Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
lNT PHGNIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY oCToBER 29 1903.
SAW TIE NORTH POLE
Amusing Feature at Fair Of Pro-
teCtive Grange
Festivities Began with Chicken Pie
Supper and Closed with Danee-At-
tractlve Decorations.


Supper and closed with Danee-At-
tractive Decorations.
Grange hall was a gay place Wednesday
evening. when Protective Grange held its
annual fair, starting with one of its
fine chicken-pie suppers. The effective
scheme of decoration in the main hall
was planned by Mrs. A. j. Currier, chair
man of the general committee of ar
engagements and 1t was carried out by an
able corps of assistants. The booths bore
their usual large assortment of good
things to look at, to eat, and to wear,
and although the attendance was not as
large as at some of the recent fairs, the
booths were well patronlzed and sub
stantial sum was realized. One of the
features which aroused much interest was
the series of guessing contests which
brought in many dimes through the even
ing. Miss Louise Williams was given a
puff for guessing nearest to the number of
cloves stuck in an apple, Clyde Chamber
lain won a sofa pillow by guessing near
est to the number of petals in a chrys-
anthemum, and Mrs. w. A. Gilbert won
a bushel of potatoes by making the clos
est guess as to the number In the basket.
The general plan of decoration In the
hall was unique and suggestive. Aside
from being one of the prettiest settings
for fair ever seen in the hall it caused
many smiles by it's clever presentation
of the Cook Peary North Pole contro-
versy AS one entered the main door of
the hall he first caught sight of the nor tn
ern hemisphere with all its lands and
waters shown faithfully i'm front of the
stage The goal was there, a smooth,
white pole rising from the centre of the
snow capped dome. Two little Eskimos,
followers of Cook and Peary. were strug
Cling up over the white eXpanse bearing
American flags. The flags which the rival
Arctic explorers claim to have nailed"
or planted" were displayed in two FnOw
huts on either side of the globe.
When carefully inspected the globe
turned out to be a unique grab contrivance
which swallowed up the niclIels and dis
gorged mysterious packages at mar
velous rate. 1t was in charge OF Mrs
Harry Spaulding and Miss Louise Will
liams. The snow huts were for the sale
of useful and fancy articles, with which
they appeared to be stocked for an Arctic
winter. The fancy hut was in charge d
Miss Clara Davenport, Mrs Verne II
Winchester and Miss Chloe Franklin. The
| hut for useful articles was in charge OF
/ Mrs. T. w. Bruce, Mrs. Matte Good.
enough and Mrs. Maverette A. Fisher
| The huts were very realistic in their COW
ering of cotton snow and dim arctic blue
| lights.
Besides these snowy features the Other
| booths were trimmed in white and greer
and were very attractive To the right o.
the entrance was the lemonade well, trim.
| med with evergreen, presided over by
| Miss Clara Eames and Mrs. Floyd John
| son. Next to it was the flower BOOTH the
white booth with occasional sprigs o.
evergreen serving as a fine background
| for the large assortment of cut flower!
and ported plants. It was in charge o
Miss Bessie L. Farnum and Miss Marion
| Baker. Opposite it was the candy boot
in white, set off by evergreen. 1t wa!
| in charge of Mrs. p. f. Franklin and Mis-
Helen and Miss Carlotta Hopkins TIL,
| large display of home made candy founC
| a ready sale and those in charge had
| busy time most Of the evening. TIL,
| vegetable and fruit table in the left cor
| ner was in charge of Frank A. Phelps.
Early in the evening a fine chicken pi,
| supper was served to a large and hungr,
| crowd, Later an excellent entertainment
| was given under the direction of Ernes
| M Goodenough. The burlesque on Mi
kado was given up, but a clever one-ac
| farce, entitled "A Picked-up Dinner,
was given Those who took part wer,
| Miss Rita M. Eckels Mrs. Philip E
| Franklin and Mr.. Goodenough. Anothe
pleasing feature of+the program was tn
concert given by L. H. Barber on hi
| Victor Victrola Later in the evening
| there was dancing.