Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-03


here Monday evening on the o'clock
train from Boston where it's death oc-
CURED in the Ch:ldren's hospital. The
child had been under the care Of a
Boston physician for some time and
was known to he seriously ILL., She
was two years old last July. There
are NO other children in the family.
Mrs. Merrill was with the child at the
tune Of its death. The funeral SER
vices are to be held this Wednesday
afternoon from the home ON Bush
street. The hour Is o'clock. Mr..
ana Hrs. Merrill having been Miss
Janet Lander Of Bingham before her
marriage.
Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Meservey Of
a visit in Union and Belfast.
Miss Manila Curzon, leading lady
during the summer of the Lakewood
Stockwood Co. has returned to New
York. Mrs. ]. 3. Hymer/ of New
York who has been summering at the
lake Is filing q role in the play this
week in q very complimentary and
charming manner. :
Plans are rapidly maturing under
the very skiIlful and efficient direction
Of Miss Mary Carpenter Of New York
for the Pageant 20 be given in the
Chautauqua tent before the course is
over. Miss Carpenter announced
various entertaining features Of the
sffair Tuesday. The pageant will be
lead by Miss Dorothea Clough as Lib
erty and Miss Marian Smith as Peace
and they will be followed by Phyllis
richardson as torch bearer and MUIR
lei Walker as dove bearer. Then will
come the palm bearers, Elizabeth
.Iewett, Evelyn and Natalie Bunneil
and Elizabeth Quincy. Miss Phyllis
Whiting will represent Victory in the
pageant and she will be accompanied
by her scroll beater. When the pic
ture u formed, the scene being the
Court Of the World Victory calls
upon the five nations who have taken
part In the war to receive their re-
wards 81 golden palms. The nations
onswer IN dance and the first to re-
ceive her reward 10 Belgium. Repre-
senting belgium are the following lit
tie naidens. Florence Norton, Bertha
Norton. Evelyn Fletcher, Catherine
Butler, Louise Smith, Ethelyn White.
Phyllis Weston, Eleanor Young. The
sscond nation to receive IL the ItaliarfI
group with Dorothy n. Nye as the
Spirit Of Italy, and the following
Young misses comprising the rest Of
the group: Helen 8. Leighton, Doro-
thy Dane. Dorothy Smith, Althea
HeaIy. Muriel Cover, Lucille Chap
man. In the English group will be
seen Letha Savage. Evelyn viles,
Edna Petite. Esther Viles, Mildred
Smith, Caroline Gefthner, Catherine
Burner and In the French eroup.
Helen Ties, Ellen M. Boyd, Priscilla
Hubbard. Charlotte Cole, Marie Bis.
son and Frances Blackburn. Victory
calls on America a. the final nation
to receive her reward and the follow
Ing girls-reDresent our own country:
Agnes Coburn, Priscilla Lord, Edith
Simpson. Norma B. Smith, Rebal
Vail and Rachel Roy. When America.
has received her palm Of reward a
tribute to victory dance Is given in
which the nations having received
ralms dance. The costumes of the
girls are to be carried out in the color
scheme II the fags Of the respective
rations only. The dances of the sew
eral nations viii close the symbolic
features Of the pageant and a new
spirit will than enter when the Skow.
hogan lads make their appearance in
led, whtts and blue caps and tunics
REPRESENTING War Camp community
work. The boys will form the stars
ead stripes en- the stage and will then
10 some tum bling acts after which ALI
waiI sing War Camp songs with the
audience joining in the Star Spansled
TANNER with the usual pageant form
OF hling out. A similar pageant wa.
tsven Ia New York by the dancing
ropfis o. Miss Carpenter and Helen
Murphy Of that city and II promises
&c be great treat in the wav of
CnautauQua entertainments because
q the loea. color In the performance
the youns people have been greatly
enjoying Miss Carpenters stay in
town Tor not only have the rehearsals
gone merrfiy on but a lot of eniov.
inent has been gained from the games
cnd stories at the park. Miss car
renter has surely made a hit with the
httie folks Of Skowhegan during her
stay. Her assistants have been Mis-
sarah Snow and Miss Helen Dav
Pianist.
The attendance Is large ut ch.tsu-
qua. Pinafore drew ana enthusis =.
NC crowd on Labor Day evening
while the addresses during the day
BY Henry g. Hawn on the soul Of
Tninss and by Bhaslar p. Hivale