New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
RAG CARPET BEE.
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF A HALF-CEN-
TTRY AGO.
TIFF xrv-ENoI.AND WOMEN GIVE THEIR AN
Sr-A1 JoLLIF1CAT1ON MEETING At

DEL.MoNICO's

rp.s Carmel Bee" held at Delmonicos last
l" ,-. was an excellent presentation OF an old
e'-- function Of New England q half-century ago.
- -. bee" was IN those days only another name
,artv hut 70 represented An essential cher-
M - ~ these thrifty people who combined
- s,rone pleasures with something Of prac-
inc , .orth II daughter 10 he married. a
.o-v part Of her outfit rag carpet. All
hle materials were gathered together, and
,,v,,ation was sent 20 all the neighoors, oIc
o" ronnc. 10 come and help with the cutting and
- rreraratory 10 the weaving in the hand
loon. - -. -. ho u.ars
,.oned last evening by Samantha Allen az Del
..,,os Forty-fourth-st and Fifth-ave. The cos
.~-s Of $40 was reproduced with fidelity Inc
-, wore the scant. shor,-waisted gowns with
-, oapes and quaint poke bonnets OF that
-,s while the men. IN Powered waistcoats
,.,,att,ne coats high stocks and oeH-shaped
ss.s completed the realistic picture
-bos. who took part In the dialogue arranged
s. Nh. Benjamin r. Kenyon. were
SAMANTHA Alien Mrs Belle Gray a4so.
Tls3er Qooole Ms I5i,s SINS
Fey Boooe' g. ~ f5sr5v
~ Govaey .-.-..-.-.........- PTS hutn "a ne r.
Lo, 5,r, v........... Mrs Charles c. Niehunr
Ia Ann Allen Miss Grace eirsy Tao,
,t.Ie Naboy GoEdey lsttis lirtIa ,
ATa.' ~. IT,, who h.,n', danced n forty
49,. vs,. Gows,v .............Mr voolsey A. Shepard
Irc.e Ne.s sfA, ..-..... M John Naething
lno1lAs ~. Avcu-'' ......... Nj ROYAL r. Furned
551sss coViey. Master Foster Naethng
nr-,rr ne neghbory gossip and the recitation
-. pstsv Bohbets celebrated hymn. "Wimmin
., % the cutters and sewers were busy with
..so-. and needles and real loom wove the
80 s-,ps into the carpet for Tirzah AIMS settin
80 TIE cutters and sewers were MrS AIsA Si
o. c5ot NI~s z NJ Scott. Mrs O b. Wallis,
Us Herbert A Joslin. Mrs. George z Went
.o--b Miss Maltby. Mrs. John Litueton Lyon.
,fss Pichrnend Mss Lawrence. MISS SAGE MISE
7rsr,wortt Miss King. Mrs. 2 Fort MISS
Ws-ie Howes Miss Amy lie Prince MISS balcn'
&C.. Alice Beinecke Miss Naethns. Miss T.
5..sSscts Miss Nellie Howes. Miss Edwards. Miss
Poss-,s Miss Stoddard. Frank = Foster IT,
.,svsrse- Cook 2 Fort. r ?. Moulton. WOOL
-, = sneDsrd Feneion Le Prince Edison Adams,
e II Cr6mhle Malcolm II. Dona dson, Malcolm
The "Ionesville Quire under me aireCnlo ,a oI
Mss ssUe Akers sang the following old fas hioneG
sS-rs come Where Ny Love Lies Dreaming -
Ny Pretty ane treble 200. seG uornpipe"
O-her members q the CURE besides MSS
Akars were Mss Helen l. Niebuhr, Alfred Je"e't
Mclean and George z CASTILLO ,..,, ~
Ths singing games. We Are Marching on
1s-e NJ -t,.,pated In bv all the young folks under
ne loada-shir ~ Miss BESSIE Driver. These were
60 realistic that they must have called up tendeI
memories % many Of he onlookers WHO , cou.e
-s-ne-r5er such simple delights IN their chhdhooo
s modern supper was served ny DelmOnico, ana
dancing was extended into the small hours o. the
N-s William Gerry sade. n. president or the
society and M-s Augustus G. Dexter he'd been
,-defatigabie in their efforts 70 make the enter
's!rrent WITH a. its unique features. great
success