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Show A LITTLE TOO LATE. Belated Suggestions for Newport Amusements. Luckily the Newport season is near-Ing near-Ing an end. If it wasn't; if there was yet time, we might expect that in their strenuous efforts to outdo one another the society dames would resort re-sort to extreme measures. For instance: in-stance: One of them might construct a garden gar-den on towers and call it the New Hanging Gardens of the Hesperides, and then give a garden party with captive cap-tive balloons for elevators. Some other dame could dig a canal through her domain, with real dykes and wooden shoes and canal boats, and windmills operated by perfumed hot air, and give a reception a la Hoi-landaise. Hoi-landaise. Another idea would be to lay out a section of the Garden of Eden, with ali the animals from some big menageris running wild behind a heavy wire partition, and then call it "An Even ing at Papa Adam's," with all the guests in Watteau costumes. A real cute scheme would be tc have, a duplicate of the ark and give a "Father Noah at Home," with the guests assuming the disguises of the animals. If the ark could be made to roll a little so the guests would feel qualmish, it would add greatly to the amusement. Then at a certain hour there could be a Noachian german on deck with railroad stocks and government gov-ernment bonds for favors. |