The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-02
SOCIAL SUCCESS.
Clinton Unity Club
Holds It's May
Festival.
1T WAS DEWEY DAY.
Arrangement of Hall Was a
Thing Of Beauty and
a Joy Forever,

event OF the spring season opened IN
Town hall at o'clock this afternoon
the tenth annual May festival given
under the auspices of the Franklin
Unity Today was Dewey day. From
early afternoon until late evening the
festival was attended by a large and
brilliant throng. Numbers of new
spring gowns had been donned if not
saved for the occasion, and the crowd
lower hall, had both color and sparkle.
The May festival is looked forward to
through all this vicinity from year to
year. 1t is an occasion when the
Franklin Unity serves up a spectacle
extraordinary, and a superlative sup
per or, in this case, two suppers. The
afternoon opened with the children's
dances, which took place under beau
tiful canopy of radiating streamers, and
in the midst of booths built beautiful
ly to represent some of these United
States. and particularly the possessions
that the United States has obtained as
the fruits of victory.
Largest of these. was the palace of
the middle states, a great banner and
flag draped, marble white structure,
built ornately, which contained the
fancy table presided over by Mrs. JON
athan Smith; the pitcher and basket
table, presided over by Miss Esther
Morse and Miss Jennie E. Stone and
the queen table, in charge of Mrs. G.. P.
Taylor and Mrs. J. C. Duncan.
There was an old New England home,
of which Mrs. Robert Dias and Mrs.
William Freeman had charge. Here
were ancient arm-chairs and spinning
wheels and other emblems of New Eng
land gone. Mrs. Freeman and Mrs.
Duncan were costumed to represent
Mrs. Gov. Bradford and Hannah Brad
ford, respectively.
The Philippines were represented by
a great and wonderful lemon, from
which cooling drinks were sold by Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Spaulding. There was
a cotton plantation scene with real
pickanninies, who played lively music
on instruments worth the cost of a
small plantation. There was a corn
palace surrounded by real corn. There
was a lighthouse, In which the color of
the light changed every, few moments.
Near the lighthouse was the enchanted
rock. 1t gave the strangest results
ever secured at a May festival. In the
represented by a large collection of
Florida alllgators, which, like pug dogs,
We're so ugly they looked handsome.
The middle of the hall was occupied
by Cuba. A central feature Of the
mimic Porto Rico was a banana tree,
on which grew bunch of real bana-
mas.
Strange as it may seem, Alaska in
the gallery did a land office business.
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Guam was represented by a giant toad
stool, the home of witch. Near by
was the enchanted bowl. The nickel in
the bottom of the bowl is for the per-
son brave enough to lift it from the
enchanted water in which it lies. The
dances were the feature of the after
noon. These were directed by Mrs.
Eda L. H. Jones. They were exceed
ingly intricate and beautiful.
The queens procession was perhaps
the most interesting figure of all. Maj
orie Bates was the queen and Arthur
Trout the king, to whom all did hom-
age. They were preceded in the pro-
cession by Masters Fuller, Duncan,
Gibson and Fuller costumed as arch
ers, and followed by Sylvia Wallace, a
dainty little girl, bearing a queenly and
beautiful crown. Ripley Bowman and
HEREFORD Hartwell were the kings at
I6nudulSy anu OODh ullGA do lllG
Queens attendant. These were fol-
lowed by two pretty flower girls, Mabel
Wood and Mildred Lyman. The queen
was finally escorted to a blue lily
throne, at the rear of the big stage,
and the crown placed upon her head
Then she sat in state while the may
pole was wound. The pole was a nice
thing in itself. Its situation had been
nicely chosen in the midst of a grove
IL, frV1
same blossoms had cost some of the
artistic women of the Unity many an
hours hard work. They looked real
enough to be genuine.
The dancers in this figure were
Misses Mabel Taylor, Mildred Hub
bard, Zana Pierce, Helen Young, Helen
French, Nellie Riddell, Mamie Grady
and Raymond Bates, Harris Pease,
John HartweH, Clifton Barker. Ira
Marshall, Irving Finnie and George
Forester.
A dance called April Showers gave
some little girls who wore pink hats
and pink dresses and carried pink UNI
brellas a chance to please the Unity
and all it's friends. They We're Beat
rice Payne, Mabel Hartweli Amy Dog
gett, Amy Pease, Mabel LasaHe. Elsie
Alden, Helen Harris and Grace Davis.
Some southern specialties were in
Jerauld, Edwards and Johnson. Master
Cohen proved a famous solo dancer
and won great applause. The cake
went, as a matter of course, to Walter
HartweH and Bessie Niven. who
danced the dance of Uncle Sam and
Miss Columbia in costume.
A supper was served in the late az
ternoon and early evening in Bigelow
hall. The tables were daintiIv set Ahoi,+
500 persons sat down. The ouaIityt of the
supper was the quality made famous by
the Unity. 80
President Ora L. Stone and the
membars of all the committees that
have assisted him in the preparation
of the festival, We're SNen pleased with
their DewSS daysiWhen they talked Il
over tonight. Tomorrow will be known
as Festival DAY Another supper VIII
be served in Bigelow hall. The bi-scopa
entertainment, which was given this
evening, Will be repeated with new
pictures.
The following are actively engaged il,
committee or other work to make thu
festival success: Lighthouse. Mrs
William L. bancroft and Mrs. w. 9.
Carter; Philippines, Mrs L. W. Adams
and Miss Edith LOring; corn palace
Miss Fannie Damon. Miss Ina Harris
horn; Cuba, Miss G. Field and Miss
Hattie Tyler; Porto Pico, Mrs c w
Field and Mrs. E. E. Gibson: Hawaii
Mrs. ]. A. Colburn end Mrs. A. w,
Booth; Guam Mrs. Geldart and Mrs
Burns; Alaska, Mrs. A. ]. Phelps. The
following were on committees: After
noon entertainment. Mrs. F. Howard.
Mrs. w. F.ss1 Page. Mrs. Il.
l. Morrison and r. Miss A. Eliot.
Evening Entertainment: Ora L.
Stone, F. Hartwell. Mr.. and Mrs s.
Ives Wallace and Eli Forbes. Supper.
Mrs. L. W. Harris Mrs G. Brown and
A. S. Fuller. Dancing badges: Miss
Ella Weisna$. Miss Minnie Whittum.