The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29

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Undoubtedly. 4 souvenir hath charms
20 soothe the feminine breast. 1t may be
because OF that strong, old Anglo. Saxon
II instinct which brings Uncle Sam to en-
core In Southern climate the act OF
seceasion. which, about forty-thrce years
ago, he seemed very ready to hiss from
: the stage. and which induces John Bull
TO carry his civilization and cnllghten:
ment exclusively to lands OF wealth and
wide extent VI sa .sa
But / rather think that the souvenirs
which We bear in triumph from our
a3neghbors' entertainments are generally
too frail and useless 10 be looked upon
as adding to our wealth. Theirs must
be the charm Of he'thing Of beauty or
they must have the attractions. possessed
by IIelne's Latin verbs. . i d 3.
You remember that delightful himor-
+ let used to say that his painfully ac-s
II uuired knowledge 3of the irregular Latin
verbs had been always and altogether
useless to him: yet In moments OF depres-
sion, when the wolf WAS at the door,
Il was great solace to him to remember
that coma what might. he still knew the
irrcgula verbs in Latin. MI
Blue Ribbon and Forget-Me-
h, Nots.
A largo amount OF ingenuity and skill
may be used in preparing all souyenira,
and especially in decorating score carda.
heard recently OF a progressive euchre
party. given outside OF ldchmond. whore
each guest. on her arrival was given q
piece OF blue ribbon bearing tn, number
of the table TO which she was to COM
rncnce playing. and OF the part, over
which abe would start the game. After
each successful round. an artificial flower
was presented to her and 10 her partner
BY little girl, dressed as an ld-fash-
1cned seller Of flowers 80 that when the,
tlme came for her to e1cavate Tor her
swraps IN the cloak room, she had quite
an imposing bouquet Of forget-me -nots.&
Tale Told in Fish.
& IN the same way, / should think tho
Il score OF n game could be kept BY little
pasteboard fish being slipped on RIB
bon, indica ting ones partner and table.
and lis who caught Dame Fortunes
golden smile" would go home with
Matched by Characters.
On regular painted score card one can
avoid using tho numbers or the letters u
the alphabet to designate partners, by
drawing on the pastsbonrd. sketches OF
we'll known couples. such as Punch and
:1udy. MI. and Mrs. Mlcnwber. Isaac and
Rebecca. or Jack and Gill. The heroes
and hero!nes who traverse the pages OF
modern fiction would serve Just as well
for score card decoration. excepting tnat
hey would need to be labelled lika drug.
wist's bottles. and even then any Eueat
whose ledgers and law books had crowded
out tho modern novel. might have some
difficulty in finding, the partner intended
for him.
Paired as Animals.
Another plan for marking the cards is
90 paint on them two ducks. two geese.
two CRATES, two elephants, two cows, and
30 on through tho animal KINGDOM.
should think this moght be amusing II the
pictures wero carlcatures OF the animals
and II, for instance. the SRA ffe fell to the
lot OF one whose style OF beauty was SINH.
lhr to that OF the giraffe. s
And rs every one knows, a goose, or a
bear, or a rat. when he sees one. this style
OF decoration would serve admirably the
purpose of distinguishing partners. Its
Language would be as plain as that Of
an Irishwoman of whom ! heard recent
ly.
Molly, the Irish Girl. was travelling IN
Europe two summers ago with an Amer
lean woman and her children. At Berlin
one day she came In ana announced TO
I
the corner restaurant where they
have the incest lamb chops. almost as
good as one can buy In America"
''But how did you know what German
words to use In ordering lamb chopT'
asked the mistress; knowing that Molly
had never learnt any language but her
own. ,i VIM VA .i.s9 4
81 "Well, sat down at a table and said:
Bring me lamb chops Tho man lookeu
at mo with his mouth open as 1t no didn't
have a grain Of sense--not o grain Then.
remembered that these geese did not
understand plain English when they
heard 1t, 1t came back to mo. too. that
i had once heard Of the word 'Klolne,'
meaning little. SO, leaned across the
table and said, Kleine.' and then. bah
ah-ah, Just Ikea sheep you know. And
ne understood right away that meant to
say1little Sheep because no brought me
lamb chops before you could set out Jack
Robinson"
Apt Quotations.
It IL very appropriate II you want a
DECORATION pure and simple for your card
to paint It with such quotations as;
.'For ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain, the heather Chinese is peculiar
y or,
.'Forgetful of the precious prize,
y "IIs's euchered by his partners eyes
The first quotation might be illustrates
u by sketch OF Chinaman pushing q
card up his sleeve, and the second could
bear beneath It a pair OF green eyes.
Alice in Wonderland.
FOR children's party, Prince Charming
land Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and
their compatrlots from Fairy Land make
suitable Alugtrations, Small in,pressloaeo
four-leafed coyers and gilt horseshoes
are pretty substitutes for the old fashion,
ed PUNCHES which made the cards look as
IL they had been put UP as MARKS for .
rifle club,
The Impossible Thing.
a5sIt Is hard to give any suggestion thr thf
graceful and speedy separation into cou
pies of SO large a crowd. as is seen at thu
Nheneftt, teucIlra s parties sometlmes giYe1