The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
PYRAMID OF
GOOD THINGS
Brought by Children as
Thanksgiving Offering.
Ala KINDERGARTEN PARTY
Society News of the Week in
Wichita.
ATA KINDERGARTEN PARTY

A unique Thanksgiving party was given
by the children Of the West Side Kinder
garten, last Wednesday morning, in their
rooms in Friends university
Everyone Of the fifty children present
had brought with them fine fruits, vege-
tables. grains, and flowers to be used in
the decorations or given to the poor.
These were so placed as 10 form gay
pyramid in the center of the room. edged
with the canned fruits, trays Of prepared
foods, and vases. of flowers.
After singing. Good Morning, Merry
Sunshine" the children were led to talk
about the bountiful giver of all good
things; our necessity for thanksgiving
and remembering the needy After an
other cheerful song by the whole circle,
turns were given the children in sorting
the pyramid; the fruit. vegeta bles. nuts,
grains. etc. being placed in separate
groups On one sire and opposite them
the trays Of prepared foods and canned
fruits. with SHUTTLE OF coal between, as
the means of causing the change from
the natural TO the prepared state. The
vases Of bowers were placed in another
group to be used later on the luncheon
tables. The game of finding the foods
made rom the different natural products
held the undivided interest of the chill
dren. one tiny tot could not even span
the huge pumpkin with his arms. but
could point TO the pie, lift the jar of
pumpkin butter made by the children, and
show with pride the string Of yellow chips
hung behind the stove which he had
helped to make. The feeling, and tasting,
test-games followed, in which one after
another of the children were blindfolded
and given nut fruit vegetable, or grain,
to guess what he had, or tasted the in
gradients used in their pumpkin pie, ana
told what he had tasted.
The new teeter, lately donated TO the
kindergarten. consisting OF a frame fas-
tened on rockers, and surmounted by
firmly attached wide BOARD. was brought
into the circle and with six at a time on
each end, every child had merry teeter
to the rythm of music. While all this
vas in progress, the most advanced class
though small children, had, under the
supervision of Miss Redding, one Of the
assistants, been making ana baking light
biscuits.
On snowy covered kindergarten tables,
decorated with vases of bright flowers
these little people served their hot biscuit
with apple preserves, which they had put
up, and tiny pumpkin pies which they
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present. of whom there were quite num-
her, We're invited to the tables and all
onlcyed the delicious luncheon so nicely
prepared and gracefully served by the
little people.
MANY CHILDREN ENTERTAINED
Mr.. and Mrs A. L. Baker entertained
about seventy five children Friday night
in honor of their son. Thomas, and
daughter, Lois Baker, at their beautiful
home on West Ninth street. The parlors
were decorated with palms, chrysanthe-
NUNS and cut flowers. with autumn
leaves and branches. covering the chan
deHers and walls. This combination was
very pleasing. Dancing To music of a
mandolin club. games. and other forms
of amusement for the children took Up
the time OF the evening I'LL late hour.
when refreshments We're served. The
merry faces of the children told better
than words how they were enjoying them
selves.
Most of the guests were Master Toms
schoolmates. He is "a good entertainer
and the many little people who filled the
house Friday night surely enjoyed his
hospitality. Misses Jean Dean and Esther
Pope assisted Mrs. Baker in taking care
OF the children. Ice cream and cake
were served. The guests were: Misses
Arden 8finick, Laura Fordyce. Ethel
Houston. Eliza ThoclInorton. Lillian Alb
ercombie Mary Haymaker. Nourma Har-
ris. Alice Houston. Mary Dean. Corrine
Ludlunn. Florence futile Edna Gold
standt. of Kansas City; Jamie Full.ng-
ton. Grace FulIington. Clara NermilliOn.
Bessie Griffith. Bessie Jones. Marguerite
Lehman. Minnie Conklin Gail Campbell
Jessie sparr. Hazel Raueh. Alice Johes,
Ethel McClung. Celia Israel. Adeline
Rardshaw. Grace Davis. Myrtle Wood
ford lone Walsh. Vera Williams. Mar
garet Case, Marie Thomas, Margaret
Hewey. Melville Campbell Marguerite
Mcnamara. Mary Matthews Marie Hor-
ner, Alessys. Julian Magill James Beach.
joe Houston. oak Thockmorton. Carl
Abercrombie. Henley Haymaker. