The Portland daily press., 1894-08-30
SCENES OF BEAUTY.
The East Side Coaching Parade a
Gorgeous Event.
HANDSOME DECORATIONS, SWELL
COSTUMES AND PRETTY FACES.
Portland People We're Present in swarms
Both as Actors and spectators-The
Kearsarge Coach Was Prize Winner
Scenes and incidents at the Parade.
special to the PRESS.)

i special to the PRESS.)
| North Conway, August 29.-The annual
coaching festival held in North Conway TO-
day was good in thessuperlative degree,
and although 1t has now passed, behind the
| shadowy portals of the past, it will ever
form a pleasing theme for ..retrospection
both for the participants and those who
| witnessed it. For several days this little
| village has been astir with preparations,
Skeleton frameworks were erected alcng
| the main street and at the entrance of the
/ Maine Central station. which on the morn
| ing of the parade were transformed into
| graceful floral lEarches. from which futtered
| flags and streaners of bunting appropriate
| TO the holiday spirit of the day. While as
in former years,through.the courtesy of the
Maine Central railroad, long lines of
benches were arranged along the entire
| line of march. AS soon as the "hanGs of
| the angels had shifted the scenery of the
4 heavens, and the glories of the night had
melted into the pink flush of the dawn
| the. fringe of the parade began to arrive in
| the form of antiquated wagons drawn sby
| sorry looking horses, and freighted by ex-
/ pectant natives for whomsthe parade lis the
| annual red letter day in their calendar ot
| life. Shortly before eleven o'clock the
gorgeous pageant began to form just above
| the NC Millian house, and owing to the skill
and promptness of General NJ G. Went
worth who as formerly was honored blythe
! office of grand marshal the spectators were
not wearied and impatient by long waiting.
The procession started from the Mcmillan
house to the Kearsarge where it was re-
viewed by the judges, to Kearsarge village
around by the Intervale house and back
to the Kearsarge where it was received and
after awaiting the awarding of prizes was
! dismissed.
To gaze upon and then go away and
dream OF. putting into language that ex
quisite rainbow of dIssolving color and
beauty as it drifted dow n the street in bar
monlous contrast with its dark rich setting
of lofty mountains that rest their green
heads upon the blue bosom of the skies
would be indeed madness. The draught of
pleasure derived from coaching parade
| as given in the mountains savors somewhat
OF the immortal and as Y. p Willis says
n his deoription of ritian's picture, the eve
IS the only Ganymede that can carry it
| steadily to the mind. In advance of the
| parade was Mrs. Lisle Mauran better known
| to Boston speople as Mrs. Harry Blodgett
who mounted on white horse and wearing
ayplack habit with white veil and gloves.
acted as herald of the parade. She was
followed by the mounted aids and the
Bridgton band. The first coach to offer de-
fiance ito description was the onesfrom the
Kearsarge. which was dazzling glimpse of
| the Orient, designed by Mr. c. Alger Hawes
of Boston. Itswas a luxurious representa-
tive of the weafth of Che East, combined
with American artI p arrangement The
| body of the coach was brilliant with GRIM
son, and draperies Of gold the doors,being
hung with jeweled portieres, while the win
dows were curtained with cloth of gold.
Arranged on sthe front seat for the nat1on
/ was profusion Of rich embroidery, o5er
which was an awning of gold supported by
battle axes Over the top.was canopy of
| gold ornamented by an immen nse skin ofa
Bengal tiger, whose fierce head rested on
the front awnings. The canopy was sur
mounted by Kiosk of gold topped by a star
and crescent. In the rumble, indolently
reclining on crimson cushions and rich rugs
was fayorite Circassian slave, appropri-
ately attired standing on either side we're
| two little dusky slaves who carried large
peacock feather fans. The ladies' ON ton
| were dressed in true Eastern costumes:
their faces partly concealed by.white veils,
| which extended from the back to their
wrists. where it was caught by gold arm
| lets, and each carried tam bourines ofgold In
striking contrast with this gorgeous Orient
| al display, was the glittering IcelaEdic ream
which gracefully represented the jackson
| Falls house, and was the cretIable design of
MIS-. VIM. Pitt Fessenden of Boston. II
was veritable snow coach, the body be-
ing covered with a soft cloud of snow white
and penant from the windows sid es and back
in artistic irregularity were sparkling icy
oles. The rumble was bank of d1ifted
snow on which was the monogram of the
house in silver, while on the sides were
also lettered in silver, jackson Falls"
The wind had wantonly blown the snow
| in about the lanterns, whip stock, and the
| top scattered with icycles. while the wheels
| were immense disks of white, touched by
| the breath of the frost giant, which scintil-
| lateds and flashed in the light. The merry
| winter party which animated the top were
properly clad. The ladies wearing white
| dresses with long ermine capes and rurbans
banded by ermine and ornamented by
white alcasian bows, while the gentlemen
wore fur coats with rolling collars and cuffs
| OF ermine and polo caps of the same. This
| dainty snow scene was drawn by six bay
horses with silver. and white trappings.
| The handsome undecorated coach from
the Intervale house, drawn by their spirit
| ed bays was the cynosure of all eyes as
| type of perfect coach and team, which
| it is universally declared to be, and which
distinction it has won by receiving the first
| prize at every parade. The coach was ac-
companied by two outriders in continental
costume. 1t was followed by an ,rtistically
decorated mountain wagon which was
| draped, in white and blue. eau hit up and
banded by golden rod. From these were
suspended Japanese lanterns filed with
golden rod. The little people inside were
chaperoneG by Mrs. Fred Whiting of Au-
burndale, wife of the manager of the Bos-
ton Herald. Rejecting the delicate colors
of Aurora, was the empire bridal coach from
Wentworth Hall. Over a shirring white
| from the lower part of the body sweeping
draperies of pink fringed with white sand
scattered with silver fieur de lis. caught by
broad festoons of cloth of silver, pink roses
and pink satin bows. The windows were
ontlined with pink roses .and curtained