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Show A Day on the Farm f ? Now York Society Eot S A New York socloty woman recently recent-ly gave n clover home ontortnlnment which slip called a day on tho farm. Tho arrangement of tho room was planned to represent a farm. Tho floor had been carefully sanded, tho cirpet being removed. Klabornte furniture hnd been replnced by chairs of rustic build, uml ono corner of tho room was filled by a plain wooden bench, on uhlch xhono half a dozen (lar.zlln.e milk palls. Chickens nnd duck of toy shop vnrlety strutted and waddled, or rather seemod to do so, liero nnd there over tho sand. Kach guost on entering received n Mttle program decorated with water tolors. The decorations woro miniature minia-ture scenes skctohed hi country placos, such as a fnrmer at tho plow, a 'hay-sUck 'hay-sUck with n moon behind It, a milk-tnfttd milk-tnfttd curryluK imlls. Rack card savo tlio order of tho ereniiis. vrhlch was as follows: A Day on the Farm. 1. Drtrtng Uie cows to pasture. X. DmwIUR water from tho well. S. Lmdln? tho hay wagons. A. Sumter. Drivias tho cows to pasture proved a fascinating bit of nonsense. The "t-J i lll imin " r " I, Jnm6s Tt HammQnaporotttrya-'' of Stuto of tho Stuto of Utnh, doJ horoby cortlfy thnt tho foregoiug 1h u full, truo and correct copy of tho t statomont of tho abovo namod com pany, now on fllo in my oillco, thisTJ, 21th day of Soptombor, 1901. J. T. HAMMOND, (Sonl) Socrotary of Stnto. I might bdeomo even moro absurd. i'or this featuro n hugo wooden tub n the conlorot th m,m, labeled In largo letters, ? w,,. was filled with water. Ttto dlmlnutlvo buckets from a doll hou0 outfit were brought out by the hostess Kncli plnyor In turn was obllcjj to ,al0 the buckets, fill thorn at tV well and then run around tho room holditiK a bucket In either hand. The fnrmer who spilled the least water in his progress won tho point. The ogg hunt followed. The eggs to bo searched f()r were small, oval bonbons, nnd woro hidden about tho room. Sonf6 were red, some whito and Eonio blue. Tho rod egg counted ono point, tho White two points and tho blue throe. Flftrm ulnutes woro allowed al-lowed for the search, and little baskets wero presented In which to put one's spoils. At tho end of tho time allotted tho eggs found by each searcher wero counted. The counting was dono not according to numbers, but according to color values. Tho haymaking contest was heralded herald-ed by the sudden .appearance on tho sceno of a toy hay enrt rolled in by tho hostess. Some soft, sweet clover Harvest. hay had boon previously shaken out ( by tho hostess In tie center of tho room. Each guest was given an ojster fork. A lady and a gentleman woro made partners and told to load ho hay on tho cart This was dono ,Ty means of tho ojstcr forks. Tho fvpstess, watch in hand, timed tho con-I con-I Wants. 45ys bout decided tho prizes, which yj7jSVfhnrmIng little pins In tho shapo M3Kn 'mPlenicnts- There wero, be- rPraraon10 nn,us,B5 boobies, which MrMSALl form of little farmhouses of J'jftpJr-J ocolate. 1 pJjjjROjy' tno refreshments was a jwHKper, simple, well cooked and ffiiBreJEW There wero Btcamlng corn-WwhSwQh1' corn-WwhSwQh1' w" country cream nnd ayvyi"!', roast chicken, npplo wBSSfc cake an1 ot,l(3r E.(I |