The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02
NEWPORT 5 Silly SEASON
THE DELIGHTS OF SOCIAL BUT
TEXTILES REACHED ITS HEIGHT
WITH THIS AFFAIR
HARVEST FESTIVAL DANCE
The Event Took Place at Mrs. Stuy-
Vcsant Fish's PaIatiaI Home,
known as the Cross
ways.
Newport, R. L, Cor. Philadelphia Rec.

Newport, r. l., Cor. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The crowning event of the season Of
1860 took place tonight-the barn
dance" or harvest festival dance
given by Mrs, Stuyvesant Fish at her
palatial Newport home, the Crossways,
ut the gateway were two huge mock
pumpkins made into Jack o'Lanterns,
each twelve feet IN circumference
AS the guests arrived they tarried to
view the spectacle on the grounds, trans
formed. to represent fields OF harvested
grain, which had been put up in sheaves
Over to the west We're two full sized
haystacks decked with scarecroWs so ia
miliar in country districts. Three yoke
of oxen were quietly resting after their
hard days toll hauling in the material
required for the farm yard scene.
A bower of greens and wheat with
swamp cat tails, formed a passageway to
the main hall. All around the hallway
was a wainscoting of wheat seven feet
deep, with thousands of sunfowers and
poppics In clusters Overhead were pan
els of agricultural implements, fruits and
vegetables. At regular intervals large
sheaVes of corn and wheat straw were
placed, tied with red ribbons and filled
with red peoples, just if it had been
cut from the field outside the front door.
Wonderful effects were produced with
the electric lights placed within flowers
and inside Of corn husks, from which tie
ears had been removed; also by the use
of 800 sunflowers and 5000 peoples, and
other field flowers. AT one point, in a
secluded corner there rested hives of
bees, and Just over the tall Dutch clock
IN the hall was fixed full-SiZed leg
HON rooster
The peasants dance took place in the
drawing room. Ali of the dancers were
dressed in Dutch. French and Hungarian
peasant costumes, The drawing room
was decorated entirely with green palms,
and garlands of field poppics and corn
flowers.
Small tables were set up for the supper.
The first course was served in soup dishes
made from squa shes. with knives and
forks and spoons made from crooked-neck
squashes and carrots. The guests at
these tables were seated on common
board benches
After the supper the rooms were cleared
and prepared for the cotilon, which was
extended through the drawing room. hall
way and dining room 1t was led by Harry
Lehr. and was participated in by sixty
couples.
Many unique favors were distributed,
the list including hay rakes, scythes. little
baskets of growing plants. miniature
waterpots and reap'ng machines.
Fun was added to the affair by the har-
vest offerings presented to Mrs. flsh by
the guests az they entered the villa. Each
guest had something under his or her
arm to place at the feet of the hostess.
There was a squealing of little pigs. a
growing of roosters, the cluckirg Of hens
in fact. it sounded as if bedlam had
broke loose Mrs Oelrichs had q duck
under her arm, Harry Lehr sucking
pig, Mrs. Belmont a Shanghai rooster,
Mrs Dolan a gander Mrs. I>adenburg a
chicken, and other guests had vegetables
of all descriptions
At the end of the procession and to
cap the climax, appeared Herman Oe!-
richs struggling with calf. He wanted
TO get it 20 Mrs. Fish. but the animal
would not go and 1t was only after i'm
petus was added at the rear that 1T was
presented to the hostess.
Never in the history OF entertainments
was there such unique Newport event.
and the crowd of townspeople was so
great outside OF Crossways that a squad
of policemen had to be sent for to keep
them off the grounds