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Show IT TT T" j Edited by MADAME MEKEI " J OVP 8 l jT TY TT1 1 tl "TTI "Tl rC Devoted to the Art of Entertaining; the Etiquette of Enter- owft M j k. W WJL jLLJ. J LClXJLJLAAAC'll.LO taming; Home, School, Club and Church Entertainments inanities for a-mco and M j ---- ( Answered oy r crs . I Amusing Contests, i This very funny, contest took place on i ship board, whore all sorts of nonsen sical stunts are planned to beguile tho ' time away. It Is Just as tunny on land as on sea. Perhaps somo may object to the- cigarette race, but this may bo overcome over-come by using cubeb ones. Out on the lawn or on a breezy corner of tho porch place four girls In a row. each having a well-filled match box; at a distance of, say twenty feet place four young men with cigarettes unlit In I thJr mouths. When tho signal "Go" Is given the men run to the girls, get the cigarettes lighted and the man who first If gets back to tho starting point Is tho winner, as well as the girl who lights tho cigarette for him. A prize may be award-' award-' cd to each. The match boxes may bo i used as shields to keep the match from blowing out. but the girls must do it ' -with no aid from the men. In tho excite- i mcnt some girls had to light three or four matches before the man could go on ' his return and some did not succeed at I all. Tho other contest was a needle race. As in the cigarette race four young men ' ' ran to tho four girls, each girl having a needle In one hand and a thread in the i other. The man who first returned to 1 the starting place with a threaded noodle , in his hand was the victor. It was per mitled the men to hold the girl's wrist to steady it as she threaded the needle. , ( Bridal Superstition. I have bcon asked so often by pros-i pros-i pectivc brides for omens concerning tho month" in which they had set the aus- plcious day. that I am glad to give the i following, which Is a new version to me; Married In January's hoar and rime. f' good things will come If you wait your .. time, i. Married In February's sleety weather, 1 life you'll tread In tuno together. ,i Married when March winds whine and roar- your home will He on a foreign I M snore Married 'neaih April's changeful skies, a checkered path before you lies. Married when bees o'er May blossoms flit, strangers around your board will sit. Married in month of roses June life will bo ono long honeymoon, j Married In July, with flowers ablaze, bitter-sweet memories In after days. I Married in August's heat and drowse, ' lover and friend in your chosen spouse. !j Married in golden September's glow, smooth and serene your life will go. II Married when leaves in October thin, ,1 toll and hardship for you begin. Married in veils of November -mist, fortune for-tune your wedding ring has kissed. Married in days of December cheer, i Love's star shines brighter from year to ' year. Pirst Anniversary. How may I celebrate our first anniversary anni-versary very Informally? Havo a small apartment. Who should go to the door, myself or husband, and what can I do I J to amuse middle-aged people and how I! can i aecoraic jiu Auiuntr. I i If vou wish to send out invitations, ! ? write informal notes asking your friends to conic and help celebrate your first anniversary an-niversary with you. However, such affairs af-fairs are usually very Informal, tho guest ; list including .Uist intimate friends. As1 your apartment is bo small I should in-t in-t vlte the guests by telephone or ask them verbally. The first wedding anniversary an-niversary brings the "cotton" wedding, so use white fiowers and set your table , 1 with a centerpiece and doilies of cotton- batting. Serve simply ice cream and white cake, with white bonbons. If you t wish you may have chicken salad, a 6 spoonful of whipped cream on top of I each portion; sandwiches of white bread, coffee. Use plain white china. You may U wear a -white wash frock, and for the h occasion your husband might don a Q white house coat with white duck trous-I trous-I ers. For amusement, if your company v do not play cards, you could have a but-fnn.cawlnir but-fnn.cawlnir nnntp'st hv nrOVldlntT SOUarCS I wj of white cotton cloth, needles and thread a and see who can sew on the most but-tons but-tons in ten minutes. Have a prize for il the men and one for the women. This V will make a lot of fun. A good stunt Jb to ask each one to tell something I about their own wedding, the women j some funny