The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-05
\ Dctestaaion Party.

The hostess said in her MESA &c.
which was given over the telephone:
Please come wearing an article
which will express your greatest dis
Ike" AZ men were included in tn.
invitations all We're prepared for
something very unusual and were not
disappointed. There were twenty
guests and here are a few examples
of n happened: A sedate matron
came completely covered with realis-
tic little wtEgly snakes. most of them
purchased at a Japanese store: Others
were of the vivid green variety sc
much in favor for ST. Patrick's day:
a beau of the town appeared with his
head adorned by 81 curious collection
of false hair. braids. puffs, rats. vary
ing from golden to jet black. which
plainly showed his dislike for false
halr. A young girl wore a necklace
made from tiny imitation. but realistic
cigars. with cigars of larger size in
her hair: a young matron had a num-
her OF toy n candy mice adjoining
her white frock: one girl wore an
enormous quantity Of paste iewelry.
strings OF beads. etc. and another
ha dhe dress ornamentcd with ads Of
whisky. and champagne. II was re-
ally n very clever affair and created
much mcrriment.
Correct. Stationery
Nothing marks the general taste Of
H. woman more surely than the sta
tionery which she uses" Such was
the remark recently made by a we'll
known social leader and 1t is a gener.
ally recognized fact. To be correct
as to the texture and style of the pa
per upon which to write ones notes
Is simple In every detail. It may be
very costly OF 1t may be moderately
priced. but simplicity lends an air of
distinction and re1nimcnt. The high
ly colored.. highly scented and elabor-
ateiN engraved or patterned note pa
per is very vulgar. 4 simple mono
gram or engraving. it preferred, is al.
iowablo.' but the boldly dccorat-
ed, picture valentine sort. The woman
of elegant taste does not continually
seek some new fad in selecting her
note paper. She secures a quantity of
the Very hest II she wishes to he
economical n uses only that kind.
Her dearest friends come to know her
letters and notes by the stationery or
by the scent of the envelope. Per-
haps she takes several sachet bags OF
her ~favorite scented powder and places
them In her desk With her paper. This
gives lust q suggestion of the scent, for
nothing is olnre repulsive than a high
lN perfumed letter. With college girls
and debutantes novelties are permits
sible when not in tho extreme and used
in good taste. Ono of the latest de-
craes of the faddist is thin. satin finish
ed paper which displays a lining OF the
new fashionable colors-purple. gray.
red or blue. The lining is not more
than tissue weight vet the color en-
ders it Opaque. This paper is especial
~ popular as it Is possible to send a
letter of considerable length without
excess postage, Yer to foreign coun-
tries. AS to engravings and mono
grams there are Many that are very
acceptable. If one has a family crest
thai is used or the emblem of the
fraternity or sorority. il a national one,
or OF ones club. Those owning coun-
try houses or city mansions thai are
commonly known by a selected name,
aften have their stationery engraved
with the name of their home. Novelists
through several centuries have used
somewhere III the plot of the story al
lusions to my lady's" note paper,
sometimes forming a center about
which the whole plot involves. This
.allusion has been popular in old Eng
lish and French novels and in mod
ern detective stories. Ones first inn
preston as to the character and tastes
Of a new friend and. II traced, some
times h trend of ones future may
hinge on an incident connected with
the stationery which one uses or on
which one receives. a letter or note