorization from head
quarters for all towns in Waldo county
who do not form Auxiliarles to work I'M
der the direction of the Belfast Auxiliary
Information in regard to organizing can
be obtained by communicating with the
secretary of the Belfast Auxiliary, Mrs
j. c.. Durham At present owing to lack
of funds they will not be able to senc
much work out of town They will
however, furnish yarn for knitting the
army socks, and would be glad for any
who will knit to communicate with Mrs
Robert F. Dunton. AS there is ascarcity
throughout the country of No. II stee
needles used in the knitting, persons
having such needles would confer favo
by loaning them to the committee. Ih
special thanks of the sewing commtte
are extended to Lynwood B. Thompson
who is making by machinery the button
holes for the garments. There Will be
meeting at the rooms this, Thursday, a
3 p. m.