The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-12-28
NOTES AND QUERIES
What is the old belief in regard to

The Times-Herald of December %,
has answered the above question fully.
L append the extract:
The sentimental girl will have an op-
portunity on Christmas day of finding
out for certainty whether she or her
bosom friend will be married first The
wishbone of the Christmas turkey is in
fallible in that respect The most APP
proved method is for the two friends
to pull the wishbone, the one getting
the larger piece with the fiat end be-
ing the one who will first be married.
A young woman who has been most
successful in getting the larger end
says you cannot fail to get it il you
simply hold your end and let the other
one pull.
After you have pulled the bone and
broken the larger piece you can either
hang it up on the door to see whom
you will marry, or you may find IL out
in another way
Have friend write the names of five
men you know on separate pieces Of pa
per and fold the papers up. On two
other slips write. respectively, "stran-
GER and 'old maid" Then have your
friend place the wishbone and the sew
en- slips of paper in an envelope and
shake them up. Place the envelope I'M
der your pillow for seven successive
nights. each morning drawing out one
slip. The paper drawn on the seventh
morning contains your fate. II it bears
the name of "the particular he' you
may be sure IL will come true" II 1t,
alas! bears the words "old maid" you
have the consolation of knowing that
your friend who pulled the bone with
you shares the same fate. for, accord
ing to the way the bone broke, you are
to be married first.
We have received invitations to a
reception which j regret that we can
not accept. Shall l send regrets or just
my card and my husbands?
JANE w.
1t is not an absolute necessity to send
a reply to an invitation to a reception
unless one be requested which is sell
dom the case. 1t is never out of place
however to acknowledge an invitation
to any kind of party.
l have received announcement cards
of an acquaintance's marriage at Ban
gor, Maine. What is it socially neces-
sary for my husband and me to do in
Il
parties well enough for the most for
NAL letter of congratulation and 1 do
not know when if ever 1 shall be in
Maine. MARY H.
Send your cards to the address given
in the announcement and at the time
when it announces the new household
lat home" This recognition is often
forgotten. Nevertheless the reception
of announcement or wedding cards inn
peratively demands acknowledgement,
and those at all sensitive to convention
will respond to a degree measured by
the strength and length of the friend
ship or acquaintance of the pair and
the addressed. 1t does not matter if
the new unit announce themselves "at
home" after January 1st, 1897 in an ice
hut among the Eskimos. Send your
cards to that cline. 1t will reach them
by dog post, il may be year after
posting, but when they do get their &C
acknowledgements the concealed couple
will he thawed by this proof Of the good
form manifested in the western part of
North America The friendly smile and
thought with which you sent the cards
though long since spent will hoover in
the air above them like Lewis CAROLS
Cheshire cat. 1t will be the last thing
to disappear. Mr.. and Mrs. 1ce-Hut
will freeze your card to the wall of
their dwelling and seeing it there every
day will remind them when they pack
up their collection to bring you some
thing and perhaps they will drop you
a little white polar bear skin as they
pass your town on their way home. 1t
How can / get rid of wrinkles and
bIotches on my face?-Angelica.
II is a foolish idea to think one can
get rid of wrinkles by filling them with
face powder. The best way is to give
the face a Russian bath every night.
The principle of this bath is to battle
the face in such hot water that 1t makes
-. ,,,r,n ayarv time II is applied and