em around. The next couple then pass to the kitchen
to bake the next sets and so on until all are served.

THE BOHEMIAN PICNIC SUPPER.

An indoor moonlight picnic is a new diversion. The lights should be
hidden by soft white silk shades, giving a moonlight effect, and the
rooms decorated with foliage plants. A fishpond with grotesque objects,
including a live mermaid, (a man in startling costume), is one feature.
In one room is a "merry-go-round." The chairs are placed in a circle and
a graphaphone in the center plays popular tunes. At 10 o'clock the doors
to the dining room are opened. The table cloth is spread on the floor,
surrounded by cushions. In one corner of the room are the baskets
containing the supper of sandwiches, olives, pickles, baked beans, cake,
pie and other picnic favorites. The girls take the viands from the
baskets and arrange them on the floor, while the men serve coffee from a
coffee boiler on a small table. During the meal each guest is obliged
to describe some picnic he has attended or pay a forfeit.

A RAILROAD PARTY.

Have a "railroad party" if you like the refreshing flavor of informality
at your social functions.

Have the invitations read, "an excursion on the Funville, Frolictown &
Featherbrain Railway."

To begin with, the rapidly gathering guests "getting aboard" are greeted
by the hostess and her receiving party, who cover their evening attire
with spic-and-span linen dusters and caps. Down the line are distributed
a miscellaneous collection of peregrinating paraphernalia from the red
and white cotton umbrella, which the hostess resolutely grasps in the
middle, to the omnipresent hand-box and the traditional bird cage.

With a final "all aboard" from a bustling man in regulation railway
uniform, accompanied by the clanging of a bell, the trip to interesting
cities begins. The conductor, in blue coat and brass buttons, promptly
appears, to distribute tickets to the animated tourists. These tickets
are in booklet form, inside the covers being an eighteen-inch pink paper
ticket. At the top is a space for the excursionist's name, and further
down a series of spaces where the excursionist is to write the names of
the various stations at which the train is to stop. The name of the
station is suggested by a preceding statement. This ticket, including
"rules and regulations," as well as correct insertions for the
stations, reads as follows:

THE FUNVILLE, FROLICTOWN & FEATHERBRAI