Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21
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CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND TULIPS.
Brooks House-Proceeds Sufficient to
Buy Needed Piano.

Brooks House-Proceeds Sufficient to
Buy Needed Piano.
a portion of old Japan was transferred
to the Brooks House Tuesday evening
when the nurses of the Memorial hospital
entertained the people of Brattleboro
with a card party and ball. The dining
room was transformed to represent a
japanese ball room and was decorated
with pink cherry blossoms and tulips of
the Orient. AS the guests entered the
ball room they passed between portals
constructed of white lattice work inter
woven with cherry blossoms and dotted
with small electric lights. The chande-
liers were trimmed with the same flowers
and the lamps there and along the walls
were covered with paper tulips. At the
windows white lattice work had been
constructed and decorated with the bios
SONS, while the platform at the end was
a bower of beauty. Leading to the plat
form were three steps designed to rep
resent marble and thanked on either side
by lattice and blossoms. on the walls
was a drop curtain, on which was paint
ed a section of Japanese landscape. In
the foreground stood a Japanese pagoda
on the shores of a placid lake, while in
the background towering Fujiyama reared
his majestic. snowcapped peak. The
women's parlors also were decorated with
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pond with the decorations of the dance
hall.
About 100 couples attended and many
beautiful gowns were worn. Leitsinger's
full orchestra furnished the music,
which was of an exceptional high order.
The committee in charge were Mrs. ]. G..
Estey, Mrs. c. S. Pratt, Mrs. c. L.
Stickney, Mrs. F. L. Burnett, Mrs. c. II.
Thompson, Mrs. F. a. Thompson, Mrs. II.
L. Waterman, Mrs. ]. II. Estey, Mrs. II.
C. Rice, Mrs. s. f. Lawton, Mrs. II. G.
Barber, Mrs. w. F.. Haskell, Mrs. c.. o..
Robbins, Mrs. j. r.. Ryder, Mrs. c.. r.
Aldrich. Mrs. c.. b. Crowell. Mrs. H.. II.
Crosby, Mrs. Thomas Britain, Mrs. II. d,
Walker, Mrs. d. I. Gilman, Miss Amy
Hines, Miss Ruth Brown and Miss Elsie
Haskell. The tulips used in the decora-
lions We're made by Miss Margaret and
Miss Harriet Mellen.
The nurses present were Miss Edith
Cleveland. Miss Luvia Burnett, Miss Lena
lyman, Miss Myrtle Place, Miss Lena
Vending. Miss Mary Austin, Miss Alice
Wen, Miss Jennie Dean. Miss Grace
Allen, Miss Blanche Duffy, Miss Ernestine
Caillonette. Miss Lillian Smythe. Miss
Helen Guild, Miss Anna Kiniry. Miss
Margaret McGinnis, Miss Nellie Butter
field, Miss Marguerite Taylor and Miss
Marjorie Halle.
The patronesses were Mrs. G. c. Averill,
Mrs. c. r. Aldrich, Mrs. Richards Bradley
of Boston, Mrs. G. F. Barber, Mrs. Frank
II. Brasor. Mrs. John F. Brasor. Miss
Mary r. Cabot, Mrs. j. Harry Estey, Mrs.
G. L. Durham, Mrs. DeWeese p. Dewitt,
Mrs. ]. G. Estey, Mrs. Clarke c. Fits,
Mrs. Louis D.. Greene, Mrs. Charles f.
GRAHAM, Mrs. Charles A. Harris, Mrs.
Fremont Hamilton, Mrs. Kittredge Has
kins, Mrs. w. II. Lane, Mrs. Smaller f.
T-awton, Miss Charlotte Macleod, Mrs. F.
II. O'Connor, Mrs. C. S. Pratt, Mrs,
Thomas Rice, Mrs. Charles o. Rob-
bins. Mrs. c. L. Stickney, Mrs. c.. II,
Thompson, Mrs. George e. Warner. Mrs.
II. L. Waterman. Mrs. s. f. Walker of
East Mortified and Mrs. Charles II. Will
liams of Bellows Falls.
The proceeds will be used to buy a
piano for the nurses home and although
the exact amount netted is not yet known
it is sure that enough has been made to
pay for the instrument,