Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-06-28

Farnham. Marjorie NJ. Farnham, Ethel
Nj. Weeks and Ethel NJ. Knowles.
A State of Maine booth, resplend-
ent in pine boughs, was the State
Auditors Office booth. Small State
of Maine flags, largely OF silk were
sold and also toy ballons. 4 surpris-
ing confection on sale was candy in
the guise of fireworks. Pin wheels
and other souveniers were also on
sale.
Highways
In charge Of l. W. Barbour ASS
tants: Helen Hutchinson, May New
comb, Mrs. Jones, Alice Barbour, Lima
Black, Rena Davidson. Blanche Norton.
The popcorn machine was right
there with the goods and a lot OF ii
was disposed Of, right from the ma
chine, all hot and buttered. The
Highways committee was busy
! one, attending TO the wants of the
every hungry crowd.
Punch Table
Chairman, Mrs. Jack Cowie; assistant,
Miss Katherine keene.
Punch" may mean many things
and sometimes it may mean nothing,
but in connection with the Lawn
Party given by the State House AS
sociates, punch meant daisies,
daisies everywhere, TWO charming
young ladies wearing daisy dresses,
and dispensing punch and Poland
spring water. The Poland spring
water was q gift from E. F. Kicker
! Ice Cream ParIor
| In charge of Miss l.. NJ. Richmond.
| Assistants: Miss Susan Murphy, Miss
| Norman Miss Haskell, Miss Clara
| Small. Miss Shirley, Miss Cochrane,
Messrs Jewett. Allan and Starkey.
The ice cream parlor was in the
alcove where the new part of the
State House joins the oil part. Rus
tic chairs, rugs and coy corners
formed alluring introductions TO this
| delightful nook.
Ice Cream Cones
In charge of Miss NJ. H. Hodgdon and
Mrs Carrie Bearce. Assistants: Miss
! Frances Ellingwood. Miss Isadore
Getchell, Miss Margaret Ford, Miss
I, Louise Folsom, Miss l.. NJ Richmond.
Miss Ethel Knowles Miss Marion Pope.
Miss Lottie NJ. Harrington, Miss Mary
Gray, Miss Ida Goldstein. Miss Hill,
! Miss Faulkner, Miss sarah Tuell, Miss
Dana. Mrs. Grace Wheeler. Miss Edith
Wilson. Miss Ethel Bean, Miss Booth
by. Messrs. Shorey, Hill, Tartre and
! lepin.
Supper for tho Band
State House Club, Myrtle H Hodgdon.
president. Assistants: Misses l.ottie NJ.
Harrington, Ethe! Anne, Phyllis Saw
age, Bernice Bates. Annie Clancy, Mary
Gray, Jennie Cochrane, Alice Donovan,
Edith Wilson.
Immediately upon their arrival
! from Lewiston at $50 o'clock the
members Of the Boys Band from
! Lewiston were served a supper by
! the State House club. Three large
/ tables and one smaller one were
! tastifuIly arranged in the State
! House near the rest room and here
/ the boys were served sandwiches.
pickles. fruit, ice cream, cake and
cocoa. Thirty-two members of the
band and the leader were served
/ This part OF the days proceedings
was a delightful one The table dec
! orations were daisies
Lawn Party Taggers
Martha Hubert. Pauline Lowell. Ethel
Libby Gwendolin Griffin. inez Page,
Helen Gaffney. Lillian Massey, Alice
Weston, Bertha Thayer and Nellie
Lord.
The Lawn Party Taggers were ev-
erywhere and their bright eyes. did
not let many escape.
Public Utilities Commission
IN charge of George F Giddings AS
sistants; Roy +. Leach. Frank J. Nc
Ardle. Paul l.. Bean. Ralph A. Parker,
William NJ. Black, Ethe! NJ. Brainerd.
Gwendolin Griffin. Ruby NJ Dennis,
Armorel S. Hanks. Josephine c. Whal.
en- and Freeman F. Burr
The exhibits of the Public Utilities
Commission formed whole show IN
thenSeiVes and were wonderful COL
lection of modern day ma-vels. The ev.
the New England Telephone Il TeIe-
graph Co. told many folks something or
which they never dreamed before.
Among the special features OF this high
ly interesting exhibit were glass i,l-
sulated cable, parts of the Atlantic c1-
BILE and instruments for telephone mes
sages to Paris and to Hawaii, a tels-
phone held to the teeth rather than to
the ear. the first operators instrument,
which weighed six and one-auarter
pounds. ard the present day operators
instrument which weighs is ounces. A
working model of receiver measuring
one inch was presented to Govern.r
Milliken during the day. Governor Mil
hken talked into the receiver. which
showed its practical use. The wire used
in the first telephone in 1875 was on ex-
hloitlon, as was the instrument usei
March 10. 1876. into which was trans
mitted the first complete sentence by
telephone. Very courteous representa-
tives of the company explained differ
ent exhibits and withal this part OF tna
Public Utilities Commission booth was
intensely interesting.
The exhibit OF the Central Maine Ppw.
er Co, that of up-to-date electrical an
phances. was in charge of Miss Mona
Wyse. Mrs. H. F. Edwards and Mrs. =.
f. Melgs. Here were shown Everything
electrical including the washing ma
chine. electric range, percoIator and
toaster, vacuum sweeper, fireless COOK