Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-27
An Easter SociabIe.

Members of a church and Sunday school
devised plan for raising money at
Easter season. which, although a venture,
turned out very successfully. 1t con-
tains the germ Of an idea for other COM
mittees which. although good at carrying
out plan when presented, lack the power
to originate.
The event was heralded by green and
white posters tackled up in public places
and decorated in q design Of Easter lilies,
while invitations printed on white cards
shaped In outline like the lovely blooms
themselves were sent to all church men,
bers likely to be interested. Purchase OF
ticket costing but % cents admitted the
buyer to the social event in the school
hall, with refreshments and a souvenir
the lily fair was held. SO that visitors
passed easily from one to the other
Both rooms were prettily trimmed with
garlands OF green and white tissue paper
of crepe paper lilies fashioned by the
nimble feminine fingers of the congrega-
ton. Each member of the committee un-
dertook to supply one or more towering
Easter lilies In pots to be sold for the
good of the cause.
These flowers with nicely covered pots
made up the stock in trade of the lily
sale and were sold at regular market
prices. A few remaining over toward the
close OF the evening were auctiOned of to
the highest bidder Meanwhile, in the
adjoining amusement hall an appropriate
program was being given. This began
with short paper on the STORY OF the
Lily" illustrated with tableaux This was
followed by some well rendered Easter
music and lily drill performed by the
young girls of the congregation. The per-
formers were dressed in white with green
trimmings and each carried a long beauti-
full HlV II nj
and pretty and won much applause.
The second part of the program was
purely social. 1t began with games, one
of which consisted in blindfolding the
players and sending each in turn armed
with pair Of scissors to clip a lily from
an artificial plant of extraordinary size
specially prepared for the game. Each
blossom contained an inexpensive gift or
fortune. and any one who succeeded In
clipping one retained the contents of the
calyx as souvenir Of the evening
During another round cards and pencils
were passed and each player had ten min
utes In which to think up quotation
about a lily with the name Of the author.
Bell signals were sounded at the begin
ming and end of the ten-minute round and
all who succeeded in remembering a verse
or an apt phrase about the appropriate
bloom drew for the possession OF q beauti-
full natural plant with numerous flowers.
White and green were the colors chosen
for the buffet table on which the refresh
ments were set forth. The center piece
consisted of the blossom of the hour in
vases. Of green Bohemian glass. There
were white rolled sandwiches tied with
pale green ribbon. and others square in
shape wrapped IN green tissue paper OF
pale shade.
Almost all the viands were donated by
tradesmen interested in the church work.
Quantities Of little cakes iced in white
and green. and Of the most delicious sort,
were the contribution of a neighborhood
baker. while the local confectioner sup
piled free of cost the little individual
blocks Of ice cream welded white and
green. Tea. coffee and chocolate were
poured by several popular patronesses OF
the affair. MARGARET MIXTER.