The Portland daily press., 1891-08-27
How North Conway Looked to the
Paraders,
And How the Paraders Looked to the
Spectators.
The Great East Side Coaching pa
rade interestingly Described.
Ispecial TO the Press.1

shores of the future IL more glittering peb.
bles OF life and rolled them onward into the
sea OF oblivion. 1t would be difficult to i'm
agine scene SO fair as that presented by a
coaching parade among the mountains. In.
deed 1t is an exquisite picture of Rembrandt
coloring embraced with animated life and
nature. the bright. gay colors displayed by
the coaches and their occupants, furnishing
the light shades which are brought into di-
rect contrast against the rich deep green and
blue Effects of the lofty aud majestic noun
tains. Ts
Ii the first annual east side parade of last
year was success the one held In North
Conway yesterday far surpassed it. both in
number 9i coaches and beauty of decora-
ti0ns. Notwithstanding the fact that the
horizon at Sunset the previous day was deer
ly red, pretending ipsutferable heat for the
following morning, the temperature AMI at.
mosphere OF wednesday was highly satisfac-
tory to all concerned. For Aurora, as ii
mindful OF the dependance placed on the
weather, ushered In morn whose fairness
was In harmony with the gay pagant with
which the streets were filed.
As early as o'clock Conway was astir
with arrivals from the neighboring villages.
and by eight the steady line of vehicles OF ali
descriptions, the inevitable attendants upon
such occasions, was fairly underway. Ii the
comic coach was nutruled as a feature of the
parade, this procession of wagons ana car
riages, including the occupants, were ample
mirth prUvOkefs. 1t was a motley display.
these primary heralds Of the coming pageant.
There were typical Cincinnatus, whose rus
tic work-a-day attire proclaimed them to
have suddenly deserted the plow to atte nd
the fray; equestrians, whose personal ap-
pearance and steed suggested the appar-
ition Of IcabodCIane and his famous charger
and like characters made up this unique as
hlan q lc ~.
Of the surroun ling towns there were crowds
OF city visitors, who had availed themselves of
the excursion rates offered on the roads to
visit the Alps Of America, and at the same
time witness the crowning event Of the sum-
mer season.
By ten o'clock numerous mounted aids
were seen hurry ing to and fro preparing the
way for the procession which was form
ing by degrees in front Of the Mcmillan. At
q little after eleven the parade, under the es-
cort Of General M. q. Wentworth on a gray
charger richly caparisoned, and seventy-fiye
mounted aids including Governor futile 5
staff, accompanied by Chandler's Band from
Portland, and Tony Clark's Of Cumberland
Mills. started and moved slowly down the
main street to the reviewing stand In front
OF the Kiarsarge. which was respondent
with flags and blue and white bunting, as
were large number of the other houses
along the route, distance of some five miles.
Following the aids was a mounted herald
dressed In the costume Of I'VE olden tymes''
waving banner upon which was the legend
was The Ridge. The sides of the coach were
richly draped with the blended colors of the
house, French blue. light blue and yellow
with fan effect finish at the top The front
and back Were also draped with this same
material while the spokes and hubs of the
wheels were entwined with it and the rum
BILE filed with bank of golden rod. The
coach was drawn by six gray horses with
light blue blankets b0rdered with dark blue
and heavy fringe Of yellow. The young
ladies, eight In number, who occupied the
seats on the coach. wore white gowns and
light blue hats, while the young men were
dressed In white tennis suits with shaded
blue and yellow bands on their hats. From
the top OF the coach large banner with a
water color painting of the house, waved.
q. ID. Kingston, New Bedford; Mrs. w. ii.
Davis. Marblehead Miss Marion Lee, Bos-
ton; Misses Susie u. Mann, Boston: Ella
BnfiintoD, Boston; Florence Emery, Quincy
Catherine Gregg, Marguerite Gregg, Boston !;
Helen Dow. Kiarsarge Village. The buglars
seats were occupied by Messrs. Charles and
William Bailey of Portland. This was fol-
lowed by two horse team decorated In the
house cOlors.
