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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1914

Page

7

Society Notes Highlight Bath Musicians and Visiting Divas

Harriet Ware arrives in Portland for a Rossini Club concert at Pythian Hall with Miss Shaw, Miss Sawyer, Miss Noyes, and Ernest Hill. Mme Emma Eames visits Bath for a tea hosted by Mrs Sewall, while Miss Ethelynde Smith returns from a Midwest recital tour and Miss Smith’s Maine friends praise her success.

Harriet Ware Bath Portland Miss Ware New York RE. A. Noyes Danforth St Maine Rossini Club Musical Portland Pythian Hall Mildred Shaw Florence Sawyer Julia Noyes Ernest J. Hill Arcady Unity Hall John Upper Turner Ethelynde Smith Cumberland Avenue Ships Middle West Missouri

Elegant Rubinstein Club Ball at Waldorf Astoria

New York Rubinstein Club hosted a Tuesday evening ball at the Waldorf Astoria with about 1500 guests. Mrs. William R. Chapman led the event in admired dress as club members, including wealthy New York women, showcased splendid gowns and fancy dancing by special artists. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Allen of Maine attended as guests from Portland.

New York Rubinstein Club Waldorf-Astoria William R. Chapman Chapman William C. Allen West St Portland Maine

Morse High School Students Welcome Stereopticon Lectures

Pupils of Morse High School anticipate a stereopticon lantern with lenses and attachments for post cards and opaque views. Principal Montgomery plans a lecture series in Assembly Trail with slides of foreign lands and the U S, each lecture featuring sixty or seventy pictures. Public admission will cover costs and defray lantern expenses.

Morse High School Montgomery

White goods drive fuels Paris and Boston shoe styles

Foreign dispatch notes Just Plain Shoes as a leading feature in Paris and Boston stores alongside holiday shopping. It highlights tuile chemise de nie in white tulle, a bronze button shoe, emerald green silk footwear, primrose brocade evening shoe with gold thread, and platinum diamond accents on sandals.

Paris Boston Bevonia

Mrs Noyes Hostess Hosts Simple Portland Coffee

Miss Julia Edwards Noyes of Danforth Street Portland gave a Monday morning coffee for her cousin Mrs Noyes visiting from Maine from San Francisco. The informal affair was intimate and delightful with Mrs Sidney M Noyes and Mrs Edward D Noyes at the serving table and jonquil centerpiece.

Julia Edwards Noyes Danforth Street Portland Noyes Maine San Francisco Sidney M. Noyes Abbie Clark Edward D. Noyes

In Honor of Miss Cahill Weds Bath Boy Bant Hanson

Miss Ruth Cahill marries Bath native Bant Hanson Sr after leaving the J. T. Percy store. Fellow workers hosted a banquet at the Colonial and attended Life's Shop Window at the Bath Opera House. Percy's clerks plan a farewell dance Monday night in the Armory.

Miss Cahill Ruth Cahill Bath Bant Hanson

Boston Visit and Eastport Fortnight Mentioned

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gibbons were visitors in Boston this week. Miss Elizabeth Dean is enjoying a fortnight in Eastport.

Thomas S. Gibbons Boston

Mme Eames de Gogorza Visits Bath on Invitation

Mme Eames de Gogorza and her husband arrived yesterday. While in Paris Mrs Sewall heard a wish to visit Bath again and extended a cordial invitation, which was accepted.

Maine Mme. Eames Sewall Bath Mme. Eames de Gogorza

Will Go to Japan Charles Donnell Leaves for Kobe Japan

Charles J. Donnell departs for Kobe Japan on the twentieth after a long vacation with parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Donnell of High Street. A Bowdoin College graduate in 1905 he has worked for the International Banking Company at offices in London Cebu Manila and New York and remains with the same firm in Kobe.

