The Portland daily press., 1894-08-30

| OF pink and white roses, with loops of cloth
OF silver caught with silver butterflies and
| surmounted by monstersbutterfy of silver,
from which were strings of pink and white
roses connected to the brides of the lead
| ers. In the rumble was a bower of pink and
white roses, olnamented with bow knots
and butterflies and filed by two little pages
IN pink and white costumes of Richard the
third style. The bride was Miss GeIdis of
Plttsburg. attired in a white empire silk
gown. while from high silver Comb which
rested in her ''sunkissed hair,'' fioated her
bridal veil. The bridesmaids, who gracious
ly showered pink asters upon an admiring
multitude, were appropriately dressed The
coach was drawn by six white hol ses with
silversand white traIpings, and was accom-
| panied by four outriders entirely in white.
Among the handsomest undeco1 ated
coaches was that from the East Branch
house, which admitted of no rival in the
beauty of the fair riders en- top, who were
dressed in white and carried banners and
streamers of the house colors. Among them
were Miss Edith A. Edwards and Miss Julia
Noyes of Portland. Miss Almira Bennett
| and Mr.. Albert Bennett of Boston,
The Eastman house was represented by a
buck board dsundecorated,a and drawn by four
blao k horses with silyersmountedsha harnesses.
This was followed by the private English
| trap belonging to Mr.. Myron Whitman of
Boston, who odrove handsome gray horse
with gold mounted harness.
| From the Arcadian cottage was an ex-
| quisite design representing green bank of
mess in which appeared the riders arrayed
| in lovely Gala lilies.
| j. E. Cranmore's private blackboard from
the Glendon, was decorated in immortels
with draperies OF cherry. and white bunt-
| ing.
| The colors of the Russell cottage UNDER
went an entire change this year, gold,
crimson and black being used in the deco
! rations. The cottages were represented by
| a"Gluckawf'' coach, which was the design
| of Kendall Weston of Boston, The body of
! the mountain wagon was gracefully draped
| with crimson cloth scattered with golden
! four leaf clovers and caught by bow knots
of gold and punches of wheat. The canopy
was of crimson covered with clover and
wheat, while ornamenting the supports were
bunches of that grain tied with black satin
ribbons. The young ladies were dressed in
| harmonizing gowns of the house colors.
The coach from the Ridge was only partly
| decorated, and represented a stylish coach
| ing party up to date. The young ladies
wore white dress bonnets and cloak hoods
of yellow. Mr.. Luther Lee Of Dorchester,
| well known in Portla nd. was among the
| riders.
| In lieu of the coach which was destroyed
| in a recent accident. the Sunset Pavilion
was represented by float draped in yellow
| with red poppies. Over this was a Canopy
| of pale yellow looped with yellow poppies.
The supports and spokes of the wheels
We're of red poppies with puffings of red
| Following this was tie running gear of the
| old Sunset coach, over which was canopy
of the house colors and carrying merry
party of gentlemen, who bore the prize
| banners. won by the coach in previous
| years.
| The Mcmillan house had graceful rep
resentative in the form Of a Bar Harbor
| blackboard, which displayed dainty drap-
cries of yellow and white chrysanthemums,
caught by.yellow and white ribbon. Among
the riders were Mrs. Thomas Carey of Port
| land, who acted as ohaperon, Miss Mary
| Somers and Miss Addie Foss.
| The Edgewood cottage sent buckle
| draped in orange, brown and white, which
was followed by the private team from the
same house of M. A. Hurley, and driven
| by Miss FloreLce Pollister of Portland, ac-
] companied by Miss Maud Hawkins, also of
! that city.
| The handsome undecorated coach from
| the Bellevue drawn by six white horses,
attracted much attention
| The unique and handsome float from the
| Maine Central won universal applause.
and was the exact reproduction of the car
and engine in miniature, which was dis
| played in Portland on he Fourth
| IA somewhat refined humorous side of the
| parade was contributed by Pitman Hall,
| in the form of a buckt oard containing five
| mountain bellies" arrayed in yellow china
| silk trimmed with white vietelles, white
| stocks and jaunty hats trimmed with white
and yellow roses, and carrying white lace
| paIasols COY cred with spangies of gold their
| five gentlemen escorts weIe clad in white
suits.
| The daintiest of little teams was the
| Christmas coach from the KearsaIge house,
which was a tiny dog cart completely en-
veloped in cloud of snow covered with sill
yer tinsel and stars from which peeped
| little cherubs
The two juvenile occupants were in white
wearing white satin caps.
Crawtords, Fair View, ,Peneexter Mansion
! Fabyans and Twin Mountain were among
| the undecorated coaches and wagons re-
presented. Mr.. Abbe's drag from the Craws
| fords was the most elegant team in The
parade.
| Manager G. T. Goding:ofsthe Casco Bay
| line. had beautiful exhibit. The Vene-
| tian gondola from Little Diamond, which
received first prize at the recent water
| carnival, was used on the occasion, and was
| laborately decorated. The boat was on a
| float, which was painted by well known
scene artist in Boston, representing a
| water scene and drawn by ten handsome
gray horses, having white plumes in their
| brides, and white and gilt blankets In the
| gondola was seated twenty young ladies',
| chaperoned by Miss Gerrisn of Philadelphia,
| all dressed in Grecian costumes. The ladies
| were Mrs. Rickford, SMrs. DGnham, MRS,
| Phillips, !. the Misses Gibbs. Larrabee owen.
| Fairbaine, Thompson, Fogg. Raymond,
| Smith, Tinker, harrington, Trickey. Griffin.
| Cutter, Goulde and Burr owes In the gon-
| dola was seven male slaves TO paddle, Ie-
presented by Messrs. Snow, Phillips, Han
mon Foss Doug lass Bic Kford and T,arrabe