New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
Littleton Hospital Profits
Considerably by Visitors
Generosity.

rz-ri+a nrountains. Aug. 81 CSpeciaD.-The big
thing &, the White Mountains this week was
,,,e lawn fete at Maplewood Wednesday, given
for ,be benefit Of tie Iittleton Hospital While
-a.. seasons fete at Maplewood was success
,,e,,ond all expectations, this one surpassed 1t
3. every way. Hundreds Of guests from the
.-o;sbhorins resorts focked u the Maplewooc
rel for this crowning affair of the season.
The bsautifuI grounds wern gaily decorated
I'D dotted with attractive booths, where New
work girls sold fancy artices, souvenirs and
homemade candies. In the morning these was
"a hurlesuue bali game between two teams
,,icl,as from the hotel guests and cottaEers ana
:, ,ba afternoon a programme OF symkhana
snorts. including obstacle rces, climbing OF
creased poles, football skirmshes. etc.
Miss Louise Bird. of NewtO. and Miss Gene
We've Gentle of Montclair. TWO Of the most
-,orular girls at Maplewood sod chances in
handsome cigarette cases ami cigarettes
The hostesses were Mrs. Jck olney, Mrs. F.
E Howell, Mrs. Edward c. Mitchell, Mrs o. A
Hartman. Mrs. a NJ Chaman, Mrs E A
Wilson and Mrs. F. s. Buxton. of New York;
Mrs " z. Hershey, Of Philadelphia; Mrs
Harry Pearce, OF Providence Mrs. f L. Bird,
of Newton; Mrs. D. Z. Meker, OF Brooklyn;
Mrs Gertrude Dickinson az Philadelphia.
front Of the hotel tea was erved in the after
noon. The Mapiewood orchstra was stationed
On the lawn in the afternsG1 and evening. At
night the grounds were blaze Of vari-cOlored
electric lights and JapaneA lanterns. of which
shere were three thouSan along the walks and
among the trees.
Wednesday evening. the Fabysn House.
savr another OF the amteur performances for
&c known. z
minstrel show, first clas in every detail. The
ars+ rsr1. 2 vaudeville sketch. offered among
the most interesting fetures poker duet from
-The Rich Mr. Hoggeheinler." by Miss Clara
We'll. of New York, ad Mr.. James Nichols, Of
Fcston. q Spanish dace in costume by Mrs.
T.e-olvn Roeder OF Nv York: q Dutch dance,
l3y Miss Roeder and Iiss Daisy Lane, Of Bos-
ton: serpentine dana, by Miss Maude L. Bar
ron. Of Boston, andseiections by the Sturgis
quartette Of New Yrk
In the second partof the evenings entertain
rnent nineteen COOS made merrirnent for an
hour. with Miss Taude Barron and Frank
stursis. Of New Yck, and Miss Eisner, Of New
York and James Nichols, as end men. New
York girls in the .ast were Miss Clara We'll.
Miss Carolyn Roecr, Miss Rosalie Hilson. Miss
Alice Carson and tss Madeline Goodman. Wal
ter Dreyfus and rthur Levy. Of New York;
the four Sturgis rothers, OF Manhattan, and
Sylvan Lang Of sn Antonio, were among the
young men takinepart
A pleasant autnobile trip TO St Johnsbury
was taken Tuesg from the Mount Washing
ton at Breton wods by Mr.. and Mrs Clarence
VI. Seamans OF rookiyn: Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Jenkins, Of Bsimore; Mr.. and Mrs R T.
Loomis Of RyeN. Y, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Duncan. of Poland. in the two s0-horsepowe-
Pierce Great s-rows belonging to Mr.. Seamans
and Mrs. Du>an- They returned to Breton
Woods for diIer.
Mrs Marsbl Field. Of Chicago. who has been
Bt the Someet at Boston for the last week,
arrived Tueay at the Mount Washington for