The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-05
ST. CATHERINE PARTY.
A jolly Evening With the Patron Saint
of Old Maids.

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 cozy little apartment as
husband, but the genuinely sentimen-
tai old maid, can have a day on the
25th of November if she so desires, for
this is st. GATHERINGS day, the patron
saint of 'Old 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 a 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 If she prays it
is not like the Pharisee on the street
corner, but in secret beside her couch
bed
A jolly old MAZDA namesake. by the
way, OF the martyred st. Catherine of
Alexandria-is sending out invitations
for a rally" as she f1ippantly calls
her st. GATHERINGS party. These invi-
tations are In 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.
Come and help me elect a 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, Grapes the room, and the only
light is that from numberless candles
held in sconces and candlesticks hung
with black. Suspended from the CEN
trail chandelier Is a ballot box, the bot
tom of which is covered with thin pa
per. Through a 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 q
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 mineral corresponds to that of
girls must try to fill the garment
and become the fiance Of the owner
for the evening. Lots of fun ensues
during this casting and recasting of
votes.
A game to be played later on is ac-
complished 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 word, and 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 girls-that is, a man
has one part of the word and a girl
the other half. After talking with his
partner for ten minutes the girls go
out of the room and the men are hand
ed cards on which are the following
questions:
"What is the color Of her eyes"
''The shade of her hair?" How is
her hair arranged?" 1.-THE style Of her
frock?'' What color is it?"
The man who answers the greatest
number Of questions satisfactorily is
presented with prize.
When supper is announced ST. Cath
crime is supposed to have taken
pity on the old maids, and, having
provided each with prospective hus-
band, all is JOY. The supper room Is
brightly lighted, In marked contrast
with the gloom that has previously
prevailed. As this company is to be a
small one, a large round table seats