A Kaffee Klatch.
The kaffee klatsch is an afternoon affair where ladies meet and chat as they sew and are served a luncheon of German dishes—cold meats, salads, coffee-cake, pickles, coffee, etc. Each guest is given a bit of needlework, button-holes to work, or a small doily to embroider and a prize is given for the best work.
Have a number of tea towels, cheesecloth dusters, Canton flannel bags for brooms, silverware towels, etc., cut and ready to hem. When the ladies assemble, let them hem these as a gift for the bride (for whom the kaffee klatsch is given) to take home with her. Ask each to tell some of her first experiences in housekeeping, and at the close of the afternoon take a vote on the funniest experience, the cleverest in emergency and the best told. To do this successfully, you will have to lead the conversation and not let the ladies know they are talking purposely. Another way is to assign topics as for a conversation party, giving such topics as: "My first attempt at making bread," "My first housecleaning," "Unexpected guests," "My first pie," etc. Or, ask each guest to write her first housekeeping experience (some funny incident) and bring it. Have the papers read aloud, but not the names. Let the guests guess whose the experiences are. Use this contest.
What stitch is:
| Hard to live with? (Cross stitch.) |
| A part of a cough? (Hemstitch.) |
| A part of a window? (Blindstitch.) |
| Is found on a fowl? (Featherstitch.) |
| Is a fish and something everyone has? (Herring-bone.) |
| Is made of many links? (Chainstitch.) |
| Is not forward? (Backstitch.) |
| Is useless without a key? (Lockstitch.) |
| Repeats itself? (Over and over stitch.) |
For a prize for the best answers give a little leather sewing case fitted with needles and thread.