The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-02
CHILnREN,s PARTY.

! AS child'S idea of supreme happi.
ness is having a party all but the
most sternly prohibitory parents grant
| them this festivfty about once a year
or two, even though the dread of the
preparation for the event is only
equaled by the cleaning UP after it
For receptions, teas, and at homes
| the average woman has ceased ito
| rack her brain for novelties. but when
| Maud and Mildred are to have a party
| there will be no fun in 1t for them if
all the 'fiXin's" are Just like every
body else's." The indulgent mamma
has to don her thinking cap in ear
nest to conjure up dreams of ices
never seen out of wonderland and Wis
/ ions of gay decorations never imag-
ined by any other girls mother dur
ing the party-giving season.
One woman who had promised her
children a party and sent out cards
before sNe had determined what man.
ner of feast it should be had a brill
liant idea come to her while happen
ing to glance out of her window at a
merry crowd gathered around an or
gan grinder and his monkey on the op-
posite sidewalk in a fashionable
neighborhood.
1t occurred ito her that the be-
grimmed dago might be fdealized from
the commonplace into the stage minis
trel of romantic days and his really
good organ made to strike the keynote
for the whole scheme of her proposed
gayeties. She had him called in and
to his establishment and delight en-
gagged mis- professional services for the
evening of the party. The table must
be the prelude in the Italian harmony
and so the candles were white with
red shades, and the candelabra green
Florentine ware, red, white, and green
being the national colors.
The flowers were red and white
roses in mass of greenery. and red
and green ribbons tied the name
cards, on which were pretty little
rural scenes of the sunny cline.
From an italian confectioner she
hired six black gondolas that held
two pounds each of bonbons and these
were put on the edge of a, large CEN
ter mirror. intended to represent
Venetian lagoon.
But the chef d'oeuvre was the real
istic ice at one end of the table, THAT
offset the mound of maccaroons giace
at the other end. The ice, made, of
course. by special order was an or
gan grinder. about foot and a half
high, made of Neapolitan ices, the
various tints distributed throughout
his costume. His coat was pistaehe
green. his trousers white nougat, his
hat coohineal cocoanut, his shoes choco-
late. and his eyes, nose, and mouth
made of bits of almond. At his side
was strapped his hand-organ, also of
chocolate cream, and on it a chocolate
monkey stood grinning.
AS the children entered the dining
room the old familiar I'll Baccio'
pealed out from the music box hidden
IN the cream hand-organ, and the
spontaneous applause of childhood
greeted the deaf musician.
They pronounced him sweet enough
TO eat" and straightway proceeded to
verify their approval.
On returning to the drawing-room
they found that a tall pole with doz-
ems OF steamers of red, white, and
middle of the room, and on the end
of each ribbon a small blue paper
roll. that looked like a. miniature
package of macaroni.
In the corner backed by italian
flags and potted palms. stood the
really truly organ grinder Of the
streets. in ve1veteen brooches. broad
brimmed Alpine, and red shirt, his
face all smiles and his dark eyes
twinkling.
The children were told to take off
the packages of macaroni which
proved to be sticks of almond nougat
and peanut brittle and then. each
taking hold of ribbon pendant from
the flower wreatned pole, they danced
the Italian May pole dance 30 Sig.
Antonio's merry music.-New York
Recorder.