Japan Charles J. Donnell Charles R. Donnell High St Kobe Mr. Donnell Bowdoin College International Banking Company Tondon Cebu Manila New York

Misses Winchell Forsaith Guests in Roxbury

Misses Sue Winchell and Isabel Forsaith of Brunswick visited Miss Sally Rogers in Roxbury Massachusetts, formerly of the Snow Farm West Bath. The Merry Club of the New Meadows plans a Tuesday supper and entertainment at Mrs Ada Holbrook’s home, with a rain date planned for the next clear night. Public invitation extended.

Sue Winchell Isabel Forsaith Brunswick Sally Rogers Roxbury Mass Snow Farm West Bath Merry Club of the New Meadows Ada Holbrook

Mrs Baxter Hosts Large Tea at Music Hall

Mrs Rupert Baxter entertained about 150 guests at a Tuesday afternoon tea in Music Hall. Dancing featured strongly with the Stetson Trio of Brunswick and praise for the entertaining program. Out of town guests included Mrs Hartley Baxter and Miss Baxter of Brunswick and Mrs Norman McLaren of San Francisco. Next week Mrs Jacob Robinson Andrews will host an at home on the Avenue from four to six.

Brunswick Ben Greet Saturday Club Town Hall Hinton and Verdi Wesley M. E. Church Brotherhood Bunty Universalist Church Music Hall Rupert Baxter Stetson Caroline Moses Hartley Baxter Miss Baxter Norman McLaren San Francisco Jacob Robinson Andrews

Luncheon Held For Gogorzas By Hostess Sewall

Mrs William D Sewall will host a Tuesday noon luncheon in honor of Senor Emil and Mme James de Gogorza. A dozen guests attend. Director William R Chapman visited Bath Tuesday night and attended Mendelssohn Club rehearsal. The club invited the Gogorzas to their Tuesday session.

William D. Sewall Senor Emil Mme James de Gogorza William R. Chapman Bath Mendelssohn Club Mme. James de Gogorza

Mrs Brown Reads Irish Plays in Parish House

Mrs Arthur Flint Brown presents a readings program of Irish plays and Sutro’s works at Oak Street Parish House on Friday night. It is the Cosmopolitan Club’s third event, opened to the public with door admission. club members may use single or course tickets.

Ben Greet Brunswick Cumberland Theatre Saturday Club Redpath Bureau William Shakespeare Brown Arthur Flint Brown Oak St Cosmopolitan Club Florence Carpenter Elmhurst Ethel Hyde

Miss Gross Engaged in Shipping City News

The Gossiper reports the engagement of Alzira Crie Gross to Rupert James Wing both of Shipping City. Alzira, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert A Gross, has been a Mikelsky Music Store assistant, while Rupert works on his parents farm. The bride-to-be has worn a stunning solitaire since Christmas as friends extend felicitations.

Miss Gross Albert A. Gross Alzira Crie Rupert James Wing Mikelsky Music Store Wing Harold T. Wing

Sewall Hosts Dinner for Mme de Gogorza Guests

Mr and Mrs Harold M Sewall entertained guests at a dinner party honoring Mme James de Gogorza and her husband with a cordial evening at their home.

Harold M. Sewall Mme. James de Gogorza

Ladies' Aid at Wesley Church Hosts Mrs Howard

Mrs D L Howard entertained the Ladies Aid of Wesley Church yesterday afternoon. Miss Louise Harriman visits Boston as a guest of Mrs Andrew Kaul.

D. L. Howard Wesley Church Louise Harriman Boston Andrew Kaul

Bath guest Paul L. Wing attends The Dansant in Brunswick

Miss Ruth Nearing hosts a Saturday afternoon Dansant at her Bath Stone home in Brunswick. Bath guest Paul L. Wing joins Mrs. Nearing and Mrs. Arthur B. Johnson in greeting attendees. Dancing ran from four to seven with sherbet crackers candy and punch served by Miss Agnes Nearing and Miss Helen Files. Music provided at the piano by Robert Stetson.

