The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-05-31
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FAIR.
A Most Successful and Attractive
Event Given Last Week.

OuI Uu0 0Dllr0 nOurB Oh Cn0 annual ldlI
given Tuesday afternoon and evening by
the ladies interested in the management OF
Memorial Hospital. A larger attendance
than that of last year made the event
even more successful than the one given
then. McAlpin Hall presented most
attractive appearance with its large
table of flowers, in the charge OF Mrs.
Harry Hull, Mrs. Harry Pitney and Mrs.
johnson, in the centre of the room,
while arranged artistically around the
sides were the various tables of fancy
goods, trimmed and untrimmed hats,
novelties in neckwear and many other
tempting and greatly admired articles
of feminine handiwork.
The fan table, which early in the day,
became unburdened of all its contents,
was attended by Miss Forsythe and Mrs
Thomas Cauldwell; the 'Mystery table, y
by which the curiosity of all was arous-
ed, was in charge of Mrs Frank Marsh,
Mrs. Chisholm and Miss E. Thomas;
Mrs. Pierre Smith and Mrs A. G. Ropes
presided at the china table; Miss Sally
Whitney and the Misses Grannis at that
loaded with neckwear in all its variety
the tempting sweets were dispensed by
Mrs. Slade Miss Slade, Miss Hurlbut
and Miss Mary Howell; dainty hand
kerchiefs were attractively shown by
Miss Dobbins, the Misses Owen, Miss
Decker and Miss Blanchard, while the
viands for the inner man at the delica-
lessen and cake tables were successfully
sold by Mrs. Winship, Miss Walker,
Mrs Philander b. Pierson and Mrs. Ed
ward Brinley. No event of this nature
is complete at present without its rum
mage table, and ones desires in this line
were fully met by the variety of objects
displayed by Mrs. Griswold, Miss N.
Thomas and Mrs. H. B. MscCarrolI.
Hats, both trimmed and untrimmed,
were tastefully shown by Miss Helen
Shelton, Miss Bessie Kip and Miss L..
Thomas, while a series of tables all con-
tanning fancy articles of beauty and
adornment were presided over by Mrs.
Stephen Fl. Little, Miss Eliza
beth Little, Miss Harriet Buxton. the
Misses Lidgerwood, Mrs. ]. F. Morey,
Mrs. o. G. Ferris and Miss Walker.
One feature of this table was the ex-
quisite work in burnt wood which has
recently become so popular A bag
table nearby had for its attendants Mrs.
Swords, Miss Swords, the Misses Ver-
nam, Miss Watts and the Misses Walker,
and fine display of china was seen at
the table of Mrs William A. Bell, of
Madison.
A unique feature of the fair was the
Colonial tea room in which Mrs. Willard
W.Cutler and Mrs. Frederick Burnham
assisted by Miss Lewis, Miss Twining,
the Misses Freeman, Miss Julia Cutler
and Miss Rowland Ford, dispensed tea
and cakes in a truly old-fashioned way.
The cups and plates dated back many
years and the powdered coiffures and
charming old style gowns of the ladies
in attendance were pictures of the days
gone by. A cook book over hundred
years old was one of the collection of
interesting antiques which were on ex-
hibition in the tea room.
A bounteous supper could be obtained
in the supper room, and the capable
management of Mrs. Wilbur F. Day ,and
her assistants Mrs. L. G. Parker, Mrs.
Henry Shelley, Mrs. H. Fairchild, Mrs.
Jacob VanWinkle, Miss Sophia Jensen,
Mrs. Mcclellan, Mrs. Victor Boell, Mrs.
Henry M. Smith, Miss Marion Osburn, the
Misses Ennis, Miss Lulu Quimby, Miss
Nellie Slater, Miss Florence Bennell and
Miss Mary Weir, was most evident and
the wants of all were most abundantly
satisfied.
At the close of the evening an auction
sale was held and many of the unsold
articles were disposed of through the
successful auctioneering of Harry Free
man. Words of commendation and
praise were heard on all sides and the
enjoyable time which all participated in,
together with the financial success of the
affair, are the fitting reward which
crowned the labors of the ladies under
whose management it was given.
The net proceeds were ST. 400.