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WHEN MOTHER 
 LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
DRESSING UP 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS 
 US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 A BOOK THAT TELLS LITTLE FOLK HOW BEST TO 
 ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE THEIR LITTLE FRIENDS 
 
 By ELSIE DUNCAN YALE 
 
 ILLUSTRATED BY ADA BUDELL 
 
 N.ON-IN 
 FER.IOR 
 A-SEQV 
 
 EN>E5 
 
 NEW YORK 
 MOFFAT, Y^ARD AND COMPANY 
 
 1909 
 
Copyright, 1909, by 
 MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 All Rights Reserved 
 
 Published, October, 1909 
 
 
 ©CIA251778 
 
TO 
 
 MY DAUGHTERS 
 
 WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY ALWAYS BE 
 
 "GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY" 
 
 THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Introduction 1 
 
 Invitations 3 
 
 Getting Ready 5 
 
 Parties You Can Have Without Mother 's Help . 7 
 
 For Sandwiches . 8 
 
 Candy Pull . 8 
 
 Fudge Party 10 
 
 Pop Corn Party 10, 
 
 1 Sewing Bee 12 
 
 I Paper Doll Party 15 
 
 Clothes Pin Party . 17 
 
 Indoor Garden Party 19 
 
 Christmas Sunshine Party 21 
 
 Easter Sunshine Party 23 
 
 Doll's Christmas Tree Party^ 24 
 
 A Christmas Sewing Bee 27 
 
 Indoor Picnic . 27 
 
 Indoor Picnic for Dolls .29 
 
 An Afternoon in Holland 30 
 
 Japanese Tea (Indoors) 33 
 
 Japanese Tea (Outdoors) 35 
 
 Hiawatha Party" 37 
 
 Daffodil Party 41 
 
 Buttercup Party , 43 
 
 Tulip Tea 45 
 
 Clover Party" 46 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 EosE Party 49 
 
 Daisy Party 53 
 
 Soap Bubble Party 55 
 
 Chrysanthemum Party 55 
 
 Valentine Party 57 
 
 George Washington Party 62 
 
 St. Patrick 's Party 65 - 
 
 Easter Party 69 
 
 Rabbit Party 71 
 
 May Day Party (Outdoors) 73 
 
 May Day 73 
 
 .Fourth of July Party 77 
 
 Hallowe'en Party 81 
 
 Colonial Garden Party .85 
 
 Thanksgiving .87 
 
 A Holly Luncheon 89 
 
 Additional Games 
 
 Menagerie 90 
 
 Criticism .90 
 
 Musical Neighbors 91 
 
 Hunt the Ring ....". 92 
 
 Slip the Ruler 92 
 
 Beast, Bird or Fish 92 
 
 Shouting Proverbs 93 
 
 Beans 93 
 
 What is my Thought Like 94 
 
 Post .94 
 
 Charades 95 
 
 How, When and Where .95 
 
 Peanut Grab 96 
 
 Feathers 96 
 
ILLUSTRATIOXS 
 
 Dressing Up 
 
 A Candy Pull is Lots of Fun . 
 
 Come with a Skip 
 
 Come Around and Stay to Tea . 
 Come Spend the Afternoon with ]\Ie 
 The Braves and the Squaws 
 A Dance of Grandmother's Time . 
 
 Queen of the May 
 
 A Hallowe'en Party 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Frontispiece 
 9 
 11 
 13 
 25 
 39 
 61 
 75 
 83 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 There is nothing tliat is much more fun than 
 a party, is there? Mother hasn't forgotten the 
 days when she set a little table in the attic with 
 the dolls' tea-set, and had cambric tea and jam 
 sandwiches. As for a birthday party, why it 
 doesn't seem a bit like a birthday without a 
 frosted cake and pink candles and ice cream in 
 forms — but there ! That was to be a surprise. 
 
 Birthday parties only come once a year, of 
 course, but there are other parties in between, 
 afternoon teas on the piazza or in the playroom, 
 or in the barn, if you are so fortunate as to have 
 a barn. These parties oughtn't to mean extra 
 work for mother, for you can have them all 
 yourself, if mother is w^illing. 
 
 So when she says, ''Yes, you may have a 
 party, ' ' after you have hugged her, and told her 
 she w^as the dearest mother in the world, you can 
 begin to get ready. 
 
WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PAKTY 
 
 "U. S. V. p./' at the end, 
 Means ^^an answer kindly send/' 
 But a child who is polite, 
 Knows she should an answer write. 
 
WHEN .MUTliKK J.ETS US OFV^E A i'AKTY 3 
 
 INVITATIONS 
 
 First of all, for the invitations. Choose yonr 
 prettiest note paper, and don't forget to write 
 very plainly the date of the party. If you are 
 just going to have a little afternoon tea, you can 
 simply write. 
 
 Dear Daisy, — 
 
 ^'Will you conic to my house to tea on Friday 
 afternoon, June sixth, at three o'clock? I hope 
 you can. "Lovingly, 
 
 ' ' Dorothy. 
 "19 Elm Street, 
 "June first.'' 
 
 Or if you are going to have a larger party, you 
 can write: 
 
 ^'Miss Dorothy Manners requests the pleasure 
 of your presence at her home on Friday after- 
 noo)iy June sixth, from four until eight o'clock. 
 
 ''19 Elm Street. 
 June first.'' 
 
 <i 
 
 Be sure to send your invitations in time for 
 your friends to write replies. Mother will need 
 to know just how large a birthday cake to bake, 
 and how much ice cream to freeze ! 
 

 whe:n^ mother lets us give a party 
 
 'Twill be a good plan (and there's truth in my 
 
 rhynie) 
 To always begin to get ready in time. 
 
WHEX MOTHER LETS US GIVE A TAETY 5 
 
 GETTING READY 
 
 If you are going to have many parties, tliere 
 are quite a number of things which you can keep 
 on liand, all ready to use when you need them. 
 An old trunk or box, or barrel will be nice to 
 have on purpose for ^'dress-up" clothes. Put 
 away in this all the old hats, and dresses, and 
 shawls, in which mother lets you dress up. Then 
 they'll be safe, so that no one will throw or give 
 them away by mistake, and you'll always know 
 just where to find them. 
 
 It is a good thing to have wooden picnic plates 
 on hand, and' these will be very useful for out- 
 door parties. Mother may object to your using 
 her good china, for sometimes plates will get 
 broken when you are just as careful as you know 
 how to be. So you can decorate your wooden 
 plates very prettily by cutting out the flowers or 
 figures which are on paper napkins, and pasting 
 them on the plates. Then they will do nicely for 
 your lawn or piazza parties. 
 
 It is a good plan to have a supply of paper 
 napkins and you can buy them by the hundred, 
 or by the dozen. If mother is afraid to let you 
 have her pretty table cloth or lunch cloth for 
 fear it might get stained, you can get a lovely 
 paper table cloth with napkins and little dishes, 
 for twentv-five cents. 
 
6 
 
 WHEI^ MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 'You might suggest to your relatives when 
 Cliristmas or your birthday is near, tliat a set 
 of tea cups, or plates, or little spoons would be 
 a very acceptable present. 
 
 A folding table is very useful when you have 
 afternoon teas on the piazza or lawn, and this 
 can be bought for a dollar. 
 
 You can make very dainty baskets for candy 
 and salted nuts, from little paper cases costing 
 fifteen cents a dozen, and crepe paper at ten 
 cents a roll. Five or ten cents will buy a pretty 
 souvenir, and every child enjoys something to 
 take home from the party. 
 
 So you see a party isn't such a great deal of 
 trouble, and I'm sure the ''best mother in the 
 world" will let you invite your friends to come 
 and see you quite often. 
 
 If you have a party and don't bother mother, 
 I'm sure she'll allow you to soon have another. 
 
 „***' 
 
WHEN :\10'ilIER LETS US GIVE A IWiiTY 7 
 
 PARTIES YOU CAN HAVE WITHOUT MOTHER'S HELP 
 
 Usually, wlicn mother's friends call on her in 
 the afternoon, she serves them with tea and 
 wafers or cakes. Perhaps she lets you hel}) her. 
 Xow when you friends come to see you, very 
 likelv mother will sometimes be willino; for vou 
 to make a pitcher of lemonade, or a few jam sand- 
 wiches, for them. Try to serve these very daint- 
 ily on a tray, using the napkins which you have 
 all readv. 
 
 Here is a very valuable secret. When mother 
 says, ^'No, I can't let you get your refreshments 
 ready yourself, ' ' do 5^ou know the reason ? Slie 
 is afraid you w^ill not do it tidily, and that she 
 will have to set the kitchen in order after you 
 have finished. So put the sugar box back in its 
 place, don't leave the breadboard out, and set 
 everything back just where you foimd it. 
 
 Then I'm sure that the next time you ask 
 mother she will say, ^^Yes." 
 
 So if she allows you to make lemonade, or 
 cocoa for your friends, here are the recipes : 
 
 For one glass of lemonade take the juice of 
 half a lemon, mix with two teaspoons of sugar, 
 and add one cup of water. To make fruit lemon- 
 ade add a few strawberries, or cherries, or bits 
 I of pineapple, or slices of orange to the lemonade. 
 
8 V/HEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 For one cup of cocoa, mix a teaspoon of cocoa 
 with a teaspoon of sugar, and then mix with one 
 tablespoon of boiling water. Stir it well till the 
 lumps are all out. Put a half pint of milk over 
 the stove (being careful not to burn it), when it 
 ^^ wrinkles" on the top, pour the cocoa in, and 
 let it boil a few minutes, stirring so that it will 
 not scorch. 
 
 FOR SANDWICHES 
 
 Soften the butter a few minutes before you use 
 it. Butter the bread before cutting off each 
 slice, and cut very thin. Then lay the buttered 
 slices neatly together and trim off the crusts. 
 The sandwiches may be filled with jelly, jam, 
 chopped hard boiled egg, chopped meat, or nuts. 
 
 CANDY PULL 
 
 Of course you must have this party in the 
 kitchen, and either ask your friends to bring 
 gingham aprons, or provide aprons for them. 
 Have nice bright tin pans ready for your candy, 
 and get together everything that the recipe calls 
 for. If mother is willing you can make two 
 kinds of candy at once on the stove, one for 
 ^^ pulling" and one for ^^nut taffy." Although 
 you can easily make the candy yourself, mother 
 had best be on hand when you are working over 
 the fire. This is a good party for a rainy day. 
 
