Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-18
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An original Device For Evening Up Small
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The latest society whim In Boston ID
worthy Of the town, ssys the Boston Globe.
A young man who 10 going abroad soon
wished 10 entertain some friends before his
departure. lie knew they were suffeited
with the ordinary Ntyle Of evening parties.
He wanted something original. He Invited
ten y0uns saes and .ns. nSs ySSuos o.. ss0s
room he or she received . handSomely en-
gYaved card which bore the mysteri0us
word Csuseria A hint - 70 the meaD-
ing Of what would follow wes given by the
qaotation from PAradise Lost ;: =" WIN
thee couversinR forget Oil time" Aner
his Ruests had puzzled their brains trying
to decipher the meaning. the hoet volun-
teered an explanation. Ten subj ects were
presented for discussion, and he he'd chosen
ten couples to do the work. Instead Of
spending the evening In dancing, each een.
tiemen was expected ~ hll out his card
with the names OF ibe young ladies' with
whom he desired 10 talk. In that respect
II differed slightly from the selection Of
wall n,werr The conversation must be
general. Five minutes were devoted to
each topic, and ct . signal from the host
there was general swapping Of partners
and complete change In the style Of con.
versstion. For instance, the company
OkOu0A tuo Udtt W toiliuk WuoS bucy AuSW
about Boston Busy BIS baked beans,
brown bread, baseball, big brains BlooI.
iDgton beauties, bithesome bachelors"
When the young ladies had practically
II lD0red the gentlemen In regard to the rela.
tive merits Of baked beans and brown bread
- the best method Of prod ucing big heads
on baseball tossers, they turned their atten.
tion to the topic 'The Lady or the Tiger
Which ~ There was strong division Of
opinion on that as well - the next topic
All M
Just As quarrel over the political aspect
became imminent the host selected q new
partner and began to hnd out what she
n)w Q )out 'tcons iousness, 4" and the others
followed his example.
The next topic needed more than i've
minutes In which to reach q decision. 1t
was this L: 'Tbe real affinity between .
red headed girl and q white horse" Att
an animated dit cussiOn the referee called u
draw.
Boston iads" kept the tongues busy,
and then more than one hesdsche wss
caused by the attempt to solve this pr blem:
'Given q squirrel on tree and a man ct
the loot The man moves around the tree,
the squirrel does the same thing, keeping
always on the opposite side. Can the man
60 around the squirrel" The company
gave 1t up in despair, and concluded thai
the man did the same thing.
A religious war was threatened by the
topic, "Will the opposition to tho Andover
theology warrant the heather In sdoptif r
protective tariff, excluding our mission.
aries ?" The company discussed that
problem no more earnestly than the follow.
Ing: "Does an incubated hsn have any
maternal instinct ?" Few OF those present
had had any experience with live poultry,
DO their decision would be OF no assistance
tn the scientific solution OF the vexed ques-
tion.
The ladies we're familiar with the last
topic for the evening, "Lesp Year."