The New York herald., 1921-08-13

was bewilderment OF attractions in the
village street fair held to-day on Aga
wan Park for the benefit of the South
ampton Hospital The women OF this
section. who had worked so hard for
weeks were well satisfied with the re-
suits Of their labors, which brought
| forth words of admiration from all the
! beholders. Mrs. Peter b. Wyckoff and
Mrs. Arthur 3. Clahin, chairman and
vice-chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee. found many willing helpers, nd
never in the history of this community
has anything been done better.
Mrs. A. Stewart Walker was mainly
responsible for the general arrangement
and decoration OF the grounds, whose
natural beauties were intensified by ar
| tifice. She drew plans for the general
layout having the assistance Of Mrs.
Joseph Palmer Knapp and Mrs. John H.
Morice, who. with the help of young art
students OF the village, painted the ar
tistic bannerets that were hung all over
the grounds.
As one entered there was a long vista
CT mammoth sun1owers along the street
at the west side Of the park. where at
intervals We're arranged booths. each
one of which showed in decorations the
| individual taste Of those in charge.
A brief shower came up early in the
afternoon. but this did not interfere with
proceedings as all the booths were pro-
tected and all Of the side shows were un-
1000 motors parked in the streets lead
| ing to the fair grounds, some of them
coming from as far away as Bayshore.
Circus Shelters Crowds.
The circus which was organized by
Mrs. Lyttleton Fox made a strong appeal
to the children and its tent proved a
place Of shelter as well as amusement
| during the shower. Julian NJ. Gerard
served as ticket taker There were turns
by clever acrobats. gilded lhdy on a
| golden horse, with clowns galore. Then,
too for the children there were Mrs.
Van Camps famous trained pigs Sally.
Jim, Andy and Billy. grunting and
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one was lucky enough to hit the target.
Mrs. Orson p. Munn's Wonderland
was strong rival to the circus with
\ all 1t had to offer inside an enclosure
| that was guarded by the "gibounas" Of
/ Mrs. Steuart Davis, queer creatures
which she originated On top of the rails
which fenced in this section were perched
squirrels and at the left of the entrance.
which was through the trunk of big
| tree, was the wonder tree presented by
Samkns Thomas through his mother,
| Mrs. Edward r. Thomas. 1t was 1,
! golden three hung with all sorts of toys,
dolls and singing birds. Mrs. Vincent s.
| Mulford's table for toys was in the
enclosure and she was helped in selling
them by Princess Miguel de Braganza,
| Mines Henry w. Torney. Norman Edit
man, l.. du Pont Irving f. Burial Hoff-
man. William NJ. Fleitmann. Jr., Miss
Madeline Mulford and Miss Doris
| Franckyr.
Near by was a table Of articles made
| by crippled children of the Fresh Air
Home and yet another attraction was
Mrs. George Leary's merry-go-round.
One of the effective booths was that
over which Mrs. Rawson l.. Wood pre-
sided 1t was under canvas that had
been decorated by a Russian woman.
| Countess Maria Kalinina. Princess f.
Rospigllosi, Nine. Gregoire Izwolska.
\ Mrs Arents Humphreys. Mrs. Stewart
Davis, Misses Aide Reynal. Priscilla
| Dodge and Harriet Coffin. most of whom
were in Russian costumes, helped at this
booth, where cigarettes were sold.
Then there was the Land OF Mystery.
where Mrs. Frederick Van Lennep and
a corps of assistants read palms and
faces. Mrs. Jerome n. Bonaparte and
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Egyptian tents. read palms. and in a
Chinese pagoda at nighttime Mrs. e. r.
Thomas displayed her knowledge OF ply
siognomy and the placard in front of this
booth read "Your Face Is Your For
tune"
Along the Alley % Sunfowers.
Along the alley of sunflowers there
are booths for all sorts Of things. Mrs
George A. Dixon, Jr., had on sale per-
fumes and toilet accessories where she
was aided by Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt I'd.
Mrs. H. Dixon Wright, Mrs. Harry Cur
tis, Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas. Misses
Jean Potter Peter Rice and Betty Con-
don.
Miss Florence Johnson attended tc
| selling confectionery and Mrs. Melton
with some of her young married friends
did much to assuage thirst at the soda
water fountain. Mrs. Charles 9. Molter
and Miss Ruth Molter took in much
money at the ring toss game. There
also was an enclosure for tea at which
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston presided with
the help of Mines. Avis w. krech
Henry Rea. George y. Franch. edward
Van Ingen. Albert Gallatin, William W
! Wilcox, Duncan S. Ellsworth and Regi-
nald Fincke. and all the goodies sold
The grounds presented picturesque
sight during the day time but at night
were far more brilliant with the iliumi-
nations. There was dancing floor
placed about big willow tree which
was hung with gay colored lanterns and
in its branches great parrots were
perched.
Miss Symphorosa Bristed Is spendlne
few days at the Irving House as M
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogder
| Bacon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert with Markets or'
chestra gave exhibition dances. As they
danced supper was served under brign'
colored umbrellas which were hung witt
electric lights.
MASQUERADE AT ASBURY.