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Show OF 1 TOJSTESS I SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL .AND PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS. Appropriate Quotations for a Fwe-well Fwe-well Dinner At a Bride Shower A Character Party For-trait For-trait Contest. Quotations for a Farewell Dinner. Hero nro some appropriate quota Hons for use nt a dinner given in honor of u guest who Is about to depart upon a long Journoy: "Though lost to sight, to memory "Absence breaks slender tics, but nv-ets nv-ets strong ones." "I count myself In nothing clso so happy, As In n soul remembering my good friends." "Where o'er I roam, whatever realms to My heart, iintrnvcled, fondly turns tc "Fnrowcll; a word that must be, nud hath been; A sound thnt makes us linger; yot farewell." "Though the deep between us rolls, Friendship shall unlto our 'souls; Still In fancy's rich domain Often wo shall moot again." "What shall I do with all tho days and hours Thnt must bo counted ero I see thy Tho plnco cards may bo pnlntod with a bunch of for-got-mo-nots, or tlo a eprny ot artificial ones onto It with i bit of "truo blue" ribbon. A correspondent nsks for nn enter tnintnent for a linen "shower" nnd I luncheon menu. Malto cards In shnpo of a heart out c of pink cardboard, punch n holo and tlo pink pencils on them. Noxt wriU tho transposed letters of tho words ol tho articles In a bride's trousseau Iil this: "hscos," rsklt," etc. Transposed theso letters become "shoes" and "skirt." Allow 20 minutes for this con-test con-test Then for tho "shower" 1 should hide tho packages all over tho rooms and mnko tho brldo-clcct hunt for thcra to music, played "loud" nnd "soft." This will make no end of fun nnd at each pnekngo Is opened when found, It will tnko somo tlmo nnd provide ample entertainment. If tho donors writo or, appropriate quotation It will add muct to tho enjoyment of nil. ; Hero la n seasonable menu: Straw- berries served with hulls around t mound of powdered sugar, fried chick- IH en, now potatoes In crenm, sprinkled with parsloy; asparagus on toast, to- mato and shrimp salad with cheese wafers, cherry lco and small cakes, with tho usual accompaniments of ol- Ives, nuts nnd bon-bons. A render who signs herself "An Old Subscriber" requests somo form ol amusement for a large evening porty of young people. Personally, I think thcro is no form of amusement equal to n costumo par-ty, par-ty, whether dancing Is Indulged In ot not. Anything that all can participate In Is su ro to bo successful. Make It a , chnractcr party and award prizes foi tho two best costumes.' If each person koops secret what they nro to repie-sent repie-sent tho nffnlr will bo much moro In tcrestlng. A Portrait Contest. A hostess noted for her orlglnnlltj sent out Invitations on red cardboard, written up and down tho page "a hi Chinese," having tho usual dato and hour and also "ixirtrnlt contest" in out corner. When tho guests arrived each ono wns presented with tho llguro ol n man In conventional dress, but wltb no face. On tho back was written the namo of u man whoso features wcro tc bo portrayed. Pencils wcro furnished nud a hnlf hour was allotted for the task. Kach artist was to keep his sua-Ject sua-Ject a secret. When tlmo was called tho croatlous wcro pinned up for tho eillllcntiou ol tho company, who wore to gue.-is the originals nnd put them down in thou catalogues. Then tho hostess read uu list or peoplo who wcro supposed tc have been drawn nnd tho result wai most amusing. Tho nrtlst who had mnde the best llknescss or tho subject WM wns awarded a prize, nnd to the one pfl who rightly guessed tho most portrait! nP3 n second prlzo wns glvon. P3j A dialing dish suppor wns served. IjjP and for plnco enrds there were tiny Wjra palettes with a llttlo brush. The MjE wholo affair afforded the keenest 111' amusement. K5v MADAME MUniU. m.,, |