Stockingville News
(Beatrice Plumb Hunzicker)
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A SHOWER.
That part of Harrisville known as "Stockingville" ended a most enjoyable series of parties by giving Mrs. Adams, friend and companion of Madame Curtis, a bridal shower, Mrs. Drummond being hostess. There is a rumor to the effect that no woman can keep a secret. In this particular case however, twenty of them succeeded in doing so. At three o'clock last Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Drummond and her guests, each carrying a daintily-wrapped parcel, tiptoed over to Madame Curtis's home. There was the usual amount of sh-sh-ing on the doorstep before the "party" burst into the house and commenced to "shower" the very much astonished Mrs. Adams with gifts.
Each present was accompanied by an original poem appropriate both to the gift and the occasion; and, as the collection ranged from coffee pots to boudoir caps, the reading aloud of these verses added much to the merriment.
Games followed. Since brides were in order, so also were bridesmaids. Mrs. Drummond presented each guest with a small white parcel containing a clothespin--on the head of which had been painted a miniature face--a threaded needle and the "makings" of a costume. It was announced that prizes would be given for the best dressed bridesmaid evolved from the contents of the package. Mrs. VanFleet secured first prize, Miss Harper second.
What could be more appropriate for a bridal shower than rice? The second game was a test in speed. Each guest was supplied with a needle and thread and double handful of puffed rice kernels. On the word "Go" all started off on a rice marathon. The prize went to the one who succeeded in getting most rice kernels threaded on her thread, and least on the floor, in three minutes. The prize was won by Mrs. Novi. It consisted of a bridal bouquet, each flower of which was made of candy.
A special attraction of the afternoon was a musical number, rendered by the orchestra of the Stockingville summer colony, their instruments of torture being combs. A spirited reading by Mrs. VanFleet of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" almost broke up the party. Miss Massnick contributed the last game of the afternoon. It was called "If"--and if the rest of Harrisville did not hear the hilarity it evoked, the writer is an Irishman!
Mrs. Drummond served delicious and satisfying refreshments, to which not only the grown-ups of the settlement can vouch, but also the children who were called in when the guests departed, for a special party of their own.