Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Household Arts
Exhibit at Lincoln
Parent-Teacher Meet

The Friday afternoon meeting OF
the Lincoln school Parent-Teacher
Association was one OF the most in
teresting, instructive and entertain
Ing OF the present season, and sew
cral features were included in the
varied program OF entertainment.
Mrs. Arthur l.. Thayer took her
hearers with her on an extended and
personally conducted travel tour
with much of the time devoted to
that most interesting country
Wales Mrs. Thayer's talk was OF
especial interest inasmuch as her
own visit to that country was in
company with her mother, who was
of WEIGH birth.
Previous to the paper by Mrs.
Thayer, the members of the aSso-
citation were greatly interested in an
exhibition OF sewing by the pupils
of the grammar grades. which was
conducted by the supervisor. Miss
Z Dorothy Smith. One of the notable
exhibits was that of the work or
Frances Baker, who during the
school year. has cut and sewed prac-
tically an entire outfit of clothing
for herself, including several dress
es, a coat, hat and other garments.
Miss Smith talked to the members
on the work in household arts IN
the public schools, and also gave the
mothers some insight into the CO.
| opcration which they should give to
the teachers for the proper guidance
of the children of school age.
Mrs, II. r. Elmore spoke on the
| tentative plans for the holding or
clinics for crippled children. This
work Is being organized by the Au-
| rusta Rotary Club and will be car
| ried out with the cooperation or the
! parent-Teacher Associations. and
various civic clubs, and welfare Or
carnations.
The pupils of the third grade, of
which Miss Lucy f.. 1inekin Is the
teacher. entertained with n splendid
/ rendition of an old Welsh air, "All
Through the Night" which was par
ticularly pleasing as Mrs. Thayer'
talk was principally on that inter-
csting country.
| Refreshments or sandwiches
fancy cookies, tea and candy were
served. The hostesses for yester-
dov afternoons meeting were Mrs.
Ralph Rollins and Mrs, George Roy
nj. assisted BY the girls of the sixth
Grade, The student assistants were
neatly and attractively Rttired IN
white and blue caps and aprons
which they made themselves as part
cf their course of instruction ana
which are used in their cooking
! classes.
! The paper by Mrs. Arthur L.
Thayer contained much of unusual
interest and was more than ordln-
orIlv authentic. Mrs. Thayer has
made n careful study of the legends
and customs, as we'll as the history
and social life of the Welsh people
IJer material was we'll chosen and
presented in q most intriguing man
ner. and she commanded the closest
attention of her audience.
She gave brief Introductory
sketch of the earlier days or her
STAY abroad, then told n little of her
experiences in England. before she
went on to Wales. where she was the
guest of relatives and saw the init
mate home life of the country as an
ordinary traveller might not do. She
smoke of her visit to Marie Corellis
home and also of the old WEIGH cas-
I tie that Patti once made her home.
She gave an interesting anccdotc OF
that famous singer. who. when she
sang incognito for the peasants was
never able to equal her own reputa-
ton.
The people of Wales. their dress.
their food, their schools. their love
OF music and their music festivals.
all were described clear and vivid
~.
The speaker gave an amusing ac-
} count of the Welch fairies ana their
propensity to make things uncom-
Portable for mortals, also the dit
ficulties one might have in trying to
! see them.
/ She described the country around
Ammanford. Duffryn. and other
nearby estates, and took her hearers
/ to the laying of WEIGH corner
stone. and the formal tea drinking
! that followed. The difficulties of
! Welch geographical namessincludtng
! ing the famous descriptive name or
/ 81 letters, proved amusing to the
/ listeners.
/ Mrs. Thayer explained the origin
/ OF the term prince of Wales. She
! said that Edward I, after having
| conquered Llewellyn, found the peo-
ple unwilling to submit to prince
| unless he was born in Wales. could
speak no English and was OF STAIN
| less life" Edward presented to them
as fulfilling their hard conditions his
infant son. born in Wales.
| Mrs. Thayer TOOK the CoHlpan! III
imagination to n number of Welch
castles. including Carnaevon and
Conway. Her talk was illustrated by
photographs. cards and curios.
Mrs. Thayer closed her talk. In
which she had taken her hearers on
a DELIGHTFULLY."- intimate travel tour
with a ringing recitation of the fer
vently patriotic poem by Henry Var
pyck, "Where the air is full of sun
shine and the flag is full of stars.
LOCAL NOTICE
Dance at Frenchs Corner every
Il Saturday night. may9d2t