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Recreation of Sew sral Kinds.
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1T Is a shame, =, says well known
sli4ftShi w9n1an s't9 think 5thah4aotle
mustbe fed7in order. 10 SCI tQgetheEcfor
q social evening. bit. II You =tfont Ado
It. you might just as well chess &l0ur
church doors except for Sun15y ser
vice. This sentiment is voiced by
many others, the general impression
f'liag that q man, no matteI, what his
.dSREfs If ple5tyr " 2ffligippSt Psif raj
sion. is pretty Sure to stay away fr6fn'
q eklITqh soeiabla shl.eas he itah i5a
lpfhd bens by. th4 prosneGt Of a ,sau9re
Ipsal., This part Of the ,buSiResS il, ai;-+
ways managed by the ,ladies' Society.
r6nhettedqwith the 96tafShl ana jSnI
vhlYessh tsemeifdous amormii oflabury
The end usy.aIlsIdust ihsh. tthe, .meapst
hqWeYer, TaS, AL the, provisions being
Contributed by the parishioners, every
cent Of The 'procdeds Is clear profit! ooh
IA 6hutuh entertainment which shall
qtfaiR its primary 9bjeet of premptipa
s9GidbiiiY between 49ld and young, and
at the same time prove a financial sue
cess,' il a problem Which grows more
ana MORE .diAitnto Of solution every
year, In fphe .frst. place there must be.
a. SgIIperr This lis. just as important q
nart Of such an entertainrpent as it is
Of n chffdren's' party l.3l .19iH"ii5
mSaiad sutpars, ehafng-d dish suppers,
tpIbayi ehiGkenIpie, or oyster suppers,
arS always Nell patronized, for each
housewife is always called upon for
Her bhrtittilar Speciality I'M the way Of
Gookery.i ana zone of these delicious
meals yat rs iesptsoa head q9uidnjt be
afHpIJiIfTaltefL atoa frStrelass tresttaqprrapn1t
for less than a dollar. ~ > '''
-'1'he- iiterary part of the progharh rs
generally managed by theHynaih q peO-
Mes. s9eietY, and texperienqsd, church
workers, will say, that it is mueh more
successful if the young folks are put on
Their riettle, so to speak, with no in
terDerence or iiOVerlo0kingj on the part
Of thAigr4ldarsr For lfairs orllarge EN-
tertainments, nothing is so popular just
now. as to employ palmist This Sci
etlee HIS made such Roadway within
the past few years that ieven the small
PLACES have one or two professionals
whose SERVICES San be engaged at five
dollars for an afternoon and evening,
Or THREE dollars Tor the evening Alone
The palndsb is provided with a sortl,of
mystical 9boYsri where she gives five
minute IinterYieYS at twenty FIVE cents
a head and a fiiient taiker' can iinpart
etiotish Information to- her creduiotts
listeHeT2 in that length of time, to prog
NidsIthipkiDs, mstierfqJ a9m0nthJu9n
z cj9pcer{s, = candy 6dHsa I45hith iItt3f
atfuseheht fnP'thege lAtEetodays lmtist
include fhe imhkinglofa kettle OF fudge
Jttableanx,i spelling matches. Rapd ali
.Imrqst every n9Yelty Which, r. viyia i'm
aginatfon' can possibly suggest. The
fshing~ banks have proved 4aite lpopda
lar in some3chutthesl Two ynhng hen,
dressed If ipDcapplnNad sailor lepstnme,
preside r. oyer the q, banks; which are
made 81 iimhproVised Scenery ,r8epIresent::
Ing the Edge bfl 4 stream. Fish tjefes
are provided, fadid tine, audience are i'm
vited to pay five cents each to try their
luck. The lines seemingly fall into the
water, but realyuai6p back of the
sG8fpG 958h9 5 3}sjifsg et S!tH1hes
paeka gkoof1 cheWiiiR 9Th, itos bHdra&4n
up by the sSpeGtsnt,anglep.f drhis,g gives
.aoeQpPie IQf hours Rfi solid fun, ,besidesS
netting, a neat, little sum. and, the even
ing can be wound Up With, an iihbromp-
I'll Concert N .dIiidde eHtertalhhent
.MasI gireh recently Shy iuheO Sewing 500
1qiHty QG alsmall 1UniYersalistt branch
church. the 30 members pledgipg them
Selves 10 earn a doiibr each f6t3 SUP.
plles, taking two m6htht fordlie under-
tHkinaJ AT tho the, time
anBeYBerience m9eting Fas9toi be, held,
{bs me{h8dJo I, 9mfbi6yeddtG ftaitef fttbe
'amodht.s thdaSh' dhe .ttpaihoof eJfhrbs-
ing a poem proved too great for about
Tbal6 ;pf the mamPers, WHO hasely, in
vented all manner of subterfuges TO
ietade that part of their contraeG tie
others ehhe bfh veIy tol the front with
Some SacI)pOeticlefforts display
Iea q IhtthArtp pnYBspeeted talent ,Tbe
tge9pp1l Of Of the ePnectdionr was g sons, with
Z 5ihgie refrain, composed and Get TO
,Tnddiel by ltAfe4l Of the hahbetE, iwhb
tunefully set forth their9 cambined. ex-
periences in manner which brought
down the house. Ten cents admission
was chaEge,t tlleI Yestry- being packed
with admiring friends Of the poetesses,
and the levehih3 closed by, serving ice
egeam aha cake at fifteen cents q ,plate.
lsqld f9lkS'y CONCERT AT. Which the per-
formers, appear in costumes Of aye
soiden time" and a CARNIVAL of Dickens
lchdradters are usually popular Mother
Goose parties always take, as the field
afforded by these, nursery rhymes gives
, unbounded scope for merry making, "A.
'church=wotker gives a graphic account
of bne of these affairs where the hit of
9the evening was imAde by Mary and her
. little lamb, a popular young, man,
dressed in girls clothes as a county
maid, Ably carried off the part OF MARY,
while her lamb was reluctantly itnper-
HSonhted3 by his Z DEVOTED bull terrier,
seYed lup. in white. woolly cloth, and
Wearing. a blue Satin stock Collar SUI
mounted by an enormous bow Of rib
bomb b0uoitll9q sd llIU 9TUtfEsi .
lilSeyeral years ag9u there WAS a, Sc
ries Of entertainments laid out by a
Baptist church, and a committee of one
young man and one young woman was
appointed 70 have charge ofyeach one.
Each couple was given full power to
carry idut detailssHapd the Forthcoming
'perfppmapee,, in every, case, was, to be
kept a dead secret until 1t was given.
Naturally the odiffetent5 tomhittees
were all striving TO guido Ithei others in
the Way Of noyelltY and, one, of the af-
fairs caused quite "a cpmmotion.-< The
first number on the program consisted
tbf1JelIh dngelow'sn .Sdnss of seveh,"
which was rendered inoanlerhinently
proper manner, but the performance
closed with a series OF three comic
tableaqYD andaonei pa the committee,
who carried on a drug store, conceived
The brilliant fdeatiof5 e4nbelHshing those
tabiesuk withrFe Gre, As sort. of
ografido finale. The innovation was re-
aSeivedq With great enthusiasm Aby the