experience during the first I year of married life, and the men to I describe the wedding gowns of their re- j ipectlve wives. I French. Luncheon. j This affair was given for a bride-elect bride-elect who had been a. member of a little lit-tle French class for a number of years, i When she was about to leave to make her home in a distant city the president presi-dent made this novel luncheon in her honor. The invitations were lavender fleur-de-lis (flags) and the place cards were decorated with the same flower done in water colors. At each plate was a jeweler's box containing a fleur-de-lis pin, lined with lavender and white rlb-mon. rlb-mon. On the mantel and sideboard there were tn.ll vases filled with purple and white flags, or, as we call them in this " part of the country, "iris." Decoration for Children's Party. At a child's party the centerpiece In the dining room elicited many "Oh's" and "Ah's" from tho delighted guests. It was a large bowl or globe of gold ' fish set in a mound of flowers and ferns. The flowers were formed of small ..' bouquets, as many as there were children, chil-dren, from which ribbons led to each place. When they were about to leave the table each pulled his ribbon and they were delighted to find the bouquet com- ing toward them, to which was tied a t wee doll for the girls and tops for the boys, which had been concealed by the & flowers. 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. j , Children's Party. ' Will you please plan a children's party . i for me, one to be had on a large lawn. fi j very Informally, where little ones be-- be-- '. tween the ages of four and nine can . contest for simple prizes. Can you sug-i sug-i i Rest a few games in which this can be J ', done, also an invitation suitable? , i MRS. G. M. i i I should write little notes on the at-h at-h tractive stationery prepared for chll- dren, some of it especially for parties, ; L with spaces for the names and date to be filled In. You can have a mystery ( sand pile on tho lawn with Inexpensive i r favors concealed within it. Give each child a wee shovel with which to dig. v I Then you can have a fairy gift tree with i , animal crackers to bo cut from it with a pair of scissors, these to be awarded J h i as prizes in the contests like a back-C back-C jM wards race, a hopping race, etc. I do - 'A not think you will havo any trouble In t ? Providing amusement. There is the flsh-Ji flsh-Ji . pond, and the Jack Homer pie, too. " ft 3 j& Replying to Announcement. 3 How Bhould announcements of a mar-I3 mar-I3 riago be acknowledged when accompanied W ky "at home" cards? Should reply be 37 sent to the bride or her parents? ffl IMPULSIVE. if The only thing to do when one re-j re-j ceives an "at home" card with the marriage mar-riage announcement is to call or send ; cards if unable to make a personal call upon the young couple. This should bo done on the day and date designated. I Meaning of R. S. V. P. Please tell mc In your interesting col. 1 , umn the meaning of R. S. V. P. 4 MINNIE. 5 SeemH to me this question comes with I the regularity of the seasons. The mean-'k mean-'k ' Ing of the mystical Initials is, "Respond N if you please"; the French is, "Respon-ri "Respon-ri dez sll vous plait." It Is a polite way of 3 i telling us that tho hostons wishes an acknowledgement of her Invitation, a fact we should know without being told. Spades Royal in Whist, Please insert In Monday's paper thj accepted way of making and counting (points and honors) In Spades Royal, and oblige. A WHIST PLAYER. A good whist player gave me this information, in-formation, which I gladly pass on to vou. She said that there Is no fixed rule' for playing "Royal Spades." Each localltv has Its own method of counting, but a generally accepted way Is to count ten a trlclc; however, an excellent authority says that as three tricks won makes a game. It is best to count nine a trick with honors, the same ratio as In other suits, simple honors twice tho valuo of a trick, tour honors, four times the valuo of a trick, unless In one hand when thev count eight times tho value of a trick, five honors nlno times the value. A Mother's Question, My son, who lives In a neighboring city, was home on a visit to his father and me a few days since, and Informed us ho would he married In tho fall to a young lady in his town, and he wants me to write to her. I do not know her and I do not know what to sav. and Is It really my place to write to iter first? My non Is. my