Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-24
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WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY.

WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY.
A most amusing little entertainment
is white elephant party.
Invitations took the form of small
sized posters of gray cardboard, on
these were pasted elephants cut from
white note paper, below which written
in red ink was the following metrdcal
effusion:-
Twenty white elephants going for
song,
Have you an elephant? Bring it along.
Box it and tie it, a mark If you please,
You'll be rid of your burden with
laughter and ease.'
The definition of white elephant
was added for the enlightenment Of
all such as failed to classify the
troublesome possession under Its
proper head
"a white elephant is something you
don't like land have no use for, yet,
which is too good to throw away"
On the reverse side of the poster
the conventional invitations were
written naming hour and date for the
fun.
Accordingly one Winters afternoon
found twenty laughing women assem-
bled in the house from which the post
ers were issued, each guest carrying
a box of varying size and shape.
When the last expected guest had
made her appearance the signal for
exchange of the white elephants was
given.
Each woman exchanged with some
one else, then retired to some seclud-
ed corner to examine her prize. If
this proved hardly more tempting than
the elephant just disposed of. she was
privileged to return it to its box and
to continue the exchange.
BY this time all elephants had ex-
changed owners several times, the
most laughable confusion resulted.
Players brought back by exchange
their own burdens, or those previous
| ly examined, the exchange becoming,
consequently, faster and more furious
with every moment.
At the end of three-quarters of an
hour each guest having made her de
cision, the exchanging was discon'
! tinued.
A merry sit-down contest was ar
ranged when the entertainer distribut
ed squares of white paper from which
| all were requested to tear (without
recourse to scissors) the figure of an
elephant. The maker of the cleverest
animal won an elephant dn hard choco
late as prize.
Light refreshments, among which
cookies in the form of elephants TIED
with baby ribbon cut a prominent fig
ure, rounded out delightful after
noon.-New York Press.
RODE A CROCODILE AT SEA.
| Warren Frazier, better known al
"Alligator Joe," treated society foil
at Palm Beach to new sporting sen
sation. He towed crocodile weigh
ing 200 pounds well out into the At
lantfc ocean, had wrestling mattel
with it, mounted it bareback, ant
brought it back to shore. The crowd
mostly women, gasped until 1t wa:
i over, and then applauded smartly.
The crocodile was about sixty t.
seventy years old and perhaps twelve
/ feet long. He's young one" sait
Frazier, and he spoke truly, for thu
patriarch of his tribe is declared t
be more than 400 years DID, Ate
towing it out, Frazier released 1t, the1
made quick jump and landed stom
ach down on the creatures back
Over and over they went, like boy
wrestling. The tail Of the ANNA
flashing about could be seen, and a
times it's forefeet were exposed a
Frazier tilted it up.
Gradually Frazier worked the rer
4 tile to steep bank. A rope wa
thrown to him Keeping the crocodil
under water, he tied the cord aroun
| it's long snout in two places. 1t wa
then dragged ashore and its tail wa
tied to its head SO that it could b
lifted into cart.
The reptile toward the end appeal
ed to be completely tagged. bu
Frazier showed no exhaustion.-Pal:
/ Beach Dispatch to New York Times.