A candy iDull is lots of fun. 
 
10 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 FUDGE PARTY 
 
 For a fudge party, you will need aprons of 
 course, and permission to use the stove, or per- 
 haps your big sister's chafing dish. Get your 
 materials together, and when your friends come, 
 you can have just as good a time as the girls do 
 at college. '^When Mother Lets Us Cook" will 
 tell you just how to make your fudge, and then 
 you will have one less thing to learn at college. 
 
 This is a good party for a rainy day. 
 
 POP CORN PARTY 
 
 For this you will need popping corn, and sev- 
 eral poppers. If you only have one, maybe your 
 guests will bring theirs. 
 
 You can take turns rubbing the corn from the 
 ears, and popping it. 
 
 This is another rainy day party. 
 
Come with a skip and come with a hop, 
 I've some corn that you must pop. 
 
12 
 
 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 SEWING BEE 
 
 Mother will approve of a sewing bee, you see 
 if she doesn 't ! It is a most industrious way to 
 spend an afternoon ! Invite your friends 
 around, and ask them to bring their dolls, their 
 work baskets, and material to work with. (Of 
 course this is just a girls' party! Boys are left 
 out !) If it is warm weather, it will be pleasant 
 to sew on the piazza or lawn, and if it is too cool 
 for this, the playroom will be pleasant for your 
 sewing bee. Of course the boys will say that 
 you do more talking than sewing, but show them 
 that they are wrong by getting some pretty 
 clothes made for your dolls. 
 
 At the end of the afternoon clear off your sew- 
 ing table, cover it with a dainty cloth and serve 
 afternoon tea. (It is queer to call it tea, when 
 you have cocoa or lemonade!) 
 
Come around and stny to tea. 
 
 We will have a sewing bee ; 
 
 Bring- your needle, tliread and thimble, 
 
 Tongues and fingers will be nimble, 
 
14 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 I wish to make each paper doll 
 
 A very stylish trousseau ; 
 
 So come and help me dress them all, 
 
 I trust that you will do so. 
 
WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A TAKTY 15 
 
 PAPER DOLL PARTY 
 
 For this party you will need as many paper 
 dolls as you liave invited friends, and of course 
 this, too, is just a girls' jD^rty. Boys are out of 
 it ! Beside the dolls, get colored tissue or crepe 
 paper, scissors, and paste. Arrange a table, at 
 which to work, and when all your guests have 
 come, you can begin dressing the paper dolls. 
 Let each choose her own materials for the 
 dresses. If you like, you can give a prize for the 
 best dressed doll, mother to be the judge. 
 
 Then for refreshments lemonade, or cocoa and 
 sandwiches will be nice, or if mother is willing, 
 ice cream and cake. The refreshments can be 
 served on the table, on which you are working, 
 if you like, for it will only take a few moments 
 to clear away the work, and arrange it for a tea 
 table. 
 
16 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 A clothespin party's new to you^ 
 I really have no doubt, 
 So come to spend the afternoon, 
 And then you will find out. 
 
WHEX MOTHEli LETS TS GIVE A rARTY 17 
 
 CLOTHES PIN PARTY 
 
 For a Clotliesi)in Party you will need a couple 
 of dozen clothespins, and plenty of colored tissue 
 or crepe paper. In one corner of the invitation 
 you can draw a clothespin. The clothesx)in party 
 is very much like the paper doll party, except 
 that you dress clothespins up for dolls, in the col- 
 ored paper. You will be surprised to see what 
 pretty dolls you can make. Mother can decide 
 who has dressed the prettiest dolls, and give a 
 little prize. Your friends will enjoy playing 
 with the dolls they have dressed, until it is time 
 for refreshments. You can serve '^afternoon 
 tea," or something more if mother is willing. 
 
18 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 At an indoor garden party, I your presence 
 
 request, 
 And I'll really be delighted, if you'll come and 
 
 be my guest. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 19 
 
 INDOOR GARDEN PARTY 
 
 For the indoor garden party, you will need a 
 large sheet for a screen, and plenty of ]oictures 
 cut from magazines and catalogues. These pic- 
 tures must be of houses, barns, stables, trees, 
 animals, anything that will have place in an out- 
 door scene. You will also need a paper of pins, 
 some large sheets of white paper, and, if you like, 
 a couple of little gifts for ^^I'izes, such as a box 
 of crayons or a box of |)aints. 
 
 After your friends have come, arrange the 
 sheet in place, and pin in the center a large 
 picture of a house which has been cut out. Now 
 let your g\iests help themselves to the pictures 
 which you have cut out, each taking one. For 
 example, one child may have a barn, another a 
 rose bush, another a dog kemiel. Blindfold each 
 in turn, and let him pin the picture on the sheet. 
 When all have finished you will have a queer- 
 looking landscape, for a dog kennel may be on 
 the roof and a rose bush growing from a lawn 
 mower ! 
 
 After this game, get out your sheets of paper, 
 scissors, and pictures which you have ready. Let 
 each one try making a garden with his eyes open ! 
 Paste a house in the center of the |)aper, and 
 arrange trees, bushes, fountain, etc., about it as 
 
20 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 tastefully as possible. Tlien after mother lias 
 decided which is the best, you can give the prize 
 which you have bought. 
 
 You can serve your refreshments from a little 
 table just as you would at a garden party. 
 
 When Christmas time is drawing near 
 With all its mirth and merry cheer, 
 In midst of all your Christmas joys 
 Remember other girls and boys ! 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 21 
 
 CHRISTMAS SUNSHINE PARTY 
 
 This is really the very nicest kind of a party 
 to give. Just try it and see for yourself! For 
 this you will need plenty of narrow, red (or red 
 and green ribbon) holly seals, nice white wrap- 
 ping pa^^er, and any other things which make 
 holiday packages look ' ' Christmas-y. ' ' Be sure 
 not to forget a jar of j)aste. Buy some of the 
 beautiful copies of famous paintings, which are 
 sold at a cent a piece, and cards on which to 
 momit them, at two cents each. If mother can 
 let you have some colored cambric — pink or 
 blue — you can use it for scrap-books, and you 
 will also need scrap pictures and plenty of old 
 magazines from which to cut pictures. Have 
 ready a couple of dozen holly napkins, and three 
 pounds of candy. 
 
 "Write your invitations on paper with a holly 
 decoration in the corner, and ask your friends 
 to bring any toys which they are willing to give 
 away. 
 
 Then when the children come there will be 
 plenty to do. Two can cut scrap pictures from 
 the magazines, another can make the scrap book 
 from the pink or blue cambric. 
 
 The pictures will need to be mounted, and when 
 you do these, just paste the corners to the mount. 
 
22 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 Tliey must be wrapped prettily in white paper, 
 and eitlier sealed with holly seals or tied with 
 ribbon, or both. These are nice gifts for a hos- 
 pital. 
 
 Two other children can attend to the candy 
 bags. Lay a holly napkin right side up on the 
 table and put a handful of candy in the center. 
 Now draw the corners together, and tie firmly 
 with ribbon, around the candy. Smooth out the 
 corners, and you will have a pretty candy bag. 
 
 The toys which have been brought will need 
 to be wrapped nicely and tied with ribbon, so the 
 afternoon will pass quickly. Perhaps mother 
 will let you serve creamed chicken, peas, potato 
 chips, ice cream and cake to your guests, for after 
 such a busy afternoon they will surely be hungry. 
 
 This is a very good way to entertain your Sim- 
 day school class. 
 
 When you're the hostess, bear in mind 
 You must unselfish be, and kind. 
 Don't play the games that you like best. 
 But always try to please the rest. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 23 
 
 EASTER SUNSHINE PARTY 
 
 This is very mucli like a Christmas Sunsliine 
 Party, excejot that you will need a nunibep of 
 little baskets, candy Easter eggs, lavender or yel- 
 low ribbon, lily or violet napkins, and little 
 chickens or rabbits which you can buy for a cent 
 a piece. 
 
 Then you can make little Easter gifts for other 
 children and have a good time while you are 
 doing it. Tie up the candy in the Easter nap- 
 kins just as you did in the Christmas napkins, 
 and let the children arrange pretty Easter 
 baskets. 
 
 This is a good party to give to your Sunday 
 school class, and your teacher. 
 
24 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 DOLL'S CHRISTMAS TREE PARTY 
 
 This is also a Christmas holiday party. For 
 this you will need either small evergreen 
 branches for the Christmas tree, or better yet, the 
 little dwarf trees in pots. Ask mother to let you 
 have some of the ornaments from your own tree, 
 and have plenty of colored paper, paste, scissors, 
 also popcorn, needles and thread, and tree hooks. 
 If you can have a little netting, some colored 
 worsted, and candy, you can find use for them. 
 After your friends have come, make the orna- 
 ments for your trees, such as gilt and silver 
 stars, strings of popcorn, and chains of colored 
 paper. Using a doll's stocking as a pattern, cut 
 the net in the shape of stockings, overhand two 
 pieces together with colored worsted on three 
 sides. Fill these bags with candy, then overhand 
 the top together and hang on the tree. 
 
 Hot chocolate with sandwiches is nice for a 
 winter afternoon, and your friends will enjoy it 
 after they have finished trimming their trees. 
 
Come spend the afternoon with me. 
 Be sure to bring yonr dolly; 
 We'll trim for her a Christmas tree, 
 Now won't that be real jolly? 
 
26 WHE^ MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 As Christmas time will be here soon, 
 Please come and spend the afternoon, 
 No matter what may be the weather, 
 And we will sit and sew together. 
 Unless we hurry, I'm afraid 
 We wont get all our presents made. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GB^E A PARTY 27 
 
 A CHRISTMAS SEWING BEE 
 
 A Christmas sewing bee is very mucli like any 
 other sewing bee, except that instead of making 
 dolls' clothes, you make Christmas presents. 
 Ask the other girls to bring whatever gifts they 
 are working on, and you can spend a busy after- 
 noon together. Christmas time always comes 
 more quickly than you think it will, and it is a 
 good plan to have your presents ready early. So 
 I'm sure mother will approve of a Christmas 
 sewing bee. 
 
 INDOOR PICNIC 
 
 This is a nice party to give during Christmas 
 week, when the Christmas greens are still up, and 
 you have so many new toys that you want to 
 show your friends. For this party you will need 
 evergreens, an old covering like a ' ' drugget ' ' for 
 the j9oor, large baskets, wooden plates, and re- 
 freshments such as you have at a picnic. 
 
