The Republican journal., 1908-04-09
1.-THE DUTCH MARKET"
The Congregational Sale, Supper apd En-
tertainment

The Congregational Sale, Supper apd En-
tertainment.
The weather man favored the fair held in
the Opera House Wednesday, April 1st, by
the ladies Of the North church, and there
was large attendance at the sale in the
afternoon. At the, left of the door Castle
North, Knights of King Arthur, had a most
attractive booth, presided over by Linwood
Jones and Thomas Bowker From the ever
green arch at the front of the booth hung
the Castle banner, and the banners of the
Knights were arranged at the sides. Numer-
GUS articles, including match holders, paper
cutters, napkin rings, ETC., made of polished
horn, and sleeve boards, picture stands and
holders and other attractive and useful
wooden articles, all made by the castle
members, were on sale here. The next
booth was decorated with red cheese cloth
and was presided over by Miss Margaret n.
Hazeltine and Miss Avis NJ. Morrison, as
sisted by Misses Maude Stantial and Char
lotte Tibbetts. Here china ramekins, de-
licious candy and ice cream were on sale.
The Larkin booth in the upper middle of
the hall was most artistically arranged with
purple and white crepe paper, Larkn flags,
and other special decorations. Mrs Charles
F. Shaw and Mrs. E. S. Bowker had charge
and they had al ample supply of the Larkin
| products. They were assisted by Miss
Anne NJ. kittredge and Miss Florence E.
Dunton. The children's room, draped with
green cheesecloth, had delightful array of
attractions. Among them were tissue and
crepe papers, dainty little baskets, variety
of pretty dolls, and some quaint little Japa-
nese toys, among them some fascinating
Puppy CATS" over whose corner of the
table hung the truthful rhyme:
| There are no animals like these in all my
| Noah'S ark,
| There are no animals like these i'll all of
| Central Park.
Mrs. Marion +. Brown and Mrs. Hattie
Godfrey had charge of this booth, and were
ably assisted by little Misses Mabel and
Margaret Craig and Freda Sylvester The
Remembrance Table" and the adjoining
fancy table were draped in white bunting,
caught up with pink chrysanthemums. Mrs.
E. j. Morrison, Mrs. Amos Clement and Mrs.
Edward Sibley presided over the "Remem-
brance Table, which bore bewildering
array of useful and beautiful things of
nearly every description. The former church
and parish members now residing elsewhere
were most generous, and contributions came
| from many, far and near California and Flor
ida were both represented. Mrs. }. w. Jones
and Mrs. A. NJ. Ferguson had charge of the
fancy table, where all kinds of dainty handi-
work was for sale. These two tables were
one of the centers of attraction, and we're
surrounded by an admiring crowd all day.
! The kitchen utensils, aprons, holders, dust
ers, ETC., were in booth prettily festooned
with red, and were arranged most attrac-
| lively. Mrs. Ralph d. Southworth, Mrs.
Dayton F. Stephenson and Mrs. Charles E.
Owen had charge of this department
| The Dutch Market was an entirely new
scheme and most novel and attractive
one. An irregular shaped enclosure, deco
rated with delft blue and white crepe paper,
was erected near the door, and at the var-
Gus stalls the supper patron bought first his
market basket, plate, knife and fork and
napkin, and then, as his fancy dictated,
sand wiches, hot frankfurts, cold meat, stuff
ed eggs, salads, cakes and cheese, dough-
nuts, coffee or chocolate, which were sold
by dainty Dutch maids, dressed in white
and wearing Dutch caps Miss Margaret
| Dunton was in charge of this popular tea-
! ture aud was assisted by Misses Martha
and Bertha Wiley, Florence Dunton, Amy
Stoddard, Maude Steward, Grace Hall. Ber-
! tha Darby, ENERGY CHM and Grace Chad
wick. After the purchaser had selected
his supper he sought out a little table and
unpacked the basket, enjoying its contents
at his leisure. The little mattresses who
tended the table were dressed liz Dutch COS
tune, and their bright gowns added a
+, charming note of color. Bodices and caps
| completed their costume, and they carried
out the character completely. They were ::
Miss Hazel McTaggart, Miss Hazel Keyes,
Miss Ruth Kimball, Miss Clara Furbsh,
Miss Louise Brown, Miss Marcia Fernald
and Miss Alice Parker Mrs. Charles NJ.
Craig was the chairman of the fair commit
tee and had general oversight of all the de-
partments. To her is largely due the sue
! cess of the undertaking.
THE ENTERTAINMENT.
| The three-act comedy drama, Miss Fear
less & Co., was in charge of Mrs. +. S.
Bowker and Mrs Charles F. Shaw, who
succeeded admirably III its management.
| That Mrs. S. 4. Parker did good work in
coaching the cast was apparent in all the
parts. Miss Henley's summer home was
the scene in Act 1, and cottage on "Spook
Island'' for acts II, and III. The leading
role, Miss Margaret Henley, an heiress,
was very gracefully taken by Miss Mar
guerite d. Pilsbury, who also admirably
sustained her part as hostess and as the lead
! ing spirit in rebelling against the supposed
tyranny of four young men in whom she
and her three young lady guests We're
specially interested. The spirit and grace
with which these young ladies planned and
carried out their rebellion, and then gra-
ciously surrended when they realized they
could not live without their male friends,
won deserved commentator. Mrs. Chas.
F. Shaw and Miss Edith F. Dunt0n, as old
maids, took their difficult parts admirably
and furnished laughable situations which
brought down the house. Mrs. Shaw's en-
trance with her cat and hen was especially
effective, and no one forgot Miss 'Phemie's
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