Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-05-26
HAD A COMET PARTY.


In Monday mornings mail differ
emit members Of the U and neighbor
hood received bunch of invitations
containing minute instructions for {
comet party on Tuesday, May IL
Those who received the invitations
set at work at once to deliver them
Each person was told to represent
. planet. Part Of them were to
meetat once place, some at another,
and still others were to remain at
home until the phone rang. No one
except those who had charge Of af-
fairs. knew where the comet was to
hit.
II. A. McCulloh had received In
strnctions, to meet the south crowd
at Amebaugh's- corner, drive north
untilshe Joined the river crowd, and
then drive south as rapidly as he
could and II he could not guess whore
the comet was to strike he was to ask
Mrs. P.B. Ross.
Mr.. McCulIoh is quite a good
guesser SO he drove to the home Of |
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin HoffnelI. NJ.
and Mrs. Hofsnell hal not had r'me
to remove all traces of their satur-
day morning fire, but that did nc:
worry the U and crowd, as there
were no less tlan one hundred and |
twenty-five people present, including
the. invited guests, those out side he
charmed circle. lHa 4l Y
Mrs. Henry Stevens, Mrs. John
Lands, Mrs. Henry Snider, Mr.. b. ,
p Lands Mr.. Ernest Godfrey and
Mr. WIS. McCulloh were appointed !.
Judge To decide on who best repre- :
sented their especial planet. To the
strains Of march played on the !
plano by Miss Amy Linn who repre-
sented Might" the planets and all !,
'ther astral gods and e9ddesses pass >
d by the Judges stand and told
d the Judges stand, told their name .
md what they represented. After +
! half hour of serious deliberation
he prize was presented to Miss Eva ,
dolher who represented Saturn. The
Judges certainly had hard time as
here was some one to represent ev-
rything from Juno" to the Setting
un,"
After this pageant was over the
uests were informed that since they \
'ould soon be wiped off the earth )
y the comets tail they should make
leir wills, so that if any escaped
.ere would be something for then. I
lyde Stevens thinking to escape all
ire disasters had his hair shaved off.
everal OF the girls wiIled him their
its, switches and hair ornaments
fter all the wills had been made
Ie lights were suddenly extinguished
Id before anyone had time to think y
fiery comet wended its majestic Y
ay through the rooms and vanished. \
was probably eight yards long and
J light gradually diminished, leav-
6 in its wake sulphurous odor.
Those who were rescued first lit
e lamps and It was found that al !
ough some were badly scared all
d escaped injury. a
Hardly had this strange phenome-
n passed when a small object repre-
lting comet was given to Mr..
hn Taylor with instructions to close
eyes and throw 1t at some lady,
1t hit her she was his partner for
pper In this way all found part
rs. The guests then marched A.
'ough the rooms to the strains Of -
march played by Mrs John Taylor. ilie
the dining rooms dainty lads and lyl
sizes waited upon the guests. SKI
This evening was one which win for
-ays live IN the memories of the for
nd ! neighborhood. We have had Ar,
Ie more enjoyable and we hope foS
the future may hold many more ~,
d times, instead Of letting the ltCi
let carry US into oblivion. san
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