New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
4 hLENTTNE PARTY.
Original 1fau Offering HINTS 10
an Enterp71ane Hostess.

,r,. a, ubo attempts valentine party IN
these days of ideas" said matron' 'ahe' @
thing but a simple affair on her hahos' Wy ,,
h,r gave a function of this kind last year. anu 'i
tSoh u was in the afternoon and only women
nre invited I believe she must have been prepar-
ing for it during at least SIX months. .o
..rLa n.rtv was given i'm suburban toWn-one
81 ,ha niaces where there is regular sisterhood OF
ron,en uhere they play cards afternoons. ana se'
~, h,ars and have thmble parties whose pusl-
,,ass n Is to meet and embroder, visit ana serle
tea at O'Clock, and then an rush i'onS NJ,
,ir,e for dinner before the husbands altNe' "
neiehbor had the reputation OF pelhS ~
idese and we all knew when the invitations were were
received that 1T would pe an aii'' -
The invitation read as foiioWs'
G. Valentine presents his compiments and ana PIGS
Won bonor his natal day at the nome irai H valen-
tin sO 10 be addressed Mrs So-ands9 VINO % % wapd
of the guests on Of the most popular mssve
February the fourteenth s''o p H.
Every guest therefore carried Vaieh'Ine ,,otn,
nal az requested each keeping In nina some pon'
Of appropriateness relative TO the one u -
1-.s dtracted to address it. There was tapie III
49,, TN N hold the valentines. and as there were
bout ,brtv-ive invited, the table fairiy oNe,
lowed with parcels, envelopes boxes e'',' -
i, ,be fact that many of the missves hao con-
,dar.b,e substance-as afterward proved
..rba first thing the programme dItei
go. ,ad oil arrived was the distribution ci siiia'i
Io.rt sbaned booklets. The latter were cut iiVi'i
os ,rdbosrd had four leaflets inside, and 10 'he
-. .s attached a small pencil from one emo ol
- rhbon while suspended from the otner emu
nos q nanny On the first page within the co'ei
of the booklet was 1nScTipeu III "A7
for your thoughts . ,s+ NJ
con the following page of the leanet was =" lA' 20
the different things to be fouho on pen' g.
oo,,rse this is not a idea. A penny parry 10
,ea,1,y rather an old affair but we founo Out pe
we had finished that our hostess hao ui9C
sor,e entirely new objects on the penny do .i''
indicated The penny was an 1888 penny ny
wav The list of objects TO be searcheo lor vi '''
penny as toloWs' = ,. ,oaa ~
az a messenger zone cent?. Z Ancient h0ue "
isbuen+ fscaIp). 8. An animal hare) l. Flece
- o-,nor fshieldl s. Devoted young man (oeaU'
sa,+b American fruit (datc). Z. Place OF worship
%..,1.1 g Portion of hill (broN) g. spring
eowers nulips). TO- Three weapons (spear, Do" anu
orro1y, II First American settler Chuiaip-
En,blan of victory Qaurel wreath)- 10 Two Sicea
:. ,o+e loves and noseD. II An emblem OF roEal'S
Itha.hnre, II One way of expressing matr1Inony
I1nt,od statee, 1S, Something found in q schooi
l,t,n II Plenty of assurance (cheek)' ls fart VI VI
= river Cnouth). 10. Part Of stove ulu'' -'
Youth and Old age QS and ss)
Irrbn answers given in the parentheses above
u,ere IF course, TO be written there by each guest
ord after a sufficient time had elapsed 1or inc
Guessing contest the ringing Of bell was the SIG
aI for the guests to exchange booklets "hlle the
orrec+ answers were read by the hostess A prize
-.s awarded to the having the greatest num-
her Of correct answers. ,
After the excitement consequent upon the De