The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
THE COMMUNlSTlC LIFE
l. IN THE SUBURBS.
Practical Form OF Socialism at
Five o'Clock Teas 1n5
Other Fun:sionj.

The nearest approach to commun ism
IN this country. 4 conmuter told his friend
ct luncheon the other day. lis orr suburban
society. Nobody owns everything, every
body owns something, and whatever any
/ body owns is shared by everybody
Tor example. Mrs. Brown decides to
give tea.
As Mrs. Green wife u the florist who
lives next door, has promised eight dozen
rod carnations, Mrs. Brown decides to have
it q red tea,
Miss White, the ,pinster lndy on Maple
street With the silver service and family
connections. IL of course only too glad to
lend her teapot oaddy and tray when she
hears II it. For didn't Mrs Brown send
over four quarts Of ice cream for her supper
after the assembly last fall?
Mrs. Back, who has a heart shaped
sandwich cutter. volunteers to make all the
sandwiches but OF course Mrs. Brown
can't think of imposing upon her TO that
extent. However, since she really insists,
Mrs Brown will let her make half Mrs.
Redmond who is charmed 10 lend her
yellow Royal Worcester for the flowers,
will make the other half
llitll Nllft couple ~ ItlutI AliANhlN
questions Would the fudge candies that
Miss Vassar has promised to make lock
better in Mrs Gassmeyer's silver d.shes or
in Miss slvermann's cut glass bowls?
And how about the table? DoiIies. or
q tablecoth? or course cloth saves the
table a lot but nine cases out Of ten The
offer OF Mrs Pinhrev's Mexican drawn
work doilies will decide the question the
other way
The Misses Gray come over 70 help
address he cards and write the cLst omary
10 inset Miss B.tmer' down IN the corner.
Miss Blumer'. only been in H. town three
years, you Know. 50 all of the tCgs and
thng- g re given Tor her INTRODUCTION
/ hear there's "A new family COMING
suppo O. Miss B.umer will have 20 consider
herself sufficiently introduced 10 pitch IN
and do a litilo work herself,
The day before the ten Mrs. Drahney
comes over 10 help with he dncoIauon,-
she has such q lGuack AT thgt sort u think
IT, very fortunate that she has too, Tor
Miss Vassar who had intended to 80 1t
MI clone telephones over at toe lat minute
that her fudge didn't ciumb nicely the
ir-' ti!no 20 she'll have to stay home ana
boil il over.
"On the afternoon Of the tea. when tie
finishing touches hav' boon put on HvHrT-
thing all the women except The one, who
are going 20 pour or receive. ri-n nom"
ard put on the Dire .es they didn't wear
Ia I time
/ couple u hours later the carriages
begin to draw up in front Of Mrs, Browns
house.
By o'cloc, tho women who have hcou
working BIKE slaves together all ""'k are
boving and smiling e, one another a' II
they hadn't laid eyc@ CA each otner or
Ism, this charming. gnshc. elderly
Mi. White. wfh m udmii.ng glance az ntr
tea service
Simply delightful" agrees Mr.. Greon
snilinp 10 the carnations apurcc@iVo.r.
Delicious chorus Mrs. Black and Ms
Redmond, each n.bbling heart shaped
sandwich.
Ye.. and such tasteful decorations"
Mrs Drpbneg adds
Peau- Mr. cI}rowr, bubbles forth
Ms, Na.-,r I haven't tasted fudge like
this since was At smith II had crimEed
eplendidly after tUe second boiling.
We cant tell you, my dear the Misses
GRAY sav 20 Mr. Brown a. they are leaving,
how much we appreciate your giving thi+.
All The trouble -addre sing all the cqr7s
and everything va know what It must
have hcon
The week after Mr. Brown'- ten Mrs
Rla"k with her heart shaped sandwich
cutter a- a nucleus starts on on her tnf 70
Introduce fho unacquaintcd Nj R'r1or.
and tho scene Of action i transferred 10
the Rlac, mansion.
And so it goes. all around the own
Say, old man. won't YOU como ONT 70
dinner tonight, III give you on"
creamea OYSTERS that are worth tv'c' ho
trim that t.. of course. il the chatting dish
is back from the Drarney card Marty yet