Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-27


the thoroughbreds.
Elegance and simplicity were COM
bined in the two-seated carriage which
carried Mrs. c. D. Noyes and Miss
Eleanor Noyes of Brattleboro and
Mrs. Walter Porter of Ashfield Mass.
A border of California sun flowers
stood out beautifully against the
black carriage. Satin ribbons were
also used in the decoration. The
carriage was drawn by pair of
handsome black horses. driven by
coachman in livery, and the costumes
of Mrs. Noyes and Mrs. Porter were
black.
Deep lavendar and white bunting.
with wisteria and southern smilax
made a pretty combination in the dec
orations of the carriage occupied by
Mrs. Charles H. Thompson and Miss
Grace Dana. The horse. Bell was in
white ribbon harness. The ladies
wore white gowns and hats with
touches of lavender
Many punches of hydrangeas were
massed together with charming effect
in the canopy surrey furnished by
Linden Lodge. The body of the car
riage was entirely covered with
hydrangeas and the running gear with
green and white bunting. The occu-
pants were Miss Daisy Irwin of New
York. Miss Esther Smith Miss Edna
Lawton and Miss Dotten Gros Claud of
Bridgeport Conn.
The team occupied by Mrs. c. L.
Stickney and Mrs. L. L. Dunham was
one of the most effective in the cal
nd g.
pressions of admiration. The car
riage was Col. Hooker's spider phaeton
and was decorated very artistically
with SALIVA, red satin ribbon and red
| crepe paper. Mrs. Stickney and Mrs.
,, Dunham wore white dresses and red
hats, and the two handsome blacks
which drew the carriage were adorned
with red collars and had streamers of
red ribbon attached to their brides.
One of the prettiest of the single
| teams was that in which rode Miss
| Florence Farr and Miss Annie Brock
| ington. The carriage and the costumes
of the young women made a study in
white, and the gold trimmings added to
the effect.
White roses on a background of
! solid green were the simple but taste
| full decorations of a carriage in which
rode Miss Dorothy Mitchell and Miss
Maud Essex. The carriage had pneu-
matte tires.
Mrs. w. S. Rogers of Keene occu.
pied an umbrella phaeton built especial
! ly for her. She was accompanied by
Mrs. George Atwood of Boston. The
carriage was decorated with pink and
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| horse.
Farm products alone were used
| in decorating the pony cart driven
by Stephen Searles of the Bradley
farm. The principal feature was a
| large stock of corn. The thills were
| fringed with ears of corn, and pump
kins served to cap the hubs of the
vehicle.
The United States postoffice depart
ment was appropriately represented
by mail delivery wagon occupied by
| Miss Florence Knight and MissAgnes
/ Whitney. The body of the wagon was
hidden from view by narrow stripes OF
red, white and blue crepe paper and
! rosettes of the same material. 1t
was an attractive feature.
Hemlock boughs and sun flowers
were the decorations of a diminutive
pony cart occupied by Margery Bal
| estier.
William Cain. as a bewhiskered
| Irishman. and his donkey and cart
| trimmed with evergreen and red vel
| low, blue and other clashing colors ol
bunting, constituted a comic feature OF
the parade.
Violet McGillivray, a tiny girl, held
the ribbons which guided her team OF
play horses. Gertrude Hunt and Allan
McGillivray. The driver sat in a tiny
carriage trimmed with saliva and
asparagus. This team went only from
the common to the Main street bridge
Wantastiquet Golf club was rep
resented by a coach of rich coloring
The decorations of bright red bunting
stood out handsomely in contrast
with the white strips with which they
alternated. The bunting was fasten
ed with dainty reproductions of the
club emblem, the four-leaf clover, II
green. Four horses drew the coach
in which were these occupants wear
ing bright red golf coats: Col. G. A
Miles, Miss Maud Essex, Miss ATl!
Hines, Miss Ethel Waterman, Mrs
John Lewis Morse of Philadelphia
Mrs. H. H. Crosby, Mrs. c. A. Miles
Mrs. ]. G.. Estey, Miss Ruth Childs
Miss Rena Hall, Miss Hortense Hall
and Mrs. Margaret Gatty.
Yellow and white predominated il
the handsome decorations of coacl
which carried 12 young women. A.
J ternating strips of bunting of thes