St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-10-11
IN VARIED OARB.
Pinehurst the Scene of n Delightful
Character Assembly.

in VAkIED UAKb.
Pinehurst the Scene of Delightful
Character Assembly.
That was an interesting and entertain
ing company Of characters from out the
realms of history and literature which
assembled at Pinehurst on Thursday
evening last in response to invitations
issued by Mr.. and Mrs. Ashton X. Willard
and Mr.. Albert L. Farwell.
"People we read of'-personaltes
prominent in the fact and fiction of the
remoter ages, as well as not few of
more modern times-appeared in appro-
pirate garb and moved about through
the attractively furnished apartments,
chatting glibly on the themes nearest
their hearts, INDUCING in Renaissance
and bits OF individual experience, and ex-
changing courtesies with the grace, the
brusqueness or the shynes that best be-
fitted their station. 1t was an occasion
that awakened new interest in history
and art, prose and poetry, in royalty and
in peasantry, and gave all who partci-
pated in it very much genuine pleasure.
Following is list ofthose who appeared
in costume, with the characters repre-
sented:
Ashton r. Willard, Major Simon willard of
Concord. A. ID. 1884,
Mrs. Willard, Mistress Grace Fairbanks Of
Dedham, A. ID. 1888.
Albert L. Farwell. Sir Walter Raleigh of
England. A. ID. 1903.
Henry ]. Fuller, Herald.
Robert Mackinnon, Henry VIII.
King Henrys Six Wives: Mrs. A. F. Stone,
Catherine of Arragon; Miss Margaret New.
ell, Anne Boleyn; Mrs ]. III. Brooks. Jane
Seymour; Mrs r. b. Eastman, Anne of
Howard; Miss Martha ]. Hall, Katherine
Parr
r. B. Eastman, Wilkins Micawber
Mrs Robert Mackinnon, Mrs. Wilkins Mic
awber. (And the twins)
Miss Lena M. Pike, Little Miss Muffett.
Miss Majorie Peabody, Maiden of 1910.
Miss Nellie c. Tyler, "Thelma", Nor.
wegian Peasant.
Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks, Parson Butt of
ButtsvilIe.
Miss Fannie Ide, Bebbta Peppta.
Miss Julia Tapin, M ollie Stark.
Miss Luella Merrill, Elizabeth Quincy.
Miss Helen Patterson, Red Ridinghood.
DIR. J. e. Hartshorn, Capt. r. d, Evans of
the Iowa
X. S. Read. Hosea.
DR.. L. w. Hitchcock, Louis XIII.
Mrs. Geo. III. Frost. Dresden Shepherdess.
Mrs. w. p. Stafford, Patty Swain.
Miss Carolyn Lincoln, The Maiden all For
lorn,. who MIXED the COW with the crum-
pied horn.
w. S. Boynton, Admiral Dewey.
w. p Smith, Philip York, Earl of Hard
wick (Vt)
Mrs. Smith, Mary Stuart.
p. F. Hazen. Alexander Hamilton.
Mrs. Hazen, 1phigenia.
c. II. Dempsey, Pietro, Gondolier.
c. H. Horton, A Student of Cadiz.
A. B. Noyes, Mrs. Boffins husband.
Mrs. Noyes. Mrs. Bofin.
E. A. Silsby, Faust.
Mrs. ]. II. Herrick, Marguerite.
Miss Annie Ide, Flag Lieutenant of the
Hohenzollern.
George F. Cheney, Quaker Oats.
Mrs. Cheney. Mrs. Quaker Oats.
Miss Louise L. BARTLETT Madame D'Arb
lay, author of Evelina.
II. {. eoynton, Friar John, Conessor to
Miss Agnes M. Shaw, Goddess of Liberty.
Mrs. Chas. p. Carpenter, Madame De-
Fargo.
Mrs. Abbie H. Mcneil, Lady Jane Grey.
j. c. Clark, Lord Chesterfield
Mrs. Clark, Carnation Pink.
F. II. Brooks, Marquis de Beauvais.
Mrs. Brooks, Empress Josephine.
&C. Cummings, Captain Memo.
Miss Cornelia Fairbanks, Cecil Stock
hansen.
Miss Henrietta Marie, Swiss Peasant.
Miss Isabel Paddock, Fraulein Valerie Won
Dorsner.
L. p. Slack. st. Benedictine
Mrs. Slack, Elizabeth B. Browning.
Miss Mary E Master. Babbie.
Miss Maude Sprague, dolly Madison.
Mrs. Z. II. Stone, Queen Louise.
Miss Eta M Newell Friend Esther
Miss Martha c. Goodwin, Lotto Kiotzo
from Toxic.
Mrs. J: E. Taylor. Her Own Grandmother,
Mrs. Judge Paddock.
George d. Castor, Haemon, "Sophocles'
Antigone."
w. c. Tyler, Enrico, a Spanish Prince.
Mrs. Tyler, A Spanish Court Lady.
Miss Alice Hail. Katrina Knickerbocker.
Miss Mabel Carpenter. Portia.
Miss Mary L. Jcwett, Bo Peep.
]. W. Sault Kris Kringle.
Mrs Saut, Bachelor Button.
The guests were ushered in and an
nounced by the Herald, each by the
name OF the character impersonated, and
were then received by Mistress Grace
Fairbanks, Major Simon Willard and
Sir Walter Raleigh. The costumes worn
were unique and striking, many of them
being very handsome. Some of them
were particularly apt and cleverly ar
ranged, leaving no room for doubt as to
the identity of the parsonage meant to
be represented. There was succession
OF merry surprises as the costumed indi-
viduals met and greeted each other after
paying their respects to the hosts and
hostess. 1t was an animated and pleas.
ing scene.
After the serving of choice refreshments
came grouping of most Of the charac-
tiers in series of tablcaux, and some OF
these groups were very effective. Henry
VIII. and his six wives were put into the
first picture; Admiral Dewey and the
Goddess of Liberty formed the center of
a patriotic tableau; there was blood
less representation of how Mary Stuart
lost her head; Trilby posed while "Alice
Ben Bolt" was sung; Quaker Oats, that
early morning luxury in so many homes,
had a "liie.size" demonstration a galaxy
of peasant girls made a bright picture;
Spanish students, with guitar and cas-
tanet, entertained the company; the
Micawbers and the Boffins met in q
friendly way, and 1.-THE twins" behaved
finely; other groupings included people