The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-08-22
PROGRESSIVE LEMON PARTY.
Novel Entertainment Provided by a
Washington Lady.


The Progressive Lemon Party is said
to owe its origin to a prominent society
leader in Washington. The card OF inyi-
tation sent out by this lady contained the
request: please bring lemon" The
entertainment is thus described:
After greeting each guest the hostess
asked her to take the lemon to the din
ing-room and register" The dining
room was blaze of golden light from
tiny fairy lamps with yellow shades. The
dining table had lemon colored silk nap
cry, which was relieved by fiat center
piece of delicate ferns and Catherine
Mermet roses. AT a side table sat lady
and gentleman who, all were informed,
composed the squeezing committee
This committee took the name on regis
ter, and tied a ribbon, marked in such
way as to be distinguishable on each
lemon. After the arrival of all the guests
and the marking of all the lemons, they
were invited to again assemble in the
dining-room while the squeezing COM
mittee counted the Seeds" Each lemon
was cut in half, the seeds extracted, and
after being counted and duly accredited
to the owner on the register, they were
placed in beautiful transparent
glass bowl. The lemons were
taken by the squeezing commit
tee and ''squoze'' into an immense
punch bowl. The guests were then in
vited to fepast of strictly lemon-made
edibleS-lemon ice, lemon ice cream
lemon cake, lemon jelly, sardines and
lemon, lemon cream pie and every con-
ceivable sort of lemon-flavored food
Placed beside each plate was a bunch of
yellow roses tied with satin bow of the
same shade. After partaking of this
unique repast the glass bowl containing
the seeds was placed on the table and a
prize offered to her who should guess the
number of seeds therein, and a ''booby
prize" to him who should hazard the
least accurate guess. After numerous
methods, both fair and foul, had been re-
sorted to, and each guess had been
duly registered, the seeds were counted
and the prizes awarded. The winner of
The grand prize, coming within three of
the correct number received an exquisite
lemon-colored glass lemonade bowl,
while the "booby" was made happy with
wooden lemon-squeezer. A prize was
then awarded to her whose lemon con-
tanned the most seeds, and another to her
who had the fewest. Meanwhile skillful
hands had prepared punch in the large
bowl into which the lemons were
squeezed.
DR.. Abernethy's Wonderful Memory.
A gentleman dining with Abernethy,
the famous surgeon, on q birthday of
Mrs. Abernethy's had composed long
copy of verses in honor of the occasion,
which he repeated to the family circle al
ter dinner.
''Ahp' said Abernethy, smiling, 'that
IS good joke now, your pretending to
have written those verses"
His friend simply rejoined that, such as
they were, they were certainly his own.
After little good-natured bantering
his friend began to exhibit something
like annoyance at Abernethy's apparent
incredulity; so, thinking it was time to
finish the joke, Abernethy said:
why, know those verses very well
and could say them by heart"
His friend declared it to be impossible,
when Abernethy Immediately repeated
them throughout correctly and with the
greatest apparent ease.
The author of the verses could but
stare in establishment, wherein mortifica-
ton likewise had place. He could only
be appeased when Abernethy laughingly
explained it as trick of his memory
Household.