The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-11-07
AT THE FAIR.
o'impses Into Some OF the Hand
some Booths.

men lnas maue gala week for the city
Inc hall Will open at 10 and the grand finale
VIII De promenade concert In the evening
opened by the Living Whist. Messrs. w. r.
Mooo' VIM. Sweat, VIM. Senter, Nathan
Ohnord, Herbert Payson and Edward
Noyes VIII be floor managers. There will
Do no reserved seats. GiIbert's orchestra
VIII furnish the music. Below Is given the
conclusion Of tho tour among the booths.
FIRST on the side is the booth of Mrs. Man
ton Eastburn. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Cavazza.
charming combination of white and silver.
Inc sides and back are hung simply with
Nile green which displays to great advantage
the rich colors Of the afghans contributed
Dy Mrs. Eastburn. Nearly all Of the articles
Tor sale In this booth are the dainty handI-
werk of these ladies' whose names are 40
closely identified with the society.
Mrs. Cavazza's embroideries, after her
own designs, are very much admired and
imp ready purchasers. An out of town lady
who has known Mrs. Cavazza only through
her literary work was overheard to exclaIm.
And these the work of literary woman p
When this remark was repeated to Mrs.
Cayazza she responded quickly, II am proud
that l know how to use a needle. Dante
and Shakespeare could write better poetry
than do but know can darn a stocking
better than either Of them" Twenty paper
dolls with truly" clothes, dressed by Mrs.
Jones, dainty water color "The Lone Pal
metto," painted from a Florida sketch by
Miss Elizabeth Varnum, and the imported
Japanese dressing gown presented by Mrs.
Cavazza are here displayed. The largest
booth in the hall and one which Is filed to
overlooking with a bewildering variety of
useful and ornamental articles Is that In
charge Of Miss Octayia Carroll who
has levied her contributions from the
mountains TO the sea. Here Is the
delicious North Conway candy, home made
and pure as the breath Of the everlasting
hills. ship from the isles of "Araby the
blest." is deep freighted from mast to keel
with fragrant perfumes. A elegant silver
service, the gift Of lady too modest to give
her name. will make the holder of the lucky
number carol for joy. Tickets In the. hand
some fiag presented by Mr.. +. A. Leavltt for
the privilege Of exhibiting his patent awning,
are sold here.
Last on this side is Modern Art. Miss
Alice Storer and Miss Mildred Evans ar.
ranged this beautiful living picture, which
Is universally conceded to bs one of the most
attractive features of the fair. 1t Is copied
from Summer" painting exhibited at the.
National Art Gallery. London, this. year
Several fine pictures are for sale here,
among them fine water color by Miss Tai
bot. "Chrysanthemums." Miss Pettes and
Scarborough Marshes" Mrs. Stephen
Berry.
Across the hall Is the candy room, bright
bit OF oriental coloring against the sober tint
OF the stage, designed by Miss Berth Green
halgh. Brick red and pale olive compose the
base; the drapery Is run well up ON the gal
lery front. The table Is loaded with fresh
candles every morning. made By the busy
Little Women.
Between the doors Is a verltAble temple of
Flora. Dark green cambric smoothly covers
this framework. the pillars are twined with
evergreen and the back IA an effaotiVo ar
rangement OF mirrors. evergreen aud smilax.
Against this woodsy background the bright
hued blossoms show to the best advantage.
Mrs. Harry Woodward and her assistants,
called from the rose bud garden Of girls"
represents the goddess and her attendants.
A novel feature is the lemonade cart, de-
signed by Miss Louise Brown after the
street carts Of Rome. 1t is drawn about the
hall by Miss Eleanor Cram and Miss Louise
Gage. dressed as Dutch aud Roman peasant
girls.
The large and beautiful fernery In the ex-
ecutive department Is being sold by tickets.
Mrs. Webb Of the Butterfly has the book.
Miss Ella Waldron of chelsea. Mass, Is
assisting Mrs. Deane at the Horseshoe.
The following gifts of money have been
received: Mrs. r. o. Conant. $40; Mrs. NJ.
+. Bradley. Fryeburg, 50. and Mrs. Charles
81. Merrill, S2
The lucky numbers will all be drawn this
evening.
The Sons Of Veterans. under the care of
Captain Welch, have kindly served as ush-
ers.
The Living Whist last evening was rep
etitIon Of the success of Wednesday. The
house was even more densely packed. Five
ladies and boy tainted from the excessive
heat.
Mr.. Howard's Ko Ko dance was applaud
ed to the echo.