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WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY

[Illustration: 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

[Illustration]

    NEW YORK
    MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
    1909




    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




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
    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




ILLUSTRATIONS


                                                  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




INTRODUCTION


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