The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-10
DELIGHTFUL co NUADRUM SUPPER.

The ladies of the Linden Avenue vi. E.
Church All United Now.
While. not necessarily a feast for the
gods. a conundrum supper might be
styled an. intellectual one. That is the
mean the Helping Hand Society of the
Linden Avenue M. h. Church employed
last evening to raise money 70 pay the
interest on the church debt. The enter
imminent Was of interest to the general
public maiulY from the recent trouble its
rival. the Ladies' Aid Society. had with
the church trustees a short time ago.
Fha helping Hand Society is the friend
Of the trustees. 1t was instituted by
them aad its nae Hbsrs alp Is ina te up of
the trustees, their wives. their SOUS and
their dau yhters. 1t Is not q ladies'
so.Hety like the Ladies' Aid and is. there
fure more popular. Mr., Barge. the
Messrs. McIntyrs aud Mr.. Stokes. all
trustees of the church, are members of
IL. Last nigha they aud their wives
helped make the supper u suecsss
Other young ladies who laboset very
hard for the church's good were:-Mtss
Bosch, the Misses Anna and Grace
Armstrong, May SeyboId, Hattie Vree,
land, Bertha +. Grady, Mrs. Bosch ant
Mrs. James H. Grady.
Iu preparing for a recent entertain.
ment thaLadies' Aid Society trod GU the
eorns. metaphorieally of eourse OF the
trustees. THESE gentlemen then made
their absence at the said entertain meat.
very much felt. The entire latter
was too well ventilated IN The JERSEY
CITY NEWS next day TO reqairs amy
further references here.
Last night sensation was looked for
but failed to materialize. The members
of the Ladies' Aid Society did not retail
ate. They were present in almost their
total membership. Thus did the ladies
heap Goals of fire on the trustees heads.
This helped to- make the very novel af-
fair a huge success, and the interest IN
the church debt was smashed to smith
Greens, or something equally as scattered
and helpless, by the conundrum sup
per of last evening.
A c~onundrum supper is an affair sui
generis, and is worth describing min
utely. The viands prepared are Just as
savory aud toothsome as for any other
dinner or supper that Is TO travel on its
merits. All the daiuties OF the season
are tbere, and the variety and length
Of The menu is determined by the
taste OF the asse cabbage, Il is thu name
with W hich every dish is rechristened
that makes a c~onundrum supper tRmeuss
The useful aud accommodating ham
scarcely knows itself under the confusing
title of %Oue Who Was ip the Ark"
Aud that iyer-stagnatinG enemy TO Oh
gestion, cheese, receives a rtghthander tn
the stomach by being called "Ceagulated
Concretion.S
Chickens in the vegetables are often
the Cause Of Neighbor's Qaarrels." aud
SO CHICKEN salad reesivea that tile. Ii
bread is the Amer Can stall OF life, surely
the potato is "Eriu's Staff aud Color us
found in the leaves about a potaSe salad.
Aud 40 that article was named.
Many other ingenious terms with their
| solution tn doubt were employed to
/ designate the different dishes and TO on
fuse the guests. who ordered from the bill
of fare. This bill of fare was the work
OF Mr.. Stokes Of the Board OF Trustees.
1t was very clever and the gentleman IS
/ enttfled to much credit, for the success of
many ways. Some OF the catches" on
the bill OF fare are too good to lose.
"Untuly Member'' and "Boston's Favor
it !" We're 9 silly transferable Into tongue
alid beans. In "Great Britafn's
Strenth, Sarted." was a triae more. dill
cult TO read Corned Beef. What Every
Oae Needs(s was evidently bread. Bul
-Wnal Papa Won'G Buy Me" and Pig
iu the Wheas'e were posers to many.
how-wow aud hploGna the former Was
SO Translated. The latter was simply .
ham sandw ich.
.'Boston's Overthrow, /" "No Grounds
tor Complaint" and "A Early Relianee'
were the driHkables. tea, coffee aad mitk
For de isvre. "rhe Shakes" jelly
Yankees Delight." pie; What Cnlldrel
Cry For" cake; '.Ihe Fruit Of ths
Vine." grapes An taifocenr Gauss O
Treat, Ice cream were literally astroa-
Used. On The Tree hist were "Uapo pulal
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