Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-01

Neighbors held Halloween dance
and entertainment at g. A. r. hall
and q large number Of the Wo0dmen
and Neighbors were present. The
first OF the evening was devoted ID
an entertainment and social, at yhici,
male quartet composed Of Maufet
Haskell, Albra Rand, Irving Packard
and David Campbell, rendered sew
eral jdne selections. A fortune teller
was also present and did . rushing
After the entertainment the re-
mainder Of the evening was devoted
to dancing. The music was fur
nished by Pierce's orchestra.
Halloween at the "Y1
Over 800 we've present at the cele.
bration at the X. M. C. "A. ana al
times II was almost Impossible "a
move about so closely were the spec.
tators packed In the gymnasium OF
that building. The social which was
under the auspices Of the D. T. AZ
fraternity Of the X" was open to the
The first hour and q half was de-
voted to games OF all sorts which
furnished amusement for everyone
Fully 10O people participated In
these games and contests and the
spirit OF good will and friendly rival.
ry that was shown at this time was
especially marked.
Among the games and contests
staged were many new to the people
OF Augusta. One OF the funniest OF
these was the one. "Are You There
Casey?" In this eight men in pairs
participated. Each pair was armed
with a magazine and two "swatters.'
Each man grasps one end of the
magazine and each blindfolded one
inquiries If the other is there, upon
being notified that he is, the first
tries to hit the other with the swat
ter and the second tries to avoid the
blow. They then reverse this proceed
ure. As the men are laying fat on
their stomachs their contortions are
extremely funny.
Another that drew bowls of laugh.
ter was smudge boxing. The con.
testants in this were necessarily
stripped to the waist. They donned
boxing gloves which had been dip.
ped in burnt cork and lamp black
and for time 1t was easy to see
where each blow landed. It soon be.
came harder however as the mer
quickly took on q darker hue and
the blows did not>show.
A contest held In the swimmine
pool In which the participants en-.
deavored to swim the length Of the
pool carrying boiled egg In q spoor
between their teeth, also went big
The egg was easily disloged from tlle
spoon and then sank to the bottom
OF the pool, 1t then being necessar,
for the swimmer to dive to the bot
tom after it.
At the conclusion of these con.
tests, the crowd was entertained fol
nearly an hour by Ralph e. Beale o,
Portland. Mr.. Beale is a very ex.
cellent entertainer and in spite OF
adverse conditions, with children OF
all sides Of him. he kept the entire
gathering young and old amused fol
the full time. The first 20 minute.
he occupied with a fine exhibition Of
ventriloquism and the remainder OF
the time with feats Of magic. The
entertainment was novel and wa.
especially clean and refined.
The younger children were theY
for social dancing. Music for thi.
part Of the program was furnished
by Douglas ffve-piece orchestra ant
large number of the guests of tn,
"Y" participated in the dance.
Refreshments were served through
out the evening consisting or ic
| cream. cookies, sweet cider an,
doughnuts.
The games both in the gymnasium
and the swimming pool were undel
| the direction of Leland Stacy, boys
secretary. Harlow Bradford and HUI
bert Merrick took charge of the re
freshments and the beautiful decor
atoms were the work Of committe,
of boys and girls headed by Norman
Partridge.
Party at Augusta General Hospital
The nurses at the Augusta Gen
eral hospital were tie guests Of tn,
superintendent, Miss Elizabeth TAFT
on Wednesday evening at a delight
full Halloween party, which was he'll,
in the Haynes Home for Nurses
Many came masked. which adde,
much to- the enjoyment of the occa
sion, as the costumes were both move
and pretty.
"A fine program of readings ant
solo dances was presented by som,
Of the nurses and this was followed
by general dancing. Delicious Hal
lowe'en refreshments were .servet
during the evening.