The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-15
ideas for Tunnnen.

Is there any social demand which Of
tencr comes up" HI the cry for some
really new evening scheme to be used for
sweet charity's sake? The jolly little en-
tertainment given In her W home costs
the up-to-date feminine but one-tenth of
the thought and planning which she de-
votes to that affair for the church,
How about a Birthday Party to help
her out. This scheme is popular in
church social affairs where money is
an object. Then plan of a birthday party
is that each invited guest, on appearing
at. the entertainment hall shall deposit a
small pouch or bag containing as many
pennies as here are years on his head.
These bags arc never marked with the
owners name. They are heaped together
on tables as they accumulate, with a
young lady MD to watch over them.
Not until the affair is over are they
opened. So that all secrets which the
pennies might tell are buried forever.
With a scheme of this kind it is usual
to arrange a dance or musical pro-
gramme. Light. refreshments which
would cost little. might also be added.
As coffee. Sandwiches and bon-bons.
Or ices and fancy cakes.
Fol something more elaborate try the
Grecian Market place. This is practi-
cally a church bazaar. But so unique
are the decorations that no one would
for a moment think of confounding it
with the ordinary fair. met with on
every hand.
Along one side of the room runs a
row of pillars. forming an arcade, under
which the Booths are arranged and goods
displayed AT first glance these pillars
would seem q practical impossibiiity.
But they are only the work of a couple
of hours. Saw thin boards into shape
and cover with marble oil cloth. The
acade should be decorated with wreaths
of green things or branches of trees.
And the booths are made bright and
pretty If a palm or rubber plant be in
PRODUCES here and there, between them.
The aides in the Grecfan Market
Place are in appropriate costume. Long
flowing draperies may be arrived at in
no more expensive material than ordi-
nary cheese cloth.
The notion of young girls or children
costumed as flower girls is an especially
charming one. These flower girls pass
~ o<a 0OHl " AN LIN ia UOOlllS
selling buttonhole nosegays or fresh cut
flowers to the visitors.
Another idea in church entertainment
giving is the Mystery Evening. This is
purely for the children and young people
of the congregation The support will
come chiefly from those who are undo
eighteen. The idea of the Mystery Even
ing is TO create and preserve those weird
effects which young people delight in.
Everything which is done In an affair of
the kind is done in some unsupported
manner
The invitations ask that each guest be
In mask and domino. On arriving at the
reception haHe each guest is ushered into
q darkened room, where he is met by
four masked priestesses, bearing lighted
torches. These priestesses conduct him
to the assembly room, wherein the other
Euests are assembled
Any one of a dozen clever ideas may
be carried out in the entertainment. It
may be charades to. be guessed, with
prizes for the quickest Of wit; or a pam
tomime, with a story which must be
worked out.
Cakes are offered for guessing. the in
dividual who comes nearest the correct
weight receiving the econfection; or, a.
ring is baked In the cake and the section
in which titles nus be divided, the ring
being the reward for ~eleverriess in this
instance.
If a supper be given the mystery idea
IS thoroughly carried out In the eatables,
each dish being arranged to resemble
something entirely inedible. Dishes may
be passed which contain various kinds of
food. The more varied the better. The
package or box which one guest receives
may contain a ham sandwich, while that
received by. his next-door neighbor viii
contain SOME form OF Ice cream.
In fact, there are more ideas which
are suited to a mystery party than I have
space to describe. But whether the canny
woman choose. q Greeian market place,
a birthday party or a mystery evening
full churchs'a ffair-and reaped golden re-
wards. -ss9s IL
Very modern Partisan dresses are worn
by Madame Rejane in the revival of
'Divorcons," created by Doucet, the
the ~well-known milliner. One of her cos
tunes is composed of rose velvet, with
cream embroidery. the bodice made in
the shape of a vest, and the side a waist
belt n high collar Of NATIVE velvet. The
usual jabot of lace falls from the throat.
Another much admired dress is made
OF beige cloth embroidered with roses in
white chenille, the sleeves and corselet
of yellow velvet. The back Of the dress
is princess shaped, the front fastened
on one side with large buttons of moon
stones with the Inevitable lace round the
throat and the yellow band elasping the
waist. With the first dress was worn a
most seductive cape Of mauve velvet
falling in wide pieats from a cape of
chinchilla fur trimmed with lace and
owning a collar of gray fox, a singular
mixture surely, and yet to wear several
sorts of fur In Combination is the very
latest freak of fashion. Then the hat,
too, is a realf wonder of wonders.
1t is a toque formed of naauve velvet and
mousse3dne de sole, a trife Tilted to one
side by a bunch of dark blue and pale vjo-
lets and pink carnations, finished by a
monstrously high aigrette of irises and or
chtds. After this it cannot be sadd that
dress. even on the stage, where it is al
ways studied 50 carefully, is growing more
modest and less startling. Hats just now
are immensely high, though the brims are
narrower. ana worn as t1ey are ff1te5