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

colors covered the body of the coach
and the wheels were yellow with white
hubs. Smilax was used in good pro-
portion. The coach was drawn by
four bay horses. and the occupants
were Margaret Martin. Ethel Randall
Elizabeth Marshall, May Goodhue,
Hazel Roberts of Hinsdale. Marie
Whitman of Keene. Zetta Weld, Flor
ence Putnam, Charlotte Barrett. Ed
wilma Whitney, Louise Davenport and
Edith Stearns. The young women
wore white shirt waists and yellow
hats.
Winter" was admirably typif1ed by
snow-white coach in which rode
these young women Gertrude Croker
Mary Croker, Alice Cummings of Fitch
burg, Mass, Edith Esterbrook. Mrs.
Louise Hackley. Amy Jones. Minnie
Merrill. Alice Mandell. Marguerite
Tucker, Alice Waterman. Henrietta
Webster of Springfield. Mass Eliza
beth White, Ethel Waterman and
Florence Pratt. The coach was en-
tirely hidden from view by decorations
of cloth and cotton to represent snow
and the effect, heightened by the
white costumes of the young women.
which consisted in part of furs and
muffs, was unqualifedly beautiful.
Sprigs of holly were in evidence. and
the snow which the occupants scatter
ed along the way served to emphasize
the season which the coach was de-
signed to represent. The equipage
was drawn by four horses wearing
white blankets.
A floral coach occupied principally
by the teachers of the High school
presented a striking combination of
colors. On a white background was
fastened on either side a gilded trellis
interviewer with southern smilax. and
over the whole were scattered several
hundred red carnations. 1t was
drawn by four white horses. The oc-
cupants were Mrs. James P Elmer,
Mrs. H. X. Whitaker. Miss Mary D..
Henshaw, Mrs. Henshaw of Amherst,
Mass. Miss Mary Gordon. Miss Mary
Crowell, Miss Esther Crowell. Miss
Emma Wardle. Miss Emma Gregg.
Miss Julia Patton and Miss Olive
Shumway. All wore white picture
hats.
Fred R. Smith. the Bellows Falls
giant. who is seven feet tall, added a
greater appearance of stature by the
conventional tall hat which one would
eb expected to wear in the character
of Uncle Sam. His costume was
Uncle Sans favorite one of red, white
and blue. and he carried the national
flag on a staff.
st. Mary's Drum Corps of Turner's
Falls furnished lively music and the
young men carried themselves in a
style to win approval.
Leon Akley. on a diminutive Shet
land pony, rode in fancy costume as an
aid
Friendship" the first degree in odd
Fellowship. was exemplified by an at
tractive float gotten up by Wantasti
quet lodge of Odd Fellows. The float
was decorated in striking and con
trasting colors. scarlet and blue pre-
| dominating. and was drawn by sly
horses. 1t required the services O
| 1S members of the lodge. who wore g
| portion of the costumes and insignia
of the order used in the regular lodge
room work. The members were ar
ranged as far as practicable to rep
resent the working of the degree
without revealing any of the work o.
a private nature. Those who rode
were c. C. Endlich. Merrill Adams. w
E. Coombs. Arad Gould. Arthur Adams
G. A Howard. George Cain. Arthur
Horton, H. S. Goodenough. Will Cain
A. H. Coombs, N. S. Ransom, ]. c
Johnson. W. E. Banks, Edward Rivers
George Gibson, Arthur Akeley and F
w. Hall.
Protective Grange, in a float which
| was praiseworthy not only because o.
| the evidence of artistic skill with
which it was executed, but because o.
| it's appropriateness, delineated the
Court of Ceres. the Goddess of the
Harvest. The genuine fruits of the
harvest were used to good advantage
in decorating the body of the float
while a plow. with all that it signifies
was given a position at the front end
But the predominant feature was 6
golden throne. upon which Ceres was
seated, while near her were two court
attendants. Ceres was impersonatet
by Mrs. c. S. Hopkins, the Ceres of the
! Grange, and her attendants were Mrs
| Wilson Brown and Miss Bertha
| Adams. All three wore Grecian cos
tunes. The float was drawn by foul
horses.
The members of the graduating
class of the Brattleboro High school
% in number were conspicuous
throughout the line of parade because
of the beauty of their float and because
of the originality of their cries. Here
is one which gave warning Of theil
approach.
Boom-er-lack-er, Boom-er-lack-er,
Sis, Boom, Bah,
Naughty-two, Naughty-two,
Rah, Rah, Rah.
This was soon followed by another
equally as effective