Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1910 — FOR A CHILDREN’S PARTY. [ARTICLE]

FOR A CHILDREN’S PARTY.

The mother who has more time than money at her disposal can arrange a most delightful children’s party at the merle cost of the tissue paper for the favors. To begin with; she can provide each little guest on arriving with a gay paper cap or a bonnet. Children always delight in dressing up. And by way of breaking the Ice, she can start a paper napkin hunt with t’-e very first arrival. The little tots will enjoy keeping what they find for their doll houses. The game w’Ji be x gi.Ven added zest if on one of the napkins is drawn a horseshoe for luck, the finder thereof being awarded some pretty trifle in paper, such as a fan or a Japanese lantern. Then there is the, merry clipping game. For this stretch a cord or ribbon aeross Ihe room at the end farthest from where the children will stand, and to it attach half a dozen pretty bags made of crepe paper, each bag containing a very inexpensive gift. Each child in turn is blindfolded and is sent to clip one of the bags from the cord. He has three minutes in which to make his way unaided to the cord and to clip one of the bags. If successful what it contains belongs to him. Of course, a few only will succeed In reaching the cord and clipping a bag during the time allotted. Other livelier games and contests may be arranged with simple paper favors for prizes, things like tea aprons, sashes and rosettes, that the children can wear being likely to be appreciated. f Tissue paper may also characterize the supper table. The most easily managed “cloth” is one of those which with 25 napkins, is sold as a luncheon set for a dime. Its flowerstrewn surface, with sprays of pink roses and green foliage, will be a complete novelty to the little gtiests. The ppear napkins can be Retained for the search game. Use Instead the conventional whi|e ones, which are more of a protection for party gowns, with surprise rolls fastened in with narrow strips of tissue paper representing ribbon. Instead of natural blooms pretty tissue paper imitations can be cut by means of the 10-cent patterns to form a centerpiece for the table.