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A BOOK THAT TELLS LITTLE FOLK HOW BEST TO ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE THEIR LITTLE FRIENDS
Copyright, 1909, by MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK _All Rights Reserved_ ——— Published, October, 1909
TO MY DAUGHTERS WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY ALWAYS BE “GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY” THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
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 SEWING BEE 12 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 ROSE 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
PAGE DRESSING UP _Frontispiece_ A CANDY PULL IS LOTS OF FUN 9 COME WITH A SKIP 11 COME AROUND AND STAY TO TEA 13 COME SPEND THE AFTERNOON WITH ME 25 THE BRAVES AND THE SQUAWS 39 A DANCE OF GRANDMOTHER’S TIME 61 QUEEN OF THE MAY 75 A HALLOWE’EN PARTY 83
THERE is nothing that 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.