The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-09
ST. CATHERINE PARTY.
A Jolly Evening With the Patron Saint
of Old Maids.


Every dog has his day, and the old
maid, not the up to date bachelor girl
who scorns such a useless piece Of fur.
niture In her cory little apartment as
husband. but the genuinely sentimen.
tai old maid, can have a day on the
18th Of November IL she SO desires, for
this is st. GATHERINGS day, the patron
saint OF "cId maids In France even
the twentieth century maiden takes
her love affairs seriously. and she goes
to church. bright and early on the 25th
of November armed with q bouquet,
which she lays upon the altar, Offering
at the same time prayer to ST. Cath.
crime to send her husband and soon,
please. dear st. Catherine" The Amer.
lean girl cuts out the religious cere-
mony on this suspicious occasion. and,
though her heart be aching, she makes
merry with party, and lie she prays IT
Is not like the Pharisee on the street
corner, but in secret beside her couch
bed.
A jolly old NADIA namesake, by the
way, Of the nnartyred st. Catherine OF
Alexandria--is sending out invitations
for rally" as she fippantly calls
her st. GATHERINGS party. These invi.
tations are III the guise OF postcards
with little Sally Water Of nursery
fame weeping and wailing for young
man as the decorative feature, and
they read:
A ST. GATHERINGS RALLY.
Como and help me elect husband.
Last meeting before the campaign closes.
November twenty fifth, nine p. M
The guests will not be hidden ap-
parently to the house OF mirth. for In
the reception room all is uncertainty
and gloom. Funeral looking gray
moss, caught up with pierced silver
hearts, drapes the room, and the only
light is that from numberless candles
held In sconces and candlestfcks hung
with black. Suspended from the cen
trail chandelier Is a ballet box, the bot
tom OF which is covered with thin pa
per. Through central opening de-
pend streamers Of red ribbon The
box Is black and lettered in red-mat-
rimonial ballot After greeting their
hostess each guest will be asked to
vote, which means to pull an end Of
the ribbon hanging from the ballot
box On the box end is attached
piece of paper with a number on It.
About the room are mems coats OF
various sizes with corresponding num-
bers on them. The girls match their
numbers to the coats, and the man
whose numeral corresponds TO that of
a girls must try to I'LL the garment
and become the hance of the owner
for the evening. Lots Of fun ensues
during this casting and recasting of
votes.
game 10 be played later on Is ac-
By having prepared be-
forehand as many peanut shells as
there are people. each one filed with |
a paper on which are several letters |
Of a word, ami the complement Of
letters is placed in another shell. The |
shells are tied together with narrow
ribbon. The object Of the game is to
find the person who has the letters
completing the word. The letters of
the words are divided evenly between /
the men and the eirls-that is, man
has one part Of the word and girl !
the other half. After taking with his
partner for ten minutes the girls so
out Of the room and the men are hand
I'd cards on which are the following
questions;
What Is the color Of her eyesz"
The shade Of her. hairg How is !