People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1896 — The Mystery Tea. [ARTICLE]

The Mystery Tea.

Mrs. R. B. Harris gave a decidedly successful tea yesterday afternoon to about thirty lady friends. It was called a Mystery Tea and each guest was obliged to present a conundrum at the door. The menu contained only numbers, and much merriment resulted from the filling of orders, as tooth picks and water were as liable to be served as the more substantial items. The flower decorations were chrysanthemums and carnations and the color lavendar. The following were the guests: Mrs. 8. P. Tdompson, “ Z. Dwiggins, “ F. J. Sears, A. F. Long, “ J. Hardman, “ Elizabeth Purcupile, . “ A. 8. LaKue, “ Emmet Kannal, “ Eva Foltz. Grandma Foltz, “ Moore, “ C. VV. Coen, “ J. L. Brady, Robt. Randle. “ B. Forsythe, “ J. T. Randle, “ G. H. Brown, n R. P. Benjamin, “ » H. W. Porter, ■ “ W. H. Sanders, H. O. Sanders, “ Ben Harris, .• “ J. Leatherman, “ Dr. English, “ E. P. Honan, “ J. Ellis, “ J. Williams, , , “ Stockton, Miss White, “ Kannal. MENU: Ice Cream, Cake, Coffee, Pressed Chicken, Sandwiches. Pickles, Apples, Toothpicks, Salted Wafers, Water or Adam’s Ale.