| Show A ay on the farm new york society A new york society woman recent ly save a clever home entertainment which she called a day on the farm the arrangement of the room was planned to represent a farm the floor had been carefully sanded the carpet being removed elaborate furniture had been replaced by chairs of rusti bu id and one corner of the room was filled by a plain wooden bench on which shone halt a dozen dazzling m ak pails ens and ducks of toy shop variety strutted and waddled or rati er seemed to do so here and there over the sand each guest on entering received a 1 atle program decorated with water colors the decorations were m nia ture scenes sketched in country places s ich as a farmer at the plow a hay stack w th a moon behind it a milk maid carols caroms pails each card gave the order of the evening wh ch was as follows A day on the farm 1 driving the cows to pasture 2 drawing water from the well 5 loading the hay wagons 4 supper driving the cows to pasture proved a fascinating bit of nonsense the might become even more absurd for th s feature a huge wooden tub in the center of the room labeled in large letters the well was filled with gatei two diminutive buckets from a doll house outfit were brought out by the hostess each placer in turn was obi ged to tal e the buckets fill them at the well and then run around the room hold ng a bucket in either hand the farmer who spilled the leist water in his progress won the point the egg hunt followed the eggs to be searched for were small oal bonbons and were hidden abbit the loom some were red some wh te and some blue the red egg counted one po nt the white two po ants and the blue three fifteen minutes were al lowed for the search and 1 atle baskets were presented in wh ch to put one s 1 at the end of the time allotted the begs found by each searcher were counted the counting was done not accord ng to numbers but according to color values the harmal ing contest was herald ed by the sudden appearance on the scene of a toy hay cart rolled in by the hostess some soft sweet clover the hay harvest cows were wee brown creatures be longing to the baby s barnyard set each player was given three cows to drive the driving had to be done by sundry 1 we taps with a stick not by a long steady push the route over wh ch they were driven was the cen ter line of the room if in her ress adv cow fell the driver was discharged the object of the sport was to see who could in the shortest time drive his cows to pasture with out having any of them meet with an accident drawing water from the well the second number on the program was no less laughable and could not fail to embarrass the most self possessed competitor however as all the farm ers were subjected to the same labor no one considered it wise to jeer at the efforts of a fellow laborer as he hay had been previously shaken out by the hostess in the center of the room each guest was given an oyster fork A lady and a gentleman were made partners and told to load the hay on the cart this was done by meana of the oyster forks the hostess watch in hand timed the con tp stants this bout decided the prizes which were charming little pins in the shape of farm implements there were s des amusing boobies which took the form of little farmhouses of edible chocolate naturally the refreshments was a fa m supper simple well cooked and abundant there were steaming corn meal mush with country cream and maple syrup roast chicken apple dumplings cake and other good things |