The Bellevue was next In order. The
coach, drawn by six gray horses was draped
with alternate diagonal strips of yellow,
green and white. The top was covered with
square canopy Of the same with the four
corners ornamented with green, yellow and
blue bannerettes. The occupants of the out
side Of the coach were Bon. K. S. Monroe,
New Bedford; Gretchen Fettie, Boston !;
Carrie Iros0n, Lynn; Alice Champeny, W0-
burn; Bertha and Mary Lyman, Madeline
Bacon, Alice Howard, Boston; Sadie Wiley,
Lacrosse, Wis.
The mountain wagon of the Iron Mountain
yuo ne
presented conventional chrysanthemum,
and was really one Of the most striking
features OF the parade. The sides were
fest0oned with orange and black, caught up
with rosettes of the same. In the canopy
top of orange and black which represented
able black and gold butterflies. The up
rights were bound with orange from which
ioated black streamers. The back was
filled with large orange banner In the
center OF which was huge black griffin,
and on either side were Iron Mountain In
black letters. The wheels were large
chrysanthelnums. carrying out the original
design. The wagon was drawn by four
black horses with black and yellow trap
pings. The young ladies were dressed in
white with orange sashes aud wore Gains
boro hats caught up on the sides with black
and gold butterflies. The ladies were: Mrs.
Luther Brown. New York. as chaperon I;
Misses Edith Chapman, New York; Jessie
Luther, Philadelphia; Mary Roberts, Phil
adelphia: Eleanor Sparrow, Portland; Dora
johnson. Boston; Mary, Helen and Dora
Peirce, Boston; Mary Hewins, Dorchester; /;
Elmy Low, Br0okline.
The lntervale was next In order. The
credit OF the decorations Of this house is due
to Miss Van Bokkelen of the Sherwood,
Portland. The c0lors of the house were
yellow aud blue, which were artistically but
simply draped upon the elegant sides Of the
coach so as not to hide their beauty. The
young ladies were dressed in white null,
white gloves and c0rsage bouquets of yellow
daisies and carried white parasols. The
gentlemen were also In harmonizing colors.
Boston; Misses Kittredge, Harriet Alden,
Springfield; Mary Cutler, Boston; Matilda
Wiles, Philadelphia; Miss Van Bokkelen,
New York Mr.. James Ricketson, Bos-
ton; Mr.. Kittredge, Boston; Mr.. Fallow,
New York, John Howell, Boston. Follow
Ing this was village cart transformed into
a huge basket proiusely decorated with
flowers, containing Mrs. Frank Mudgett and
friend, drawn by white horse.
The Sunstt coach drawn by six black
horses came next. Owen & Moore furnished
the decorations, which consisted of blue, red
over the sides, while on either door were
large paintings in oil representing sunset
in the mountains. From a sun in the
center of the rack radiated red, blue and
yellow rays. 1uo yOuuB lauleS were
symphonies in the house cOlors. The three
occupying the rear seats being entirely In
red. the next three in blue, while
those in front were In yellow. The ladies
were Misses Catello, Lowell; Sadie Vars
Emma Todd, Boston; Alice Gillis, East Som
erville; Sara Zane Phil, Alice Porter, Brock
ton: Ida Trask, Lynn; Lillian Chambers
Brooklyn; Hattie Jacobs, Georgia.
Then came the mountain wagon, slightly
decorated with the house colors and filled
with children, awarded prize as being the
best equipped.
Following was the mountain wagon of the
Russell cottage, which was model of beauty
and grace. The sides and back were draped
with scarfs Of shrimp pink, bordered with
silver fringe. The supports were entwined
with white asters and streamers Of silver
The pagoda shaped top was 1uted with
shrimp pink, studded with silver stars and
capped with a large upright wreath of white
roses. in the centre of which was a pink but.
terfy. The was drawn by six iron gray
horses, with collar plumes Of blended white
and pink, bride plumes of white, and saddle
blankets Of pink, ornamented with the mono
gram Of the house in silver with silver fringe.
The young ladies were In white, with pink
sashes and white hats, caught up with pink
roses. The OutrideIs, six in number, and
the two postillions, were In white. with pink
neckties. hat bands and silver riding whips.
The 0ncunantk ware Miss Ruooall BoI,.e.l1