The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15

Fred. It's time to start. Amt he a
dar ing? Do tell me-is my bang all
right! Thanks ever so much! By-by.
Julia h. H,ethcreH, IN Harper'S BazaT
Entertainment for a Small Party.
A correspondent asks what she can
have for supper for small party; how
she can serve it nicely. without much
difficulty since she is not situated so
that she can employ a caterer She
says, too, that she is tired OF oysters,
salad and coffee. Every woman who
entertain Ms much company IS seized with
kind of despair at times when she
considers how limited her possibilities
are, aud how little variety IS allowable,
if you are tired of the articles you have
mentioned above. How will this bill
of fare please you? Have the incest
bread that can be made, cut il in thin
slices, butter it evenly and cOnsci-
entiUusly; then make two kinds Of
sandwiches; in one kind use a filling
m de of ham (cOld bOilCd) chopped
very fine, with raw egg, pepper and
mustard al Ii6it4m; and Just before
putting it with the bread add a little
vinegar for favOring. The filing o.
the sandwich should be of the tn ckness
of one slice of bread In the others put
a filling of grated cheese; these are very
nice, il wen made, with coffee or
with chocolate; serve with these
pickles or olives, or both. Then
have cake and fTuit-Oranges or
bananas are so easily prepared and are
/ alwas en- Dyed. Ii you do not wish to
have ice cream, sweet cream whipped,
sweeteDed, aud favored and heaped in
wine-glasses is delicious; or substitute
a lemon or peach-ice, or a lemon
favored water ice, made in this way:
Strain the Juice of six lemons and put
/ ii into a bowl, drop in large cupful of
| loaf sugar, add half pint of water and
pint of sirup made by boiling three
| quarters of a pound of sugar with near
/ ~ pint of water; when perfectly cold
strain this and freeze it; serve in glass
| es. 1t is refreshing and liked by every
! body. About serving the supper or
I refreshments, much depends upon
! the number of your CUES ami the ca
| pacity of your house. If your dining
room is large enough to seat them all
/ at one time it IS a pleasant arrangement
to have small tables, prettily covered
with linen cloths more or less decorated,
and with fancy cups and plates, and lit
/ tie pitchers and bowls upon them. Have
a small card on the plate with the name
Of The person to whom that place be-
| longs. This saves any amount OF trouble,
/ and you are sure your company viii be
| agreeably placed. You can think
it all out beforehand. But if your
dining room is small there are two
other courses lett open for YOU.
! You can set your large table
| handsomely, aud invite your guests out
at intervals, or allow them to go as
| they please, keeping a sort of unnOticed
/ superv sion over all, to see that too
many do not 60 at the same time, and
that all are properly attended and wait
ed upon. l think this involves the
hostess in too many difficulties, and
renders it impossible for her to enjoy
herself, unless indeed she does en- .Oy
having q hard time. The other and
easier way is to serve your supper il
the parlOr, having small tables brought
in for that purpose. This correspondent
who is determined that her visitors shall
have a good time, says: ''What can we
DO if we are tired of music and read
ingS?' The natural inference is that
she or her guests do not dance, or play
whist or games of chance SO caileC
/ (but in which in reality the battle is tC
the swift and the race 20 the strOng)
This being the case, know of no NOR,
delightful way to insure n pleasant
evening than to play games with pen
ellis and paper. You may need LITTLE
courage to introduce these games
but, believe me, you will be sur
prised at the happy results which vii
! crown your efforts. First try making
poetry. Have a sufficient number of pen
/, ellis provided, distribute them, and Civ,
four slips Of paper to each person. Eacl
! must writS one word on each slip Col
. lect them, mix thoroughly, and ther
allow each person to draw out fOuI
slips, but do not let him see what thu
word is upon it until he has it in hi
} hand. 1t is then the duty of each ont
to make a verse of poetry and includ,
! in it the four words thus drawn. Their
each must read when all are done tn,
verse that he mas written. Do not ex
z CuSc any one from it, for the most I'm
5 promising reOple often make the les
rhymes. Then after this try writing
? poems on subjects, all writing on tn,
> same subject, or write epitaphs. An
| other funny exercise is to make cOnun
: drums, or when all are seated let on
2 person whisper the name of an obiec
to each one while some one else zoe
around the circle and whispers the nam
i: of some person, either a historical char
: acter or an acquaintance; then eac
| must tell WHY the person and the ObjcC
5 are alike, or why they are unlike. Re
semblances or differences may either b
t taken as an answer. Try these, or som
of them, and you will be surprised t
| find out how quCk-witted and bTigh
- some young people of all ages are
Cor. N. J. ECeHt2g Post.