only child, and really and truly. I am grieved that ho Is lo marry. I know that Is not the way I should feel. , t J""-,cnot help It. Please tell me If I should write tho young ladv and what should say a MOTHER. By all means It is your place to write a note welcoming the girl Into your family It Is the only thing for you to do. no matter how hard. There Is much trouble made In families by the coldness of the man's family and while I know It .s a difficult thing to give up one's onlv son still for love of him you must do it Cultivate your future daughter and make her feel that she is welcome, for of course you two have only the best Interest In-terest of the man In the question at heail. A mother knows from the beginning that she will have to give her 3on into sone woman s keeping, and be thankful you have the opportunity of doing your part towards this young woman. Nuts to Crack. Why have poultry no future state of existence? Because they have their "1.S tu'lr,el (next world) In this. Why may carpenters reasonably believe there Ik no such thing as a stone? Be-cauae Be-cauae they never saw any. . I What Is it that goes from Chicago to .ew York without moving' The road. When are two apples alike? When pared. What word will, If you take away the first letter, make you sick? Jluslc hy Is It dangerous to go Into an Episcopal church? Because of the canon in the prayer-book, the big gun in the pulpit, the bishop charging the clergy, and the choir murdering an anthem On what day of the year do women talk least' On tho shortest day. When has a man four hands? When he doubles his fists. What Is It that will go up a chimney down and down a chimney down, but will not go down a chimney up nor up a ifl ?VPthofario?bcl like West- M 1 nf an aeronaut frequently wit- LH rShe maoo the sol (sun) set H urtteit thaTwcc'c every day. kings seldom see. God never saw nor never H can see? An enM. An Animal Party. H it nrvil narty was given recent- ..ffnt with two little children, need aoven and ten. Each c d waa of iced to come wearing an article thnt H would mllcato some animal. Vj hen all H had arrived tho children were to guesH H 111 the animals represented. It was an v HI interesting menagerie, I assure you. It K made a Jolly half-hour. Then here was H oli Animal "hunt." All over the lawn, , the porches and on the lower floor of B the largo house animal crackers had been H hidden. There were cunning little lias- H cots given to each one to hold the spoils; H basket and crackers to be kept, and bo- H sides there was a prize of those cunning little' animals to be found at Japanese ntorcs. A toy animal also made a unique IB prize and a 'Noah's ark." Best of all H the fun was molding animals out of clay, each child being protected by a large towel tied around the neck and In around the waist. After that a good elder H Bister told animal stories, while the ro- iM freshments were being mndo ready There jH was creamed chicken, wee sandwiches. jH Ice cream with animal-shaped cookies?. Then they had a game played Just like jH stage coach, only they all had the names Wl of animals and turned around when their 4f2zml names were called. When It came limo , to go home, the mother came out and Yfjfl said "Now vou are all changed into little VM mice and must run away quickly to find lM your houses before the old cat gets out. and such a merry scampering ns there iM was. with "Good-byes" and "lovely , times" from each little guest. At a Pre-Nuptial Luncheon. Besides the usual love symbols of hearts, true-lovers' knots, slippers. ta. at a luncheon given for a September bride-elect, the hostess had a surprise In the Ices, which when brought on V proved to be relative to some personal K occasion In the guest's life. For Instance. 1M that for the bride represented an engage-ment engage-ment ring; It was a circle of rich yellow cream with a huge solitaire diamond JH made from lemon Ice. A young girl WM known to be much interested In a soldlor H received a perfect, little miniature ofTlcor tH with a sword. Another mniden whom It Efl wiik suspected had turned down a prom- jH Incut society chap had a cold white heart !H of lemon Ice. Every one catight the slg- wM nlflcnnce and there was a merry Um. H Questions on any subject pertaining M IH this department will be cheerfully SH swered. A reply will be sent by mall, If stamped and addressed envelope Is tn- fM closed, otherwise answers will appear In tH tills column Address Madame Morrl, tH care Tho Tribune. |