 Before the children come, fill the baskets with 
 sandwiches, devilled eggs, cookies, fruit, and 
 cake, and whatever else you like to take when 
 you go on a picnic. 
 
 Trim the playroom with greens, and cover the 
 floor, so the picnic won't hurt it. When your 
 guests arrive, you can play outdoor games, just 
 
28 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 as if you were at a real picnic. When it is time 
 for refreshments, tlie children can help you bring 
 in the baskets, and can set the table in true picnic 
 style. Instead of a pitcher of water, use a pail 
 and dipper, and if you have lemonade, that 
 should be in a pail, too. 
 
 You will find that an indoor picnic is a great 
 deal of fun. 
 
 Please bring your dolls around to call. 
 That all my dolls may meet them. 
 We'll have a good time for them all, 
 And to a picnic treat them. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 29 
 
 INDOOR PICNIC FOR DOLLS 
 
 You can have this same kind of a j)icnic for 
 your dolls. It will be great fun to make swings, 
 see-saws and slides for them, but be ca]*eful not 
 to let the dolls play too roughly, for they might 
 get hurt! 
 
 Then of course you must get out your little 
 china tea-set for your refreshments, and serve 
 *' cambric" tea and jam sandwiches. 
 
30 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 AN AFTERNOON IN HOLLAND 
 
 This is a party which your friends will be sure 
 to enjoy. Write your invitations on paper deco- 
 rated with Delft scenes, or else upon cards cut 
 in the shape of a Dutch shoe. Ask mother to 
 please make you a Dutch cap of lawn, and then 
 with a red or blue dress and a kerchief you'll be 
 a young Hollander. Have ready as many Dutch 
 post cards as you have invited guests, also scis- 
 sors, and a wooden shoe apiece. 
 
 First play *^ Going to Amsterdam,'' which is 
 the same as your old friend ''Going to Jerusa- 
 lem. ' ' Then while your guests catch their breath 
 after this very exciting trip, bring out your 
 Dutch post cards and give one to each child, with 
 a pair of scissors and an envelope. The post 
 cards must all be cut into irregular pieces for 
 puzzles, and then the pieces put in the envelope, 
 being careful not to lose a single piece. When 
 all the puzzles are cut, let each child pass to his 
 right-hand neighbor. Then allow five minutes 
 to put the puzzles together, after which you pass 
 puzzles again. If you have not invited many 
 guests, you can keep on passing puzzles till you 
 have solved them all. 
 
 Now for the game of ''Wise Men," which is 
 really a German game, but will do very well for 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GR^E A PARTY 31 
 
 a Dutch party. Choose three children for the 
 wise men. These three enter the room, and are 
 asked, ^'Who are jouV^ They answer, ^' Three 
 men traveling hither from the East." Then 
 comes the question, ^^What kind of men are 
 your' 
 
 ''We are good, honest men." 
 
 ^'What is your traded' 
 
 The ' ' wise men ' ' must then go through the mo- 
 tions of some trade, such as baking, ploughing, 
 building, etc. The others must guess the occupa- 
 tion meant, and as soon as they have guessed 
 three other wise men are chosen. 
 
 A more restful game is Dutch Housewife. 
 
 One child is chosen for ''Housewife" and she 
 must ask contributions for her kitchen. So 
 each in turn offers to give some article used in 
 the kitchen, such as a stove, dishpan, plate, etc. 
 Then the "Housewife" must ask each player ten 
 questions, and to each question, the article con- 
 tributed must be given as the reply. Whoever 
 laughs must pay a forfeit. If you have prom- 
 ised a dishpan, and the housewife asks, ' ' In what 
 do you ride?" you must of course answer, "A 
 dishpan." It's hard not to laugh, and ahnost 
 everyone has to ]3ay a forfeit. 
 
 The supper table can be set in Delft blue with 
 a small windmill for a centerpiece, and at each 
 
32 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 place have a wooden shoe, filled with chocolates. 
 Mother would be sure to say that a regular 
 ^^ Dutch lunch" Avould mean a visit from the doc- 
 tor some hours later. So instead of pickles and 
 cheese, and all the other indigestibles that the 
 grown folks enjoy, serve chocolate with whipped 
 cream, sandwiches, chocolate bonbons, and honey 
 cakes. (These latter you can buy at any Ger- 
 man bakery.) 
 
 I'm sure your friends will all vote this ^^Af- 
 ternoon in Holland" a great success. 
 
 TO MISS WISTARIA 
 To Miss Wistaria: 
 I write to inquire if my guest you will be, 
 And come to my home for a Japanese tea? 
 Shp on a kimono and carry a fan, 
 And then you will look like a maid of Japan. 
 
WHEN :mother lets us give a party 33 
 
 JAPANESE TEA 
 
 This may be given indoors or on the piazza, 
 according to the season of the year. Send your 
 invitations on note paper with a Japanese deco- 
 ration in the corner, and address each friend by 
 some Japanese name such as Wistaria, Chrysan- 
 themum or Cherry Blossom. If this is to be an 
 indoor tea, arrange one room to look as much 
 like Japan as possible, and this can be done by 
 taking the furniture out ! Place straw mats on 
 the floor to be used for chairs. Little bamboo 
 plant stands, and footstools will do very well 
 for tables, and a few plants will decorate the 
 room nicely. Maple branches at the doorways 
 or artificial cherry boughs will give a very festive 
 air. 
 
 Japanese costumes can be easily managed. 
 All you need is a kimona, wide sash, and a few 
 little fans for your hair. The sash should be 
 tied under your arms with a ^Mjutterfly" bow 
 in the back, and your hair should be dressed high, 
 and ornamented with tiny fans. If you haven't 
 a kimona, borrow mother's, and make a dee]D hem 
 in it, so that it will be the right length. 
 
 If you want to be very ^'Japanese," your 
 friends can remove their shoes at the door of 
 the room. They must address you A^ery respect- 
 
34 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 fully, and speak of your ^^magnificent home," 
 while you, according to Japanese rules of polite- 
 ness, should thank them for coming to your mis- 
 erable hut! 
 
 Have a few checker-boards, and a game of 
 Halma in readiness, for checkers and backgam- 
 mon are Japanese games, while Halma is very 
 much like a game which represents the fifty- 
 three post stations between Yedo and Kioto. 
 Call the starting place ''Yedo," and your goal 
 ''Kioto" and you have almost exactly a Japanese 
 game. Charades are favorite amusements of 
 Japanese children, and so is a game like our 
 "Authors." 
 
 It would be very interesting if mother would 
 read aloud a Japanese fairy story, for you would 
 all enjoy it. 
 
 Refreshments should be brought in on a lac- 
 quer tray and served on the low stools, and of 
 course you will need Japanese dishes. Tea, 
 dainty little cakes and bonbons would be a good 
 choice for refreshments, but it would be an ex- 
 cellent plan to set a plate of sandwiches on your 
 tray, too, for the Japanese menu might not be 
 sufficient for an American appetite. 
 
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 JAPANESE TEA (Outdoors) 
 
 Foe a Japanese Tea on the lawn you will need 
 the same costumes as for an indoor tea. The re- 
 freshments, too, are the same, and the j^iazza 
 can be easily arranged in Japanese style. 
 
 If you are fortunate enough to have plenty 
 of room for your party, a kite-playing contest 
 will be great fun, and you must be sure to get 
 the queer '^ bird" kites that the children of Japan 
 love. Puss-in-the-corner is a Japanese game 
 (did you Iniow it before?) and so is Blindman's 
 Buff. 
 
 Japanese girls and boys enjoy battledore and 
 shuttlecock, and when they play, whoever fails 
 must have his face marked with charcoal. 
 
 The Japanese children are fond of playing 
 ball, too, and they use a ball wound with silk 
 of different colors. 
 
 By the time that you have tried all these games, 
 you and your guests will be quite ready to sit 
 down on the straw mats, and enjoy Japanese 
 refreshments. 
 
6K) WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 TO JACK-RUN-A-RACE 
 
 Won't you come to my tepee'? 
 Squaws and braves you there will see. 
 By canoe or forest trail, 
 At my wigwam do not fail. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US OWE A PARTY 37 
 
 HIAWATHA PARTY 
 
 This is a party for the country, and though 
 it sounds like a boys' party, the girls will enjoy 
 it, too. 
 
 For this you will need a target, one of the 
 new guns which shoots rubber-tipped arrows, 
 several boxes of beads, a set of quoits, boomer- 
 angs (which you can buy for twenty-five cents 
 at a toy store) , a football, and a number of prizes. 
 These may be Indian baskets, birch bark canoes, 
 or an}i;hing that is Indian. For your costmne 
 you can buy a ^^ Hiawatha" or ^^ Minnehaha" suit 
 from a dollar up, or for twenty-five cents yon 
 can get a kind of Indian apron which is stamped 
 on muslin, all ready to cut out. Write your 
 invitations on birch bark, with your pyrogra- 
 phy set (if you have one), and ask your friends 
 to wear Indian costumes and to take an Indian 
 name for the occasion. 
 
 A Hiawatha Party should be a field day of 
 outdoor sports, so arrange a program of races, 
 (obstacle and hurdle races would be fun) and 
 have a prize for each winner. Quoits is an In- 
 dian game, or at least, the Indians play a game 
 very much like our quoits, and when your guests 
 are tired of this, set up your target for an archery 
 contest. The girls will enjoy making bead neck- 
 
38 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 laces, and if they have brought their dolls, each 
 doll must be strapped to a board in ^^ papoose" 
 style, and be fastened to her '' mother's" shoul- 
 ders. 
 
 Indians are fond of football, although they 
 don't play by rules, for they simply kick the 
 ball about, and each tries to keep it as long as 
 possible. 
 
 Boomerangs are very fascinating toys, which 
 will sail through the air, circle around the object 
 you aimed at, and come back to you. 
 
 ^* Skilled was he in sports and pastimes, 
 In the merry dance of snow shoes. 
 In the play of quoits and ball play; 
 Skilled was he in games of hazard, 
 In all games of skill and hazard, 
 Pugasing, the Bowl and Counters, 
 Kuntassor, the Game of Plum Stones." 
 
 Hiawatha. 
 
