The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
Is Greatest of All In
Clinton.
HOSPITAL BAZAR
Proves a Most Brilliant AZ
tair.

Clinton, Feb. 2.-"For the good tina
: it will do The Clinton hospital bazal
opened at 4 o'clock this afternoon. il
Town Hall, and at $50 o'clock. in Bige.
low Hall, when supper was served. The
town hall was handsomely decorated
with flags, bunting, banners and
streamers.
The tables had been arranged with
skill ana taste. They occupied four
SIDES of the hall. The first, at the
left of the entrance, was the flower ia
bic, in charge of Miss Mary Sullivan.
1t was burdened with palms, foliage
plants and Towering shrubs from the
greenhouses Of Col. John e. Thayer.
Eugene V. r. Thayer and John Chan
der OF Lancaster, and cut flowers from
the greenhouses of F. w. Breed. Miss
SULLIVAN was assisted by Misses Cathe-
t,ile bailou, Amanda Lyons Nellie o.
Connor. Annie OiMalley Angela Dietz-
man, Bridget Hoban and Miss Julia
mcintyre. All these young ladies were
eoStumed as Cuban girls. They wore
DUCK lace mantillas and brilliant
gowns. Misses Lizzie Oils and Lizzie
girls.
Pop corn and peanuts were sold in a
log cabin under the direction of Chris
topher White. His assistants were
eostumed as colored girls and were all
boys; They were Harry Fields Gro
yer Mileo, George Morse, Harry Good
lch and Maurice Flagg. They num-
oered three mandolins, two banjos and
guitar and made stirring music when
nothlng else was moving.
Inc nurses table occupied a Red
Cross tent. 1t was in charge of Miss
Ella Freeze, head nurse at the Clinton
hospital She was assisted by Miss
Lillian Martin, Miss Catherine Hunt
and Miss SusanaDickie, from the train
ing school of the hospital.
me colonial table was freighted with
4ancy goods. 1t was managed by Mrs
Walter P. Bowers. Mrs. Bowers wore
blue gown modelled after an oIden
Iashlon. For a brooch. she wore a.
immature painted on porcelain, which
oates back many years. She was as
sisted by Miss Esther Morse, who wore
pink, Miss Helen Hammond green bro
cade, Mrs. Frank Wallace yellow, and
dolly warden.
Newman Harrison conducted grab
game, which he called "the mystery"
IN a duplicate MORO castle. The mys-
terry was how people could grab so
often and get so little.
Mrs. c. G. Coulter Miss Annie M.
Coulter and Mrs Edward Hale helped
Mr. harrison. They were CARRIED as
Toys were sold through the ports and
over the side rails of the gunboat
Olympia. Master Robert Finnie was
IN command, uniformed and mustached
IKE Admiral George Dewey Masters
John Hartwell George Forester, Har-
old Cheney and Harry Kendall wore
Whlte duck suits, and represented jolly
JACK tars. Mamie 'Hartwell, Amy Dog
gett, Amy Pease and Louisa Murphy
Wore white duck dresses, and were Wis
ltors to the Olympia. The real captain
OF the ship was Miss ]. E. Stone, and
the executive officer Mrs. Albert e.
trout All the goods on their table
were solicited or made by children
Lemonade, white and red. was dis
played in punch bowls on the decks of
the Maria Teresa. 1t was dipped by
Queen Isabella, who was Mrs. c. w.
Seward, in crown and jeweled gown
w. H. Spaulding was there as Column
bus. Mrs. George w. Weldman was
in charge of the table. She was as
sisted by Miss Bertha Dudley.
Candy was sold in front of an old
fashioned tiled Holland Fireplace by
ladies in Dutch costume, excepting the
wooden shoes. Mrs. Edward G. Ste
Vens was assisted at this table by Mrs
William Hamilton, Miss Catherine
Field, Miss Blanche McQuaid, Mrs. S.
Ives Wallace and Miss Nellie Howe.
Household goods Bingham aprons,
sun bonnets, and the like found ready
sale at the Quaker table, where the
women wore the costume made familiar
In Reuben Reuben, I've been think
Ing" Miss S. e. Russell was in charge
Of the table. Her helpers were i. H.
Haskell and Mesdames Clarence Mel
drum, Sarah Reeves and Frank p.
Breed. A sign read, "A few competent
housewives would like positions after
the fair"
The Puritan table was also the Lam
caster table. 1t was complete as de-
partment store. It's stock embraced
some exceedingly handsome photo
graph views, fancy goods and candy. A
sign announced that shares were be-
ing sold to the amount of $25 in an an
Gent copper powder measure. The
price was % cents a share. The meas
ure must go to the library museum in
Lancaster. Miss A. r. Atherton is in
charge of the table, assisted by Mrs.
Addie Eager, Miss Harriet Reyes, Mrs.
John w. Howe, Miss Annie Avery,
Miss Edith SWEET, Miss May Townsend,
Miss Emma Avery, Miss Mary Kill
VIM. H. Fay, and Miss Katherine Sui
Ivan.
The very particular attraction of the
evening was the production of Miss
Ellen K. Stevens cleverly arranged
pantomime, cinderella" Miss Bessie
Fuller made a dainty Cinderella, and
2. r. b. Allardice an incompatible
Prince Charming. Representative s
Ives Wallace, as the father of the
prince, was terribly benign. Miss Car
oline H. Morgan was the fairy god
mother.
A feature of the pantomime was {
court minuet, arranged by Mrs. f. j
H. Jones Of Lancaster, in which thu
characters of the pantomime participat
ed as follows, including those named
Gentlemen of the court, M. V. Bastian
w. II. Spaulding, w. H. Witham her
aid, l.. c. Latham; attendant, G. r
Richardson; queen, Mrs. George w
Morse; ladies of the court, Misses Mar
guerlte F. Stevens, Annie A. Dervin
Charlotte F. Tufts; Baroness Hide
grade, Mrs. e. T. Cunningham; Lad!
Immantrude; Miss Leona Teasdale
Lady Ethelynde, Miss Bertha L. Glib
son.
Ice cream was served in the gallery