The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-12-05

The Woman's Hospital Aid will meet
with Mrs. Elmer Small on Friday at 2. 80
D. m. for the monthly business meeting
after which they will work on the quilts,
which are started for the nurses beds.
All members are requested to bring spare
pieces of material for same.
The Women's Alliance of the Unitarian
church, will meet this, Thursday, after
noon at 8 o'clock at the parsonage. A
change has been made from the printed
program. and the paper will be by Mrs.
j. w. Frederick on BRANDON Notes of
Travel" All women interested in the
church are cordially invited.
Louis A. Freedman of this city, who
was taking a short course at the Boston
University preparatory to enlisting for
war service, has changed and is now back
at Bates college to resume his regular
studies, under normal college conditions.
He is also reporting college news to the
Lewiston Daily Sun, has been made asso-
ciate editor by the faculty of the Bates
Student, the college weekly, has duties
at the Y. M. C. A. apd is manager Of the
hockey team for this year.
The ladies of the Baptist society will
give one of their famous public suppers
Wednesday evening, Dec. 18th, at
o'clock. They will have sale of fancy
articles and aprons during the afternoon.
Rev. Charles F. King, D. D. of Portland
will give a lecture in the evening on
"What's Under Boys Jacket" No re-
served tables will be held, but holders of
advance tickets will be seated at the first
table. The supper will be abundant and
delicious. The tickets are so cents and
include the lecture. They may be bought
from the young people of the society or
from Miss Verna Dyer at Mrs. E. P.
Carries store.
AN EVENING OF RARE DELIGHT. The
visit of Charles Crawford Gorst, the Bird
Man, had been anticipated for some time
by the local bird lovers, but his entertain
ment at the Baptist church last Monday
evening in the lecture course, was real
ization exceeding their fondest dreams.
He simply fascinated all am ateur students
of bird lore and highly entertained all his
hearers, for his discourse was racy, bright
and amusing. While it was regretted that
his folio of pastel paintings of birds done
by his own brush, had not arrived with
him, his word paintings of their haunts
in woods, meadows, fields, etc, took the
imaginative with him in his visits south,
east, west, and in nearby territory. His
opening sentence ga bird in the bush is
worth two in the hand, because in the
bush it is far more useful and beautiful"
indicates the originality of his entire dis
course. His voice has wonderful carry
ing capacity and his we'll modulated tones
were restful and very pleasing. His first
two bird songs were the extremes-a robin
and a canary. A bond of sympathetic
fellowship is at once established between
this life student not only of birds, but of
nature in general, and his hearers. While
listening intently to the calls of our COM
mon feathered friends the thought was
often recurring, will he mimic the cardi-
nal, the hooking bird and others the
local bird lovers could only read about.
This he did to perfection and closed his
address with plea for a study of nature
that is a combination of book reviews
and personal experiences that will make
lasting impression upon even the most
Indifferent. About 275 course tickets
have been sold and there were number
of single admissions disposed of. Extra
seats were brought in to accommodate
the large audience present.