 "When the braves and squaws have grown hun- 
 gry, the kettle of steaming 'Venison" should be 
 brought in, and the whole tribe sits down around 
 it. It is not really venison, but stewed chicken, 
 which the ''tribe" probably prefers to venison, 
 and with it are passed hot cornbread and ears 
 of corn. Berries may be served in birch bark 
 
c^cs^^ 
 
 •AB- 
 
 The Braves and the Squaws. 
 
40 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PAKTY 
 
 dishes, and little birch bark canoes are good for 
 souvenirs. 
 
 After supper the whole tribe should take part 
 in an Indian war dance about a camp fire, and 
 then, having said farewell to Hiawatha and Min- 
 nehaha, return along the trail, each to his own 
 tepee. 
 
 The springtide has followed the winter so chilly 
 And brought to the garden Miss Daffy-down- 
 
 dilly. 
 I'll give in her honor, a daffodil tea. 
 So may I expect you precisely at three ? 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 41 
 
 DAFFODIL PARTY 
 
 Plexty of ^'daify-clown-dillies" will be used 
 for this party, also materials for making them 
 of paper (you can buy this already prepared), 
 brown tissue paper, yellow and green crepe pa- 
 per, clothes pins, yellow baby ribbon, and as many 
 little gifts as you have invited giiests. Get a 
 shallow wooden box about two feet long and one 
 foot wide and fill it with sawdust. Wrap your 
 gifts in the brown tissue paper, so that they will 
 look like bulbs. Now fasten each to the stem of 
 a daffodil (you may use paper daffodils if you 
 wish) and ^' plant" them in your box of sawdust. 
 When you have finished, your box will look like a 
 bed of daffodils, especially if 3^ou cover the out- 
 side of the box with green paper. Arrange vases 
 of daffodils around the room, or piazza. It 
 would be a very good idea for you to wear yellow 
 sash and ribbons with your white dress. Then 
 you'll be a ^'daffy-down-dilly" yourself! After 
 your friends have come you can give each one ma- 
 terials for a paper daffodil, and whoever makes 
 the prettiest, should receive a little prize. Next 
 YOU can dress ^ ^ daff v-down-dillv " dolls, usino- 
 clothes pins, and the crepe joaper, and of course 
 the one whose doll is the best should have some 
 reward. 
 
42 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 After jou have played whatever games your 
 guests will enjoy the best, lead the way to the 
 fairy daffodil bed, which is, of course, your 
 wooden box. Then let each pull out a daffodil, 
 and find the surprise hidden at the root. 
 
 Mother will probably decorate the table in 
 yellow for you, and of course in the center will 
 be a big bowl of daffodils. Chicken salad, po- 
 tato chips, rolls, frozen custard, cakes with 
 orange icing, and salted nuts, would be a very 
 good choice for refreshments, as they would carry 
 out the yellow plan. It would be an excellent 
 idea to give each one of your guests a few daffo- 
 dils to take home. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 43 
 
 BUTTERCUP PARTY 
 
 This is just the party for the country when 
 the buttercups seem to be nodding tlieir yellow 
 heads to you and saying, ^^Come and pick us !" 
 
 The invitations for this party may be neatly 
 13rinted with gilt paint upon a white card, or else 
 written on note paper which has a buttercup 
 decoration. 
 
 You will need to have ready a number of little 
 yellow baskets — as many as you have invited 
 children — two or three |)ounds of ^'buttercup" 
 candies, and a sheet on which mother has drawn 
 in yellow crayon, a large buttercup without any 
 stem. Cut out of pasteboard or cloth a stem to 
 fit this buttercup. 
 
 It would be a good idea for you to wear a 
 white dress with yellow sash and hair ribbons. 
 
 After your guests have come, first of all you 
 can have a buttercup hunt. Give each child a 
 yellow basket in which to collect candy butter- 
 cups. Mother has hidden the buttercups for 
 you, having first wrapped each in paraffine pa- 
 per. (They would be sticky if she didn't do 
 this!) After you have filled your baskets, and 
 if you choose, have given a prize to the one col- 
 lecting the most buttercups, you can announce a 
 buttercup contest. This is exactly like a donkey 
 
44 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 party, except that tlie blindfolded one must pin 
 the stem on the buttercup. It isn't as easy as 
 it would seem ! 
 
 Next you can play ^'Buttercups and Farmer.'' 
 This is a form of blindman's buff, for the 
 ''farmer" must be blindfolded. Take a space 
 on the lawn about twenty feet square for the 
 "field" and place the "farmer" in the center. 
 The "buttercups" (who are the rest of the chil- 
 dren) may take their places anywhere in the 
 field. When ready to begin, the farmer says, 
 
 ' ' The buttercups are in my way, 
 I ' 11 mow them down when I make hay. ' ' 
 
 He is then allowed to take eight steps, while the 
 buttercups must not move. If he touches a but- 
 tercup, and names the child who is the butter- 
 cup, that one becomes farmer. If the farmer 
 fails to touch a buttercup he must be led back 
 to the center of the field again. 
 
 When it is time for refreshments, the table 
 can be set out under the trees, and if mother is 
 willing, your girl friends will enjoy decorating 
 it with buttercups. For refreshments you can 
 serve chicken sandwiches, lemonade, little cakes 
 iced with orange icing, and ice cream in yellow 
 paper cases. A little girl who gave this party 
 said that it was a great deal of fun. 
 
WHEN :\10TJiJ>:R TJ'/rS US GIVE A PARTY 45 
 TULIP TEA 
 
 As tulips are the national flower of Holland, 
 a tulip tea is only another form of a Duteli party. 
 The Dutch games may be played, and for a sur- 
 prise, a tulip bed should be arranged, just as the 
 daffodil bed was. 
 
 The same refreshments may be served at your 
 ''Tulip Tea,'' as you had for your afternoon in 
 Holland, but your tal)le decorations will need to 
 be different. The very prettiest centerpiece you 
 can have would be gay red and yellow tulips 
 in a Japanese flower-holder. If you do not own 
 one of these latter, give one to mother for her 
 birthday, for they do not cost much, and are 
 much prettier for flowers than a vase. 
 
 The candles should have red and yellow shades, 
 and a little ''tulip" lamp should stand at each 
 place as a souvenir to take home. 
 
 "One leaf is for love and one is for hope 
 And one is for faith, you know. 
 And God put another one in for luck ; 
 If you search you will find where they grow. ' ' 
 
 Ella Higgixsox. 
 
46 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 CLOVER PARTY 
 
 Perhaps you have near your house a clover 
 patch where four-leaved clovers are whispering 
 ' ' Come and find me ! ' ' Then of course you must 
 have a clover party! Press as many clover 
 leaves as you have invited guests, and decorate 
 each invitation card with one of the pressed 
 leaves. Write the invitations in green ink. 
 There isn't a great deal to get ready for this 
 party. Ask mother for a sheet, and either you 
 or she can draw in green crayon a large, four- 
 leaved clover. Cut from green cardboard four 
 leaves which will exactly fit this outline. Have 
 ready a large paper bag filled with nuts and 
 candy, a stick twined with green paper for a 
 wand, and as many green baskets as you have 
 invited children. Do not forget to have several 
 ^'clover" pins, to use for prizes. 
 
 After everyone has come, you can announce 
 a four-leaved clover hunt, and reward the lucky 
 finder with the clover pin, as a prize. 
 
 Next comes the clover contest, which is almost 
 the same as the famous ^^ Donkey Party." Fas- 
 ten up between two trees the sheet upon which 
 the four-leaved clover has been drawn. Blind- 
 fold each child in turn, giving him the four 
 clover leaves to pin in place, and give a prize to 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS ITS GIVE A PARTY 47 
 
 the one who has come nearest to the right places. 
 
 *'Bees in Clover" is a lively game which all 
 will enjoy. Mark off a line by means of string, 
 which shall be the boundary of the '^ clover 
 patch." The farmer stands in the clover patch, 
 and tries to keep the bees (the other children). 
 out of his clover. As soon as a bee crosses the 
 line, the farmer tries to touch him, and if he 
 succeeds, the bee must stay and help him catch 
 the others. 
 
 When you are tired of this game, ask mother 
 to hang the bag of nuts and candy high up, 
 where you can reach it with the wand, and give 
 each child a basket. Now blindfold each in turn, 
 and let him try to be the ^4ucky" one who will 
 strike the bag with the wand and break it. When 
 the bag is broken the candy and nuts will come 
 tumbling down, and then there will be a general 
 scramble to gather them and fill the baskets. 
 
 Refreshments should be served on the la^vn 
 or piazza, and the table should be prettily deco- 
 rated with clover blossoms. The refreshments 
 may be tongue and lettuce sandwiches, grape lem- 
 onade, cakes with pink icing and cherry ice. It 
 would be a good idea to serve the sandwiches 
 from picnic plates decorated with clover. 
 
48 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 O come to my party, for welcome you'll be, 
 And I will expect you exactly at three. 
 A large bow of pink kindly pin on your clothes, 
 For this is a party whose color is rose. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 49 
 
 ROSE PARTY 
 
 In June, when the roses are blooming in the 
 garden, or climbing over the piazza, you must 
 be sure to have a rose party! Give it on the 
 lawn, if you are fortunate enough to have one, 
 or else on the piazza. 
 
 If you do not mail your invitations but have 
 them left at your friends' homes, tie each note 
 with pink ribbon to the stem of a pink rose. 
 
 For your party you will need to have ready 
 ^^Rose Ring Toss.'' If you have a set of ^'ring 
 toss," wind the hoops with pink paper, and if 
 you have not a set, you can easily make one, 
 by winding different size embroidery hoops with 
 pink paper, and driving a stake in the ground 
 where you are ready to play. Have ready, also, 
 a number of pink bean bags. 
 
 The first game to play is " Drop the Rose," 
 which is just like '^Drop the Handkerchief," ex- 
 cept that you use a long-stemmed pink rose (be 
 sure and trim the thorns off!). 
 
 This can be followed by ^'Rose Ring Toss," 
 and of course you know that this is played by 
 standing some distance from the stake, and try- 
 ing to throw the rings over it. The large ring 
 counts five, the next ten, and the next fifteen. 
 
50 WHEN MOTHEE LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 Mother will keep score for you, and she can 
 decide what number will win the game. 
 
 A party wouldn't be complete without ^'Lon- 
 don Bridge!" But as this is a rose party the 
 *' pillars" of the bridge can offer each child the 
 choice between a red rose or a pink rose. Next 
 you can enjoy a game of bean bag. 
 
