The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-29
w. L. U.
Enjoy Their Field Day Saturday at Old
Orchard.

QlQ OrCnHFu Oh CaCufudy. AG 16a6G SUU
women were in waiting at the
Union station for the 10 O'Clock
Train which was to carry them TO
the beach and it's delicious sea
breezes. On the arrival of the train she
party won't at once TO the Sea Shore
house, where an informal reception was
held in the parlor by the PRESIDENT Mrs.
b. B. Clark, and the vice presidents,
Mrs Hiram JONES' and Mrs. George
sioody, but the guests soon wandered to
tho breezy piazzas and indeed all over
the charming hotel.
OF course the dinner was the all i'm
portant function, and great credit must
be given to the committee of arrange
ments under tho auspices Of the Mutual
improvement Club. Of which committee
Mrs. Barrak @. Peabody was the CHAIR
man, and Mrs. W. S. Drew, Mrs, Oscar
Wish and Mrs e. Ii. Sargent. her CO.
workers. for everything went most
smoothly. AS to the committee on dec
brstions, under the direction of the
klamie club and the Present Era club,
bne can truly say that they quite COW
cred themselves with glory for their
artistic arrangements Of color
in massing the different sorts of flowers
on the various tables. Nothing is pref
tier than our beautiful field daisy, which
figured abundantly there. Pansies red and
white added their contrast, ana at the
osntre table, where sat the president
officers, ex-officers and guests, one saw
roses red, white and deep yellow, to
especially grace the table OF the honored
few, and everybody. no matter how hum
BILE, had pink.
At few minutes past 10 the ladies
walked into the dining hall headed by
the president and her coterie. There
was no special guest Of the day, as has
often been the case in former years, but
several of the ladies had visitors from
abroad who wero with them, ard sat at
the entire table. Among the ladies
there were of course, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs Whitman Sawyer, auditor
Mrs. 7. J. Brown, treasurer; Mrs. I. T..
Moore, recording secretary; and Mrs. G.
B. Bagley, corresponding secretary !;
Mrs. Frye, Mrs Moody. Mrs. Garter,
Mrs. Palmer, Miss MoGregor, Mrs. Eve
lyn White, Mrs. Rita L. Osgood, Mrs.
Caroline Dana Howe, Mrs. Burnhan,
Mrs. Pau1 Of Fort Fairfield. Miss Abbott,
Miss Waite, of Utica. daughter of the
president of Cornell, Miss Graves, Miss
Jordan, Miss Blanche o. Cram, Mrs.
Mossley, Mrs. Wade of Oregon and Mrs.
Hamilton of Saco.
Grouped about this centre table were
the others, filed with delighted guests.
Mr.. Staples, the host of the Sea Shore,
gave delicious menu for which all had
a word of praise.
After the feasting the guests were
called to the music room of the hotel by
the strains Of Miss McGregor's march
whore the meeting was soon called &c
order by Mrs. Clarke, the president, tc
listen to the programme for the
afternoon.
The first number was gay, sprightly
piano duet by Miss McGregor and Mics
Mary Jordan, followed by d greeting
from Mrs. Clark. This was gracefully
and rythmically given by the president,
ia numbers that sang themselves, in
which she cordially greeted all present
and gave little tribute to the feeling
for which the club stands-friendship
one of the best things in the world.
Next the audience were delighted by
charming Irish love song given by
Mrs. 49, ...~ Evelyn White. She re-
sponded TO an encore and most obliging
ly played her own accompaniment, Civ.
ing ballad entitled Sigh No More"
Next in order were the toasts and
owing to the illness Of Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Bonney, Mrs. Clarke stepped into The
breach and introduced the respondents
The first was sOur City," and answered
by Mrs. Jessie D. Dean of the Cosmopol
itan Club, In which an allusion TO oul
honored man from Maine, Mr.. Reed
called forth a real burst of enthusiasm.
Mrs. Clark very happily introduced
Mrs. Carter Of the Booklo7ers
club to respond to the toast
"our Friendship" and as Mrs
Carter was not born among us, chs
couldr eelly tell what friendship means
She spoke of the many fieeting friend
ships of cur childish days and of how
they gave place to the more enduring
ones as we grew older snd stteadier
making real plea for the many trut
friendships among women of OIL
own day, but not forgetting to mention
tae sweet example Of Ruth and Saom
Of more ancient date.
In response to "Our Homes" Mrs
Clarke called upon Mrs. Emma MoseleJ
CT the Excelsior club who, as mother @
children three, ought to be able to tel
something of what it meant.
Mrs. Mose;ey answered in rather ;
humorous vein at first, that while il
the midst of house cleaning to find her
self oslled upon to answer to the toas
''Our Home" seemed rather depressing