The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-15
MNew Hanlpshire
HINSDALE.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FAIR.
Women of Congregational Church Add
TO Their Reputation.

The women of the Congregational churcu
held their annual fair in the town hall
Wednesday and Thursday evenings oil TINS
week. AT $50 o'clock "Wednesday evening
the women served an excellent supper III
Tho basement dining room, the menu con
s;siing of chicken.pie, cranberry sauce,
mashed potatoes, turnip, squash, apple
meat. and squash pies, cakes cheese, celery
frnit and coffee The hall presented a
charming appearance, the trimmings ~ ne
inc principally green and white, Inc
chandelier in the centre of the hall was
festooned with chains of green and wllte
from Inc center of which was suspended .
large white bell Two ropes OF hemlocH
encircled the balcony and beneath the wall
lights were wreaths of green, while IN the
center of these were small white bells
The booths were attractiycly arranged
about the hall where were displayed the
Quilts, aprons, flowers, candy, kltcnen uteh'
sis. icc.cream. and the children booth
Tbe alcoye ON the left was devoted to
APRONS quilts and other domestic articles
and an excellent display was found here IN
charge Of Mrs. w 4. Fay, Mrs; {. \.
Fletcher ana Mrs A. l., Taylor The chl'
dren's booth attracted considerable atten'
ton. II was made to represent postoIhee;
drained with chains of green and white ana
was in charge of Mr. and Mrs. X. l..
Fletcher, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
O'Neal. The popcorn booth was very
nretty and out of the ordinary affair, being
decorated with bouquets of oats as wen as
the green and white. Mr.. and Mrs. \: -.
TAYLOR attended to the sales here, me
kitchen booth, presided over by MIS- w. ;,
Kimball and Miss Lois Mead, where all
utensils for the kitchen could be purchased
was made to look like a genuine Kitchen
with various articles hung about the sides,
which were covered with oicloth, The
memory booth, attended by Mr., and Mrs.
Frank Davis and Mrs. \. +. Fisher, repre-
sented large lamp shade, which was car,
ried ont in the color scheme of green and
white being decorated with pink roses and
many little butterflies Miss Hazel Roberts
had charge of the flower booth which was
artistically represented as Hover garden
a white gate formed the entrance and cleo
trio lights of various coors added greatly
to the appearance. The candy booth was
made of white birches and clusters OF elee,
trio lights representing red grapes formed
the decorations. Mrs, Eva Robertson and
Mrs. j. w Field had an excellent business
AZ this booth. Mrs. o. c. Robertson and
Mrs L. T.. Field presided over the fancy
booth which was made Of white lattice
work and decorated with pink roses and
touches Of green.
In the alcove on the right was a delight
ful little forest Of hemlock where owls were
perched about in every conceivable place
This was screened from the main hall by
portieres of green. lce-cream was served
here by Mrs. G. NJ Wright assisted by
Misses Florence Wright, Hazel johnson
and Pearl King The decorations OF the
hall and booths were i'll charge OF Mrs \
L. Taylor, whose assistants were Mrs e.
INt a t. 4 oh
Following the supper a musical and lit
erary entertainment was given which was
highly appreciated, each number being en-
cored. Miss Bertha May Hart, a graduate
of Emerson College of Oratory of Boston
was unable to be present owing to illness
and Miss Helen Hardy Wiswall of Mari
boro, n H., graduate of the same school
was secured to fill her place as reader. The
program was as follows: Piano duet
Grown of Triumph. Atherton, Miss l.
Hazel Roberts and Miss Ethel Bell; solo
Blind Mans Prayer, NJ. Piccolomlni
James G. Snow; A Shaker Romance, Miss
Helen Hardy Wiswall of Marlboro, n, H..
piano duet, Ojos Criollas, Gottschalk
Misses Temple and Metcalf; reading
Jenny Browns Prompt Obedience, Miss
Wiswall; solo. Bedouin Love Song, Giro
Pinsuti, James G. Snow; reading, As the
Moon Rose, Miss Wiswall piano solo
Miss l.. Hazel Roberts; reading, Aunt
Melissa on Boys Trowbridge, Miss Wis
wall
The men of the parish had charge Of the
supper last evening. The menu consisted Of
soup, roast moose roast pork, baked pota
toes turnip. squash, pies, cakes, pickles
and coffee. The entertainment was four
act comedy drama entitled, The Town
Marshal The cast of characters was
Harold Desmond, the town marshal, Pau
III. Mann; Mark Jameson, a lawyer OF evl
tendencies, William P. Lyman; Uncle Jot
jenkins, a South Dakota farmer, Harold {
Holland: Willis Hartley, a wealthy grain
dealer, w. G. Booth; William Terrence, a
man with past, r. NJ. Langworthy; lkey
Levinsky a Jewish peddler, j, e. Scott
Laura Hartley, a village belle, Mrs. Lang
worthy Mary Ann Hartley, a spinster
Miss Grace Roberts; Lucy Ames, village
hoyden, Mrs r. J.. Fletcher.
The fair was a success in every way, oW
ing greatly to the various committees under
the general supervision of the president OF
the society, Mrs, H. w. Taylor The en-
tertainment committee for Wednesday
night was Mrs A. A. Bailey and Mrs G
S. Smith; for Thursday night, W. G. Booth
and H. G. Holland supper Wednesday
night, Mrs. A. w. Mead, chairman: Thurs
day night, F. A. Davis, chairman. The
printing was in charge of Mrs. G. S. Smith.
William e. Watson visited his sister in
Keene Sunday.
e. T. Richards and +. w. Tilden were in