 By this time you will be ready for refresh- 
 ments, and mother will not have any difficulty 
 in decorating the table, with plenty of roses at 
 hand. In the center of the table should be a 
 ^^ Jack Horner" pie, in the form of a large paper 
 rose, and from this ^'pie," pink ribbons run to 
 each place. (A Jack Horner pie can be bought, 
 all ready to set on the table.) Little candy boxes 
 with a rose decoration will be just the thing for 
 souvenirs to take home. For refreshments have 
 creamed chicken, or chicken salad, rolls, small 
 cakes iced in pink, salted nuts, pink bonbons, 
 and strawberry ice cream. To serve the ice 
 cream in a very pretty way, take small flower 
 pots, and scrub them well, till they are as clean 
 as clean can be. Then they can be filled with 
 strawberry ice cream. Next, chocolate is grated 
 on the top, until the pink is covered and it looks 
 like a little pot of earth. Now stick a pink rose 
 in it, as if the rose were growing in the pot, and 
 
"WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 51 
 
 you will have a ^'dainty dish to set before a 
 king ! ' ' 
 
 After you have finished, when mother gives 
 the signal, i^ull the pink ribbons and out from 
 the Jack Horner pie will come a present for 
 each of you. 
 
52 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 I'm going to give a ^^ Daisy Tea"; 
 Of course, you are invited. 
 Now won't you please say '^yes" to me, 
 And I will be ^'dee-lighted!" 
 
WHEX :mothepv lets rs give a tarty 53 
 
 DAISY PARTY 
 
 When the fields are full of daisies, and tliey 
 are growing in the parks, too, ask mother to al- 
 low you to go and gather some, and then you '11 be 
 ready for a daisy party. Of course this is an 
 out-door party ! . 
 
 When you write your invitations, sketch a 
 daisy in the corner (a daisy isn't hard to draw!) 
 and color it with your crayons. For your party 
 you will need a sheet like you had for your but- 
 tercup party, except that a daisy is drawn, in- 
 stead of a buttercup. Daisy ring toss is like 
 rose ring toss, too, except that the rings are 
 wound with yellow and white paper. You will 
 need, also, some little gift, as a prize for the 
 one who pins the stem to the daisy. If you like, 
 you can make a few yellow and white bean bags. 
 
 It will not be hard to entertain your friends 
 at the daisy party. ^^Drop the Daisy" is a lively 
 game like " Drop the Handkerchief." Daisy 
 ring toss will be a great deal of fun, and every 
 one will enjoy trying to pin the stem to the daisy. 
 You can have a merry game with the yellow and 
 white bean bags, and then will 1)e ready for re- 
 freshments. If your guests are girls, they will 
 enjoy helping you decorate the table with daisies, 
 but perhaps mother will prefer to do it herself. 
 
54 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 For supper, serve chicken salad, rolls, deviled 
 eggs, white and gold cake, and vanilla ice cream. 
 Have the ice cream cut in round slices (it should 
 be packed in a can for this) and in the center, 
 place a round of lemon jelly, to resemble the 
 center of the daisy. 
 
 Forget your work, forget your troubles. 
 And come around to blow some bubbles ! 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 5o 
 
 SOAP BUBBLE PARTY 
 
 This is either an outdoor or an indoor party, 
 but if the weatlier is warm, very likely mother 
 would prefer that you gave it out doors. Mother 
 Nature's green carpet isn't easily spoiled. For 
 this party you will need gingham aprons, pipes, 
 bowls, soap, and small tables, as well as several 
 prizes. You can blow bubbles with a penny clay 
 pipe, but nowadays there are fascinating ^'bub- 
 ble" sets which cost twenty-five cents. With 
 these you can blow the most remarkable bubbles, 
 and with each set are directions for fancy 
 bubble blowing, which will keep you busy the 
 whole afternoon. 
 
 You can have contests, and give a prize for 
 the largest bubble, the one that lasts the longest, 
 the one that floats the highest, etc. Mother will 
 probably be willing to '^umpire" and award the 
 prizes. 
 
 For refreshments, serve sandwiches, fruit lem- 
 onade, ice cream and lady-fingers. 
 
 CHRYSANTHEMUM PARTY 
 
 This is just the same as a Japanese tea, except 
 that since it is in chrysanthemum time, it must 
 be an indoor party. Decorate your rooms with 
 
56 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 clirysantliemiiins instead of artificial cherry blos- 
 soms, and be sure to wear a chrysanthemum in 
 your hair, tucked over your ear. 
 
 Play the games described for the Japanese tea, 
 and serve the same refreshments. 
 
 In honor of St. Valentine, I'm going to give a 
 
 party, 
 My invitation's cordial and your welcome will be 
 
 hearty. 
 
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 VALENTINE PARTY 
 
 Valentine's Day is an ideal day for a party, 
 and if mother says ^^yes," why, send out your 
 inviations right away. Use heart-shaped cards, 
 and seal the envelopes with tiny ^^ heart'' seals. 
 Of course your preparations for the party will 
 depend on how much money you have to sjDend, 
 but here are some ideas that have been tried, 
 and are a great deal of fun. When you are 
 sure of the number of guests, buy heart-shaped 
 boxes, large red cardboard hearts, gifts, and 
 make small red bags, enough for each child to 
 have one. Borrow mother's scissors, a jar of 
 paste, and hunt up any old magazines or cata- 
 logues that may be in the house. Place a gift 
 in each ^4ieart" box, wrap each box up neatly, 
 and tie with scarlet ribbon. A few vases of 
 scarlet carnations, and strings of hearts looped 
 about, will give the room a very festive air. 
 Hide the candy hearts around the room, where 
 they will not be found too easily. If you wear 
 a red sash and hair ribbons with vour w^hite 
 dress, you will look like a real little Valentine 
 girl, all ready to receive 3^our guests. 
 
 The first ^^ number on the program" may be a 
 Heart Hunt, so give each child a red bag in 
 which to collect the hearts which he finds. Next 
 
58 "WHEN MOTHER LETS TS GIVE A PARTY 
 
 comes a heart auction, and mother can be auc- 
 tioneer and sell at auction the heart-shaped 
 boxes. The ^^ customers" bid with candy hearts 
 instead of money, and nobody can make more 
 than one purchase. 
 
 Then St. Valentine's candle (which is a red 
 candle in a candlestick) may be lit, and placed 
 on a table. Each child, in turn, must be blind- 
 folded and stand ten paces away from the candle. 
 He turns around three times, takes ten steps 
 toward the candle, as he supposes, and then tries 
 to blow it out. The one who is successful in 
 this, will be very fortunate through the coming 
 year. 
 
 Next distribute the pasteboard hearts, and let 
 each guest write his or her name on them. Now 
 pass to the right-hand neighbor, who must deco- 
 rate the heart with pictures cut from catalogues 
 or magazines. For instance, Dorothy's heart 
 will be ornamented with pictures of dogs, birds, 
 hair ribbons and candy, for these are Dorothy's 
 favorites. Jack's heart will be decorated with 
 pictures of automobiles, motor boats, guns, and 
 fishing tackle. Each heart is supposed to show 
 just what the owner is fond of. 
 
 Then supper can be served, and since it is 
 Valentijie's Day a ^^ hearty" supper will be just 
 the thing. 
 
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 Eecl carnations and recl-sliadecl candles make 
 a pretty decoration, or if mother is willing to 
 take more trouble, a Cupid may occupy the place 
 of honor in the center of the table. From his 
 bow, narrow red ribbons extend to silver card- 
 board arrows, which are at each place, and serve 
 as ^* place cards.'' ''Coup Jacques," for the first 
 course, sound interesting and are as nice as they 
 sound. Fill sherbet glasses half full of small 
 pieces of pineapple, orange and banana, then 
 cover with cherry ice, smoothing the top over 
 carefully. Oysters in heart-shaped pattie shells, 
 heart-shaped sandwiches, heart cakes, and bon- 
 bons, and ice cream in the form of hearts, will 
 make a very nice Valentine supper, and there 
 should be a dainty Valentine souvenir at each 
 plate. 
 
 AYhen your guests say ''good-bye," they'll tell 
 you that they have had a lovely time. See if 
 thev don't! 
 
60 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PAKTY 
 
 In honor of George Washington, 
 
 Who lived so long ago, 
 
 I ask you to a party, now; 
 
 The date, of course, you know. 
 
 And so I trust you'll come around 
 
 And stay for quite awhile. 
 
 Dressed up, perhaps, in grandma's clothes, 
 
 Or some old-fashioned style. 
 
A Dance of Grandmother's Time, 
 
62 WHEN MOTHER LETS TS GIVE A PARTY 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY 
 
 Very probably George Wasliington never had 
 a birthday party, as he lived in the days when 
 children were ^'seen and not heard.'' So it 
 would be a good idea to have a party in his honor 
 on his birthday. Of course you will need old- 
 fashioned costumes, and these will probably be 
 found by ransacking the garret. But if, like 
 Mother Hubbard's cupboard, the garret is bare, 
 you can easily borrow a skirt of mother's, fasten 
 it under your arms, tie a sash in Empire style, 
 put on a kerchief, and there you are ! 
 
 All that you will need to have ready for this 
 party will be silhouette paper, and cardboard 
 mounts for the silhouette pictures. 
 
 The afternoon may be spent in playing old- 
 fashioned games, such as ^^ London Bridge, 
 ^'What is my Thought Like," *^ Proverbs, 
 ''Going to Jerusalem," and ''Mulberry Bush, 
 ending up with a Virginia reel. Then while 
 you are resting, mother will make a silhouette 
 picture ©f each one of you. You must sit in 
 front of a lamp so that your shadow will fall 
 clearly upon the wall or door. Then the paper 
 should be fastened so that your shadow will fall 
 on it, and an outline be made with pencil. This 
 outline is to be cut out, and pasted upon a card- 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 63 
 
 board mount, and there is a fine silhouette por- 
 trait! Tliese portraits can be hung about the 
 room, as an art gallery, and you can have a great 
 deal of fun trying to decide ^Svho's who." 
 
 By this time you will be ready for mother's 
 old-fashioned supper, so you will sit down at 
 ^^ early candle light," and enjoy stewed chicken 
 and waffles, hot biscuit, preserves, cake and ice 
 cream. If mother wishes to be very '^colonial" 
 she will have a large ball of popcorn in the cen- 
 ter of the table. A box of bonbons in the form of 
 a three-cornered hat, will be a nice souvenir for 
 each guest. 
 
