The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-06

Mrs. j. J. Ashton was called to
Glover Thursday by the illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Walter Leonard.
Charles s. Carr, Mrs. G. A. Bur
bank, Martin T. Carr and Miss Agnes
Burbank are called to Springfield, Vt,
by the death of Mrs. S. G. Ellison,
sister to Charles B. Carr and Mrs.
Burbank.
The next entertainment in the lee
ture course will be held at the Ar
mory, Feb. IA. Ng. Poon Chew will
lecture. Ng Poon Chew is fluent
speaker and bright and witty in his
talk, seeing the humorous side of life
and is a recognized authority upon
Oriental subjects.
At the Probate Court rooms We'd
nesday the case of Scott Farnham of
Lyndonville against Dana Hannett of
Lyndonvilla was tried. This case
was in regard to guardianship of Mr..
Hannett. There were 20 witnesses on
both sides. Lawyer Norton for Farm
ham and Porter for Hannett. Judge
withheld his decision to be given
later.
One Of the interesting features of
Lyman IL. Howe's newest Travel Fes-
tival, which comes to the Colonial
Theatre tonight is a brand new, up
| to-the-minute tour of Americas Won
derland, Yellowstone National Park.
The Home cameraman succeeded in
phocographing all the beauties and
remarkable features of the wondrous
park, where there are falls greater by
j far in height than Niagara, canyons
some 1000 feet deep and more gey-
sers and hot springs than exist in all
the rest of the world put together.
A Ministe rs' Retreat is being held
at the South Church February 6 and
7. Thursday afternoon a devotional
service was conducted by Rev. c. c,
Merrill. The topic, can enlarged
and invigorated membership in our
churches-why is the need for it es-
pecially great and urgent just now?''
was treated by Rev. C. II. Merrill. A
brief statements from members pres
ent was given on the subject, "What
are the obstacles in the way of a
larger enrolment Of the people of a
community in the membership of the
church," Thursday evening devotion
al service was conducted by Rev. C.
C. Merrill. Rev. A. F. Poole spoke
on "What message will reach the
strong men of the community; and
Rev. C. c.. Merrill spoke on the
program for the increase campaign.
About 40 of our Red Cross mem
bers were at the Tuesday meeting
The chairman and work committees
who feel especially the responsibility
for getting our quota Of the 100000
garments Gcne before March 1, great
ly appreciate the faithfulness of the
women who come so constantly even
though they are busy at home. They
are grateful also to those who take
work home and to the groups of wom-
en- and societies who have been TAX
ing garments to make. The Airing
ton women deserve special mention
as having done such splendid work
many of them coming regularly tc
the Armory, and also taking work to
do at home. To any other woman who
can possibly help, the secretary would
say personally that even if the spring
sewing is a little belated and ths
embroidery and tatting wait a while
you will never regret this time spent
in helping a world in need! Regret
may come if we do not help.
Those who attended the musical
given yesterday under the auspices
of the Fortnightly Music club had a
most delightful afternoon. The Pre-
sident of the club, Mrs. Herbert
Balch, prepared the program by g
few words regarding the friendship
between the composer, Grieg, ane
tbsen, the author of the dramatic
poem, Pur Gynt, of which the music
is illustrated. The program was in
charge of Miss Alice Warden, and
after a violin selection, Allegro
Viacs from Mendelssohn Concasto
delightfully."- rendered by Miss Mar
jorie Cramton. Mrs Herbert Blod-
gett gave most Interestingly the
story of Pur Gynt with readings from
the poem. The reading was inter
sperced with the following musical
selections on the piano: Day Break
Miss Sigrid Eckloff; "The Death OF
Ase," Ruth Flint; "The Hall of the
Mountain Ring and Anitia's Dance
| by Miss Flint and Mrs. n. Fl. Stuart
The program closed with a vocal sole
''Story's Song," by Mrs. Cosgrove.
The weird and haunting music was
admirably interpreted by all perform
ers and will be long remembered by
those who heard it.