Casco Bay breeze., 1908-07-30

siuSu al edCH ldDle, were none less
neatl> attired in white with here and
there dash of TIL colors of their re.
spectiye booths. A feature of the
evening which had not been adver.
used was the appearance of the Che.
beague Tand, which ga ve gratuitously
program of about an hours length
addii,*s a great deal to the pleasure OF
the evening.
The proceeds of the fair were ap
proXiplately $50 to 800. about a third
of which was realized from the fancy
articles and another third from tickets
and door receipts. The money will
be added to the amount already i'm the
hands OF the church treasurer for the
building fund. A lot is already paid
for and owned by the society.
The tables were respectively in
charge of the following. Fancy ar
ticles. large booth in the center OF
the hall: Mrs. Philip ID. Hawkins
Mrs. l.. G. Hyde and Miss Dorothy
Hyde of Springfield. Mass. This booth
was decorated in white and yellow
crepe paper with Japanese lanterns
and was lighted by handsome lamps
giving a stunning center piece for the
floor. Candy: Mrs. William Allen
Harris, Miss Rieta Harris and Miss
Hart-Lester Harris. The dressing OF
this booth was particularly pleasing
having a bower of ferns and clematis
arranged above a base of white on
which antique candelabra and Ian.
thorns gave a mellow light. A Rus
sian candy dish filled with bunch
berries was placed i'm the centre and
nifty pounds of candy in antique hand
painted trays and pewter plates looked
so good that a throng of buyers soon
relieved the table of its weight of
sweets. Misses Ambia and Harriet
Harris were flower girls. selling mas
turtiums and sweet peas from this
table also. Grab: a brace of steel
tubs half filed with sea sand i'm which
we're hidden packages TO tempt the
children. The process was UNIQUE. the
buyer Of right to grab being allowed
TO pluck flower from branches which
were imbedded in the sand. The
Hover bought the package to which
T. was attached from the hidden
depths. Needless to say there were
not half grabs" enough and nickeIs
came flowing In at this corner pro
fuseIy. The ladies who devised this
booth were: Mrs. w. G.. Newell.
Misses Mary and Margaret Newell OF
Springfield. and Miss Elizabeth Ash OF
philadelphia. Bread and cake: Mrs.
George II. Sweetser. Mrs. Howard s.
Hamilton. Mrs. J.. Alvin Hamilton.
and Miss Bertha VI. Seabury
This table looked as neat and appetiz.
ing as II might well be expected 20
being In charge of the ladies' men.
toned. The dainty and wholesome
articles were soon disposed OF to cot.
tagers s1d campers. who were only
too glad Of the opportunity TO get it.
The table wore colors of white
with green festoons around II. The
Hill Crest table took the form of a
palm reading booth and in its colors Of
white and led, the ever popular Hill
Crest colors. II proved an Irresistible
attraction. Mrs. A. p. BicknelI OF
Boston. was chairman OF this table:
while Mr.. o. l.. Potter and Miss
Mckenzie OF Springfield acted rs
gypsy fortune teIlers most success
fully. One Of the most handsome
tables on the floor was that Of Mrs
Cooke and Mrs. Sweeny, which was a
beautiful booth OF red crepe paper.
with festoon border OF red and black
in the same material hanging to the
floor. A big sunshade was sus-
pended over II with q dozen japanese
lanterns pendant there from. The