The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-19
FOR THE WOMEN. 10
=. Fashion Topics and
Other Items, go.
Ont of Door Entertainments.

Some suggestions for out-of door enter
tainments which l gather from dinerent
newspapers will. l am sure, prove interest
ing at this time of the year wnen one
wants to get all the air that Is gong
One. for instance, suggests tine oid-lash'oh-
ed barn dances and says.
1.-THE woman whose summer estate
boasts of a big barn, or who can hire one
from one of her native neighbors, need
never be at loss for a picturesque means
of entertainment. Where is the dancing
girl whose heart will not bound at the
mention of "a barn ball? Even the non
dancing youth is languidly excited by IL.
OF course the barn must be cleared our
for the purpose. If flashlights and tallow
dips are the illuminat.ons so much the
better The floor must be In perfect dane
ing condition. Great sheaves or wheat or
punches OF corn5talks tied together should
deoarate the corners. The rafters must be
hung with last years ears OF corn, strings
of red peppers and other rustic decorations
If the native fddlers can be secured to
furnish the dance music the success OF
this bucoic ball Is assured
Then there Is the bicycle tea. There
may be boomers and there may not, but
there are bound to be wheels. The sug-
gestion that the teas are for charitable
purposes Is made and it Is further sug-
gested that in tents scattered over the
grounds pretty girls sell tea in cups
adorned with wheels. Wheel-shaped wIfeIs
should accompany the tea, and 50 far as
possible the bicycle idea should predomi-
nate in all the refreshments. But the
great feature of the bicycle tea" continues
the writer wno seems 10 be without the
fear of the anti-cycling crusaders in her
heart, should be "a bicycle race by several
fair enthusiasts. Managers with the
proper financial ideas will always arrange
to have the race in an Enclosed space,
costing additional admission fees. The re-
suit of such an entertainment cannot fail
to be most gratifying to its charitable
projectors"
A tree luncheon is unique idea. This
is the way that suggestion IS wOrded:
a tree luncheon IS a festyity which has
an Arcadian hdvor to it. and which de-
ponds chiefly for lis success upon the viii
lase carpenter. The cook is a secondary
power. The first requisite IS a large, shape
ly tree, with branches p.eadins gracefully
at quite distance above the ground.
Midway between the ground ,and that part
Of the trunk whore tho branches begin
10 spread a large platform should be built
out, supported at the corners opposite the
tee by strong beams Ii should be sur
rounded by rustic fence having a little
wicket gate. From the ground to this
gate stars should lead. ana the stairraii
should be of the same rustic variety 5 the
fence. This platform is capable Of many
transformations. Y hammock swung n 1t
makes IL the coolest OF lOuug4ug places.
The children ana Their toys convert it into
an admirable summer nursery. Books and
small writing table make il AN outdoor
reading room. But II IS aS u spot for a
lunch party that IL IS most attractive.
Four small tables, arranged 50 as to allow
free passage Of the servant among them
and each seating four ali decorated with
outdoor flowers or ferns, make the pref
uest possible group. " hen four times four
girls are added, together with dainty y.auds
and a .white-capped maid the effect is COM
plete.'