Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-08
HIGH SCHOOL FAIR
Festival Hall a Scene Of Beauty
and Festivity Last Night
Event Was a Great Success in Every way
and About $500 viii Be Added to the
Washington Fund

and About $500 viii Be Added to the
/ Washington Fund
| Pleasure and profit were SO mingled in
/ the fair given by the senior class of the
! high school in Festival hall last night
! that they could not be separated Nor
/ did anyone want to separate them The
fair was planned to raise money for the
Washington FUND. but it turned out such
q social success that the fact that nearly
$500 was taken i'm appealed to the young
people less than the other fact that they
were having royal good time AttraC-
! tive decorations an excellent entertain
ment program ana the dance i'm the even
ing made the fair a great success from
the social standpoint ana the financial
results far exceeded the hopes of the
most enthusiastic. The underclasseS, par
ents and friends not only gave freely i'm
preparation but in coming and buying
literally.
Seldom has Festival hall taken on SO
| attractive an appearance as 1t did yes
terdaN under the busy fingers of the
young people All day long they worked
and when the fair opened at o'clock i'm
the afternoon II was transformed into
a gay setting for the great store of pref
~, useful and toothsome things which
had been prepared by the members of
the class and their friends The colors
1.-the different classes were gay enough
I'm themselves and many tiny electric
lights half hidden in the decorations Of
the booths made them all the gayer.
From the central chandelier long stream
crs of laurel and tine class colors red
and white, were festooned to the gal
lery and all about the gallery were hung
flags from more than score of col
leges. universities and private schools
In the centre Of the nan was the booth
of the senior class where a choice col
lection of dainty specimens Cf the girls
handiwork We're offered for sale The
booth was all in red and white with fra
grant red carnations here and there. It
was in charge of Miss Florence Strong.
Miss Mildred Mcdonald Miss Marjorie
Crosby. On the right of the main en-
trance was the grab booth arranged i'm
the novel form of a wheel of chance The
patron turned the wheel briskly and "a
huge pointer indicated whore he should
grab among the big pile of mysterious
packages. If it stopped at one lucky
point two grabs were allowed II was
run by jay Peach and Hasey Bardwcll
ON the opposite side of the entrance was
the silhouette booth which proved one
of the great attractions of the fair Pa
irons sat for their silhouette pictures
which were delivered to them in "a few
minutes Murray Frost and Harry Doug
las were I'm charge and they and their
assistants had a busy time in keeping up
with their brisk trade. The booth was
advertised by "a big sheet on which APP
pcared silhouettes Of well-knOwn pcopl.
as well as fancy groups
The candy table i'm blue and white was
In charge of members of the third class
and bore tempting supply of home
made candies. The stock was large but
there was "a run OF trade on some of the
popular brands and the stock was well
nigh exhausted. II was i'm charge Of Miss
Ella Adams Miss Ellen Sherman and
Miss Minnie Leitsinger. The food table
was gailY decorated in orange and black
and was presided over by members of
the class Of 1909 The homemade cakes
1cllies and other trade tcmpters found
a ready sale Those in charge were Miss
Alice Jones and Miss Elizabeth Denning
In one corner OF the hall was a lemonade
booth set in an evergreen frame with
yellow chrysanthemums growing about
the base 1t was in charge Of Miss
Helen Martin and Miss Emma Barrows
one OF the most attractive places in the
hall was the flower booth where a wide
variety Of cut flowers and potted plants
were offered for sale. 1t was in charge
of the second class and gay pink paper
roses We'd with the natural flowers In
brightness. II was IN charge Of Miss
Nina Gilman and Miss Ruth Brown
Aprons and other useful articles were
offered for sale in purple booth with.
wisteria blossoms hanging from the trel-
lis work II was in charge of Miss Dor
othea Brasor ana Miss Miriam Howard
Miss Charlena Hall and Miss Katherine
Martin. In one corner near the stage
an ice cream garden was fenced on and
patrons We're served at small tables set
among the palms. Those In charge were
Miss Edna Patterson, Miss Pauline Mil
Ter, Miss Ruth Childs, Miss Lillian John
ston and Miss Marion Simonds.
The entertainment was provided by the
teachers, the program consisting Of songs
by the girls chorus Of the school fancy
dances and a Mother Goose" pauto-
mime Those who took part in the nan
tomime, when | was little boy" were
Wells Miller and Katherine Martin: Lit |
tie Miss Muffet" Miss Ruth Brown with
oscar Marshall operating the spider; "A |
diller' dollar Eleanor BemiS and |
George O'Connor; "Pat-a-cake" John |
Warren Hamilton; simple Simon" VIII |
liam Foster with Stewart Brown as the |
pieman; Queen of Hearts Miss Nina |
Gilman with Lawrence Putnam as king |
and Arthur Dewitt as knavc. The songs |
were sung by Miss Adair Mcdowell |
The fancy dances had been arranged by |
Mr.. Wales, who had drilled the dancers |
Those who took part in the dwarf dance |
were Miss Emma Barrows, Miss Helena |
Rate and Miss Ruth Dewitt Another !
pretty dance was the harlequin quadrille |
in which Miss Miriam Howard, Miss Mar
garet Barber, Miss Alice Jones. Miss |
Brown Joseph DunleaVy and Florence |
FerritT took part The third of the |
fancy dances was the scarf dance in |
which p girls took part. They were Miss |
Elizabeth Denning Miss Dorothy Nor |
ris, Miss Charlena Hall Miss Adair Nc |
Dowell, Miss Geraldine Mcdowell Miss !
Harriet Douglas, Miss Miriam Childs. |
Miss Katherine Martin, Miss Elva |
Hawks Miss Florence Skinner and Miss
Nina Gilman. The entertainment was
given at O'Clock in the afternoon and
again at o'clock in the evening.
After the entertainment i'm the evening
there was dancing until midnight to
music by Wales's orchestra Harry Sar-
gent was floor director and his aids were
Inland Tasker Howard Brown and Jo-
seph Dunleavy.
The general committee in charge of the
fair was Murray Frost, chairman, presi-
dent OF the senior class, John Eckels.
MISS Florence Strong, Miss Mildred Me-
Dowel and Miss Annie Johnson.
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