The Portland daily press., 1892-08-31
BEAUTY'S BARGES.
Continued From First Page.


Providence, Miss Elizabeth Watson, Mrs.
Il. ID. Kingman of New Bedford. Inc
interior was filled with little children.
Next in order was the Kearsarge coach.
Besides the animated pictures OF lovii-
ness that graced the top, the seats were
draped with combination OF pink, green
and white that fell over the sides and
was caught up by rosettes of the same
colors. The windows and doors on eth
er side were outlined with rows OF pink.
green and white hollyhocks. The box
seat and front were festooned with the
house colors, while in the rumble, from
the top to the trunk rest, was a huge
bank of hollyhocks alternating in colors.
The young ladies wore gowns of white
muslin with pink sashes arranged in
Grecian fashion, and large white hats eff
fectively trimmed with pink peoples and
pink MULE.
They Carried White Parasols.
On the box seat was the buglar, Mr.. w.
B: Norton, of Yarmouth, Me-, in white
suit. The coach was drawn by
six white horses with rich
harnesses, silver mounted on frames,
patent leather collars, cockades of fir
balsam, and pink and white astors; their
bodies girt with a string of silver bells,
which added much life and attractive
ness to the whole. The youngladies were
Miss Ella Wilson. Mrs. Lila Hanson,
Mrs. A. B. Clarke, Miss Miner, daughter
of DIR. Miner, Miss Pishon of Boston,
Miss Ahern and Miss Laura Ahern OF
Lynn, Miss Fifefield of Maiden, Miss Lu-
cy Kicker, Miss Edith Dingley, daugh-
ter of Congressman Dingiey of Lewiston.
Mrs. 0. Neal of Boston acted as chaper-
on. The coach was accompanied by SIX
outriders in white suits with pink sash
es, white yachting caps, and carrying
banners of pink, white and green with K
in gold in the centre. The outriders
were Messrs. II, M. Sargent G. A. Holds
don, George Smith, S. B. Newton, Bos-
ton; Mr.. Leighton, Salem, and Mr.. Lewis,
Providence.
This was followed by the private team
from the Kearsarge belonging to MI
Heintz of Boston. 1t was a high English
dog cart trimmed in lavender and white,
white clematis, dgawn by handsome
sorrel horse.
The handsome mountain wagon from
the Iron Mountain House was next in
line. This wagon was entered as un-
decorated and in consequence showed
but few draperies. The young ladies
who occupied it were gowned in yellow
and wore black straw hats, garnished
with yellow peoples, besides carrying
yellow parasols. The party included
| Miss Eleanor Sparrow, Portland.
The Sunset coach was match for the
| fairest, being decorated in the handsome
house colors, blue and yellow. The sides
were concealed by light blue
In Huge Fan Design,
the sticks being outlined with red pop
pies. The front was draped with COM
bined blue and yellow, while the crown
ing feature of the Sunset coach was the
rumble. This was finished with a beau
tiful painting copied from the closing
scene of Longfellow's poem of Hiawatha.
Below this was bank of roses, upon
which rested in letters of golden chrys-
anthemum the legend: .sIn the Glory of
the Sunset This charming picture was
painted by Mrs. Samuel D. Shepherd of
! Salem, Mass, and was conceived by Mrs.
Ellen M. Mason. The young Aladies
who graced the coach wore gowns
of alternate blue. yellow and red.
Following was the lntervale caach
which was the cynocure of all eyes as a
model of grace and beauty unadiorned
| excepting the topwhich was graduated
| bank of dazzling whiteness, harmonizing
| with feminine loneliness. Between the
| footman and bugler who were in full
| livery, were the banners of the house of
blue and yellow with Intervale in gold
| lettering. Two small banners were ar
! ranged on the middle seat and blue and
| yellow streamers on the lanterns. The
| ladies of the party were all dressed in
soft, white goods, white leghorn hats
| trimmed with null and white MORE
ribbon. Thep carried p arasols of white
silk and lace, with streamers of
yellow and blue MORE rib
bon. The two outriders were in
| full livery, red coats, cream vests, white
knee breaches, top boots and cock hats.
The coach was drawn by eight bay
horses, which distinguished it from the
others, as it was the only one that drove
eight-in-hand. Like the coach. the ele-
CANT trappings of the horses were I'M
| Van Bokkelen of New York, Miss J. Fl.
Allan of New York, Miss Guth of Peo-
ria, ILL.,, Miss Sanford, Miss A. Sanford,
and Miss G. wheeler of New Haven.
Miss M. Fl. White of Wellesley Hills,
Mass, Miss Mary Lindsay and Miss
Hodges of Boston. Much credit is due
to Miss Van Bokkelen for the beauty of
| this coach,
The Russell Cottage team was a model
of grace and delicate beauty, rejecting
much credit upon the artist, Mr.. Kendall
Weston, formerly Of Boston. 1t was
light oak, two-seated blackboard with
| canopy top strewn with pink and white
roses, the whole surmounted by wreath
of white roses tied with Roman silver
knot. Under the canopy were festoons
| of silver gauze caught with garlands OF
pink roses. Around the body of the
| blackboard was Grecian drapery of
shrimp pink, edged with white fringe
| and caught with the Russell Cottage
| monogram
In White and Silver Letters
The private team of Mr.. James Seoul
| er of Boston, the Intervale mountain
wagon and the the handsome Gladstone
! of the Intervale House were also in line.
Wentworth Hall maintained its former
renutation for refined elegance, in the