Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-13

white violets in the bouquet she carried.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., miss
Gertrude Hernandez) was charming in
| light blue embroidered silk, her veil
! caught by blue tips and bouquet OF
pink carnations in her hand. The recent
Vanderbilt bride, Countess Szechenyi
miss Genieve Lamson) was effectively
gowed in white lace with white plumes
nodding over her tresses, and had bear
ing becoming the Vanderbilt millions
and the honorable, il somewhat grippy,
Hungarian patronymic lately acquired.
The Duchess of Roxburg miss Minnie
Carpenter) was most tastefuliy arrayed
in light blue dotted chiffon, trimmed
with plain blue chiffon, point lace and
embroidered ribbon. She wore blue tips
and her bouquet was of marguerites.
The presentation over, the order of
knighthood was conferred on V. A..
Grant by the sovereign, who tapped the
kneeling candidate three times on the
shoulder and babe him rise Sir Knight.
A grand promenade of court party and
maskers followed, at the close of which a
speech from the throne commanded dull,
carking care to flee the gay assembly,
son with the dance and let joy be uncon-
fined"
Four figures were danced while the
committee on prizes-Dr. Il. NJ. Chase of
Bethel, Supt. w. II. Gladding, Mrs. c. F..
Moulton and Mrs. E. ID. Strong-pre-
pared for the difficult task before them.
The first prize for the most beautiful cos
tune, rented or homemade, was awarded
to Miss Winnifred Chadwick, a silver
jewel case contributed to the prize list by
F. Fl. Joslyn; the second prize, flower
inc he Tnfp
went to Mrs. z. L. Merchant. First
prize for the most artistically contrived
homemade costume was carried of by
Miss Harriet Packard, whose stylish suit,
with hat to match, was fashioned entirely
of old copies of the Herald and News and
other newspapers-plain as print but
very neat in design. lace collar and
cuff set from Bell Brothers store was Civ
en- Miss Packard. The second prize in
this class, wafer jar from the store of A.
NJ. Hubbard, was granted Miss Emma
Raymore, who represented the Harvest
and carried sickle and shesf OF wheat.
An umbrella from the store of K. A.
Thomas was presented to V. A. Grant as
first prize for the handsomest costume
for gentlemen; the second prize, a silver
backed hat brush, went to j. e. Tewks-
bury, who was Respondent in a blue cav
alier suit and a brilliant red wig. A
basket of fruit from the Randolph Fruit
company was won by Merton Smith in
the guise of a colored gentleman as
first prize for the most ludicrous cos
tune. The Herald and News for one
year, given by L. b. Johnson, was
awarded William Blanchard, who repre-
sented cowboy. Miss Helen Blanch
ard in red accordion-plated dress,
trimmed with peoples and tinsel, was the
winner of the first prize, souvenir
spoon, for the prettiest costume worn by
girl of II years or under; the second
prize, a box of Reputation chocolates
from V. A. Grant, was taken by Miss
Jennie Jerd, masquerading as boy in
jester costume. A second box of candy
was awarded Eugene Mazzolini, disguised
as girl in a Liberty costume. One of the
queens pages, Loren Eldredge, received
the Brownie camera from the store of A.
E. Bass. A pair of skates from j. III.
Lamson's store went to Ralph Dunn, who
appeared as a cioa > in tapping garments
of red with wh..e n iSa dots. A souvenir
spoon was awgr ed Miss Gail Lamson for
the dress representing the most work,
and another souvenir spoon was given
Miss Lola ingalls, for a skilfull imperson-
alton of an old lady in an antique bonnet
and paisley shawl, with a pathetic limp
in her gait.
A pretty silver purse was presented to
the queen, and cigar to the king.
The money for the purchase of prizes
above named other than those credited to
the individual donors. was contributed
by the following:-W. w. Morton, II. A.
Leonard, E. A. Shattuck, E. w. Tewks-
bury, G. w. Panton, j. f. Lamson, j. III.
Dubois, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Wilson, Mrs. c. f.
Moulton, Mrs. E. d. Strong and Mrs. Z.
G. Ham.
During the evening ice cream and cake
were served in the Masonic ante-rooms
under the direction of committee COM
posed of Mrs. j. p. Cleveland and Mrs.
A. B. Gay, assisted by Mrs. F. c. Terry,
Mrs. Carrie Comstock. A. j. Richardson,
w. A. Mcintosh, w. II. Kenney and B.
G. Goodwin.
The receipts from the sale of refresh
ments Melted S2S.60; the sum of s100.05
was taken at the door of the hall and
about $50 worth of tickets had been sold
before the ball, so the total receipts were
not far from $50. The net profit was
about $115.
The costumes of the masqueraders were
all of them very neatly contrived and
some of them exceptionally pretty, as
that Of Mrs. A. E. Bass. who blossomed
beautifully as poinsettia, and of Miss
Eta HARDWOOD, whose white dress covered
with horseshoes and four-leaf clovers en-
bodied the wish of good luck to the sana-
forum. Others noted are as follows:-