The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-08

door was the grab well with the invita-
tion TO "bcat the machine printed
on the front. The scheme was 90 whir
wheel, needle indicating the grab
II the needle stopped on zero two chanc
es were given for five cents This booth
wns looked after by llalsey Bardwell
John j. Eekels and j. Gordon Peach
The booth was made with wooden
frame over which was draped red and
black paper. Next was the lemonade
well trimmed in pink, white and green
and looked after by Misses Emma Bar
rows, and Helen Martin. The booth Of the
freshmen class came next and was one
Of the pretticst in the hall, done in pur'
pie and white, the class eol0rs. The
Young women who presided and sold
the useful articles with which IL was
laden were. Misses Miriam Howard,
Katherine Martin and Charlena Hall.
The fancy article booth was under
the supervision Of the senior girls
aud held useful and fancy articles Of all
sorts and descriptions. II was presided
over by Misses Mildred Macdonald and
Marjorie Crosby. The flower booth was
in the corner of the hall and presented
a conglomerate galaxy of beauty. There
we're carnations in all shades and colors,
ionquils and numerous small Towering
shrubs. The booth was looked after by
Misses Ruth Brown and Nina Gilman,
both members of the sophomore class.
The ice cream parlor located in the
south corner Of the hall nearest the
street was prettily trimmed and enclos.
ed with imitation fence almost as good
as the real article. Above were stream.
ers of red paper and greenery. The ice
cream sales girls were Misses Pauline
Miller, Lillian Johnson, Edna Patterson,
Marion Simonds and Edith Moody.
The candy booth was where the entire
femininity of the junior class congre-
gated and large amount of the sweets
was disposed of. The booth where the
products of the culinary art were dis
played and sold was trimmed in orange
and black and contained all sorts of
eatables. II was in charge of Misses
Elizabeth Denning and Alice Johnson
In one corner of the south side of the
hall was the silhouette booth where
your picture was made "while you
waited" BY means Of camera the
shadow of a person was thrown on a
screen of black paper and the outline
cut out, In this way many pictures
we're made and all were excellent like
nesses Harry Douglas and Miss Cor
ena Bell were the artists.
The entertainment provided was var
led and pretty. One of the most en-.
iovable features was the scarf dance
done by number of young women of
the school They carried red, white and
blue scarfs and went through a number
on intricate figures in unison. The girls
taking part were Misses Dorothy Nor
ris, Charlena Hall, Katherine Martin,
Geraldine and Adair Mcdowell, Nina
Gilman, Ellen Sherman, Elva Hawkes.,
Florence Skinner. Hattie Douglas, Bes-
sic Denning and Marion Childs.
The dwarf dance was done by three
Young women dressed to represent
dwarfs. They had over their heads
huge caps made of cloth and on which
were painted faces. The dance was
pretty and cleverly executed. The par
tieipants were Misses Helena Rate,
Ruth Dewitt and Emma Barrows.
The Mother Goose part of the enter
tainment was appreciated by all and
well done by the pupils. The charac-
ters were represented as follows: When
was a Boy, Wells Miller and Rather
inc Martin; Patty-cake, J. Warren Ham
ilton; Miss Muffet, Ruth Brown; King
of Hearts, Lawrence Putnam; Queen OF
Hearts, Nina Gilman; Knave of Hearts,
Arthur Dewitt; Simple Simon, William
Foster; Pieman, Stewart Brown. The
Mother Goose entertainment was fol
lowed by singing by the girls chorus
which rendered three selections. All
the foregoing entertainment was pre-
sented in the afternoon as well as in
the evening but special attraction IN
the evening was the reverse quadrille
by Misses Margaret Barber Alice Jones,
Helen Martin and Miriam Howard and
Joseph Dunleavy, Florence Ferriter,
Howard Brown and Clarence Merrill.
The fair more than made up the mon
ey lacking to complete the 5000 neces-
sary for the senior class to make its
trip to Washington.
trip to Washington. The total amount
of money taken was in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50 and when all expenses are
paid a surplus of about $500 will be left
to put in the fund which amounted to
$3.50 previous to the fair.
The seniors will start for their trip
the morning of Feb. 90 on the owl train
and will arrive in Washington some
time the following night. 1t has not
vet been determined exactly how long
they will stay in Washington but they
will probably leave for the return
sometime the following Thursday.
They expect to stop off day in New
York on the return trip but this matter
has not yet been settled.