VOL. XII, No. 13.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE ORIGINAL CHERRY TREES
Historical Fact is Established by the
Carolina Cotillion.
'Valley Worg" Canipfire Scene and
Cigarette Ilace features of
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ONDAY evening's Wash
ington's Birthday cotil
lion at The Carolina was
easily the season's most
brilliant social affair,
figures appropriate to the
day and decorations unique and effective,
combining happily. Twenty-eight couples
participated and a company of onlookers
which taxed the capacity of the hall, en
joyed the merrymaking, which saw the
rosy dawn of the morning after, well on
its way before it ceased.
Doubts as to whether the youthful
George chopped the cherry tree down or
not, can no longer be entertained, the
decorations of the music hall proving
conclusively that the father of his coun
try not only chopped down one, but
many cherry trees. Further, a motive
for the. act is shown in that each of the
original trees (which were secured at
great expense by the committee on dec
oration) was laden with luscious fruit.
Ingenious by nature, Washington natur
ally figured that it would be easier to
chop down the trees than to climb them
and that the task was not a difficult one,
was very clearly shown by the size of
the hatchets used. All about the hall
these original cherry trees and hatchets,
some thirty in number, were placed, the
bright red fruit and dark green leaves
producing a charming effect, with which
streamers of crimson bunting and gar
lands of English ivy were in pleasing
harmony.
At either side of the stage were the
favor booths in red and white, adorned
with monster poinsettia flowers, an
American flag bearing a portrait of
Washington, hanging high up in the
center of the hall and flanked on either
side, with great bunches of mistletoe
which the men avoided with painstaking
care much to the amusement of their fair
partners who were sure that mistletoe is
effective only, in its true significance,
during holiday week.
The special figure and the climax of
the evening, was the "Valley Forge"
or camp fire scene', in which the merry
makers danced around a rustic tripod
from which hung a large kettle above a
glowing fire, later sitting in a circle with
the lights extinguished and singing
"Auld Lang Syne" in its cheerful glow,
the number ending with the exchange of
the evening's souvenir favors, which in
cluded sterling pins and brooches for the
women and scarf pins for the men.
From a standpoint of novelty the
cigarette figure was a leader and the
somewhat difficult task of making a cigar
ette from tobacco and paper, had its re-
bol of affection is. Partners were also
selected by returning handkerchiefs to
their owners and by vanous mixups
created through marches, baskets and
circles. The favors were strikingly ef
fective including carnations and fans,
opera hats and byzantine caps, garlands
and boas, and Dutch pipes and parasols.
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ward in the iDexpressable joy which a
much desired and ordinarily prohibited
smoke, while dancing, gave. The "skip
ping the rope" figure proved a puzzler
for the men, but an easy task for the
women in spite of their long gowns, and
the eagerness with which the men and
women chased after a large cardboard
heart attached to the end of a long fish
line, illustrated just how fickle this sym-
Mr. Paul E. Gardner of Chicago, and
Miss Lucy K. Priest of Newcastle, N.H.,
led, the list of participants including:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Eberhard Faber, Mr.
and Mrs. IT. M. Schott, Mr. and Mrs. M.
B. Byrnes and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Rogers of New York ; Mr. and Mrs. I.C.
Bates Dana of Great Barrington; Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Porter of Pittsburg ; Mr.
Concluded on Pag 12)
MR. AND MRS. WEST WIN
They Lead Field By Margin of Two
Strokes in Mixed Foursomes
Mr. and Mrs. Trueadell, Mr. Shanley
and Mrs. Converse Next
In Order.
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EDAL play mixed four
somes for the Country
Club cups attracted a
field of twenty couples .
Wednesday morning, Mr.
and Mrs. William West
of Camden, N. J., whose handicap was
five, winning with a net card of ninety
two. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Truesdell of
New York (20), and Mr. J. F. Shanley
of Deal and Mrs. G. II. Converse of Brae
Burn (3), were second and third with
ninety-five and ninety-seven respectively.
THE SCORES.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. West,
Camden, N.J. 50 47 97 5 92
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Truesdell,
New York 59 56 115 20 95
Mr. J. P. Shanley, Deal, and
Mrs.G.II.Converse, Brae Burn 62 48 100 3 97
Mr. II. W.Ormsbee, Alpine, and
Mrs. T. J. Check, Englewood 58 56 114 14 100
Mr. G. II. Converse, Brae Burn, and
Miss K. Shanley, Deal 53 56 109 8 101
Mr. P. E. Gardner, Midlothian, and
Mrs.II.St.John Smith, Portland 53 51 104 2 102
Mr. G. P. Brown, Philadelphia, and
Mrs.C.S.Waterhouse, Woodland 57 58 115 13 102
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Paber,
New York 54 61 115 12 103
Mr. M. D. Fink, and
Miss M. E. Pink, St. Andrews 53 64 117 13 104
Mr. C. L. Becker, Woodland, and
Miss Ethel Check, Englewood 53 52 105 0 105
Mr. Spencer Waters, Apawamis, and
Mrs. H. L. Jillson, Worcester 67 58 115 9 106
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. C. Rumsey,
New York 59 67 126 20 106
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. B. Dana,
Great Barrington 68 56 114 6 108
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Stone,
Boston 62 63 125 17 108
Mr. F. B. Pottle, Jefferson Hglds., and
Mrs. D. K. Stucki, Buffalo 58 62 120 12 108
Mr. II. L. Caswo'l, Parkersburg, W. Va., and
Miss B.H.Looker.Chevy Chase 54 66 120 11 109
Mr. E. S. Parmelee, New Haven, and
Miss Brown, New York 61 56 117 5 112
Mr. E. C. Beall, and
Mrs.L.E.Beall.Uniontown.Pa. 64 59 123 10 113
Mr. F. Berwin, Woodland, and
Mrs.I.S.Robeson, Rochester C. 70 61 131 17 114
Miss Munjrerford Capture the Uruan.
A large group of riders enjoyed Thurs
day morning's fox chase, the chase being
a short one, but the pace very rapid.
Several women were in the saddle, Miss
Lillian Hungerford of New York, cap
turing the bru6h.
Among those who followed in teams
were Mr. and Mrs. U. T. Hungerford of
New York, and they found keeping
within sound of the music an easy task.