Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03
The MAY BREAKFAST.
Congregational Ladies' Experiment Yes
terday Proves One Of Their Most Sue
cessful Enterprises.

cesstul Enterprises
The May breakfast will be an annual
affair with the women of the Congrega-
tional church. The breakfast served yes
terday was an initial experiment and the
ladies embarked upon it with shade of
doubt, but after serving the hungry null
titude which poured into Festival hail
yesterday noon and again last night and
hearing the enthusiastic comments of all
who partook they were ready to declare
1t one of their most successful enterprises
and begin plans for another next year.
The combination OF a May breakfast,
strawberry supper and fair proved a great
money maker as well as a signal social
success and the treasury of the woman's
association reaped a rich harvest.
Festival hall was gay in pink and white
from floor to ceiling. The booths ar
ranged along the north side of the hall
were bedecked in pink and white crepe
paper which made a most attractive set
ting for the good things to eat and the
pretty things to wear which were dis
played within. Long streamers of crepe
paper were festooned from the central
chandelier to the gallery and the stage
was decorated in like manner and set
with palms. The prettily decorated din
ing tables set on the south side of the
hall were also in pink and white, the
candle shades being pink and the menus
adorned with arbutus at noon and apple
blossoms at night.
The sales from the booths were brisk
all the afternoon and evening and some
Of them were practically swept bare be-
fore closing time came. The booths and
those in charge of them were as follows:
Grab, Mrs. Annie Greene, assisted by
Misses Randall, Whitney and Howe;
flowers, Miss Edna Lawton and Miss
Edna Crosby; cake, Mrs. c. F. Bingham;
novelties, Mrs. Fred Holden and Mrs
II II
E. II. Crane Mrs. Ernest Waterman and
Mrs. Halbert Waterman; domestic arti-
cles. Mrs. S. w. Kimball, Miss Emma
Dutton and Mrs. E. r. Bemis; candy,
Miss Alice Holden and Miss Emily Clapp;
lemonade, Miss Miriam Howard and Miss
Alice Jones.
In the evening a pleasing entertainment
was given by 16 girls under the direc-
tion Of E. Wales. The feature of the
entertainment was a Red Ridinghood
dance in which they appeared dressed in
red cloaks and carrying baskets. The
grandmother turned into a huge teddy
bear instead of a wolf Those who took
part were Charlotte Hildreth, Sylvia
Crosby, Ruth Wilder, Ruth Sargent,
Margaret Miles, Lucia Gleason, Ruby
Mettee Helen Pierce, Lillian Lawton,
Marion Maynard, Margery Waterman,
Ernestine Cady, Evelyn Harris, Evelyn
Dunham, Marion Dunham and Emily
oHed Den bingham was tne grand
mother and the teddy bear. Another
pretty feature was the eccentric dance
by six of the girls. Beside the enter
tainment by the children there was music
throughout by Waless orchestra.
From 11.3O in the morning until 2
the women were busy in serving the May
breakfast, at least $50 guests being pres
ent. Mrs. Lyman Holden and Mrs. w. II.
! Corser were in charge, assisted by Mrs.
George c. Averill and Mrs. F. H. Howard
The matrons a the tables were Mrs. Carl
Gushing, Mrs. Eric Landry, Mrs. George
Clay, Mrs. Charles Spencer, Mrs. Leroy
/ Adams, Mrs Irving Crosier, Mrs. H. G..
| Barker Mrs. w. T. Haigh Miss Florence
/ Hildreth and Miss Jessie Gregg. At six
! o'clock. when the strawberry supper was
! served the throng of people was so great
/ that the seats could have been filled twice
! over. The guests kept coming until after
o'clock and it was thought that nearly
400 were served.