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August 16, 1911, will go down in 
the annals of Manchester’s social 
history as one of its red letter days, 
when it took a notable place in the 
national movement for the promo- 
tion of Red Cross work and brought 
one of the most distinguished gath- 
erings to the town that it has been 
privileged to entertain. 
The bag sale at Town hall, Man- 
chester, on Wednesday was the me- 
dium with Miss Mabel T. Board- 
man of Washington and Manchester, 
national chairman of the Red Cross 
society, the presiding genius. She 
saw a most gratifying fruition of 
her indefatiguable work for its suc- 
cess. 
Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft 
were among those present and gave 
the sale noteworthy eclat. Mrs. 
Taft wore an embroidered gown of 
white, cut slightly low at the neck. 
About her neck was a band of black 
velvet ribbon caught with a diamond 
clasp. Her hat was a large black 
one adorned with large white 
plumes delicately shaded with pink. 
She looked exceedingly well and 
distinguished. Miss Taft looked 
sweet and girlish in a light blue 
dotted silk muslin relieved with soft 
mull collar and cuffs and blue sash. 
Her hat was of yellow, large and 
sailor-shaped, trimmed with yellow 
lace and light blue satin ribbon. 
She and her mother were generous 
purchasers at every table and gave 
much zest to the buying by their 
presence. 
There was a long list of society 
matrons present, who are famous in 
the social world of the great cities 
of our country. There was indeed 
a fashionable crush. 
Lending their efforts toward the 
suecess of the sale were the people of 
Manchester as represented by her 
five churches and kindred societies: 
the Baptist, Congregational, Catho- 
lic, summer Episcopal and summer 
Unitarian, the Ministering and Ever 
Ready Cireles of King’s Daughters 
and the Harmony Guild. The dec- 
orations of all these booths dis- 
played prominently the national col- 
ors and flags, both national and 
Red Cross. 
At three o’clock, when the sale 
opened the patrons were promptly 
on hand and a steady stream of 
handsomely gowned women in sum- 
mer finery and a generous sprinkling 
of the stronger sex left the long line 
RED CROSS BAG SALE 
Society Turns Out in Large Numbers for This Event. 
of carriages and autos lined up on 
the main thorughfare and entered 
the hall. 
At the door receiving admission 
fees was Mrs. Ralph Mann, bride of 
the treasurer of the Manchester 
Trust Company, and Mrs. Wm. W. 
Hoare, Misses Ruth Blaisdell and 
Jessie Hoare also served on _ this 
committee. 
The Harmony Guild had _ the 
lemonade and iced tea table. Mrs. 
Allen Peabody was the chairman. 
Her assistants were: Mrs. Wm. Mel- 
vin, Mrs. Hollis Roberts, Mrs. Leon 
Carter, Mrs. Wm. Joseph, the 
Misses Katherine Shea, Helen Wing, 
Florence Allen, Elizabeth Jewett, 
Jennie Sargent, Alice Haraden and 
Hazel Semons. 
Next followed a unique feature, 
the Bird of Fortune. Mrs. Herbert 
Cushing of Boston and _ Beverly 
Farms, had her pet baby parrot. 
The cunning bird selected numbers 
which told your fortune or selected 
you a number for a prize package. 
Both old and young succumbed to 
the parrot’s wiles and _ cheerfully 
handed out their quarters. Mrs. 
Cushing did a fine business. 
Next in line came the home-made 
candy table. The King’s Daughters 
presided here under the chairman- 
ship of Mrs. Walter B. Calderwood. 
The other ladies assisting were: 
Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, president of 
the Ministering Circle, Mrs. Ellery 
Rogers, Misses Harriet P. and Eliza- 
beth Allen, Mrs. Julius Rabardy, 
Mrs. Charles Danforth, Mrs. Char- 
lotte Brown, Mrs. Frederick Lane, 
Miss Sarah Giles, Mrs. Herman 
Swett, Mrs. Arthur Walker, Mrs. L. 
B. Harvey, the Misses Olive Cook 
and Bessie Lethbridge. 
The Catholic chureh arranged 
their ice cream and cake department 
on the stage of the hall. Presiding 
there as chairman was Miss Teresa 
O’Neal. Her aids were: Mrs. John 
Connors, the Misses Katherine and 
Mary Meaney, Mary Barry, Annie 
White, Mary and Gertrude Manion. 
The Red Cross exhibit displayed 
particularly, samples of the First 
Aid department. The first aid books 
were also on sale. Mrs. D. T. 
Beaton, Mrs. Wm. J. Boardman and 
Mrs. George Willmonton were in 
charge there. 
At the combined table of the sum- 
mer churches were found in charge: 
Mrs. Charles E. Cotting, Mrs. Colton, 
Bein EZ 
Mrs. H. G. O. Colby, Mrs. Charles 
A. Munn, Sr., Mrs. Walter J. Mitch- 
ell, Miss Dorr, Miss Louisa Loring, 
Mrs. Francis L. Higginson, Jr., Miss 
Stanwood, Miss Doris - McMillan, 
Mrs. Reginald Fitz and Mrs. Wash- 
ington B. Thomas. <A beautiful ar- 
ray of traveling bags were on sale 
here. 
The Baptist church had a table 
for household bags. Aiding here 
were: Mrs. Helen Willmonton, 
chairman, Mrs. Davis Baker, treas- 
urer, Mrs. Edward Crowell, Mrs. 
Jacob Kitfield, Miss Lucey Baker, 
Mrs. L. A. Dunn. 
Laundry and toilet bags of all 
descriptions were displayed at the 
Congregational church table. The 
chairman was Mrs. F. M. Andrews, 
assisted by>Mrs. Hinchcliffe, Mrs. 
David Bennett, Mrs. Harland Mor- 
gan, Mrs. Edward Knight, Mrs. 
Julia Curriea, Mrs. J. A. Torrey, 
Miss Martha Knight, Mrs. John Ba- 
ker, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Blaisdell 
and Mrs. Wheaton. 
The sale continued through the 
afternoon and evening until ten 
o’clock. 
The ladies hope to be able to real- 
ize $2000 from the sale, though Miss 
Boardman was unable to present 
definite figures this morning. In the 
next issue of the Breeze the exact 
amount will be printed. 
No Flower Show This Summer. 
At a special meeting of the North 
Shore Horticultural Society it was 
voted not to hold its summer show 
next week. Similar action was 
taken in regard to the June show, 
when it was found that the season 
had not been favorable to the culture 
of flowers as in seasons past. The 
society does not like to do things by 
halves and consequently when it was 
seen they could not give a good show 
they decided not to have any. This 
will be egretted by a great many 
people, who look forward to this 
show as a_ leading feature of the 
summer on the Shore. The chrysan- 
themum show will be held in the au- 
tumn, it is hoped. 
VACCINATION NOTICE 
Parents who contemplate sending 
children to school in September for 
the first time are reminded of the 
statute law governing vaccination. 
No pupil will be admitted who ean- 
not present a card or certificate from 
a physician certifying that he or she 
has been successfully vaccinated, or 
giving good and _ sufficient cause 
why such has not been done. 
Per Order School Committee, 
Town of Manchester. 