Paul L. Wing Bath Brunswick Ruth Nearing Bath Stone Nearing Arthur B. Johnson Agnes Nearing Helen Files Robert Stetson Coast Artillery National Guard Riverton Red Room Bernadette Moreau W. Q. Peterson Francis E. Cummings

Costume Party-Ladies' Night at Grace Church

Ladies of the Men's Club at Grace Church hosted a Lincoln Birthday party in the Parish House. Guests in fancy dress enjoyed a four piece orchestra, masked dances, and humorous face reveals led by Hon. and Mrs. John Hyde. Dancers included Dan Williams and Edward Hyde among many others.

Grace Church John Hyde Myra Whittum Carl Hessel H. A. Huse John Stacy Abe Lincoln Dan Williams Edward W. Hyde John S. Hyde Howard Hawley Ruth Turner Coon Charles Harriman Ethel Hawley Abuoch Andrews Hubert McCarty Lina Andrews Ora la Croix Jack Hyde Dayton Hill Charles S. Brown Herbert Williams Edward Sampson Harry Day Alan Irish Hyde Guard Fred D. Hill Charles Hall Dunlap Hatch Edna Marr Harriet Henderson Marguerite Hennessy Lillian Mason William Furber Ebien Turner Valentine Fred P. Shaw Larrabee

Waterville DAR Council Meets March 11–12

The State council of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet in Waterville on Wednesday and Thursday March 11 and 12. Attendees are asked to notify the regent. Lieutenant R. C. Grady has taken apartments at the Harris House, ak St. The Winter Street parishioners hold their annual roll call and supper on Thursday evening with the Men's Club quarters opened for inspection.

State Council of the Daughters of the American Revolution Waterville R. C. Grady Harris House Ak St Winter Street

Frances Stiles Born to Scribners in Portland

A daughter arrived Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Scribner of Lincoln Street Portland. She has been named Frances Stiles. Mrs Scribner was formerly Miss Emma Cheltra of this city.

Fred Scribner Lincoln St Portland Frances Stiles Scribner Emma Cheltra City

Boston social guest at York Hall for Sewall

Miss Winifred Repp of Boston visits Miss Margaret Sewall at York Hall. Mrs Emma Twitchell a Bathite in Portland yesterday. Miss Ora La Croix, a returning guest of the Shipping City, is being entertained by Miss Lina Andrews.

Winifred Repp Boston Margaret Sewall York Hall Emma Twitchell Portland Ora la Croix Lina Andrews

Leydon Family Noted Figures In Worcester Visit

Miss Eleanor Leydon of Worcester visits her uncle George McMannus a patient at the city hospital while remaining Leydon relatives are identified with Auburn work and Rockwood Sprinkler Co. duties John W Leydon serves as a professor in the area.

Eleanor Leydon Worcester Mass George McMannus City Hospital Miss Leydon Auburn Arthur Leydon Rockwood Sprinkler Co Katherine Leydon John W. Leydon

Bathite Miss Jane Cushing Attends Dinner in New York

Miss Jane Cushing, a former Bath High School pupil now teaching in Miss Masters's school in New York, recently joined a Dobbs Ferry dinner party where Mme. James de Logorza was guest of honor. The two Bath alumni reminisced about their Shipping City days.

Jane Cushing

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Atlantic France Shipipng Pine Tree State Dicken Dickens Fellowship Charles Dickens Kate Douglas Wiggin Dickens Edwin Markham Alfred Noyes Ames AT Sinteen Langdon T. Snipe Abigail Isabel Carter Culbert McGay Percy Armory Mrs. Baxter Jennie R. Morse Arthur N. Leonard Bates College Lewiston Lohenerin Leonard Wagner Margaret J. Adams Bates Miss Morse Jennie Morse Jennie Melcher Alice Magoun Harry Morse Elsa’s Dream Violin Kenneth Weeks Ewan Long Pauline Adams Keneath Morse Adams New York City William J. Curtis Horace E. Henderson Bowdoin Thomas H. Hubbard George W. Tilson Henry A. Huston McConaughy Fred H. Albee Roscoe H. Hopper John S. Simmons Robert D. Cole Paul H. Douglas E. L. Bridgham China J. He Brett Charles Cahill D. A. R. Council
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