The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-07-14
LAWN FESTIVAL
Successful Festival Held at the Home Of
Mrs. Thomas R. Freeman, Tuesday
and Wednesday Evenings Beautiful

and Wednesday Evenings Beautiful
Decorations.
One of the most successful lawn festivals
held IL Elkton in recent years, wul given for
the benefit of the Improvement Fund OF the
Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of this week,
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas f.
Freeman, on West High street Tho grounds
We're decorated in the most beautiful! manner
and everyone pronounced the scene the most
attractive ever witnessed here.
The porch was strung with Japanese Ian
terms and draped in flags and the national
colors and the tables and lawn on both side 5
of the house were fairly ablaZe with the
japanese lanterns strung on wires and run
ming in among the trees, which with the
pretty walters. almost suggested to the spec
tators the land OF the fairies. On Tuesday
evening, the LIkton Orchestra donated their
| services to the good cause and discoursed
excellent music from amid the flags and
bunting on the porch. On Wednesday evon-
ing ihe ElktOn C1rnet Band was in attend
ance and also soat forth the sweet strains Of
their Instruments to the delighted listeners
One of the most attractive features of the
decorations was a Lemonade well, constructed
| 10y Mr.. Thomas Il. Freeman, which consisted
| OF Il large bowl set in bed Of rocks, covered
with vines and flowers. Mr.. and Mrs Free
man. who were in charge Of she affair as
we'll as those WHO assisted them. certainly
deserve the highest praise for their most
admirable arrangements, and that they were
| appreciated is shown by the large crowds
which attended s120 so were taken in,
netting 984 so, which will be devoted to the
improvement Of the NJ L. Church.
Those who had charge of the various de-
| partments were:
Ice Cream Table No. Miss Helen Hague.
Aids, Misses Henrietta Hague, Helen LARA
lere, Maud Hague. Edith Scott, Roberta Tull
and Anna Hague.
No. 2-Mrs. William j. Smith. Aids. Misses
Estelle Smith
No. Miss Mary Perkins. Aids, Mrs.
Charles b. Perkins. Misses Helen Tuft. Reba
Miller and Mollie Davis.
No. Mrs. II. W. Lewis and Mrs Il. +.
Witworth. Aids Misses Lulu Brown and
Clara Biddle.
No. 5-Misscs Grace Wells and Emma
Lewis. Aids Misses Carrie Lewis, Bertha
White, jennie Gilmour and Sadie Mcdaniel
No. 6NIrs. Howard Bratton and Mis-,
Lizzie Walms!ey. Aids, Misses Harriet Vain.
s!ey and Esther Banks.
No. Mrs. Henry Vinsnger and Miss
Mary Strickland. Aid Miss Elizabeth Per
kins.
No. s-NIiss Hattie Terrell. Aids, Misse.
Eva Dean and Lydia Terrell.
No. Miss Emma Hogg Aids, Misse!
Gertie Holt, Addie Realey, Alma Dean, Non,
Dean and Grace Strickland.
Cake Table No. Mrs. Virginia Perkins
Mrs. John L. Alexander and Mrs. II. NJ
| Larzalere.
No. 2-Mrs, T. E. Terry, Mrs. L. NJ Hane
and Mrs. Sarah Scott.
Candy Tabes-Mrs. S. c. Sykes, Mrs. VIM
]. Davis and Miss Lille Alexander.
Fancy Table-Mrs. Frank P. Price. Aid
Miss Mary Terrell.
Lemonade well-,Mrs. Frank Bradbury ant
Miss Blanche Ford.
Cashiers Misses Maggie Strickland ant
Mary Walmsley.
Ice Cream-John Blackson, r. d. Cantwel
and j. Harvey Groves.
Flower Girl-Little Mias Elizabeth Perkins