VOL X, No. 10.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY SECOND, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BIG COMPANY BAFFLED
Berkshire Book Party Provides Per
plexing Problems for All.
Mttiiy fro in the Various Hotel and
Col tag-en Join in an Evening
of Cneasing-.
HE social affairs which
are always a delightful
feature of life at The
Berkshire, wee inaugu
rated with a "Book
Party," Saturday even
ing. Many guests from the various ho
tels and cottages joined, making a merry
company of over a hundred people, which
puzzled over clever representations and
impersonations of popular books, finding
huge enjoyment in the baiiling riddles.
Over sixty books were represented, and
they covered a wide range from past to
present, drama and comedy, romance and
reality. Prizes were awarded for the two
largest number of correct guesses by
both men and women, as well as the best
representations, and the judges held a
long and earnest session.
Mr. Frederick Bruce was at the head of
the line in guessing, with twenty-six cor
rect titles, with Gilbert 11. Trunkett,
second, with twenty-three. Miss Louise
Herring and Mrs. Helen M. Sheppard tied
at twenty-three, Miss Herring winning
on the cut.
Mr. Bruce also carried oft' the men's
prize, for the best representation, with
the simple device, so very, very easy when
explained that everybody smiled ; just the
letters "S' and "A" pinned upon his
coat "Essay (S. A.) on Man'' ; and Mrs.
Thomas J. Check won the women's prize
with a device equally simple, a shoe with
a heel which was easily detached, mani
festly a loose heel "Lucille."
Bev. A. L. .Squier and little Virginia
Sayles in "The Minister's Wooing,' and
Mrs. A. F. Si.se as "The Mill on the
Floss," were both given honorable men
tion. Hev. Mr. Squier and Miss Sayles
acted the part, while Mrs. Sine carried a
little pepper mill upon a mass of silk
floss.
Miss A leott's books carried off honors
as to popularity, four being portrayed at
tractively: "Shawl Straps," by Mrs.
James E. Leach; "Little Women," by
little Misses Catherine and Elizabeth
Leach; "An Old Fashioned Olrl," by
Miss Porter, and "Aunt Jo's .Scrap Bag,"
by Mrs. Porter.
Much amusement was afforded by the
two jokes on I'inehurst, which were reg
istered by Mrs. E. C. Cormerais, with a
panoramic photo of the Village "Far
From the Madding Crowd" and Miss
Katherine Wilson who had several local
scenes pinned on her gown was easily
"The Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood."
Mrs. Herbert L. Jillson carried a Teddy
bear and a revolver, and while it was ap
parent that she not only had a bear and
was after more, but the book "Hear and
Forbear" was not so easily guessed.
Miss Bruce carrying a pretty French
doll, bearing a rather conspicuous card,
announcing her as "Miss Angelina Rocke
feller," puzzled everyone as "The Mil
lionaire Baby."
Mrs. A. E. Trunkett wore a long glove
and a sword upon either side of her
skirt" 'Twixt Sword and Glove," and
her son, Mr. Gilbert B. Trunkett, wore a
card with the word "study" formed in a
circle "A Circuitous Study,"
Mrs. Chalmers Burn was "Near to Na-
Undercurrent."
Mrs. Helen M. Sheppard wore two num
bers, "19" and "20," "Odd or Even";
Miss Capel with a lighted candle which
she carefully protected, was, naturally,
"The Guarded Flame"; and Miss Cor
coran, with a half burned and extin
guished candle, was surely "The Light
that Failed."
Mr. Thomas II. Bauchle's small flask
of whiskey could be stretched to mean
"The Master Spirit," and Mr. A. G. War
ren's portraits of Harry Thaw were, un
deniably, of "The Malefactor." Miss
Lucy Priest in red and with mask was,
of course, " The Masquerader," and Mrs.
H. F. Thayer, all in white, was plainly
"The Woman in White."
Other representations, all of them
cleverly gotten up, were :
With Edged Toola, Mrs.C. H.Wilson anl Mis
Ethel Check.
