The Portland daily press., 1893-08-23
Thousands Applauded the Line Of
Handsome Teams
AND HAPPY YOUNG PEOPLE MADE
REPLY FROM COACH TOPS.
The East Side Coaching Parade Was a
Great Success-People Came from
Many Miles Around to Gaze and Ad
mire-How the Coaches Were Decorat
ed and the Names of Some Who Rode
on Them.

ed and the Names of Some who Rode.
on Them.
Especial to the Press.]
| Bethlehem, August %. For the past
| two days all has been life and activity
| in preparing for the West Side coaching
parade, which was as prophesied the
! crowning event of the season of '93. I'm
like other resorts, Bethlehem is favored
| by two continuous miles of street mar
gined from the Maplewood to the West
End by handsome hotels and cottages,
which today seemed vie with one an
other in elegance and picturesqueness of
| decorations, and it was along this line
so gaily and appropriately decked, that
the animated picture of loveliness moved.
Monday night many of the hotels were
taxed to their utmost capacity to accom-
modate the eager throng of visitors from
| the neighboring resorts and cities, who
| had assem- bled in anticipation OF the next
days event.
At half past eight the narrow gauge
engine drew large crowd into the
pouring into the village heavy loads of
expectant people. The carriage roads,
too, were busy scenes of hurrying
vehicles from many of which the glory
had long since departed. All winding
to one Bethlehem-so that before
the hour of the procession arrived, its
streets were filed with an eager crowd
By 10 o'clock mounted aids were seen
hurrying to and fro, and by II many
of the coaches were seen passing around
the park east of the Maplewood hotel the
cad of the pr ocession being found in
front of the house. The route was along
Main street to the Alpine house, thence
turning to the left and halting for few
moments for inspection in front OF the
Sinclair, then onward to the Maplewood,
where it was reviewed On account of
some delay in the transportation on the
narrow gauge the processinon did not
begin it's march until half past eleven,
when headed by the grand marshal,
Major Van Rensselaer, Ketchum of New
York, with his sixteen mounted aids,
the parade began to move down Main
street. The first division was lead by
the Brattleboro band followed by a coach
from the Maplewood cottage. The second
division was headed by the Clairmont
band, the Sinclair having the second
prominent subdivisions was the Baron
Merrill display, which followed
brass band composed of the orchestras
of the Crawford, Mount Pleasant,
Fabyans and Twin Mountain. To ade-
quately describe, the many beautiful
coaches and private teams which con-
tributed to the affair would be impossi-
BILE. But the following is a brief synop-
sis of some of the finest:
Like the first pink flush of dawn, was
the coach from the Maplewood cottage.
The body of the coach, wheels and hubs
were entirely concealed with silver, the
doors outlined in repouse and strewn over
,;I of
chrysanthemums, tied with yellow rib
bon, the whole bordered with graceful
draperies of pink caught with immense
rosettes. Over the seats and backs were
thrown pink blankets looped at the sides
with chrysanthemums, the trunk rack
being filled by a bank of the same deli
cate flowers, while the interior and run
ming gear were of the prevailing tint.
The young ladies who graced the top
wore effective gowns of white with pink
Elton jackets and girdles. White Leghorn
hats trimmed with chrysanthemums,
and white parasols, from. the top and
handle of which also hung these
flowers, completed their toilet The coach
was drawn by horses with pink bride
plumes and saddle blankets, with the
letters IN. C.n in silver. The coach was
accompanied by four outriders.
The coach from the Sinclair was a
picture in green and white. The top
a
bright faces, the ladies being attired
completely in white, wearing white null
hats caught with white snow balls and
carrying parasols Of the same color, while
the gentlemen wore white suits and hats
and boutnnieres of the house flower.
Around the body of the coach were
draperies of alternate white and green,
over which was scattered green and
white snow balls with huge bunch of
the same dropped from the centre of
either door, andl the whole edged
with border of snow balls, from which
escaped an irregular flower fringe of
green and white. Every cloud has a sill
yer lining and this white cloud with it's
green reflections was no exception, for
the running gear, pole, wheels and trunk
rack were Of silver, the latter being par
ticularly effective with its silver wine
basket filled with careless disregard for
it's capacity with green and white snow
balls The driver and bugler were in
white Iiveries and the coach was drawn
by eight white horses with green and
white trappings.
The coach from the Uplands was dedi-
Gated to music. The wheels were solid
with radiating 'plaits of white and silver
studded with fleur de lis. But the top
was the triumph of grace and loveliness.
| ing upon a harp and surrounded by
| fifteen young ladies in white toga and
arranged in statuesque groups, some
reclining, some standing and all carrying
long silver trumpets. The coach was
drawn by six white horses with saddle
blankets wrought in silver.
The exquisite fairy coach which repre-
sented the Howard House two seasons
ago, was missed, but in it's place were
two dainty designs, one being dog cart
drawn by a sorrel horse with russell
harness and decorated in white, glitter
ing with silver tinsel. The driver, Miss
BIC. Crosby of Boston, and her COM
panion Miss Mabel Brody of New Haven,
wore gowns of white; The other contri, 2a,
was blackboard, daintily trimmed in
white and silver
The team from the Alpine house. was
the original and graceful design OF the
ladies of the house. The ladies wore pink pI,1
gowns and pink Gainsboroughn that's hats. 5he M
Occupants were: Mrs. George Clark, Bos-
ton; Miss Louis Cummings, Natick; Mss
Jessie washburn, Springfield; gsIia Miss as
O'Reillv and Miss Bessie Boyle OReilly,
daughters of the late John Boyle