The Republican journal., 1915-04-01
THE UNIvERsALIST FAIR.
Two Days of Successful Sales and Pleasing
Entertainments

Two Days of Successful Sales and Pleasing
Entertainments.
The annual Easter fair and sale OF the Uni
versalist Ladies Sewing Circle and Social Aid
was held in Memorial hall Tuesday and We'd
hesday, afternoon and evening. There were
Six booshs, arranged as miniature Panama
Exposition. The food booth, decorated with
red, white and blue bunting. represented
Uncle Sans domain and was in charge of Mrs.
George W. Frisbee and Mrs, Mary Hartman,
who wore black dresses, white aprons and
dainty caps. The ice cream booth, in charge
OF Mrs. Frank G. Mixer an Mrs. B. L. Tuttle,
| represented the Arctic regions and the deco
rations were all white. The Florida
booth, in which were displayed many pot
ted spring fowers-tulips. hyacinths. jonquils.
etc-was effectively decorated with white
bunting relieved By ropes of princess pine and
sprays Of asparagus. and was in charge of Mrs
L. I. Shales and Miss Edith M. Southworth.
The fancywork booth and table were covered
with pink crepe paper and decorated with
ropes Of roses. pink and yellow alternating.
1t contained many useful and fancy articles
-SA A1ootciS iuCluuluk oCVOAai plcCcS
sent by Miss Elizabeth A. Kelley, who is spend
ing the winter in Minnesota. In charge of
this booth were Mrs. Colby A. Rackiffe, who
wore pink crepe paper gown with green gir-
die, and Mrs. Leroy A. Webber, whose gown
was of yellow crepe paper with white glrdle
The Cotton States were repl esented by an, all
cotton booth designed ard decorated by Mrs
Fred RacLliHa 10, .bo ,,II
The table and booth were covered with white
bunting decorated with COTTON blossoms and
burrs and in the front center was gilt star,
representing Texas, the Lone Star State. Mrs,
hacklitfe was gowned in brown and white, the
overdress representing burr, and the cap and
corsage decorations were flowers and burrs
The Sugar States booth was in pink and white
with strings of pop corn, and was in charge of
Miss E. Frances Abbott, who dispensed con-
fectionery, ETC., and was assisted in many
ways by the young ladies of her Sunday school
class, Misses Grace Mitchell, Natalie Pottle,
Helen Ellis, Mildred Randall, Florence
Donnelly. Ruth Knight, Martha South
worth and Kathleen Colcord.
On the stage, which was decorated with small
Mrs. F. d. Saunders and Mrs. E L. Cook A
muskrat brought in by Lloyd Smith from Pear,
Brook farm attracted attention, and anon O
the cats were Minnie" cherry colorsd cat,
with long hair and "bobtail;" tripl6 dblored
cat, the property of Oscar Heale4 :s.Babe
Brier," the pet of the Capt Cleveland Downes.
home; Buff the E. L. Cook cat ok beauty
Kaizer William, large yellow cat, belonging
to Miss E. Frances Abbott, and handsome
maltese Angora. the property of Mrs. G. Par
ker Cook.
Tuesday afternoon Emily. the fve.years-
old daughter of Mr.. Colby A. Rackliffe,
who has always made her home with her grand
mother, Mrs. Fred Rackliffe, created quite a
sensation by her reading from newspapers and
books. She is self taught and learned the
alphabet, the numerals, etc., in a very short
time.
AT six p. m Tuesday most appetizing sup
per was served under the direction of Mrs.
Charles johnson, Mrs. John W. Knight, Mrs.
Guy L. Peavey. Mrs. Giles G. Ah..ast. Mrs.
Colby A. Rackllff and Miss Loula A. Mason.
AhS AAShu ihSiuueo COlu CulCkeu, mdSneu pO-
tatoes, stuffed eggs. beans, cabbage salad. hot
rolls, doughnuts, assorted cake, cream pie and
coffee. The coffee was made in the Aids latest
treasured immense perculator, made to order.
The Tuesday evening musical program was
under the direction of Miss Loula A. Mason
and was greatly interferred with by the ILL
ness of some of the artists All the selections
hearty encore Mrs. Thomas E. Bowker with
Mrs. Louise D. Beckwith, accompanist, sang,
"'Tis Morn;" Miss Katherine E. Brier, accom-
panied by Mrs. Bowker, sang "The Little Gray
Home in the West;"' A. P. Goodhue, accompa-
MED by Mrs. C. E. Read, sang Call Me Back"
Arthur W. johnson sang tenor solo, with
Mrs. Beckwith at the piano, and Arthur H.
Welch, accompanied by his wife, gave cor
net solo. medley of old songs.
Yesterday was beautiful spring like day
and the attendance was large and sales good.
The feature of the evening was the Tom
Thumb wedding. Illness among the children
necesstated many changes in the cast. The
ceremony took place on the stage, which was
decorated in pink and white, with lace drap-
cry in the rear An arch of pink, festooned
with pink and white chrysanthemums, had a
wedding bell susp ended from it's center. The
briue, bridesmaids and flower girls carried
bouquets and baskets of flowers. The cast
was as follows: Tom Thumb, the bridegroom
Thomas Shea Wadsworth; the bride, Margaret
Drinkwater; the bridesmaids, Dorothy Thayer
Frances Bradford Ruth Bradford, Doris Will.
son; maid of honor. Charlotte Knowlton; flow
er girl. Emily Rackliffe; best man, Alber,
Fogg; minister, Hillard Buzzell; ushers, Harry
Jones, Carroll Parker, David F. Hoxie anG
John Vickery; page, Warren Southworth; pad
lock bearer, Arthur Hazeltine; parents of the
bride, Dorothy Drinkwater and Roy Bradford
wedding guests, some 80 or more children
The committee in charge, Mrs. F. l. Will
son, chairman, Mrs. A. A. Blair, Mrs. w
G. Haseltine, Mrs. John A. Fogg and Mis-.
Loula A. Mason deserve much credir for this
entertaining and dainty affair. Following thi.
a short musical program was gwen by the chill
dren.
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
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