The sun., 1919-09-07

annual Stockbridge fair and
the opening of the tennis tour
nament were the prominent events
here this week. Possibly the most
unique affair Of the season was the
vanishing day tea at the Casino last
Saturday, where many gathered for
the opening of the Stockbridge art ex-
hibition, at which 1855 canvases were
shown with works of sculpture. Mrs.
Daniel Chester French was hostess for
the exhibition tea and was assisted by
Mrs. Frederick w. whitridge. Miss
Margaret French, Miss Joan Whit
ridge, Mrs. Eleanor w. Greenough and
others Of the colony, The ,exhiption
will remain open daily untils ssfben5
Der IA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Sedg%iG
gave a luncheon at the Mahsiou IN
Friday afternoon before the .eSereises
at Laurel Hill. Their guests were, the
officers Of the association and the
speaker of the day. William Roscoe
rhayer of Cambridge, Mass. Mr.. Sedg-
wick presented the speaker at the
open air auditorium, where after. the
annual exercises tea was served under
the maple trees.
This meeting, quite unlike anything
elsewhere, has been continued for
more than fifty years. Mr.. Sedgwick's
ancestors gave the grove and land for
the park, and he succeeded his father,
the late Henry Sedgwick. as president
of the association.
Exhibitors of flowers and farm prod
ucts at the Stockbridge Fair were Miss
Helen c. Butler. Mrs. Bernhard Hoff-
man, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Mrs.
Henry McBurney and others of the
Stockbridge colony. Attention was
directed to the flower department,
where all of the blooms of the season
were shown.
Mrs. Frederick w. Whitridge was
chairman Of the arrangements COM
mittee for the annual fair this after
noon for the benefit of st. Pauls
Church parish house fund. which was
established by gift OF $4,000 from
the will OF the late Joseph H. Choate
The entertainment was on the lawn of
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Sedgwick.
In Charge of Entertainment.
Mrs. Phillips Blagden had charge Of
ponies ON which children rode Mrs
Henry McBurney and Miss Grace
Parker were at the head of the fancy
tables; Ivan Roberts, Ernest Hope,
George r. Hall and Henry McBurney
were at the boys farm table; Mrs. Ed
ward B. Owen. Miss Virginia Field and
Miss Edith Tracy attended the grab
bag; Mrs. Henry Ivison Parsons and
Mrs. Oscar Iasigi sold cakes; Mrs
George w. Soaring. Mrs. John Snyder
and Mrs. Charles A. Bidwell sold ice
cream cones; Mrs. Eleanor Whitridge
Greenough and Miss Mary Weyman
solo candy.
Mrs Franklin c. Downing, Miss
Ccursen, Miss Couch, Mrs Henry Nor
rts and Mrs. Russell A. Wilson were
at the auxiliary table; Miss Agnes W.
Canning, Miss Pettis, Miss Celia Web
ster and Miss Elsie Ross at the Altar
Guild table; Mrs. Heaton l. Treadway
Mrs. Charles E. Evans, Mrs. Fred G.
White, Miss Ada NJ. French, Mrs. W.
o. Dusenbury and Miss BeauJean at
the choir table; Mrs. ]. Woodward
Haven, Mrs. Charles Z. Hull, Mrs.
Loyal A. Osborne at the rummage ia
Bile: DIR. Edwin Taylor William II.
Clarke, DIR, Webster Miller. Heaton 4
Treadway at the mems table.
Miss Edith Blair Mrs. George Eel
lows, Mrs. Celia Griffith and Miss Mary
Groat were fortune tellers. and Mrs. L.
Bolton Bangs disposed OF tintypes.
The field day at Ascension Farm
school has been postponed from Sep
tember 10 to September II. The COM
mittee to arrange the sports and en-
tertainment Is composed of the Rev.
George Grenville Merrill. Mrs. John
II. c. Church, Miss Georgiana Ser