The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-05-30

"Bring clay pipe, was the startling
addition to an invitation to a reception
the other evening. Nobody could de-
eide what it meant They could
scarcely believe the exquisitely refined
young hostess had fallen a victim to the
smoking craze and wanted all her friends
TO join her, but what else could il mean2
The mystery was solved when the guests
entered the pretty white and gold parlor
and saw on a round table in the center
Of the room half dozen punch bowls,
in rose and blue glass and japanese
ware, filed with flaly soapsuds Each
guest was entitled to blow three bub-
bles, and hammered silver handglass
was the prize for the lady who blew the
largest bubble, and a meerschaum pipo
for the gentleman's prize, Three judges
had trying time in deciding the VIM
ner Of the prizes. Amateur blowers
were allowed to practice in the corner
out of range Of the prize bubble blow
ors.
"Bring your thimble" is a rather odd
request to make Of young society fell
low, but Mrs. James Hude Beekman,
who is the jolliest and prettiest young
hostess in New York, said that if she put
it on the girls invitations she would
favor the gentlemen in the same way.
When they reached her house on Tues
day evening they found what the thim-
bles were wanted for: There were 16
guests, and ON each chair was placed 10
little mousseline de sole aprons, with
the hens carefully basted.
Miss Carrie Hoe got the ladies prize
for the best hemmed apron, and Amory
S. Carhart got the gentleman's prize.
Harry Cannon got the BOBBY for the
largest stitches, and Russell Hoadley
never got his needle threaded until the
hour for sewing was over. Afterward
they had an informal dance, with
music by the Hungarian band.
Walking, not for cake, but for q
pair Of hammered silver shoe buckles,
was the original entertainment pro-
vided by Miss Louise Spoane, of Madi-
son Avenue, New York, for the guests
of her Thanksgiving party. The way
the head and shoulders were carried, as
well as the manner of walking, was
considered by the judges. Eighteen
couples in full evening dress marched
and countermarched to the "Darkey's
Dream, " Golden Slippers" and other
popular plantation melodies as dis
coursed by Lander's Band. THE only
difficulty about the walking business is
that of deciding to whom the prize be-
longs. At this entertainment there
were four prize winners, and three
more buckles had to be ordered.
If you want mirth proving game
send one person out of the room and
tell him he is to guess the name Of the
game from the actions Of the guests.
Let him in, and hen he sits down
they sit; if he walks to the corner oi
the room they accompany him; where
he looks they look; what he says they
repeat Sometimes it takes a really
clever person quarter of an hour to
guess that the name Of the game il
Limitation.
Bring lemon" is another puzzling
addition to an invitation which il
usually printed on lemon colored paper,
After all of the guests have piled uT
their golden fruit the lemons are cut and
the seeds counted and the owner Of the
lemon cor tanning the largest number oi
seeds is the prize winner, while the
luckless individual whose lemon is seed
less or nearly so gets large tin oi
leather medal.
A game which is very popular will
young people is played with all Of thu
guests in line. The first whispers t.
the second a long sentence, she repeat
it in whisper and very rapidly to thu
third, and SO on until the end man re
peats what he heard aloud and the ont
who gave the sentence repeats it as lit
gave it. Never do the two sentences
bear the slightest resemblance to eacl
other, and the fun comes in comparing
them and seeing how far the last giveI
sentence misses the mark. - [TorontC
Globe.