The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-23
A LEMON PARTY.
The Latest Fad in Washington Social
Entertainments.
From the Ne,o York san.

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From the Nelo York Sun.
WASHINGTON, a.ay lit seems as if the
Moor ii. tie lemon had arrived at the hight
of its usefulness when made to do duty,
with tie adjunct OF 10 cs IS worth of citric
acid. for barrel of church lemonade, but
now the Progress ive Lemon Party is
brought to the fr, mt, aud here it p avs e
mart Il u assisted bv any che meal coa pounds
of Itself. A prominent WASN'T goon lady
Issued invitations las week which read:
MRS. JONES.
At Home, Tuesday, 7 p. m.
Please bring le non.
OF course every o g ~uo received one of
these mysterious summonses was co lsumed
nv curlOSiUy. 1t reminded one of The i. CT
de OF a southern senator who received a
card it'll the cabalis ic letters sgnifyiRg
that the oAne had called parse i" n Il
understanding the cart clique 9 Of Was J.
iugton, he sent his card in return, with the
letter -. B. N" in ole Cor .er. Waat
could it meaA2 no one seemed to know,
SO the recipient d termiued to & certain II
possible The next time he saw his fr.en
he Remarked Say, senator, what the
lette 3. B. NJ msIn on your cArdr'
"Nh sent by u niyxe', OF course" r.
What could ''Please bring a lemon"
meant Tho only wa to aScsr aln sesln,d
to be TO comply with the iuvltati a.. Tie
Washington market seemed giu.tsd with
the mes Iest little drie up lelo eve
seen. Tues lay, at o'cl OK D. H., with thu
lemons in their hands, tbs guests present ell
themselves at Mr.. Jones' hoSpitaEl- homo.
They were shown into a charming little
cloak room, with yellow dec rationS, and
after removing wrap5 wee greeted hy the
hustess, who Was respiendent in black
lace over lonoa-colUred satin, and ca
ried III her hand an immense bunca #
yellow +, seS.
A ter greeting each CUES the hostess
asked her to lake her lemon to the dial e
a b.azs of golden light flom thy fairy
lamps with yellow shades. Tie dining
table had lemon-colored silk napery, whic /
was relieved by fat csnie' piecs of deli
cate ferris and Ca ,herine MermsJ rosa Al
a side table sat q lady and gentleman, who,
all wer9 formed the "squseEag com
mittee." This committee to k tie anne o.
a register, and tied ribbon, market in
such u way as o be dittinguishable, on eacl
lemon. After lhe RIVAL OF al The guests
q tie marking of all tue ls mons, they
were iavi cd 10 agRn assemble in the
Oining room whlie the "sQus zlIg commit
tee cou ted the ss5d ~ Each lemo
was cut III half. the seeds ex racted, sud
after being counted, and duly accredi cd t
the oW on the rsgl ter, They were placsd
in beautiful transparent glass Boz vi. The
lie non vas taken by tn. ''AqueeEing com
mittee" aud ''squCEs" into an immen .
punch bowl. Tue guests were than Invited
TO repast OF strictly ismon-nlA.s ediblos-
lemon &c lemon ice ere m, lemon cake,
lem jelly, sardi es a4d iemo1, lemon
cream 10, and every coucsiVabis sort Of
lemo .-h 4v0red food. Placed 10 side ezcl
plate was bunch Of yellow roses, tied with
a satin bow Of the 8 ms n de.
After partaki & Of this unique rspast, the
glass bowl C ntalning the eeds Was placsi
on the table and prizo offered to her who
should guess he number OF seeds therein,
d. -, oby p ize" to him who ould
hazard the east accurate guess. After
numerous methods, both fair foul, had
been lesorted TO, and tacl CUES" L al been
duly reglsisret, tne reeds were coun ed a d
the prizes awarded. The winner of tae
grand prize, coming within three Of
the correct number, received an exc Isl o
lemon-c lured & AIS lemon de bowl, while he
''booby" wa made ppy with MOO len
lemon queezsr A prIzs was then ava de /
to her whose lemon contained the most seeds.
and another to her VINO had the fewes
Meanwhile, skllltul nds had prepared
punch in the large bowl, into which the
lemoas Wer,, aOueeYAd