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Show v NOVEMBER LEAF PARTY An exceedingly novel party has just "oeen brought to my notice which I , want to tell you about, as it has the : ! requisite touch of "something different," differ-ent," In the country -where the leave.5? linger long upon the trees a charming ! 1 young matron viewed her leaf covered grounds and was struck with the brilliant bril-liant Idea of having an outdoor cos-; cos-; ,' tume party and turn the raking of leaves into a frolllc. She sent out in-j in-j vilations at the top of which were i these lines "The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year." , r She requested that all come in coun-; coun-; try costumes, that they bring a rake , . and wear warm gloves; partners wore chosen by matching ribbons which v were tied to the rakes which were all , put in one place until so marked. It : i; was great fun when the motley throng t assembled. There were village belles, some typical old maids, the country parson, plenty of "rubes" and milkmaids, milk-maids, the village storekeeper and the .village gossip. Work began and when each couple had a big pile of leaves. t the hostess asked that a specimen of each kind of a loaf in the pile be brought In the house and there was -. ' an impromptu contest "Jo see who could I name the most correctly, j Supper was served in the dining 1 room which had been changed into a i regular farm kitchen with lantern and i candles and lamps. The repast was served at small tables from the large f dining room table, the men serving j i the girls with only one "hired girl" ,1 in evidence. The place cards were in i j; shape of leaves done in wood browns j ' and vellow water colors. One was j . laid at each place and the ones who I : sat at the tables wrote their own i names, the leaves serving as favors. I ; After supper they had an informal co-;! co-;! : tillon with straw hats for the men and - sun bonnets for the girls. Cider frap-pe frap-pe was served from a huge new tub a and at 10 o'clock they went outside In a nearby lot, built a bonfire whicn i had been previously laid and had a ' corn roast; the first one in husking j to find a red ear was supposed to be 1 the lucky one. All went home In a big farm wagon, taking with them I tiny Norway pine trees In pots. 7 oo |