Everything else went on in the same pleasant fashion. The costume committee was flooded with offers of real Japanese kimonos and a bewildering collection of fans, screens, silk scarfs, pottery, and china for decorating. Two days before the fête, Madeline had a letter from her father, in which he spoke of a bewitching little Japanese lady, herself an artist, who was sitting as model for a friend of his. Madeline consulted the rest of her committee and sent off a long telegram (charges collect), asking for the loan of the Japanese lady for the afternoon of the tea. The answer was favorable, and the committee on arrangements missed their luncheon in order to make an entirely new set of posters. From that moment the success of the tea was assured.