The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-29
SAID THE SPIDER TO A FLY.
win You Walk Into My Parlor and Spin
Coawebs?


The cobweb party is always a pretty
sight and this season the cobWeb party
will be supremely popular.
To make pretty affair that will be
an assured success the lower floor of a
house should be mainly utilized-that
is, the parlor, with dining room at
tached-and the hall can take a share
if wide enough. But in any case there
should be passageway of good width,
so as to form an egress for the com
ing and going of the guests. The plan
when we'll laid is network Of Irvine
in the form of one big cabinet.
In giving this party 10 couples are
really the limit. The hour appointed is
generally $3.50 sharp, as there is a linz
tied time given for the ENHANCEMENT Of
the cords.
For room to be thoroughly equipped
with a cobweb at least two pounds OF
Irvine are required, which should be of
the best quality, SO that a breakage
would be impossible after the tie-up is
made. The colors selected should be a
medium tint, the better tone being a
delicate gray To commence this intri-
cate process the winders should start
from given points, one to the right side
the other on the left hand Of the room
where it is to be done.
If a beginning is to be made at the
mantel like those of cabinet form the
small uprights are exceedingly useful
for the purpose Then the Irvine should
be carried along the shelves down to
the fireplace. under the chairs, fastened
tightly over the rungs and finally maxi
ing a broad sweep to the chandelier
above, making a network over the
brasswork and tbau across to the wall,
where it finds a SAL sla&a behind pic
lures Gliding itself a. Ind ne poles of
the portieres and endi.t&' IN remote
place on the surface, over y cozy cor
ner. quite out of sight. wh~Ee at the
end of this should be fastened a small
souvenir which the finder claims as her
own when her special network is I'M
raveled. The other Of equal length
should take another course, winding it.
self around the sofa, hugging the legs
of the piano and from there through
the keyhole, making tracks in it's vari-
Gus turnings until it reaches the exact
| spot where the first one is stationary.
| On the end of this is also souvenir
| which the untwister claims. Each
| couple starts off perfectly independent
and without help from each other, so
that after a successful march has been
| taken the cords are unraveled and
souvenirs obtained through much
climbing and the point gained. Many
| times the two cords are firmly knotted
| together, the tie-up creating confusion
| that DGttIllSS IuOIG DIS tile
game goes on. A certain time is allotted
| for each couple, so that no dissatisfac-
ton is given.
All the couples are paired off and
| numbered, so that each in turn is called.
! If preferred this cobweb Of cords can
| be taken up the staircase. SO that a
better view can be obtained by the
| lookers-on.
| For the clever woman who wishes to
| give a particular Zest to the occasion
each souvenir can be accompanied by
a quotation inclosed in the parcel at
the end of each cord. For a woman
there may be a tiny looking glass, with
the Shakespearean motto, "A glass Of
fashion, a mould of form" For a man,
Like a butterfly he fits from flower
to flower" In selecting trif1es childish
objects are very amusing, like woolly
lamb tied up with a narrow satin rib
bon, a little Indian doll, horn; in
fact, any of the queer toys liked by
children, or if preferred, there may be
the usual prizes given as in other en-
tertainments. After the cobweb is
taken down a supper and dance fol-
low