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Show naturally, hut, as her arrangements have been made and refreshiueuta provided, postponement is not to be contemplated; thus "weather permitting" is seldom put on an invitation card in town. ! Tennis and out of door games are the life 1 and soul of n garden party in the country, and tho weather makes all the difference to I those invited. Distant neighbors ure not j expected tp face a long wet drive, but i nearer neighbors mostly put in an appearance appear-ance and take tho chance of the afternoon brightening. Invitations aro issued a week or more in advance. A long notice is more likely to secure the presence of the principal neighbors neigh-bors rather than a short one. On the other baud, a short notice often means that a lawn party is got up almost impromptu by taking advantage of the advent of mutual friends. "Tennis" should always be put on the cards when tennis is to be played, that the guests may dress themselves accordingly. It must be a lovely day to induce a hostess to venture upon having her refreshments re-freshments served under the trees. Of courao it is pleasant when this can be done, but too often a thunderstorm bursts upon the party and creates a panic, and a general gen-eral rush into the house is the result. And, after all, the large dining room is the best, rendezvous on the hottest of days when a '.urgfuarty la assembled. SOCIAL ETIQUETTE. Ountuiuary Vsngi's at Lawu 1'uiUoj in Town and Country. Every ono knows something of tho discomfort dis-comfort that attends going to a lawn party on a wet afternoon, while a part ially wot ono luw even more disastrous effects. The latter gives a prolvibility of its clearing clear-ing up, and leads people to venture on to wet lawns, and under dripping trees, aud up aud down moist and sticky gravel paths. To sit down is uncomfortable, to walk is ' even more so, aud the hostess hardly knows whether to rcceivo her guests out of doom or to convert the lawu party into an afternoon party in the house. Lawn parties which take place in town or in the immediate suburbs are generally fully attended, at-tended, whatever the weat her may be. Tho guests thoroughly undorstand that the hosUas will receive in tho house if she cannot can-not do so on the lawn, and that a lawn party will consequently resolve itself into a large afternoon party, alscnteeisui preventing pre-venting iu being too great a crush. It is not unite '.the sume thmit to tho hostess |