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THE PEOPLE’S HOME JOURNAL.
“I
d determined voice from above. ‘‘ What is
all iis dreadful noise about ?”
yw, drunken nagur, ma’am, as is
a try to con hisself into our kitching””
‘Then Che Kitchen door suddenly opened, and
I found myself face to face with a ma viestic
re ns! it was my mother in-law.
She faa gtrived ‘during
re a fone of eut-
a railroad acci-
dent and an unexpected return. She evidently
doubte y sword, and, as I glided past her
upstairs, sl ho ea
“T must beg that you will spare the feelings
aug! ghter, Sophia Jane, and make some
Signe alteration in r personal appearance
pelor re @ presenting youreell in the presence of
er
This to me and
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in myhouse! Had it been
mother is a peculiar—a very peculiar—woman,
and I concluded it would be most dignified to
} to take no notice of her remark:
the same moment the convietion flashed
: i down totea. Next morning I
: felt too much bruised, broken-down, and gen-
erally used up to appear at breakfast "Sophia
Jane brought tny breakfast, and set
ious to cheer and cons ole me. I must, confess
that she does not resemble her mother.
On the following day eta birthday—Sophia
be Jane pres erented me with a blue cashmere dress-
1 with silk, and a blue velvet
smosing-eap. Mrs. J ennings also invited some
. of her own and Sophia Jane’s friends to tea,
2 and herself distributed ‘tie iced birthday-cake
\ which F had Mrs. jo fhanshessey’ 8
hands. It bore m my initials on
n this occasion the conversation bore chiefly
on. he late excitement i in our neighborhood.
One of S« a Jane’s friends read a “ local,’?
describing
attemp' to blow u
Nettleby, Esquire, with
and how on
iss Mixham lag-
gery ad been put to Mebt by that. heroie lady,
how that faithful
mb, had
the real criminal
3
8
Es
g
\ being soon brought to "ast
During the reading of tins interesting and
cious account, I caught the eye of my
i xed_ hai pon me. She al
be informed
any account of a
‘ .,récent railroad accident. I have not to this
ay satisfied myself as to whether she suspected
he exact trut
; For my a part, I date from this timea
q revolution, not only in in my household, but al-
ag appears, in my own individu 1 char-
acter. I scarcely feel myself to be the same
' man. Sophia : Jane’s mother has taken up p her
abode with us. However, as things scem to be
going on tolerably well, Tsay nothing, but pre-
{ . serve a dignified silence.
i Between now and the 25th of November is the
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MODERN ENTERTAINMENTS.
BY EFFIE W. MERRIMAN,
No. 1,—An Initial Entertatuine nt.
ake a certain party, al ‘ibed
was an especially appropriate title, for it
happened to be the first one the young couple
given in their new home. ‘The invitations
were simple. ey were written on handsome
ards, and read as f
nd Mes. Gray request the pleasure of your
com: anya their * ital _batertalumant,” ‘on-
day Evening, March 20,
A sister of the host and a brother 3 ihe
host helped plan
helped to receive the,
When the guests were ee hown into the parlors,
after having removed their w each was
handed a card, bearing the initials of some
person present mybe us to be their partner
had been served.
beforehand, and the huine
est for whom they were prepared was
written on the opposite side. Under the initials
of the partner to be sought were two lines of
mystic letters the first d describing the partner,
givi ing a command that must be
"Thi
This will Perhaps,
ie -
atoc od ifw rive the more easily under.
couple,
r these were the lette:
c.
matter puzzling over it a moment, the gentle-
discovered that his partner, whose initials
nt se
olding in one an! a lamp, and in the |
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bores initials, and the
”? which, being trans-
compared cards.
description, “net or tay,’
‘
posed, read’ attorney,” his profession. There
was also the word “curtain” on her card, the
ters being rr rently from’ his.
Breplace, they found a slip of paper bearing
the initials and the following couplet
Fi ouy loudw ryou seetre onkw
Uyo smut ot het reqbimlanu og.
ore this to a quiet corner, and se’
mae ere, the task of transposin eit, WI st
they had succeeded, they
If you would your vvccrot kno
You must to the fambrequin, go,
okt there. were several lambrequins in the
id not find the “secret ” imme-
ai Hately: nee they finally discovered another
slip 0 paper, addressed to themselves, high up
wlambrequin, It bore thi inserip-
Hateneb a natcrio balet
. Ouy yam indf ti fl ro’yue labe.
‘Transposed, it read:
Beneath a certain table
You may find it if you're able.
Then ensued a search. beneath the various
tables that. was not as T-
e8 are, but create much. tnerriment,
especially as there were other couples who were
also bles, and there w:
ed to each,
found "there ‘ities, prionse by a couplet
which, when transpos
7
Somewhere, in an easy ves
Dear friends, you'll surely find it there.
mere were many easy chairs in the room,
ost of them occupied by couples trying t0
transpose some rss, Dut our friends
did Dot hesitate $0 i a ny one to stand, for
moment, they examined their "chair,
ihe ape, "for which they were looking had
ery ingeniously concealed in the folds
of. an upholstered chair and, when found,
proved to be quite a Tong ve When trans.
posed, it read as follow:
You’ve had a Jong woateh, but ‘twill please you to
ow
That the good all die young and to Heaven do go,
Anil that you, my deat Teekda have ne mansions
vn _ they read this they understood that it
was the “secret” for which they had searched
s0 diligently, because no further directions
were given.
Different sets of rhymes had been written 1 for
were some joll
: ‘ially in those prepared
pe friends who were not abnormally sensi
x some tl zt
5
e
the party was the rhymes
pere prepared fer one couple they. were plac
envelope bearing their names, and key
there until the day of the doula were
removed and placed in t inacplnces indi-
cated in ‘the ome were hi
rose jars, ethan! baking pictures, or between
the leaves of a bool ravings. Every
available place was made use of, and the
guests were thus kept moving, and interested.
Care was used, in pairing otf the couples, to
give ono who was particularly bright a parther
who would be likely to need considerable assis‘
ance, and pore thym were written and hid-
mM awa: e aicker witted fouples than
for those w ho thon ht me
More than half the evening bad passed pefore
al
EE
phered. Then r :
While partaking of the good things sct down
before them, the guests compared secrets, As
a matter of course the conversation was lively
and.enjoyable.
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