The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-10-31
MABEL'S CH|TCHAT
We're Going Some In Stationery
Styles This Autumn.
SCARLET PAPER, YELLOW INK.

A siisnes Luncheon Actually Enjoyed
sy Twelve Womsn-hsaps Of Fu.
Until Unexpected Guest Arrived and
Complicated Matters a Trifie.
Dear E,Sa-Talk about freak fashions
in clothes, why. they're saneness itself
compared to the latest atrocities in sta
tioneIy! To bear out this statement ]
wish you could behold Il letter I've just
received from Paris. written by tre-
mendously smart girl who is always to
be depended upon for being in the
swim-that IL, in the fashion know"
/ realize, dear, that Ii has not been
80 very many years since we were
hing eccentric in writing materials
Nowadays things are different. perhaps
not so much here as across the water.
You should sec the very latest in
French stationery. Ny letter from
'desr Paree' would make you shud-
der with horror. 1t is penned with
orange ink on purple paper, and the
envelope is lined with orange. Orange
Ink and purple paper-think of it.
Ny fair correspondent tells me that
some people affect white ink on pale
blue paper. Imagine how difficult it
must be to read an epistle constructed
by such means. Scarlet paper and yell
low ink is another stationery mon
strosily. In each and every case. of
course, the envelope lining and the
s-a ling Wax match the ink.
do wish. Elsa dear. you could have
been one of luncheon party l Yave
last week to Natalie S., who is to be
married to one Of Dicks best friends
III few days 1t was silence par
ty." and I invited twelve Of the young
married set to meet the bride to be,
aud I asked each of the twelve 10
bring with them two Of their best reci-
pes; also great fund Of silence and a
small supply Of pennies.
When my guests arrived I told them
~ do All their talking before luncheon.
because it was planned to eat the meal
in complete silence and whoever broke
tn rule would be fined a penny.
| didn't go to any great bother about
decorating the table-simply used a
smooth white cloth with as much Of it
visible as possible. When tire girls
were seated let escape a met:hanical
mouse which l had concealed under
one hand. There was chorus Of
shrieks and laughter as the mouse
slided across the table, and box was
passed for the pennies.
As soon as order was restored it
looked AS though luncheon was going
to be served to only half the guests,
for the maid passed empty plates to
some of them. and to others were sery-
ed artificial fruit eggs and the like.
Under the table I had fastened
loud gong that rang violently. osten-
siDiy to summon the maid, but really
to starrle the girls into breaking the
silence. For fifteen minutes every
thing was done TO surprise a laugh or
exclamation, and then the ban was
lifted. and nice little meal was Civ
on to the jolly bunch.
The place cards, which also served
AS favors, were printed notices prais-
ing silence and had the guests names
written on the margins. The fines
were used to buy a cookbook for the
hoRored guest and also a leather Gov
cred book, into which We're pasted the
recipes brought by the guests.
We had heaps Of fun, and the only
thing that marred the serenity Of the
occasion-that is, for me-was the uu-
expected presence Of drought" A
brought is II friend Of friend who
comes in at the appointed luncheon.
dinner or whatever the festivity may
be. at the last minute
Mary Z. played this nice little sur
prise on me at the party last week.
She came in smiling, dragging Il reluc-
tsnt girl with her. and held out her
hand to me. saying rather foOlishly:
My dear Mabel, I am sure you are
delighted to have me bring my friend
Miss y. to luncheon. She dropped in
suddenly from Chicago just as 1 was
starting this afternoon"
( What could I do but greet them with
the smile OF a Cheshire cat and tell
Miss Chicago how charmed / was to
have her join the little party, all the
while making a mental calculation as
to how on earth l was to shift the ia
bic and accommodate the odd num-
Der: Only the highest intellects can
rise above the mist that surrounds a
brought" and my personality, I ad
init was not strong enough to over
come prejudice against that girls
existence just then.
In justice to "broughtS" / will say
that. as rule, they are only too will
ing to avail themselves of Solomon's
admonition:
Withdraw thy foot from thy neigh
boris house lest he weary 0f thee and
SO hate thee"
Speaking of invitations reminds me
Of something I read recently in this
connection about George Bernard
Shaw. who. YOU know, dislikes to be
4 guest at promiscuouS feasts.
Lady Randolph Churchill, not being
aware Of this popularity, asked him to
dinner. BY way of reply G. b. 8. sent
the following telegram:
f,acfuini,r not u~hxy ,,>~,,ts r -