Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
SECOND DAY OF FETE TO OPEN
AT MERION- YESTERDAY SUCCESSFUL
Scores of Gaiy Gowned Folk Attend Aday Fee Given at
Merton Convent for the Benefit of the
New Mercy Hospital

WTiTH deep blue sky above and ever,
w leaf and twig green and bright after
Thursdays storm, the beautiful grounds o
the Merton convent presented wonderful
sight yesterday. The Fete Champetre which
will continue all day tomorrow was in full
swing CHEEKY crowds of visitors, ming.
ling with white-clad aides, lent festive
air to the whole place, which looked like
a real day In June And the building fund
of the Mater Mlsericordiae Hospital grew
hour by hour.
Winding around the shaded trees, Main
Line youngsters could be seen all morning
and afternoon busily taking little people
| around the grounds for pony ride-and
| off in corner Miss Roberta Browning and
| Miss Charlotte Mulcey sat in tent and
read palms
| In fact the management of the fete
| under the enthusiastic leadership of Mrs. A.
| Nash Burke had planned almost everything
| that any one ever heard of for the amuse-
| ment of the visitors And in the large
school auditorium, opening from the gar
| den, movie reels were shown afternoon and
| evening And then of course the wonder-
ful array Of booths gaily topped with cam
opies and decorated most artistically, at
tracted no end of attention.
In fact 1t would indeed be difficult to
booths.
At the fancy booth. where Mrs Blank and
her assistants held sway, the buyer was
quite bewildered with the display of arti-
cles, from lady string winders-formed of
little maidens around which ball of twine
was fastened, to handsome caudlesticks and
automobile luncheon cases. And at the
flower BOOTH so gaily decorated with little
birds and such very novel flower things, in
Guiding a tiny "gondoa" drawn by two
swans and filed with flowers and a white
clad baby. Mrs. Harry c. Schmitt deserves
much praise for this artistic booth.
And at the baby booth Mrs. Charles r.
Hallet and her fair assistants were having
n lovely time with their display of exqui-
site baby articles.
The market-day booth. in charge of Mrs.
NJ j. McMenamin and Mrs. Frank A.
Hockey, was installed the porch, and
looked exactly like a veritable market house.
Gay little country girls dressed in white and
wearing pink and white striped aprons,
weighed chicken, sold vegetables and count
ed eggs with all the skill of real old-time
market lassies
And at the animal table were teddles with
electrically Tit" eyes and long-h dogs
held sway real live little black kitten
in a tiny basket attracted no end of atten-
tion. Mrs. r. II. Cullinan and her aides
were busy all day
In the doll world everything children love
was arranged with real evergreen trees
decorated with yellow grab bags that looked
like oranges on n wrong tree.
And, of course, the garden cafe was busy |
from morning until night.
The members of the Tigris outing Club,
of Kirllwood, N j., held their annual meet |
ing on Thursday evening at the home of Mr.. |
Sydney Goldberg The officers who were |
elected are: Mr.. Samuel Schuster, presi- |
dent; Mr.. Cyrus Rand. vice president Mr.. |
Maurice Peppelman, secretary; Mr.. Nathan
Schulman treasurer. The next meeting
will be held at the Starr Recreation Centre
on June l.
THE pupils of Mr.. Charles Aiken will
i give their final song recital tonight at
s:15 o'clock, at Griffith Hall, 1920 Chestnut
street. The progr, 4 will also include num-
oers by the Apollo Glee Club. of which Mr.
Aiken Is director The Trovato Male
Quartet will sing. No cards have been is
sued
The program includes: Song of Prince
2upert's Men (Thayer) the Apollo Glee
Club woodland Voices Godfrey, Alice
B. Mckinley, soprano; ION the Road to
(Speaks), James Smith, baritone
Across the Deep Lagoon Uoge), Ross H
1incent Norris j. Hodson: when the Dew
8 Failing (Schneider). Thaddeus NJ. Daily
r., tenor; To-day (Jacobs-Bond), Arthur
v. Busler, baritone; THE Silent Lagoon
Hamblen), THE Pipes of Gordon's Men"
Hamond), Charles r. Rdlngton. tenor ,
Little Indian. Sioux or Grow (Bartlett), ! I