The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-17
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

The near approach Of the social sea-
son lends special interest to novel ideas
in providing entertainment and refresh
ments for guests. A novelty party is
specially good at this season of the
year. Each guest is required to bring
any or all novelties or interesting
things they have picked up while away
for the summer and relate to the as
sembled company quite informally the
associations that cluster around them.
A trip-around- party is an
other new notion that will prove quite
entertaining. Articles suggestive of
different places in the world, things for
which the place is famous, for instance,
cigar for Havana, an empty baked
bean can for Boston, tea for China or
Ceylon, lace for Brussels, shamrock for
Ireland, silk for Lyons, bottle of CO.
logne for Cologne, ETC., are placed upon
table or hung upon curtain or the
wall. Then the guests are given num-
bered blanks to write down the places
they visit liz their supposed trip around
the world. A prize given for the most
complete list is optional, but often
lends zest.
A left-handed function creates much
merriment. Each guest upon arrival
has his or her right hand put in sling
and is required to do everything the
entire evening with the left hand.
Friendly contests, at which trifling
prizes are awarded, add to the excite
ment. The feminine portion of the
company sew a left-handed seam, as
opposed to left-handed pictures cut or
drawn by masculinity. There is much
rivalry as to who can pay the best left
! handed compliment.
| Not SO new, yet quite entertaining,
too, is the party where each guest has a
placard fastened to their back upon
+ which is written the name of some
character famous in life, fiction or his
tory. The object of each one is to
guess what character he or she repre-
sents from the conversation and con-
duct of the others, as each must be
addressed by the others in manner
I fitting the assumed character. Queen
Elizabeth must have homage paid her,
Hamlet should be treated with all seri-
! business, but one may cOquette with
Carmen.
| Another amusement that helps most
pleasantly to pass an evening is So
called liberty party. At this each lady
is given the name of book and each
gentleman an attractively gotten up
little catalogue in which are names
of the books in the library. Selecting
his title, he goes to the librarian, (host-
ess) and she consults her catalogue and
! finds which lady has been given that
title and conducts the man to her. A
decorative set OF rules is hung in the
room where the party is held. That
each book may be kept out only Is
minutes; that each minute thereafter
| will be fined, the fine being SO many
minutes without any book at all for
| each minute: that each book, if the ap-
plication is received promptly on time,
may be renewed once; that any nook
or room in the house may be visited to
read the books, and any others that
suggest themselves at the time.
When the entertainment is provided,
then refreshments have also to be con-
sidered. Ice cream sandwiches have
been very popular this summer. These
are composed of squares or oblongs of
sponge cake with any desired flavor of
ice cream pressed between. Sometimes
whipped cream, favored with dash of
some cordial, is poured over it. Rice
pudding favored with sherry wine and
then frozen like ice cream is decided
novelty. Ice cream croquettes are made
of ice cream shaped in croquette
mold and then rolled in macaroon
crumbs. A very nice sandwich filling
may be made of cold ham or tongue
minced through a meat chopper and
then mixed with mayonnaise to form
thick PASTE Butter the bread and
then spread