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The Garden Magazine, July, 1920 
Paul Thompson Photograph 
INVITATION TO A REVEL 
WHEN THERE IS A POOL 
And opportunities therefor oc- 
cur wherever there is a garden, 
if we were but wise enough 
to recognize the facts and 
make the most of them 
Water parties are delightful 
possibilities by no means lim- 
ited to guests under ten, 
and many water games afford 
a chance for contest 
Ruth Colby Studio Photograph 
the time for full moon — but take no chances with the 
inconstant orb! Have an electrician who is expert at 
lighting shows if possible, located out of sight of the 
audience to provide light as desired. A dim green 
glow for the shades, little spot-lights to pick out 
Puck,' Titania, Pease Blossom and the rest as they 
peep over the wall, and a great spread of light for 
the fairy dance, growing brighter as they glide away 
at the approach of dawn. 
After the play is over there may be dancing and re- 
freshments — whereof let me say that it is an excellent 
idea to have only sandwiches, cakes, and ices, for these 
can easily be kept fresh a day if it rains. It is 
wise indeed to make all plans for a garden adjustable 
to a second day in the event of rain. And it is also 
wise to provide a shelter that is really rain-proof 
at a point remote from the house, in the event 
of a sudden, quick shower breaking in the midst 
of an otherwise perfect day. 
If you can add an orchestra, concealed somewhere, 
to play the fairy music of Mendelsohn’s Midsummer 
Night’s Dream the effect of the pick of Will Shake- 
speare’s creations, embodied with youthful enthusiasm 
and arrayed in gorgeous costumes, gliding out of the 
shadows into the glow of a mysterious light and 
voicing their identity in exquisite verse to soft, sweet 
music, will make a picture long to be remembered. 
I WISH we did these things oftener. It seems to me 
that one reason our Creator made the summer so 
beautiful was that we should live out of doors all 
day long. To-day some little girls came into my 
garden and went wading in the gold-fish pool. A 
red-winged blackbird and a wood warbler pealed out 
their liquid legato notes — and a longing to play 
comes over me! Parties need not be magnificent to 
be enjoyable. The simple ones are often the most 
fun, and in these days of scarcity of domestics it 
is a good plan to have the cooperation of friends 
and neighbors. A little thought and planning, sim- 
ple refreshments made preferably outside of the 
kitchen and served in picnic fashion, guests assisting, 
make for gaiety and easy entertainment. Come — let 
us play in our own, and each others’, gardens! 
