The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-14
BIG SUMS
SPENT AT
LAWN FETE

The net receipts Of the lawn fete Satur-
day at Rough Point" the villa OF FRED
erick W. Vanderbilt at Newport, VIII to-
tai nearly $4,000 1t is thought.
The fete was given as benefit for the
Newport Society for the Prevention and
Control OF tuberculosis and was open to
the public from $3.50 TO o'clock.
The sale of live animals. including the
pony cart and harness. brought about
$4,000, sum that far exceeded all ex-
pectations, but when Henry Lehr, Miss
Evelyn Walsh and some others started
to make books" on various things money
began TO come in in bundles
But this was only one OF the hundreds
OF instances OF the generosity displayed
toward Newport and its consumptives.
IL Is estimated that the expense OF es-
tablishing Mrs. Marsden J. Perry's Jap
anese garden and the entertaining here
OF Mrs. Perry's assistants was $500.
Some OF the prices secured for articles
at Mrs Reginald Vanderbilts dairy were
most eXorbitant but those giving them
made no complaint. MIX sold I'm some
instances cas- high as s. a glass, and
Arthur I. Kemp paid s. for a dozen EGGS
while Paul Rainey paid S25 for the auto
Janet Fish was also an able assistant for
The Lark" securing chances on two lit
tie monkeys amounting 10 $50
Harry LChr also did n good business
in raffling birds for Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish. clearing in the nighborhood Of $500,
while Miss Gilbert, with her cigarettes,
made $500
The booths were arranged In semi-circu-
lar form, extending from the Clif walk
and enclosing the lawn north OF the cot
tage, with Mrs. Marsden j. Perry's Jap
anese village, one Of the most elaborate
displays on the grounds. az one end the
army and navy encampment at the other.
In the centre Of the lawn on the Clif
walk was large enclosure l5XlO0 feet, ir
| the centre OF which is Mrs. Stuyvesant
| Fish's inn, The Lark, a handsome rustic
| conception, with n wealth OF horticulture
| for decorations, where pet animals were
! sold.
The central booth OF the arc was Mrs.
! Reginald G.. Nanderbilt's dairy. which was
stocked with products from her Sandy
! Point farm. a rustic dairy house. set
] within a spacious enclosure OF appropri-
| ate design
II is estimated that from sl5,O0o 10
| $4,000 has been put into the arrange
ment and equipment OF the booths The
! japanese village OF Mrs. Perry is said
| TO have cost $500. This has an enclos-
| ure lOOxl20 feet constructed OF bamboo
and dry palm leaves some ten feet I'm
height with kiosks for serving tea. count
| ers for the display and sale of curios. n
| platform for the japanese jugglers and
| acrobats, all OF bamboo and palms. COW
| cred with wisteria and set off with potted
| hydrangeas. An arbor OF bamboo. COW
cred with cherry blossoms. presents a
| strong contrast 10 the dark line of palms.
which thatch the enclosure and roofs OF
. Id L. a II.
| floats a japanese flag, with streamers
| OF japanese lanterns stretching from tho
| top of the pole In all directions.
| Early in the afternoon. previous 70 the
opening, the 100 marines and blue Jack
ets from the Training station and squad
| of soldiers from Fort Adams, which con
| stituted a part OF the army and navy
/ exhibit, made parade down Bellevue
| avenue 10 the Vanderbilt estate.
During the afternoon the marines and
! the troops performed guard duty along
| the Clif Nplk
The Seventh Hospital Corps band. the
/ Naval Training Station band and the
| Hungarian String band played during the
afternoon
The arrangements for the fete were out
| by a committee Of women acting under
the chairmanship of James Brett Stokes
| whose interest I'm the tuberculosis work
| prompted him To donate the land for
! the Pine Ridge Camp.
The women constituting the committee
were as follows: Mrs. StuyYesant fish
Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mrs. Alfred @
| Vanderbilt. Mrs Reginald g Vanderbilt
| Mrs. f. Rollins Morse. Mrs. George u.
De Forrest Mrs. H. NJ Brooks, Mrs
| Henry Clews, Mrs William =. Thomp-
son. Mrs. Harry s Lehr Mrs. Edwards
Spencer. AIRS. Daniel n. Fearing. Mrs
| T. A Lawton, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs.