Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-20
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THE EEEE CHAmPBTRE. A Brtlitant success-A nsr1lllant and
 Beautiful Scene-About s1 ,50O Rcal. | fzed.
 Scarcely had the quiet walks of Whitney avenue last evening taken on the dark shadows that make them so popular with promenaders when strange throng of car- riageg and eager pedestrians took possession of the street and turned it into thorough- fare more bustling than the palmiest days of Chapel street. The great Fete Champetre at the Foote residence and grounds was the Mecca toward which all were hurrying, and long before the grounds were reached the blare of trumpets, mingled with the fivelier haruaonies of Colts superb band and the merry ring of laughter, foretold the pleasure and high spirits among the romping throngs amid the eYergreens on the Foote lawn.
 At the gate was large calcium light which threw it's rays far up among the trees and made the long, winding path to the Man- sion as light as day. Every tree was s1oaded with lighted lanterns, and the ho4se itself was ablaze with lights and decornions.A Hammocks were strung fyln tree U tree, and here the tired youths .and naideps rested after sauntering though the lighted
 
 were little stands, and seated ssbehind these beneath arches G lanterns sat pretty girls who sold +ts cream, soda, lemonade and other tries.
 Befoe the porch of the house, from over whkh came the rays of locomotive head 4Eht, and almost hidden afar in the trees, was eaily adorned tent where refreshments were served. Here the pretty waitresses were kept busy with throng of purchasers, and all of their store was gone before the evening was over. In front of the library windows and standing under @ tree, from which canopy of lanterns and decorations hung, was a charming young lady in 8 trunk of the tree was large sheet of paper tackled to a board, and on this were three columns marked of and respectively headed: ssBangle, :" "Pin," Pencil" Here the vot- ing was going on, and as each bought vote the young lady, Mrs. Grant Thompson, wrote name in one of the columns. This was a favorite spot for the young men, and Mrs Thompson was besieged until late hour. About thirty dollars was taken in here, and the voting resulted in giving MT. J. Edward Heatop, who had 49 votes, gold pencil in the form of match, as the most popular man. Louis Stoddard received 192 votes and the scarf pin as prize, and Dor othy Q. Trowbridge won the gold bangle with 266 votes.
 At the left of the house was 8 tent in which Misses Kate Trowbridge, Mamie Trow- bridge and Ives sold lemonade and eeltzer. At the side of the band stand were tiers of seats on which the dancers from the parlors sat between the orders of the programme.
 Inside everything was crowded with dam cers and promenaders. The two parlors at the left were formed into magnificent ball. room, and in the library Mrs. E. Hayes TroWbridge, jr,, sold all of her confections before the evening had hardly begun. The Eair Had hv7uo 1ah1 presided over by Mrs. Fitch, Mrs. DeForest and Mrs. Stoddard.
 The refreshment room in the right wing, however, was the success of the evening. Here Mrs. Professor A. M. Wheeler conduct ed everything with such grace and facility that table after table was cleared and the en- tire supply of provisions was exhausted in the early evening. The room was the most artistically draped and decorated of any in the house, and much of the evenings success is due to the skill and taste of Mrs. Wheeler. Mrs. Winchester, Mrs. Dr. Gilbert and eight young society ladies also assisted Mrs. Wheel CT with the refreshments. Between two and three hundred dollars was added to the treasury in this room alone. Deibel's cater. ing was faultless and MT. Dickerman gener- ously gave the use of twenty very fine foliage plants to adorn the house.
 An amusing incident happened during the evening. The much famed donkey which GQ6 cu1kQE6u QaQ been IIu10R 6SGhpoQ HUH the grounds and ran down Whitney avenue with its back loaded with a medley of trap pings which the ladies had placed upon him. He was soon caught and brought back. He will not be rallied, as reported, on the grounds, but there is mystic rnmor that some of the young ladies intend to do something of the kind by themselves.
 the receipts for admission amounted to some thing like s750 or $500 and altogether the Mothers Aid society and Leila Day nursery will probably be made richer by $1 300 from the nights amusements.
 The ladies are overwhelmed" by the kind ness they have received from newspapers and others and wish to extend a general thanks to all who have aided them in their good work
 The affair was one of the finest social and charitable successes in several years, and great credit attaches to those who engineered it so finely. Almost everybody of social prominence in the city was there, and it seemed as if there were 2,000 people prome- nading about outside the grounds enjoying the beautiful scene from afar, and drinking in the fine music by the band and the fine singing by the Apollo club. Among those present who arrived before dark were Rev. Dr. Munger, Prof. Marsh, Prof. Neimeysr, Fred B. Mallory, Dr. Frank Whittemore, Principal l.. l.. Camp and wife, Mir. o. P. Wurts, MT. and Mrs. Henry Warner and Miss Cowles, Miss Champion, the Misses Hotchkiss of Chapel street, Miss Justine In- gersoIl, MT. and Mrs. G. J. Moffatt, Hon. O. B. Bowers, Rev. Mir. Lusk and wife, and Mrs. Herbert P. Smith and Misses Minnie and Josephine Cheney, all of North Haven. Laterin the evening among those noticed were Prof. Brush and family, Prof. Leunsbury and family, Prof. Mixter and family, Miss Cooper, Miss Arlington, Miss Bronson, Prof. Farnam, Prof. Eaton and family, Prof. Clark and family, Miss Louise Canfeld, Miss Maude Warner, Miss Brown, Miss Kittie Gold, Nr. Louis Prison, MT. Penfeld, Nr. Heaton, Miss Hall, Miss Ward, the Misses Whittlesey, Miss Brooks, Miss Humphrey, Miss Doolittle, Prof. Richards and family, Prof. Dana and family, Miss Susie Kerns, Miss Gertie Perry, Miss Hattie Osborne, the Misses York, Rev. Dr. Smyth, Misses Ingersoll, Mrs. E. H. Trowbridge, ex-Gover- nor Ingersoll, Mr. Colin M. Ingersoll, Miss Hattie Todd, Miss Bertie Fitch. Misses At water, MT. Ruthven, Mr. Everitt, Mir. Ives, MT. Berger, Mir. Jesse Damn, Mir. Arthur Peabody, MT. Wells, Miss Sadie Platt, Miss Lila Wells, Nr. Davis, MT. Percy, MT. Sum- ner Reed, MT. Frank Osborn, Mr. Brooks, MT. Mills and many others.
 The general committee were Mrs. s. Hart well Chapman, Miss Winchester. Mrs. E. Hayes Trowbridge, ir., Mrs. A. N. Wheeler, Mrs. Henry L. Hotohkiss, Mrs. John B. Fitch, Mrs, T. s. Woolsey, Mrs. G. P. Lines, Mrs. 0. s. DeForest, Miss M. B. Bristol, Mrs. E. G. Stcddard, Miss Lucy Trowbridge, Mrs. s.