64 WHEN MOTHEE LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 Acuslila, mavourneen, O come to my party; 
 O come, for I bid yez, so cordial and hearty, 
 And so at my cottage I trust ye '11 be seen, 
 Tlie day of St. Patrick, a-wearin' the green. 
 
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 ST. PATRICK'S PARTY 
 
 As St. Patrick's Day draws near you will see 
 so many fascinating little souvenirs in the stores 
 that you really can't help asking mother to let 
 you have a St. Patrick's party. -I hope she will 
 say ^^ Yes!" 
 
 In the corner of your invitations should he a 
 shamrock or an Irish hat, and you can buy these 
 cards just before St. Patrick's Day. For your 
 party you will need two pounds of candy ^'sham- 
 rocks," as many small baskets tied with green 
 ribbon as you have invited gTiests, a sheet upon 
 which a shamrock has been drawn (the one you 
 had for your clover party will do), and a smooth, 
 white stone, for the '^ Blarney Stone." Beside 
 these have ready two dozen potatoes, a couple of 
 tablespoons, two shallow baskets and three 
 prizes. 
 
 Of course, before your friends arrive you must 
 pin a green bow on your dress, since this is the 
 day for ''The Wearin' of the Green." 
 
 First comes the shamrock hunt, so give to 
 each child a bag or basket, and sharp eyes will 
 soon find the shami^ocks which have been hidden 
 about the room. 
 
 Next, have the potato race in the hall, and of 
 course you loiow how to have a potato race! 
 
66 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 Place the potatoes a foot apart in two long rows. 
 Let two children race first, and they must lift 
 the potatoes on a spoon, one by one, and carry 
 them back to the basket. Whoever drops one is 
 out of the race. 
 
 A box of candy decorated in green will be 
 a good prize for the winner. 
 
 As a rest from the excitement of the potato 
 race, the shamrock contest may come next, and 
 this is just like the clover contest at your clover 
 party. 
 
 Last of all, your friends must all kiss the 
 Blarney Stone, for of course you know that who- 
 ever kisses the Blarney Stone will ever after say 
 nothing but pleasant words. Place the stone 
 (which you have had well scrubbed) in the cen- 
 ter of a table and blindfold each of your guests 
 in turn, and let them try to kiss it, and whoever 
 is successful will be fortunate ever after, as the 
 fairy tales say. 
 
 The supper table can be decorated very pret- 
 tily for a St. Patrick's party with green-shaded 
 candles and ferns. After the lively games the 
 ^^ company" will enjoy creamed chicken with 
 peas, potato chips (it wouldn't be a St. Patrick's 
 supper without potatoes!), cakes with pista- 
 chio icing, green mint candy, and although 
 pistachio ice cream would carry out the green 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 67 
 
 color i)lan, yet it would be better to have vanilla, 
 as there are many who do not care for pistachio. 
 It would be a good plan to have a little souvenir 
 at each plate. 
 
68 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 On Easter Monday be my guest 
 (I hope it will be clear and sunny) ; 
 We'll play tlie games we like the best, 
 So come and bring your Easter bunny. 
 
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 EASTER PARTY 
 
 There may be ^'Blue Mondays," but surely 
 Easter Monday is one of the brightest, happiest 
 days that ever dawned. Of course you are anx- 
 ious for your friends to see the Easter gifts which 
 you have received, so if motlier is willing, send 
 out your invitations for an Easter party, not 
 forgetting to seal them with a lily seal. 
 
 For your party you will need colored tissue 
 paper (as many different colors as you will have 
 guests), also a small basket apiece, and plenty 
 of little rabbits, chickens and eggs. Buy a cou- 
 ple of pounds of jelly eggs, and have ready a 
 medium-sized, shallow basket. If this is a 
 ^^ girls' " party, have ready eggshells from 
 which the egg has been blown, also scissors and 
 paste. Don 't forget a little gift for a prize, and 
 be sure to have for each guest an egg, upon which 
 his or her name is marked. 
 
 Before the children arrive, wa^ap the chickens, 
 rabbits and eggs separately in the colored tissue 
 paper, the same number in each color, and hide 
 them about the room. Hide the jelly eggs, too, 
 but of course these need not be wrapped. 
 
 Then you can begin your party with an ^^ Eas- 
 ter hunt." Give each child a basket to gather 
 ^Hreasures" in, but (this is important!) he can 
 
70 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 only keep articles wrapped in the color with 
 which his basket is tied. Of course with jelly 
 eggs, ^^ finding's keeping.'' Next in order comes 
 ''Tossing Eggs." This sounds startling, but 
 jelly eggs won't make any trouble. Place the 
 basket at one end of the room. Now, let each 
 child stand nine feet distant and try to throw 
 twelve jelly eggs into the basket. The one who 
 is the best marksman wins a prize. 
 
 A race with the small Easter eggs is ''run" 
 just in the same way as a potato race, except 
 that teaspoons are used instead of tablespoons. 
 
 The girls will enjoy trying their millinery skill 
 by making tissue paper caps or bonnets for the 
 Easter eggshells, and mother can decide which 
 "egg lady" deserves a prize. 
 
 The supper table for the Easter party can be 
 made very pretty indeed. A hen on a nest will 
 be a good centerpiece, and scattered here and 
 there on the table place fluffy little ducks and 
 chickens. Your guests will greatly enjoy 
 creamed chicken with peas, deviled eggs, ice 
 cream in the form of lilies, or in lily paper cases, 
 bonbons and fancy cakes. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 71 
 
 RABBIT PAETY 
 
 Your older sister will tell you that she knows 
 all about rabbit parties, and that for this fes- 
 tivity you will require cheese and a chafing dish. 
 But she's very much mistaken, even if she has 
 been to college. What you must have for your 
 rabbit party is a sheet with a rabbit drawn on 
 it, and a pair of cloth ears to pin on the rabbit. 
 You'll also need a small candy rabbit, some mod- 
 eling clay (and aprons!) and three prizes, but 
 these are all, for this isn't a college party. 
 
 Of course your invitations have been written 
 on paper which is decorated with a bunny. 
 
 Your first game can be the rabbit contest, and 
 for this let each child in turn be blindfolded and 
 try to pin the ears on the rabbit. A prize will 
 reward the one who pins them the nearest to 
 their proper place. 
 
 Next snip out with sharp scissors two small 
 holes for the rabbit's eyes. Divide the children 
 into two groups, and let the first group go ^'be- 
 hind the scenes." Then one after another can 
 look through the rabbit's eyes, and the outside 
 group must try to guess who owns each pair of 
 eyes. It is harder than you would think. Then 
 the groups can change places, and the second 
 group be guessers. 
 
72 WHEK^ MOTHEE LETS US GIVE A PABTY 
 
 Next get out your modeling clay and aprons, 
 and the whole party can model rabbits. The 
 sculptor of the most life-like rabbit will of course 
 deserve a prize. 
 
 ^' Magic Music," or '^Rabbit Hunt/' is the next 
 game. Choose some one to leave the room. 
 Then hide the candy rabbit, and mother will be- 
 gin to play softly. The '' hunter'' must be 
 guided by the music, which is soft as he is far 
 from the hiding place, but grows loud when he 
 is near. If there is time before supper, the chil- 
 dren can ^^ settle down," while mother reads 
 aloud a ''B'rer Rabbit" story. 
 
 ^^B'rer Rabbit" is king of the supper table, 
 too, for he sits proudly in the center, holding 
 pink ribbons like reins in his hands. These rib- 
 bons run to each place and are fastened to what- 
 ever souvenirs you have chosen to give your 
 friends. ^^Baby Bunting" dolls would be nice 
 for them. 
 
 For refreshments, serve sandwiches, rabbit 
 cookies, candy, salted nuts and ice cream in rab- 
 bit forms. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 73 
 
 MAY DAY PARTY (Outdoors) 
 
 It does seem as if May Day ought to be spent 
 in the woods and fields, under bright bhie slvies. 
 So if the weatlier man will be so very obliging 
 as to prophesy a mild May Day, why then let's 
 off to the woods for a May Day party. Ask 
 your guests to bring baskets for gathering flow- 
 ers, and it would be a good plan to have a trowel 
 with you to dig up ferns and plants. 
 
 If you can have your May party near a brook, 
 a boat race would be a great deal of fun, and 
 you can provide boats for your guests. ^^ Still 
 Pond" is a good game for a May party, and so 
 is ^'Puss in the Corner." 
 
 Mother will pack up a picnic luncheon for 
 you, and the ''first picnic" of the season will 
 surely be a success. 
 
 MAY DAY 
 
 May Day always makes us think of a May 
 pole, and May dance, and a pretty queen crowned 
 with flowers. But May Day is apt to be chilly 
 and disagreeable, so you couldn't very well think 
 of tripping around the May pole with your win- 
 ter coat and your overshoes on. But how a]30ut 
 a Sunshine May party for your Sunday-school 
 
74 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 class ? If mother is willing, invite your teacher, 
 the girls (for this is a girls' party. We're sorry, 
 boys, but you really wouldn't enjoy this!) Buy 
 some colored crepe paper and a couple of dozen 
 round paper cases such as are sold for fifteen 
 cents a dozen. Paste and scissors will be needed 
 also. When your friends come you can all busy 
 yourselves making May baskets from the crepe 
 paper and the paper cases. 
 
 When they are all finished they may be filled 
 with spring flowers and sent to a children's hos- 
 pital. Wouldn't you enjoy a pretty little basket 
 of flowers if you were sick ^, 
 
 Then it will be a simple matter to ^^ clear up" 
 and set the table for afternoon tea. But per- 
 haps the ''best mother that ever was" has deco- 
 rated the table in the dining-room with spring 
 flowers, and has prepared an appetizing supper 
 of creamed chicken, peas, potato chips, cake and 
 tutti-frutti jelly. That would be better, even, 
 than afternoon tea! 
 
-A.D>a^ • £U DELU 
 
 Queen of the May. 
 
76 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 On Fourth of July, please be my guest, 
 But don 't fix up in your Sunday best ! 
 The reason you know, I well suppose, 
 You can't have fun in your Sunday clothes. 
 
