Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-01
PARISH HOUSE OPENED.
rwe-pays' Bazaar Celebrates its Com
plsslen.- $500 Melted by ch ureh.

plesion,--Ssoo Melted by ch ureh,
Bethany Parish house was opened 10 It's
widest extent Friday night 10 aecommo-
date crowd that made standing room
hardly available in the spacious apart
ments OF the new building, The Red,
White and Blue bazaar added its manifold
attractions to general interest in the
handsome structure just completed and
drew fully 800 people the first night and
over 200 Saturday night,
The elegant rooms, brightly lighted
and filled with gay company, showed
how admirably they are adapted TO the
social purposes OF the church, while the
big dining room allowed the multitude
10 sit down comfortably by hundreds to
the enjoyment OF ice cream, sherbet and
assorted cakes, On the long polished ta-
hles were bouquets OF beautiful sweetpeas
in all the eolors OF the rainbow, present
ing floral display that attracted much
attention,
/ All the catering appliances OF the kiteh-
en-, too, came into practical use and dem
onstrated satisfactorily their advantages
to the servers OF refreshments. Mrs. A.
b, Gay and Mrs. b. q. Goodwin had
charge OF the dining room Friday night
and took in nearly $50. The next night
Mrs. j. T. Cleveland and Mrs. o. ;.
Chamberlin had the management o.
affairs and increased the treasury by si6.
In the parlors ON the first floor the
bazaar was in active operation at seven
booths effectively draped In red, white
and blue and carrying fascinating array
OF goods, Money simply slipped out Of
pockets and purses like quicksilver and
naturally flowed into the Golfers of the
ladies, whose art in the disposal OF their
wares proved them more than accom-
plished saleswomen. The way in which
they who came ''to lookn remained TO
buy, would have caused the most plausi-
bic member of the mercantile world TO
tear his hair in despair; for nobody drew
near TO cast an eye over the display with
out going away with an armful OF things,
whose possible use masculine minds may
afterwards have regarded in the light Of
a conundrum.
i Many fine articles, contributed by alb
sent friends, formed the stock Of the Re
memhrance booth, in charge of Mrs. Z. o.
Blanchard, Mrs. j. +. Wilcox and Miss
Clara Booth. large assortment of fam
cy goods was temptingly disposed in an
adjoining section managed by Mrs. w. +.
Edison, Mrs. L. B. johnson, Mrs. John
f. Tewksbury, Mrs. J. ID. Mitchell, Mrs.
w. w. Morton and Mrs. j. w. Case.
Aprons to excite the envy OF the Masonic
fraternity with large amount of "work"
on hand were persuasively shown to pur-
chasers by Mrs. ]. F. Mead, Mrs. c. b.
Hollis, Miss Carrie Eaton, Mrs. j. w.
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cards and pictures OF Randolph scenery
were readily sold by Mrs. S. A. Smith,
Miss Inez Litchtield and Mrs. Z. +.
Bixby.
On the opposite side Of the bazaar was
the candy booth whose toothsome dam
ties disappeared rapidly in streams OF
packages bought of Genieve Lamson,
Bernice McCollom, Maud Putnam, Jessie
Chedel, Catherine and Florence Metzger.
An especially attractive counter was that
OF the pins and hair ornaments fashioned
from fish scales by Mrs. w. w. Sprague
and delicately tinted to represent pansies,
daisies, etc. Mrs. Sprague was assisted
in selling the product of her skill by Mrs.
z. w. Tewksbury, Mrs. L. A. Russlow
and Mrs Edna Fairbanks.
Saturday afternoon was devoted to a
cake sale in the care of Mrs. Lemuel Rich
mond and Mrs. Lyman d. Xix, who
found the demand for "sweet cooking"
greater than the supply.
From all the means of revenue the sum
of 1926 was taken at the bazaar, which
cleared gratifying gain of 1900.
Friday evening musical program
opened with piano dueG, Clutch Dance"
from Beethoven, delightfully."- played by
Miss Edith Marcott and Miss Mary Lam
son. Mrs. r. NJ. Chase of Bethel
charmed the audience with the full tones
of rich soprano heard in two selections,
"Until Gods Day. and Shadows Lad
die,n for which the accompaniment was
played by Miss Welch of Bethel. Miss
Carolyn Lamson of Philadelphia pleased
the ear with the cultivated notes of a
sweet soprano and sang in finished style
a Nocturne by Chadwick and Birthday
song by Cowan. Her accompanist was
Miss Mary Lamson.
Edison's electric dolls then appeared,
eight of them, each wearing a white let
ter that formed the words, "Rag Dolls. .
A switch board controlling their move
ments was operated by c. S. Booth, who
oppressed the button" for song or dance
as fancy pleased. In the masked and
shrouded figures OF the dolls were cleverly
disguised Misses Marguerite Hudson,
Echo Upham, Lucille Grant, Mary Boyce,
Genieve Lamson, Jennie Morton, Mildred
Goodwin and Florence Metzger. Their
} pianist was Miss Lillian Knowlton.
The opening number Saturday evening
: was an exquisite piano solo by Miss
} Edith Marcott. ssWhere Blossoms
Grow" and s'With Your Dear" won an en-
, thusiastic encore for Mrs. Theron Brooks
: of Washington, d. c., to which she re-
sponded by singing one OF Robert LOUIS
Stevenson's child lyrics, "Bed in sum-
mer.n Miss Blanche Sparhawk's glori-
Gus voice swelled in the cadence Of
"Heart's Delight" which she followed
by the sweet little lullaby, "Rockin' IL
de VIM" Harry Heaton of Essex juno
ton and John Lamson scored triumph
in duets of guitar and banjo, mandolin
and guitar.
The city people within our gates gener