Small tables were put into odd corners of the room, where ice cream and cake were served by ten young ladies in pretty summer costumes. Lemonade was served from an old well, which was a large square box or packing case, covered with canvas, painted to represent a stone wall. To this we attached a well-sweep made from a branch of a tree, tied on a large new tin pail, and served the lemonade in small glasses at two cents a glass. During the evening we had a male quartette gather around the well and sing "The Old Oaken Bucket," and other selections. The orchestra played the whole evening with very short intermissions. On one side of the room was arranged an artistic corner where peanuts were sold at the usual price of five cents a bag.

INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS

1. Popular BishopPhillips Brooks
2. Fought Every WineFrances E. Willard
3. Serio-ComicSamuel Clemens
4. Fearless NavigatorFridtjof Nansen
5. Won England's GreatnessW. E. Gladstone
6. Little Misses' AdmirationLouisa M. Alcott
7. Military SuitorMiles Standish
8. Rollicking BardRobert Burns
9. United States GeneralU. S. Grant
10. Moral LightMartin Luther
11. Eulogizes AntipodesEdwin Arnold
12. Tamed Ambient ElectricityThomas A. Edison
13. A Cunning DelineatorA. Conan Doyle
14. Handles ChristiansHall Caine
15. Rabid IconoclastRobert Ingersoll
16. Histrionic InterpreterHenry Irving
17. Serpentine BelleSara Bernhardt
18. Equality BenefitsEdward Bellamy
19. Just Mother's BoyJames M. Barrie
20. Frames Many ChroniclesF. Marion Crawford
21. Lord High CelestialLi Hung Chang
22. Original, Witty, HumorousOliver Wendell Holmes
23. Nipped BourbonismNapoleon Bonaparte
24. Surgeon, Writer, MetricianS. Weir Mitchell
25. Intelligent ZealotIsrael Zangwill
26. Collected Delectable WritingsC. D. Warner
27. Curiosity DepicterCharles Dickens
28. Cuba's BenefactorClara Barton
29. Eminently ZealousEmile Zola
30. Character RevealedCharles Reade
31. Caused Revolutionary DiscussionCharles R. Darwin
32. Joyous LarkJenny Lind
33. Fearless NurseFlorence Nightingale
34. Conspicuous SenatorCharles Sumner
35. Ever FrolicsomeEugene Field
36. Suffrage Brings AdvantagesSusan B. Anthony
37. Pens Lyrical DialectPaul Laurence Dunbar
38. Always LoyalAbraham Lincoln
39. Great DeedGeorge Dewey
40. Won Recent SurrenderW. R. Shafter

JACK-O'-LANTERN PARTY

The little guests at this particular party were invited from three o'clock until seven, and when they arrived they found the rooms were darkened. The lamps had yellow shades, and as such an occasion would not be complete without pumpkin Jack-o'-lanterns, there were

"Pumpkins large and pumpkins small,

Pumpkins short and pumpkins tall,

Pumpkins yellow and pumpkins green,

Pumpkins dull and those with sheen."

They hung in every nook and corner. Even the jardinières filled with flowers were made of them. Wood was crackling and blazing in the large fireplace, as if anxious to do its part to make every one happy, and hanging from the chandelier was a branch of evergreen, with nuts suspended in such a fashion that they readily fell to the floor when given a slight shake. Before this was done, however, each child was given a paper bag to hold the nuts, which tumbled in all directions. Then a huge pasteboard pumpkin covered with yellow crinkled paper was brought in. I do not know what else it was made of; I only know that it looked like a real pumpkin. Bright-colored ribbons hung over the sides, and when the small boys and girls took turns in pulling them, out came all sorts of comical little toys and pretty knickknacks.