A Bow of Orange Ilibbon,Mrs.J.LT. Cel and
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A GYMKHANA FKOLIC FIRST EVENT OF SEASON MONDAY.
ture's Heart," with just a plateful of hon
est earth, and little Mies Dorothy was
"The Wood Carver of Olympus."
"Our Feathered Game" was easily in
terpreted from the feathered dominoes
worn by Miss Bogers, after one knew,
and it was notdiflicult, with like informa
tion, to figure "Innocence Abroad" (in
no sense A broad) from the elongated
letter "A" which Miss Wilson wore.
Mr. Horace F. Size, with a net bag
filled with glistening silver coin, and Miss
Bogers, who carried a small plateful of
the same article, were easily "Hard
Cash and it was not difficult to see
"Mlddlemarch" in the letter "If the
middle letter of March which Mrs.
F. C. McNeil wore.
A donkey's head and a looking gias
carried by Mr. W. H. Waters, was sureJ
"As(s) in a Looking Glass," and a ent
rant fastened under "The" and worn by
Miss Ida Brown, was, of course, ''The
Mr. J. V.Malcolm.
Her Ladyship's Elephant, Mrs. Arthur Her
ring. The Dark Lantern, Ir. Richard Ryan.
Fisherman's Lur k, Mrs. Charles iayles.
A Coin of Edward VII, Mr. Clifford Borrer.
The Fir Violin, Mr. Harry Eptin.
The Wearer, Mrs. W. li. Waters.
The Call of th Wild, Mrs. G. II. Cornwall.
Lavendar and Old Lace, Miss Onra MaWlm.
The Doable Thread, Mrs. J. G. Howard.
The Heavenly Twins, Miss M. A. Litchfield.
Little Citizens, Miss Cornwall.
A Silver Crown, Miss Child.
A Daughter of the .South, Jfrs. I). A. Rosa.
A Tale of Two Cities, Mia Florence E. Flj nn.
The Heart of Ladj Ann, Mrs. David Fleming.
Tcani Tnray Tnnrwlay.
The first of the seasons tennis tourna
ment will be played Thursday, mens
singles for the St. Valentines enps. The
location of the courts beneath the Conn
try Club hoo.se balcony makes them ad
mirable for sightseers.
OPIE REED'S LECTURE,
Novelist Booked for the Yillage Hall
February Fifteenth.
I'rogrrtani of llniiMiul I ntr ral will
Open an ImportHnt ftrrle
of f.cctur?.
Hi; first of the lecture
announced for the Vil
lage Hall and which as-
$ y&P trcat throughout, begin
2j2-j. Friday evening, Febru
ary 15, with the appearance of Opie Heed,
the novelist and story teller.
Mr. Heed is like no one el-e in the
world, and no matter how much one may
have enjoyed hi stories, they can never
fully appreciate the rare genitu of the
man until they have Hat wit hin the sound
of his voice and heard from his own lip,
the quaint atones of his fertile brain.
His striking personality, charm of
voice, the magic of his word- combine
with humor and pathos intermingled as
only Mr. Heed can intermingle them, to
make an evening never to fe forgotten.
The Southern dialect is all his own by
right, and his interpretation of the negro
in manner and speech, comes of long and
close association.
The program to be given here will be
Mr. Heed's very b:st. TVkets are on sale
at the I'hannaey and the hotel desks, ad
mission being fifty cents, and reserved
seats one dollar.
Carolina Ynan? FVpl Planning
First at Formal flan.
The young people of The Carolina are
planning for the first German of the rea
son, Tuesday evening net, to which
many gnests from the other hotels and
cottages have been invited.
Many surprises have been planned m
the figures, and there will be life, color
gaiety and beautiful gowns. Introduc
tions will commence at ;30and dancing
begin at 0. Twenty or more couple
will participate.
Crjnakbana 31mn4aj.
TTie first enestrain gymkhana of the
season i announced for Monday after
noon next. A program of rnneh Ir.rere!
has been arranged which appear- upon
page Z.