Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-10-13
An Apple Party.


A novel entertainment either for
Halloween or Harvest is an Apple
Party.
The guests at such party are ex-
pected to wear some adornment OF an
apple character. At the one attended
BY the writer every gentleman wore a
crab-apple as buttonhole bouquet.
One of the ladies wore sort OF tiara OF
small crab apples, while several wore a
spray of them in the hair. A rope OF
crab-apples formed the girdle of one
young girl and another wore them as
fringe around the bottom of her dress,
which came only to her boot tops. A
matronly lady had row of apple turn
overs outlining the front breadth of her
black skirt. These were painted IN
sepia tints on cream-cOlored percoline,
cut out and fastened on the skirt. A
rosy young miss had strings of dried ap.
pies festooned about her, while big, red
nonesuch and baldwin apples were very
much in evidence as waist adornments.
Each guest on entering, was given a
card bearing letter and a number. The
letter was one in brand of apples and
the number referred to the brand. For
instance,-pippins were numbered 3,
seek no furthers, 5, etc. Of course, in
group were six persons, one for each
letter in the word 'pippin," while in the
fifth GROUP W e fourteen persons. Each
group was p. divided with one pencil and
one sheet of p .Der, was assigned to
particular corner of the room and told to
write poem on it's particular kind of ap-
pie. At the end of fifteen minutes the
poems were collected and read aloud,
and a committee, previously appointed,
decided upon their merits. The group
producing the best poem was presented
with basket of assorted apples, which
were Immediately passed around and
eaten.
Then came an apple gathering contest
resembling potato race in which twelve
apples were arranged in two rows at
regular distances from each other, and
the company divided itself into two
sides. One person at time from each
side, armed with a tablespoon, tried to
pick up his six apples in his spoon,
carry each, as spooned to the basket at
the head of the row and return for an
other. TIE side which scored the
most winners beat.
The literary part of the entertainment
which followed this, consisted OF read
ings, recitations, and songs, all of which
treated of the subject of apples. These
were both se'ec' ID and original. Among
them were Bl. Int S planting of the APP
pie Tree" "The High-Top Sweeting,"
by Elizabeth Akers, selections from Hol-
lands "Bittersweet," and "The School
Boys Apple Tree" by Hezekiah Butter
wo til.
BY this tipe appetizing odors were
creeping in from the kitchen, and soon
we were called out to supper, in which
the apple scheme was still carried out.
Lamb chops, with which were sci ved
hot Tolls and apple butter, fried apples,
apple fritters, and apple sauce, were fol-
lowed by Waldorf salad, which, as every
body knows, is largely composed OF
chopped apples. Then came course OF
baked apples ard cream, followed by an
i'm nense F. n-dowdy.
Apple pies and turnovers and tarts of
pastry filled with sparkling crab-apple
jelly followed, and then was brought on
snow pudding, which is kind of
glorified apple custard overtopped with
qudking mound of whipped cream.
Nuts, apples, and coffee wound up the
feaS-.-Modern Priscilla.