The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-07
oUTLTrS, a M COLONIAL.
New EueIand women Eutertained at the
Majestic.


There was "a u%uiltln'" yesterday at the Hotel
Majestic. Aunt Thankful" got the credit,
but the National Society of New England
Women raid the ILLS and got the profits. The
quiltin' began In the afternoon, when two patch
work productions we're put In the frames. No
body had TO work very hard, because there
were several hundred pairs OF hands ready TO
take n few stitches apiece. The members Of tho
society appeared In old fashioned costumes,
with powdered hair and court plaster orna-
ments. As the maid in the cloak room remarked
"Oh, they looks too sweet, don't they 2'
A good deal Of the powder which was Intended
for their hair had lighted on their faces. and
there was n suspicious prevalence OF rosy
cheeks, but no one complained Of that. There
were programmes and invitations and menus.
all In the most approved colonial style. These
had been prepared by Mrs. Benjamin +. Kenyon,
who spent much time In the libraries studying
Just how to spell and phrase a la colonial. The
people who hadn't been studying up were thus
provided with much occupation. One young
woman was reading a large plaoard on the wall.
Said she:
"'There be among ye, wife women why, how
stupid" she said. wit women what On alb
surd way OF putting IT," and 1t was some time
before she saw that IL was wise women, Instead.
The real fun began at u o'clock. when n sheep
ish.looking waiter threw omen the doors into tho
banquet hall and rang q cracked dinner bell of
generous proportions. Then the guests Toasted
on the following thingsi
from 20 sgeculepMt EipT n Of PlyTouth Bay.
from near New Towns with, Sauce of cranberries
Cold Boiled HsS9
from the Connecticut colony.
R rsG@ seis% F hSw "
Parson Jonathan Hubbard OF sherl.id hath raised
twenty Bushels In one rsare and hath neare
been %le assi' H nissr9al Sh .9 for Z one y
day he cannot live TO-
K'ss%tfI lei Se Of L SttSrs
such as DOH appear on Z ,s seq pesas Tables
a dish greatly esteemed throughout 20 Colonies
Indian Pudding
PumpIon Pye RhuhArbe Pye
Ye Cheese Is from ye pairie OF Mistress Richard Smith
in ye Rodd Island Colonle.
purchased of Daniel vernon. licensed to sell it in
Publck.
purchased of Po,2ty 5S%s$ licensed to sell both
Mamie Folk tnowe not how 10 cooke yc China Herb.
but do Soil o I 4 ,Gnss 90 and sn[y. .n Ss le ssTe%ins
with butter and salt
ing "a sallet of lettuce such as doth appeare on
g%enteele Tables" a queer figure appeared in the
"Get onto old JOSH" said one walter to
a typical ola nayseeuer, Win lOns CuIn
whiskers. an immense straw hat. pants
which he wore in his boots, a fiddle under his
arm. and a lower jaw which had a steady drop
OF about an inch, dumped into the hall. He
stared at everything, the walters. the lights,
the marble columns. and the lofty ceilings.
He was the fiddler and the caller for the
dances which were to come. These dances, the
Virginia Reel. Fishers Hornpipe. White Cock
ade, and so on, were performed by sixteen
young people in colonial costumes, They were
Misses Slide. Shalier. Emley, Mills. Jenkins,
Whitney. Wetherbee. and sutton, and Messrs.
Robert Gibson. Jr., Pomeroy, Flemmlng, Nash,
Fischer, Mandelick. Manton, and Squire.
When the banQueting hall had been cleared,
the country fiddler mounted q chair, rang the
cracked bell. and announced the dances, which
he called Off in a voice as cracked as the bell.
Mrs. Charles Wesley Smith set the people wild
with her recitation OF Money Musk, to which
ehe danced an accompaniment. Miss Saliie
Akers sang 1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket" and the
company joined Justify in the chorus.
Mrs. William q. Slade was there In her
prandmother's gown, and Mrs. Theodore FIRE.
linghuysen in her mothers. Other guests were
Mrs. William Il. Smaller. Mrs. Mary Dame
Hall. DR.. Mary Bond, Mrs. Cyrus swan
Sedgwick. Gen. and Mrs. Ferdinand Earle.
Mrs. Raymond ANNA Louise Cary; and ella
Morse. who said that she brought Mrs.
Wilcox and was proud of It. Mrs. Marie
lie Prince made silhouettes OF the guests who
wanted them for twenty-five cents apiece, and
there were ladies who told fortunes. guaranteed.
at the same price. The profits go to the fund Of
the society. The quilts, one Of which was made
by Mrs. Ruth NJ. Hardy and the other by a
7S-year-old lady. Mrs. stevens OF Essex. Conn.,,
will be given to some New York Hospital.