WHEX MOTHER EET8 US GIVE A rARTY 77 
 FOURTH OF JULY PARTY 
 
 Mother will liiglily ap23roYe of a Fourth of 
 July Avitliout fireAYorks, and when you ask to 
 have a Fourth of Juh^ lawn party she will be 
 quite sure to say ^^Yes." If you haven't note 
 paper with a firecracker in the corner, wiiy, you 
 can get out your box of paints and do the deco- 
 rating yourself. A red firecracker isn't hard 
 to draw and paint. For this party you wall need 
 two dozen tiny flags (the ]oaper ones will do 
 nicely), two tape measures, three shallow bas- 
 kets, of different sizes, three red, three white and 
 three blue bean bags, an archery set, with red, 
 white and blue target. Beside all these, have on 
 hand plenty of candy torpedoes, and as many red, 
 white and blue baskets as you have invited chil- 
 dren. Don't forget to have several prizes ready. 
 
 An archery contest will be a great deal of fun, 
 and you can use a gim (instead of a bow) with 
 rubber-tipped arrows. Each circle in the tar- 
 get counts a certain number of points, and mother 
 will probably consent to be score keeper. 
 
 Next comes a '^soldier" game. Divide the 
 children into two companies, and let each com- 
 pany stand in a row, facing the other, with a line 
 drawn on the groimd between them. The first 
 row^ sing, to the tune of ^^ Mulberry Bush," 
 
78 WHEN MOTHEK LETS TJS GIVE A PARTY 
 
 Soldiers are we who figlit the foe, 
 Fight the foe, fight the foe, 
 Soldiers are we who fight the foe, 
 So early in the morning. 
 
 The second row sing : 
 
 Who will you send to fight the foe. 
 Fight the foe, fight the foe, 
 Who will you send to fight the foe, 
 So early in the morning'? 
 
 The first company answer : 
 
 O, we 'U send Jimmy to fight the foe, etc. 
 
 The second company then sing : 
 
 And we'll send Tommy to capture him, 
 Capture him, capture him, etc. 
 
 Jimmy and Tommy join hands across the line 
 for a tug of war, and whichever one is pulled over 
 must join the enemy's forces. At the end of 
 fifteen minutes the side which has the most ^^sol- 
 diers'' wins. 
 
 Next comes *'bean bag toss." Arrange the 
 three shallow baskets one inside the other, and 
 let each child stand ten feet distant. Now, he 
 must toss the bean bags into the baskets, and a 
 bag which falls in the center basket counts fif- 
 teen, in the next, ten, and in the outer one, five. 
 
WHEN MOTJdEK LETS US GIVE A I'AKTY 79 
 
 Give a prize to the child who wins the most 
 points. 
 
 After tliis you can have a flag race. Choose 
 two of your guests and give each twelve flags and 
 a tape measure. The flags must be set in the 
 ground one foot apart, and the one who has his 
 row set out first wins. The children can run in 
 couples, then the whinners should race, and the 
 victorious ^^flag planter" should be i^ewarded 
 with a prize. 
 
 Next you wall all enjoy a torpedo hunt. Dis- 
 tribute the baskets, and if vou search in the 
 grass, and among the bushes, and on the piazza, 
 you will find torpedoes hidden. These w^on't 
 ^^go off," but, better yet, they are filled with 
 candv. 
 
 By this time you wdll be w^ondering if it isn't 
 supper time, and, sure enough, mother apjoears 
 to lead the way. The table has been set in patri- 
 otic style, wdth red, w^hite and blue paper table- 
 cloth and napkins. At each place have a tall 
 ^^ cannon cracker" filled with bonbons, and in the 
 center of the table mav be a red, w^hite and blue 
 ^^ Jack Horner" pie. Tricolor ribbons run from 
 this to each place and are attached to a j)lace 
 card. Serve sandwiches, ice cream, lemonade 
 and cake. After you have finished, draw your 
 
80 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 ribbons, and out of the pie will come a gift 
 wrapped in red, white or blue paper. 
 
 Mother may be tired from the ''party," but 
 she will be happier than if you had been playing 
 with firecrackers all day. Just ask her! 
 
 'Tis Hallowe 'en, when witches fly 
 On broomstick steeds across the sky, 
 iWhen sheeted ghosts in silence stalk, 
 And goblins in the garden walk. 
 
WHEX :\I OTHER LETS T^S GIVE A TARTY 81 
 HALLOWE'EN PARTY 
 
 ALTHorGH mother says that you are not old 
 enough to stay up late for a Hallowe'en frolic, 
 very likely she'll let you have a party in the af- 
 ternoon. You can darken the rooms and have 
 just as good a time as if it were an evening party. 
 Now's the time to go to your '^dress-up" trunk 
 or barrel and get out all the treasures you have 
 put away there. Buy masks, so that each of 
 your friends will have one, for it wouldn't be 
 Hallowe'en without ^^ dressing up," would it"? 
 
 Have ready a rather shallow box (about six 
 inches deep) filled with sawdust, and in this box 
 bury a number of gifts — one for each child whom 
 you have invited. You will need a small shovel, 
 too. 
 
 Have ready also several quarts of peanuts, 
 plenty of red a]3ples, and the favors which come 
 in the form of walnuts. These you can make 
 yourself, if you like, by cracking walnuts care- 
 fully so that the halves will be perfect. Place 
 inside the shell one of the printed ^'fortunes," 
 which you can buy, and glue the two halves of 
 the shell together. If you make the ^^ magic" 
 walnuts yourself, only do one at a time, or else 
 you will have trouble putting the halves of the 
 shell together. 
 
82 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PAETY 
 
 When your friends arrive you can invite them 
 to ^' dress up" in the masks and clothes which you 
 have ready, and then you can have a jolly time 
 playing ^' Going to Jerusalem," ^'Spin the Plat- 
 ter," ^^ Magic Music" and others. Then all can 
 unmask. 
 
 Now invite your guests to sit down at small 
 tables, or they may all draw up before a large 
 table, and ^give each twenty peanuts, a saucer 
 and a long hat pin. When the signal is given, 
 each must spear the peanuts, one at a time, with 
 the hat pin, and put them in the saucer. This is 
 quite a good deal harder than it sounds. A 
 prize should reward the one who finishes first. 
 
 Next fill a tumbler with flour, press it down 
 tightly and turn it out in a mold. Stick a dime 
 (which you have washed) in the top of this mold 
 and set it on a small table. Form in line and 
 march around the table, and each in turn must 
 cut a slice from the mold, straight down. 
 Whosever slice makes the mold fall in, must lift 
 out the dime with his teeth. 
 
 Shadow pictures will be a great deal of fun. 
 Stretch a sheet across the room and divide the 
 company into two groups. Arrange a light so 
 that shadow pictures can be made on the screen. 
 Now let the first group go '^behind the scenes," 
 and one after the other pass between the light 
 
A Hallowe'en Party 
 
84 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 and the curtain. The audience must guess 
 '^Wlio's wlio," so, of course, the otliers must try 
 to fix themselves up so that their sliadows will 
 not be recognized. After all of the first group 
 have been guessed, the second group can be ^^ ac- 
 tors.'' 
 
 ^'Bobbing for apples" means a tub of water 
 and a great deal of splashing, so mother would 
 probably say ^'No." Instead, hang the apples 
 on strings from the ceiling, and try to bite them, 
 while your hands are tied behind you. 
 
 When you are tired of this, announce a ' ' Trip 
 to the Klondike. ' ' Lead the way to your sawdust 
 box and let each in turn dig till he finds a gift 
 wrapped in yellow paper. 
 
 You'll be ready for supper by this time, and 
 when you see the dining-room table you'll say 
 ^^Oh!" Mother will have a yellow pumpkin 
 jack-o'-lantern in the center, and here and there 
 over the table she has placed little black cats, 
 and doll witches and brownies. The sandwiches 
 will be served on wooden plates decorated with 
 black cats. Beside these, she will have for you 
 gingerbread, cookies, nuts, fruits and nut candies. 
 Of course, she hasn't forgotten the Hallowe'en 
 cake in which is baked a thimble, a new penny 
 and a ring. 
 
 Try this party and see what a good time you '11 
 have. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 85 
 
 COLONIAL GARDEN PARTY 
 
 This is a girls' party, and perhaps your Suii- 
 day-scliool class would enjoy giving it on the 
 church lawn. You will need quaint, old-fash- 
 ioned costumes, and very likely you can find them 
 in the attic, in great-grandmother's trunk. Ask 
 mother to dress your hair high and powder it. 
 
 You and your classmates can serve old-time 
 refreslmients, such as frozen custard and pound 
 cake, or '^election" cake, fruit i^nnch (which you 
 can make like fruit lemonade) and ices. 
 
 Arrange a program of old-fashioned music, 
 such as '^Ben Bolt," ^' Nancy Lee," '^Kathleen 
 Mavourneen," ^^Blue Bells of Scotland," and 
 others. Your musical friends will be glad to 
 help you, and your teacher will take charge of 
 the refreshments, while you and your classmates 
 serve the guests. You can probably make quite 
 a good deal of money by this party, especially 
 if there are summer hotels in your town. 
 
86 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 When we have eaten all we're able, 
 And with regret must leave the table, 
 Let's have some bright and lively jokes 
 To entertain the grown-up folks. 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 87 
 
 THANKSGIVING 
 
 After the Thanksgiving dinner, it will be a 
 good plan to have some lively games for the whole 
 family. Otherwise it's more than likely that 
 you'll get into some mischief, at least, the boys 
 will. So here are some games which you'll all 
 enjoy: 
 
 First of all, suppose you try ''It." This is 
 just as foolish as it sounds, but it makes a great 
 deal of fun for all. Choose some person for ' ' It. " 
 He must leave the room, and when he comes in 
 again, must do his best to make the others laugh. 
 They, on their part, try their best not to, for the 
 first who laughs becomes ''It." So the unfor- 
 tunate "It" dresses up in some queer style and 
 tries to win a smile from his audience, while they 
 watch him very gravely. It is discouraging, in- 
 deed. 
 
