The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-27
STAMFORD

A large company of ladies, with here
 and there a gentleman, assembled on
 the lawn of the public library yester- day afternoon to participate in the
 garden party and fair for the benefit l of the book fund. The grounds had
 been very elaborately decorated by
 MT. Russell of New Haven, brother of | the librarian, Miss Russell, and many
 tables and chairs were placed under
 the trees for the accommodation of | the visitors. Inside the library there was large and artistic exhibition of arts and crafts work, all made in | town, which spoke well for the work | CTS. Many of the things came from the looms of Mrs. Spall, who exhib- | ited varied collection of home made
 rugs, beautiful in design, and well | woven. A good number of these found
 ready sale; Mrs Densmore had a
 handkerchiefs. infants caps, fronts for
 shirt waists and collars, all elaborate and beautiful. There was good deal of the now fashionable brass punched work, and some of the designs were l very good. The collection of baskets from various parts Of the world was surprisingly large and interesting.
 There were baskets made by the noun l tain whites from Ashville, N. C., from Nicaragua, from Fayal, brought over 70 years ago by Admiral Sands. and from the Pan family of Indians who
 used to live on Clapboard Hill. Such
 Indians as John Pan, Stew Pan, Susan Pan and Sauce Pan are still remem- bered by the oldest inhabitants. Blankets woven in Mexico were shown | and blankets by the Indians of Ari- zona. A long table in the library was loaded with home made cakes, and out of doors there was much ice cream,
 candy, iced tea and sandwiches. The threatening rain passed by, and the af- ternoOn became an ideal one. Among
 the persons noticed in the crowd were
 Rev. Father OConner and his niece,
 Miss Lulu O'Conner. Rev. and Mrs
 Packard, Prof. Charles Packard, MT.
 and Mrs. G. W. Fsirchild, MT. and
 Mrs. Henry Leeds, Mrs. James Sex
 ton and MT. Vincent Sexton. MT. How
 ard J. Curtis, Mrs. Judge Curtis, MT.
 Allen Wilson and Mrs. George K.
 Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. Cogswell, Miss Judson, Miss Alice Curtis, Mrs. Thos. B. Taylor the Misses Ciarkson, Miss Lowell. Miss Sarah Mitchell, Mrs Le- Lacour, Mrs. Blakeman, Miss Emma F. Allen, Miss Ruth Haven, John Will son, Bronson Sammis, Radford B. Smith, Jr., Grace Aufford, Miss Hine, Miss Sterling, Jack Bennetto, Mrs. Bennetto, Christine Wells, Miss Edna Sammis, the Misses Wilson of Main and Broad street, Mrs. David Coe, Mrs. Woods from Stratford avenue, Miss Sallie Wells, Miss Belden. Mrs. Adelaide Gunther, Mrs. Elliott w. Peck, Mrs. William B. Futile, Mrs. McAuliff of New York, who is visiting Mrs. Sexton, Mrs. Gulick, Miss Curtis of Elm street, Miss Bulkley of Law renee, Mass, guest of Mrs. Leeds, Mrs. c. O. Van Houghton, Mrs. c. M. Porter, and many others.
 The library committee held meet ing on Wednesday evening and accept ed the gift of the late Rufus Bunnell, of $2,500,. which is to be known as the Bunnell and Sterling fund. The in- come of the fund is to be used for the purchase of books on architecture and the fine arts. The money is now on deposit in a Bridgeport bank, and will be placed in the hands of trustees. This is the largest gift the library has received since the building was fur nished by the late Birdsey Blakeman. 1t is unnecessary to add that the com mittee were only too glad to accept the gift, and voted their thanks to the Bunnell and Stirling families.