The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-14
HOW TO CONDUCT
A COMET PARTY
Star Dust and Tail Hairs on
Invitations.
PROMISES TO BE POPULAR
GUESTS MAY BE LIMITED AT
OPTION OF HOSTESS.
PROMISES TO BE P0PULAF

Chicago, May 13.-The latest thing in
social events is a comet party" and
within the next few weeks this new
form of social diversion promises to
be very popular.
Some of the hostesses who are ar
ranging to give comet parties say that
certain rules must be observed, and
that it will be well for all interested
to pay attention to these rules. First
of all. the hostess must get permission
Of her parents to give such a function
If one parent is dead. the permission
Of the other will do, and IL both are
dead, permission must be obtained
from her guardian or next friend. Hav-
ing the necessary permission. the host
eSS will issue Invitations. These inVi-
tations should be in the general form
of a comet and should have few hairs
from the comets tail sprinkled here
and there. Over all star dust should
be lightly sifted.
The invitations will say that:
Miss Sophia Stargazer
Requests the Pleasure of Your
Company at a Comet Party TO be
Given at Her Home,
SiXty-seven Hundred and Four
Rawcreek Boulevard,
Monday, May nine,
Nineteen Hundred Ten,
Nine o'clock p. m, until
Five o'clock a M
One Guest VIII Do, Maybe.
The most interesting comet parties
will be given where only one Invitation
is issued, but many parents object to
Reginald remaining that late and most
of the hostesses will issue invitations
for a large number of guests.
After talking plans over here local
hostesses have decided to have plat
forms built on the roofs of their homes
to accommodate the guests, and these
platforms will be provided with chairs,
blankets, oil stoves, foot warmers, bot
ties for keeping liquids warm and other
things needed to protect the guests
from the cool night air.
After the arrival of the guests the
first part of the night will be spent
in games and conversation" as the So
ciety editor used to say, and also in the
suppression of yawns. There will be
a little ragtime at the piano, a little
effort at vocalizing, little card play
ing and much gossip When the time
arrives for night to change to morning
and the clock strikes u, the hostess
VIII serve luncheon and there will be
plenty OF steaming coffee to arouse the
guests who are kicking themselves for
coming and who devoutly wish they
were at home in their little beds.
Rings ON Saturn's Fingers.
For luncheon the dining table should
be laid in the form of the solar sys-
some comet, planet, satellite or other
heavenly body. 1t will be entirely prop
er then to have the maid pass the sugar
from Jupiter to Mars, or to request that
the cream be taken from the Milky WAY
and given to Venus or Saturn. The
food should be of the aerial kind, as
high as possible, and the present cost
of living will help the hostess in that
respect Some time during luncheon
the person sitting at Saturns place will
be expected to arise and sing, I've Got
Rings on My Fingers etc. The rings
around Saturn Will then revolve slowly.
From midnight on the hostess will
have to use strategy to keep her guests
awake until time for the comet to aP-
pear Each guest Will be provided with
a little schedule of the comets daily
doings, clipped from the Indianapolis
News.
Climbing to the Roof.
About $3.50 in the morning the hostess
Will place ladders at the side OF the
house and all -of the guests will climb
to the roof, the hostess going last. TAX
ing seats on the platform, the guests
will look to the east and govern them
selves accordingly In a little while
every person present will insist that
he sees the comet, whether he sees ii
or not Also George will be so busy
holding Arabella's hand that he won't
care il the comet never comes back BY
and by. a few of those people who
really care to see the comet will see n
and there will be many fool remarks
/ Arabella will decide that she is afraid
/ II IS going to strike the earth soon
and George will protect her. The party
will continue on the roof until every
body wishes the comet had waited sew
/ enty-five years longer before comine
| around, when finally the hostess viii
/ give a signal and the descent of fhe
ladders viii begin
II The rest of the cold gray dawn N
II the morning after will be spent in lvfns
to the hostess about the delightful
time I've had" These comet rarffe.
promise TO become popular IN CelpIq,