Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1914 — MME. MERRI’S ADVICE [ARTICLE]

MME. MERRI’S ADVICE

TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR APPROPRIATE ENTERTAINMENTS. February Birthday Party May Be Made One of the Most Pleasant Occasions for Young People—Bazar Booth. So many notable people have birthdays this month and if you have a friend for whom you wish to celebrate, I wonder if Mpry Mason Wright will object to my telling you about the affair she described once upon a time? It seems that not only the .honored guest but all the people asked rejoiced in birthdays this month, so the invitations bore the zodiacal sign and the flowers were carnations, which one list says belong to February. When all had arrived they were handed little booklets with stiff covers decorated with the zodiacal sign, and tied together with scarlet ribbon. The following Inscription was found on the first leaf of the book: “Fortunate are you if this is your birth-month. You too may awake some morning to find yourself .famous. Show how wise you are already by guessing correctly the names of six celebrated authors, six celebrated musicians, six celebrated statesmen and six others, not classified, born in February.' These names are suggested by objects, words .and through music. Write the names down in the booklet as they are suggested to you, each class on a page by itself, as indicated by the name at the. top.” The authors represented were Dickens, Longfellow, Lowell, Ruskin, Hugo and Lamb; the musicians, Mendelssohn, Handel, Paganini, Victor Herbert, Sembrich and Ole Bull; the statesmen, President Lincoln, President Washington, President William Henry Harrison, President Fillmore, General Sherman and Horace Greeley; the unclassified six were Daniel Boone, Sir Henry. Irving, Edison, Darwin, Evangelist Moody and Elihu Vedder, the painter. The picture of an Eng-

lish inn with these words below, “Born February 7, 100 years ago,” suggested Dickens; Lamb was represented by a toy lamb on (he mantelpiece; a pretty landscape picture with the words below', “By a Modern Painter,” suggested Ruskin; “a little Indian doll suggested Longfellow, and a letter L tacked to the floor, Lowell. A wedding march played on the piano made the guessers think of Mendelssohn; a violin with one string, Paganini, since he was the violinist that was noted for playing with only one string. A picture of the Messiah suggested Handel, and selections from “The Wizard of the Nile,” played by the hostess, spelled Victor Herbert; “Marching Through Georgia" recalled General Sherman. A negro doll suggested Lincoln. A copy of tho New York Tribune represented Horace Greeley. A picture of colonial times, decorated with flags, suggested Washington, and a phonograph, Edison. Suggestions for a Bazar Booth. A booth that attracted much attention at a recent bazar was built and ornamented at very little expense. The background was a pink lattice work made from strips of pink crepe paper. Over this trellis there were masses of autumn leaves which had been cut out of crepe tissue paper and pinned to the pink lattice work.. The effect was lovely. The roof or top of the booth was made of closely stretched strips of pink crepe paper. This scheme could be worked out in daisies, holly and the gorgepus poinsettia blossoms. It takes time to cut the designs, but the redeeming feature is the slight cost with such pleasing results.

MME. MERRI.