The Republican journal., 1908-12-03
A Chatting Dish Supper,
Sale and Entertainment by the Guild of the
North Congregational Church.

Sale and Entertainment by the Guild of the
North Congregational Church.
The young ladies of the North Congregational
church Guild are to be congratulated upon the
success of their public debut made last Friday
afternoon and evening in the church vestries.
In the afternoon the fancy table, which was
daintily decorated in white, did good business
and added substantial sum to the proceeds of
the affair The efficient committees in charge
of this department were Miss ENERGY CHM,
Mrs Marion E. Brown, Mrs. Charles E. Owen
and Mrs. Bert L. Davis Miss Louise w. Rich
ards and Miss Maude Stantial had attractive
and well patronized candy table The supper
committee was busy all day arranging for their
part in the affair, and their labors were well
rewarded, as the first public chafng dish sup
per ever served in town was literally patron
lied. The supper room presented a gay and
festive appearance when at $50 the patrons
began to arrive. The pillars were wound with
red, and about twenty little tables, each seating
four, We're arranged about the room. They
were covered with dainty lunch cloths and set
with silver, cut glass and china, and each bore,
DeSlue d CdHule III d Teu-SIldueu CdHuleSllCk, a
red folder with a chafng dish on the outside
and the menu and prices printed on the inside.
A long table, stretching the length of the
room, draped with red over white and
held the chafing dishes, cooking materials, etc.
At end was tempting array of sand
wches and cakes, and at the other the silver
coffee urn. Behind this table stood the cooks,
cd in, with yuhit arJ
They were Miss Sara Edith West, Miss L.
Grace Chadwick, Miss Marguerite D. Pilsbury
creamed chicken: Mrs. Leslie C. Follett, Miss
Anne NJ kittredge, rarebit; Miss Bertha Wiley,
Miss Avis NJ. Morrison, creamed peas. Mrs.
Harriet Godfrey served the sandwiches and
cake, and Mrs. D. L. Wilson poured the deli
cious coffee, which made by Miss Lucy
Palmer. The mattresses, who were also gown
ed in white and wore most becoming little
caps, were Mrs. Ralph D. Southworth, head
waitress; Miss Maude B. Steward, Miss Grace
H. Hall, Miss Margaret A. Dunton, Miss Caro-
G. Hatch, Mrs. Allen Patterson, Miss Lou
Thompson, Miss Louise Brown Miss Matte E.
Wiley, Miss Winnifred H. Kimball. The wait
resses took orders and gave checks, as the sup
per served on the European plan. Miss
Amy E. Stoddard the Guild treasurer, was
cashier The supper committee was Mrs. X. d.
Southworth, Miss Maude B. Steward, Miss
Bertha Wiley, Mrs Leslie C. Follett Miss Lou
Thompson, Miss Anne M. Kittredge.
Following the supper came the entertain
ment, "The Reveries of Bachelor" which was
carried out announced in last weeks Jour-
nal. The stage arranged to represent
a bachelors den, to which the bachelor, i'm
personated by John R. Dunton ESQ.,, retired
after having been accepted by the right girl at
ball. He was received by his valet Mr. Bert
L. Davis, and sat down for quiet smoke and
to dream of his good fortune, when all the
girls he had ever loved appeared before him.
They ranged from his little sweetheart, down
through the list made long by his foreign
travels girl in every port-but they all
passed by to give place to the bride-to-be.
Miss Anne M. Kittredge read the story of the
tableaux, and announced the characters. AS
each girl appeared appropriate music was
rendered. Miss Amy E. Stoddard was the ac-
companist, and those who added so much to
the pleasure of the evening by singing were
Miss Katherine c. Quimhy Miss Caro- G.
Hatch Miss Anne M. Kittredge Miss Louise
W. Richards and Mr. Bert L. Davis. For the
most part popular songs were used, together
with the national airs of number of the
countries typifed. The characters We're por
trayed as announced last week, with the eX
cepton of the Irish girl, who represented
by Miss Hazel McTaggart, and the Chinese girl
by Miss Hester Brown The costumes all
proved most becoming and some of the orien-
tai ones were rarely beautiful and all were
correct and most carefully arranged The
committee in charge of the entertainment was
Miss Avis M. Morrison, Miss Anne M. Kit
tredge, Miss Amy E. Stoddard
The proceeds of the afternoon and evening
were about S66.