Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
A LITERARY W00|NG
Book Titles as a Means of
Amusement.
ALL POPULAR NOVELS
WHAT A CLEVER WOMAN DID
WITH THEIR NAMES.
A Social Gathering Kept Busy Guess
ing for an
Hour.
ALL POPULAR NOVELS
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
One of the problems confronting the off,
GERS and entertainment committee OF a wo-
mans club is the annual evening gathering
when the men folk are on hand with that
half satirical air of expecting to be inn
pressed. program Of papers, addresses
and music seldom appeals to an assemblage
of professionals and an evening deyot-
ed to cards or dancing would bring down
upon the heads of the luckless committee
the term frivolous
Undoubtedly, therefore. the clever con-
test recently arranged by couple of book
ish women in New York will prove a boon to
these same anxious committee women The
plan Is sufficiently literary in its flavor to
suit those spirits who Insist upon having
the dignity of the organization maintained.
and yet obvious enough to amuse the most
casual reader of current literature.
The list Of questions were written in small
books similar to dance cards, and finish
ed with small pencils tassels' The cover
showed a pen-and-ink title. "A Literary
Ccurtship' The hostess explained thar the
correct answers to the questions, which
follow. were the titles of well-known books:
Who was the colonial bride?
Who was the colonial groom?
From what height did the bride first see
the groom?
Where did they meet?
Through what frame of mind did the
bride pass before she gave her final answer?
When her mind was at rest what was the
result?
What was the groom's gift to the bride?
WI ich of all her presents from royalty
did the bride prize most highly?
Who performed the wedding ceremony?
What did the bride and groom exchange
at the altar?
What vow did they take?
What flowers did the bride carry?
What prince attended the wedding?
What princess was also present?
What churchman was among those pres
emit?
What was his gift to the bride?
How did the nearest neighbors speak Of
the wedding?
Where did the bride and groom go on
their wedding journey?
In what house did they take up their res
idence?
What came to them several years later?
Who was the chi!dren's constant COM
panion?
What did the husband and wife take at
the end of twenty-five years?
Where was the last place to which they
went?
Fully an hour elapsed before the guests
were willing to turn in their booklets to
the hostess and by that time every one
knew every one else, and most friendly re-
lations were established in a gathering
w
strained. bright young woman who is
private secretary to reviewer of locks
during the day, and who belongs to wo
evening reading circles, captured the Irst
prize for inditing the following correc.
swers:
Janice Meredith.
Richard Carved.
A Window in ThrUmS.
Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush
The Valley of Decision.
The Crisis.
The Diamond Necklace.
The Queens Lace Handkerchief.
The Little Minister.
The Hand and the Rig.
To Have and to Hold.
A Lily of France. -
The Prince Of India.
The Princess Aline.
Kentucky Cardinal.
The Cardinals Snuff Box.
That Affair Next Door.
Around the World in Eighty Days
The House With the Green Shutters.
The Heavenly Twins.
Bob Son OF Battle.
Their Silver Wedding Journey.
The Eternal City.
The prizes were a pretty magazine cover
in burnt leather, and years subscription
to a well-known review of new books
While on this occasion everything was
clever, deft-hngered women on Its commit
tee can make the plans more elaborate.
The covers fsr the booklets may be done in
water colors. showing Wee revolutionary or
colonial studies, and thus be charming SOU
venirs of the evening. On the other hand,
if everything must be done in haste. the
questions may be run off quickly by type
writer, and the slips of paper caught to-
eesher with bits Of baby ribbon. pencils OF
any sort being passed round. And various
sets of questions on various subjects can
be got up wish . little time and thought