Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1914 — MIME. VERRI’S ADVICE [ARTICLE]

MIME. VERRI’S ADVICE

* • TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR QUIET ENTERTAINMENT. ■ Chinese Social I* Something New In the Way of Parties—" Mysterious Menu”* Never Seems to Fail to Please. Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott tells of this very interesting Chinese affair wh;ch I am sure will help many to solve what to do at your next money making church-social. She says: - Invitations should read as follows: Come to the Chinese Tea Party and help eat~ Rice and Rat,® Prepared and Served by Chinese Girls at Church Monday Evening, January 4. You can stimulate interest in the heathen wonderfully by inviting them to come, with all their bag and baggage, and pay your society a visit. Have booths in the room representing the countries in which the church is doing missionary work. Let the attendants be costumed like the natives, and all the appointments of the booths suggest the life of the countries rep-' resented. When curiosity is thus piqued, information about these mission lands may be circulated by the help of questions on cards to be passed around. Write the questions in black ink, and underneath, in red ink, the answer to one of the other questions. It will require a pretty lively interchange of cards for each one to find the answer to his question. The committee should try to make this evening as attractive as possible, . and if it can be arranged all the members should appear in Chinese costume. In the center of the church room, fit up a booth, covered with a large Chinese umbrella, and around it place small tables on which to serve refreshments. This can be made to look like a Chinese garden. Rice and - rats can be served as follows: Boil rice until rather stiff and turn it into cups to cool. After ready to serve turn upside down in dishes and serve each dish with a candy rat on top. The rice should be served with cream and sugar. Also have tea and wafers. A small fee can be charged for refreshments to go to missionary purposes. Of course no one but the committee should know what the “rice and rats” is to be, as it would spoil the fun. A nice idea would be to give chopsticks as souvenirs.