Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-15
A SIN O'CLOCK TEA.
A Pretty Entertainment for Home That
May BE Worth Trying.

A very pretty and effective entertain
ment came within my experience a short
time ago. 1t was what we called a 6
clock tea for young ladies. the guests
numbering about seventy-tive After sup
per was served, the hostess brought in on
IL large silver tray what appeared to be
heap of the freshest lettuce leaves.
crinkled and tender-looking; at the stem
of each was a slip of white paper, on which
was written familiar quotations from
standard authors. The attention of the
company, who had risen from their seats
and were engaged IN social converse. was
attracted by the call of a bell, when the
hostess announced that she would further
serve her guests by giving them literary
salad; each was to take Il leaf and guess
the author of the quotation; should she
guess rightly she was to keep the leaf and
wear it IN her cOrsage; if she could not
guess, 1t must be returned to the platter
and she might have the privilege of trying
again as many times as she liked. Those
who guessed correctly could also repeat the
trial; one or two succeeded in Securing a
large colsage bouquet of the leaves. while
some obtained none at all.
Card tables and cards were provided in
the meantime for those not interested in
the literary effort, and in another room
was provided a spelling game for those
not liking cards, or relishing the salad
This afforded }much amusement. for even
well-known scholars and people who
never fail to spell correctly when writing
often develop a great weakness when
called on suddenly to spell word YER
bally, and this weakness is often most
manifest in the simplest and commonest
words
In this game every one Is to spell their
very best, and if you choose a prize can be
given to the best speller, and a BOBBY prize
to the poorest. The words to be spelled
should be on printed slip of paper with
definition added, and placed in a box on
the table around which your company is
seated. The person to start the game Sc
lects a word without seeing it when select
ing, pronounces the word and gives the
definition to the one next to him. fnum-
Der two spells the word correctly he takes
the card and draws another. and prOnoun-
ces it to the next to him; if he miss a word
the one pronoUncIng it spells it and places
it by itself. The last speller draws the
next card. and no one is allowed to spell
twice on word. Each participant should
keep his own pile of correctly spelled and
miS-spelled words, being careful not to
mix them. The prize goes, of course. to
the best speller.
Like all games. to be interesting it
needs interested people, but having these
it affords a very great amount of amuse-
ment, for only too often where the great
est confidence is displayed on a word do
we find the amusing mistake
As the supper was excellent and we'll
served and the diversity of the entertain
ment met the various tastes of the COM
pany. and had also the merit of being nov
Ell and new, the departing guests expressed
IN most hearty manner their appreciation
of the effort and their congratulations on
its success.
To make the leaves for the literary
salad. get some tissue paper of a light
green shade, as near the color of tender
lettuce leaves as possible: cut in shape like
the leaf, leaving a little strip at the bot
tom for pasting on the quotation. notch the
edges and then fold over lengthwise
through the middle. slip over a hair-pin on
this fold and press closely together in the
rounding part of the pin. then take eff.
and if it is rightly done the center of the
leaf will be beautifully crinkled: write
your quotation on a white slip of paper,
number it and paste on the little Slip of
tissue paper left below the leaf Have a
book with corresponding number in it
with the author name. that Won NAV be
able to tell when the quotations are rightly
guessed.-Good Housekeeping