The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-09-02
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Mr.. and Mrs Ralph A. Peavey formally I
opened their beautiful summer residence, |
Loeb Haven, at South Shore, Northport, |
with a house warming last Saturday |
night. The home was greatly admired |
by the guests, several of whom pro- |
nounced it one of the most attractive on !
the Maize coast. The evening was spent
with auction and supper was served at IL
o'clock from small tables.
The concert at the Country Club Sun
day evening was furnished by Mr.. and
Mrs. Hallet Gilberte and their guests
MIR. Gilberte's compositions were sung
by Miss Florette Oliver of Nashua, N.
H. Mrs. Gilberte gave several readings.
Gabriel Ravenelle of New York read his
own composition, The Queen of Skow
hogan (Me) Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brad
bury entertained party of twenty-eight
before the concert.
Mr.. l M. Cobe entertained the artists
who took part at the cabaret at seven
o'clock dinner at the Country Club last
Tuesday evening. Thirty covers were
laid at handsomely decorated table and
an elaborate menu served. After the
dinner they adjourned to the CODE home
where musical program was given, in
GLIDING vocal selections by Mrs. Richard
Stevens and selections on the organ by
Mr.. Stevens, Mr.. Monteaux and Mr..
Cobe.
The antiquarian party given at the
Country Club Monday evening by Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Blaisdell, with 81 guests
present, was the largest and most inter-
esting function in it's history. The host
and hostess realize that the ready re-
Spouse of the guests in wearing old-time
costumes and their cordial CO operation
made the affair the wonderful success 1t
was. Only the lack of space prevents
description of all the details. The dec
orations were in festoons of evergreens,
| tiger lilies, tansy and marigolds. The
Club house was converted into an old
time home with the host and hostess ap-
pearing as Hezekiah and Gladness blaIs-
dell receiving their guests on the porch.
MI and Mrs. T. B. Dinsmore, as Jededl-
ah and Melissa Dinsmore, created the
sensation of the evening IN their anti
cues of beautiful texture and design.
Supper was served on the porch In the
customs and mannerisms of ages long
gone by. The place cards were lettered
| by Percy A. Sanborn of Belfast and bore
an old time cut-prlnt. Only the real
| SIT names were uScu dS IhC CoShoiiSho
were from other days. The supper scene
was realistically antique. Then came the
dance with music by Walter Luce, now
of Brooks, who had "fiddled" years and
years for country dances and was only
natural in his part A quartet from
Bangor, under the direction of c. Leroy
LYONS, furnished music for the evening
The order of dances was on brown card
board with 2 print of an ancient dame
and the use of the old-fashioned S. A
special feature was the singing of orlgi-
nal verses, written by Mrs. Blaisdell, en-
titled 'Our Country Club Ode," to the
tune of Amer ca. This, like all the other
announcements, was on brown paper.
The originality, attention to detail, and
cordial hospitality of MIR. and Mrs. Blals-
dell made the function record breaker.
The fourth annual cabaret under the
auspices of the Country Club with Ira
M. Cobe, chairman of the committee,
was held Friday evening at the bayslde
Theatre with 200 guests present. The
theatre was artistically decorated under
the direction of Mrs. j. W. Blaisdell with
the use of evergreens, flags and bright
red dahlias. A delicious menu was served
under the direction of Mrs. Rose +. Fahy
with extra ASST stance. Mr.. CODE presided
as POSTMASTER and the program was va
ried and amusing with an abundance OF
practical Jokes interspersed. There were
two original poems with points, presented
by w. E. Hatch of New Bedford and Mrs.
S. A. Parker of Belfast. Music for the
occasion was furnished by the Toy SYM
phony, led by Clement Lemon of the Bos-
ton Symphony. 1t included lead of a
piano, bass viol and eight violins.
Pierre Monteux, conductor OF the boston
Symphony, played the viol; T. George
Dodworth, traps and drums; Vaughan
Hamilton led the violins, among whom
were Richard E. Stevens, Mrs. S. Nit
sukuri, Mrs Edwin Winship, Mrs. S. c.
Pattee, Alexander Romanescu; Mrs.
Stevens played a triangle, Miss lnez
Churchill, tin trumpet, Miss Blanche
Fleming, whistle, Mrs. Ralph L.
Flanders, cuckoo, George F. Ferguson,
tin trumpet, Charles Stratton, tin
horn, Miss Chessman and Mr.. Cobe, rat
tles Miss Neff, whistle. While novel
!, ty it was received with repeated ap-
plause. Charles Bennett of Boston sang
group of Irish songs to his own accom-
paniment. Mrs. Stevens sang group OF
"Knocking" songs, composed by Mr..
Cobe, with music by Mr.. Stevens, all OF
which were taken in good part. One of
the mos delightful features of the pro-
gram was the quartet composed of Geo.
W. Ferguson and three of his pupils,
Charles Stratton, Miss Lingley and Miss
Beckett. The evening closed with a
dance at the Club house with music by
McKeen's orchestra.