 Suddenly there will be a titter, a giggle and then 
 a burst of laughter from every one, and whoever 
 starts the laughter must change places with " It. " 
 
 Next try ' ' Telegrams. ' ' This calls for pencils 
 and paper. Give each player eight letters of the 
 alphabet. From these letters he must arrange 
 a telegram, each w^ord of which must begin with 
 the given letter. For instance, if the letters "S 
 F M B H S A P" are given, the telegram 
 
88 WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 may be, ^^ Send for mother. Billy has swallowed 
 a pin." 
 
 Dumb Crambo is a good game for older peo- 
 ple as well as young folks. Divide the company 
 into two groups and let each choose a captain. 
 One group must remain in the room, while the 
 other goes out. The inside group decide on a 
 word of one syllable which can be acted. Per- 
 haps they choose ^^chat." Then they tell the 
 others that the word rhymes with ^^bat." The 
 second group tries to guess the word, but must 
 act out their guesses in pantomime. They may 
 try '4iat" or '^mat,'' but not until they have 
 acted ^^chat" will the others applaud them. 
 Then the groups change places and the second 
 group becomes audience. 
 
 ^'Spin the Platter" is a lively game for 
 Thanksgiving afternoon. The players must 
 draw up their chairs in a circle, and each must 
 have a number, odd numbers for the boys and 
 even numbers for the girls. One child stands in 
 the center and spins a wooden plate or tray, call- 
 ing at the same time a number. The one whose 
 number is called jumps up and tries to catch the 
 platter before it has stopped spinning, and if he 
 fails to do this he must pay a forfeit. 
 
 Other games which you will enjoy playing on 
 
WHEN :^IOTRER LETS US GIVE A PAKTY 89 
 
 Thanksgiving afternoon will be found in the 
 chapter on ''Additional Games." 
 
 So Thanksgiving afternoon, which you chil- 
 dren are apt to find rather long, will pass very 
 pleasantly, indeed. 
 
 A HOLLY LUNCHEON 
 
 Wouldn^'t it be lovely if mother let you give a 
 luncheon during the holidays ? It would be quite 
 ^' grown up." A holly luncheon would be just 
 the thing for Christmas Aveek, and your friends 
 would enjo}" seeing all your pretty Christmas 
 gifts. You can help mother decorate the table 
 with holly. Have a large bowl of it in the center 
 and a pretty spray at each place. Use holly nap- 
 kins, of course. Here is a good menu for you : 
 
 Grape fruit (surrounded by holly sprays). 
 
 Tomato soup. 
 
 Breaded chops (with frill of red paper). 
 
 Tomato sauce Peas. 
 
 Potatoes. 
 
 Vanilla ice cream (in form of snowballs). 
 
 Red and green buttercups. Fancy cakes. 
 
90 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 ADDITIONAL GAMES— MENAGERIE 
 
 A NEW game which you will enjoy playing is 
 called ' ' Menagerie. ' ' Choose one of the children 
 for ^'keeper" and blindfold him. After he is 
 blindfolded, each of the others must choose the 
 name of some animal. The '^animals" then 
 form a circle aromid the keeper and march about 
 him till he gives the order to ^'halt." Then he 
 calls for an animal to come into the ^^cage" (the 
 circle), such as ^^bear." The bear enters the 
 circle and, standing near the keeper, growls. 
 The keeper must guess the name of the child 
 who is the bear, and if he fails he must be keepei 
 again. If he guesses right the '^bear" becomes 
 the keeper. Each child, when called into the cir- 
 cle, must make the noise of the animal he repre- 
 sents. 
 
 CRITICISM 
 
 To play criticism, choose one of the children 
 to be criticised. Now let another child take pen- 
 cil and paper and ask each one to whisper some- 
 thing about the child who was chosen, writing 
 the remark down so as to remember it. Then he 
 must read these sayings and the one who is criti- 
 cised must guess who said them. For instance, 
 
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 91 
 
 Jack has asked every one to say something about 
 Marjorie. "When he has finished he turns to 
 Marjorie. '^Some one says you have pretty 
 curls." Marjorie guesses Edna. 
 
 Jack: ^^iSTo, you are wrong. Some one says 
 your bhie sash is lovely. ' ' 
 
 Mar j orie : ' ' Grace said that. ' ' 
 
 If Grace was the one she must take Mar j orie 's 
 place. 
 
 Of course only pleasant things must be said 
 about each other. 
 
 MUSICAL NEIGHBORS 
 
 This is an old-fashioned game which you will 
 be sure to enjoy. Divide the company into two 
 groups and blindfold one group. The blind- 
 folded children must then be seated so that there 
 is a vacant chair beside each of them. Then oth- 
 ers must quietly sit down, so that beside each 
 blindfolded child sits one who is not blindfolded. 
 A chord is played on the piano and then a famil- 
 iar time, such as ' ' Yankee Doodle. ' ' All the chil- 
 dren who are not blindfolded must sing and the 
 blindfolded ones must guess from the voice who 
 is sitting beside them. Whoever guesses right is 
 allowed to remove the bandage from his eyes. 
 Of course in singing each one tries to disguise his 
 voice. 
 
92 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 HUNT THE RING 
 
 Stand in a circle and hold a cord whose ends 
 are joined together, having first slipped a ring 
 on the cord. Choose some child to stand in the 
 center of the circle. The ring is slipped from 
 one to another, always keeping it hidden by the 
 hands, and the one in the middle must catch hold 
 of the hands of whoever has the ring. If he 
 can catch a child with the ring really in his hands 
 then that one must go in the center of the circle. 
 Of course the ring must be slipped from one to 
 another very quickly. 
 
 SLIP THE RULER 
 
 This is very much like ^^Hunt the Ring," ex- 
 cept that instead of standing in a circle you must 
 sit down in a row. One child must stand in front 
 of the row, while the others pass a ruler from 
 hand to hand in regular order up and down the 
 line. He must tiy and catch the ruler, and who- 
 ever is caught with it in his hands must exchange 
 places with the other. 
 
 BEAST, BIRD OR FISH 
 
 This is a game in which you must think 
 quickly. The leader of this game says, ^^ Beast, 
 
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 WHEX :mother lets us give a pakty 9^ 
 
 bird or iisli," then quickly pointing to one cliilcl 
 calls, **Fish! one, two, three, four, five, six, 
 seven, eight, nine, ten!" While he is counting 
 ten the other must name some kind of a fish, and 
 if he fails the leader has another chance. If he 
 succeeds he becomes leader. 
 
 SHOUTING PROVERB^ 
 
 This is a game which makes plenty of noise. 
 Send one child from the room and choose some 
 proverb, such as ^'A stitch in time saves nine." 
 Give each j)layer one W'Ord of the proverb and 
 call the ^* outsider" in. When he gives the sig- 
 nal you must each say your word, altogether. If 
 he doesn't guess from the noise what the prov- 
 erb is, you must repeat it twice more for him. 
 If he can 't guess then, he must go out again, and 
 you choose another jproverb. 
 
 BEANS 
 
 Divide the children in two companies, standing 
 in line, facing each other (like a spelling match) . 
 The leader of each line has a handful of beans, 
 and when the signal is given the beans are passed 
 down the line from one to the other. The last 
 
94: WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS GIVE A PARTY 
 
 player places his in a bowl, and whichever side 
 has the most, wins, for beans that have been 
 dropped are not counted. 
 
 WHAT IS MY THOTTGHT LIKE 
 
 Probably grandmother played this game when 
 she was your age, for it is very old. To begin the 
 game, the leader asks each child in turn, ^'What 
 is my thought like *? ' ' and each in turn mentions 
 some object, such as a rose, a book, an orange, 
 etc. Then the leader says, ^^I was thinking of 
 Ethel. ' ' Turning to the first child he says, ' ' You 
 said my thought was like a rose. Why is Ethel 
 like a rosel" The answer might be, *^ Because 
 she is pretty. ' ' 
 
 The next is asked: ^'Why is she like an 
 orange V^ ' 'Because I am fond of her. ' ' 
 
 So each in turn must give some reason why 
 Ethel is like the object he named. 
 
 POST 
 
 To play Post arrange the chairs in a large cir- 
 cle, while one child, chosen for postman, stands 
 blindfolded in the center of the circle. Each of 
 the others must now take a name of some city 
 or town. When ready to begin the postman calls. 
 
WHEX :\rOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY 95 
 
 '^A letter is going from Washington to London," 
 and the children who have chosen these names 
 must change places, while the postman tries to 
 catch one. Whoever is caught must be postman 
 and give up his place to the former postman. 
 If the postman calls, ^'All the letters are going," 
 every one must change his seat, and there is a 
 general scramble, in w^hich some one is sure to be 
 caught. 
 
 CHARADES 
 
 These are always a great deal of fun, for they 
 mean ^* dressing up," and who doesn't enjoy that. 
 Some good words for charades are car-pet, pil- 
 grim-age, tea-sing, in-dolent (inn-dough-lent) 
 and child-hood. Of course you will need moth- 
 er's help when you play charades. 
 
 HOW, WHEN AND WHERE 
 
 Send one player from the room and then choose 
 some object, such as a flower. Call him in again 
 and let him try to gTiess what you have chosen. 
 So he must ask each player in turn, ' ' How^ do you 
 like it ? " The first may answer, ' ' I like it pink. ' ' 
 The next, ^^I like it fresh," etc. The guesser 
 then asks each in turn, ^^When do you like it?" 
 
96 WHEN MOTHEK LETS US GIVE A PARTY 
 
 and tlie others reply, ^^Wlien I am going to a 
 party,'' ^^When I am sick/' ^^Wlien I am going 
 to make bread." Tliis last will be puzzling be- 
 cause it means another kind of flour. If he is 
 not able to guess when he has asked all these ques- 
 tions, he can go round once more with the ques- 
 tion, ^' Where do you like if^" Whoever ^ Ogives 
 it away" must be the one to go onto 
 
 PEANUT GRAB 
 
 For this game place a pile of peanuts on a ta- 
 ble. Now form in line and all march around it. 
 Each one, as he passes the pile of peanuts, takes 
 a handful, and when all have marched past they 
 can count to see who has been able to hold the 
 most in his hand. 
 
 FEATHERS 
 
 This is a game in which you have to ^'pay at- 
 tention," and perhaps you have played it at 
 school. You must all sit in a circle and let your 
 hands hang down from the wrists. The leader 
 of this game begins, ^^Cats have feathers, dogs 
 have feathers, rabbits have feathers, geese have 
 feathers. ' ' The minute he names something that 
 
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 really has feathers, you must all raise your hands 
 and wave them. Whoever doesn't do this must 
 pay a forfeit. As the leader must speak very, 
 very quickly, it is easy to be ''caught napping." 
 
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