The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-02-05
Japanese Festival by Univer.
saIist Women Receiving
Large Patronage
FESTIVAL HALL A
BOWER OF BEAUTY
Great Demand on Supply of Edibles-
Booths Handsomely Decorated
Pleasing Entertainment-Da To
night-List OF Committees.

The annual fair by the women of the
Universalist parish openca Yesterday
afternoon. in Festival hail, and viii
continue this afternoon ana evening.
concluding with Il public dance. Like
its predecessors, it represents a large
expenditure of painstakiug effort, and
the quality Of entertainment is especial
~ pleasing.
The fair this year takes on the ma
turc Of IL Japanese festival. all of the
decorations and the costumes of those
in charge being emblematic of that
Oriental country. japanese pink cherry
blossoms are the predominating feature
of the decorations, with fans, lanterns,
parasols and screens SO distributed rs
20 ma kc the general effect very pretty.
4 few evergreen trees in the corners
and the darker colors of the screens
and parasols make pleasing effect In
the corner near the grab booth is tree
loaded with cherry blossoms, which rep
resent "a vast amount Of work and is
particularly effective.
The Handsome Booths.
The booths are in white and pink,
decorated with fans, lanterns and other
articles symbolic of the japanese style
OF decoration. At the right of the en-
trance is the flower booth. This is in
charge Of Mrs. Verne Winchester, Miss
Margaret Barber, Mrs. l.. g. Haskell
and Miss Pauline Morris.
The candy booth is presided over ~
Miss Minnie Scott Miss Harriet Raj
lion, Miss Marion Knight and Miss
Edith Kendall
Mrs Ada Amidon presides over the
T., 2.
Willard. Mrs. George Hall Mrs Albert
Bixhy Mrs. Charles w Puifcr and Mrs.
&. y. Dickinson.
The two fancy work booths are in
charge OF Mrs. q, f. Barber, Mrs. l..
$. Edwards, Mrs George s. Dowley
Mrs. c. l.. Stickney and Mrs. Fred
Crcssv
The tea table, whore not only a cup
of delicious ten may be had but the
cup and SANGER as well. IS in charge of
MISS Pauline Putnam and Miss Alvena
WALKER.
Mss Ad;t~AIaspn, Miss Ruth Sargent
and Miss Minnie Flagg have charge OF
the grab booth and Mrs Harriet Bemis
and Miss Elizabeth Ranney the lemon
ado table.
The cranberry service table has Mrs
W. NJ. Brown and Mrs Emma Niles il
charge Mrs. j. A. Bemis and Mrs. +
4. Barrows served the cake and pie
Mrs Julia Cooley. Mrs. c. G. Staple
aud Mrs. q. -. Odell the meats ant
Mrs. \. y. Wyatt and Mrs WGbstc
the tea and coffee.
Turkey, Supper and Dancing.
An excellent turkey supper was serv
ed last evening from > to go o 'eiocI
and the tables were filed most of til
time, the patronage being unusuall
large. Only a most bountifu supply o
food ena BLEED those in charge OF thi
essential department to meet success
fully the demands upon it. Leitsiuger
orchestra furnished music.
The entertainment last evening
included a series of dances by tw
groups of young people, among thel
the fan ana parasol dance and eleve
one by Younger members of the parish
Miss Evelyn Fisher contributed Il sol
dance. and Mrs. Lamar Costello san
II japanese love song that called fort
much applause. The entertainment wa
in charge of Mrs. Arthur Knight an
Mrs. II. NJ Wood and the dancers IN
been drilled by Harry Wales.
Those who participated in the fa
parasol dances were Charlena Thoma
Hazel Clark, Mildred Proctor, Rat
Sargent. Eleanor Clay, Roby Wrish
Leila Barber. Hazel Switzer, Nab
Spaulding, Minnie Cooper, Mario
Richardson and Rubie Upham.
The participants in the other iap'
were Fletcher Barrows, Ernest Well
Albert Dugan. Henry Shipman, R'eh1l
Shipman, Clarence Pierce, Raymor
Wells, Edward Bushnell, Pearl Wrieh
Evelyn Cleaveland, Dorothy Edward
Julia Pratt Irene Lecuyer, Mildro