Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02
THE AUTUMNAL PAGEANT
1t Was "a Great Triumph for
BrattlebOrO

In "A Year when other Towns Have
Abandoned this Feature, and EKcelI-
ed All Previous valley Fair CavaI-
cRdes.
Descriptions do not describe the grand
autumnal pageant which swept down
through Main street Thursday forenoon as
it is photographed upon the minds of
thousands of people. They saw it in all
its life and color and animation, in the
beauty of its individual turn-outs and in its
grand ensemble effect, and they all agreed
that in number, in novelty and variety, in
elegance and in artistic effect nothing was
lacking, and that the cavalcade was again
better than its predecessors, and again the
bright particular star in the cluster of Val
ley Fair attractions. The parade was a
great triumph for Brattleboro in a year
when so many other towns have abandoned
such an undertaking because of the labor
and expense involved.
The procession formed on the common
and started promptly at l0:90. In ad-
vance of all rode the fairy brigade-20 lit
Tie IOlk III pure NulIb Nuplu COslulltS On
bicycles of white. As they moved on their
silent steeds their white wings rose grace
| fully, and they seemed sprites Of air skim
ming the earth. The fairies were Harry
| Green and Maud Young, Richard Averill
and Emma HaIdie, Lester Barber and Mar
garet Averill, Harold Whitney and Amy
] Van Doom, Patrick Ryan and Jessie Haw-
| lev, Frank Wallen and Louise Davenport,
Ray Green and Teneriffe Temple, Lutte
Hawley and Ruby Clary, Fred Harris and
Edwina Whitney, Truman Temple and
Ethel Randall Mrs. l.. d. Temple and
Miss Mary Fits in white costumes rode
with the brigade as chaperons.
Next came the Brownie policemen, a
platoon headed by Capt. George Childs,
with Arthur Hough, George Adams, Ar
| thur Scott, Chas. Stolte, Carl Ellis, Carl
Leitsnger, Alison Dugan and Harry Croft
at his command In make up and mo-
tion they were diminutive types of the fin
est of the Broadway squad.
Chief Marshal j. Gray Estey was ac-
companied by one of his aids, II. II. Cros-
by, both mounted, and behind them on
horseback came Helen Crosby as Columbia
and Nina May in black and white, these
two preceding Mrs. S. S. Hunt, Mrs. f. X.
Durgin and Louis Allen in up-todate
| equestrian costumes.
Mrs G.. w. Hooker's landau was as
charming and dainty a creation as Worth
| gown, in its decorations of pink poppies,
and green cinnamon vine on white bunt-
ing. The equipage was drawn by span
of spirited horses, one black and one white.
The harness were white and the driver
was a coachman in livery. Mrs. Hooker
was accompanied by Mrs. II. +. Brooks,
| - hat
Rodney Haigh, impersonating Puck. He
wore flesh-colored tights and pink coat
and carried staff. This turnout acted as
escort to the one which held the place of
honor, and was occupied by Mrs. j. j. Es-
tey and the venerable and beloved war
governor of Vermont, Hon. Frederick
Holbrook. Mrs. Estey's landau was a
striking illustration of the grace and
beauty of simplicity. 1t was decorated
with profusion of callandula, natural
yellow flower, the fastenings being bows
of orange ribbons. A coachman in liv-
! cry was the driver.
A two-seated park phaeton neatly
trimmed with orange ribbon and drawn by
two handsome horses, carried Mrs. Geo.
S. Dowley and Mrs. Charles Barrett OF
Springfield, Mass. with coachman and
footman in livery. Bows of orange rib
bon adorned the horses brides.
Stylish horses and handsome equipage
were to be found in the turnout of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Linsley of Mortified, Mass.
1t was sparingly trimmed with white and
purple flowers and ribbon. Their horses
were thoroughbred animals and were lin
cal descendants of such horses as Matter
horn and General Sherman.
A study in yellow describes the traI
which contained Mrs. II. r. Brown anC
her daughter Ruth, Mrs. w. E. Hubbard
Miss Mary ellison and Miss Minnie Has
kins. The trap was entirely covered with
yellow, a profuslon of marigolds being thu
ornamentations. All of the ladies wore
yellow gowns, and large white LeghorI
hats. The trap was drawn by a spirite'
span of blacks, covered with yellow blan
} kets.
Strattan & Foster, proprietors of Silver
, dale at Spofford lake, contributed yer
neat equipage drawn by two thoroughbre
/ animals. Their carriage was decorate
t with white and yellow, the color of thei
} houses, and bore in silver letters the wor
| "Silverdale" The carriage and light hal
. ness were trimmed with flowers. MessrI
3 Strattan and Foster were accompanied b
D their wives.
Q Tastefully attired in red and white weT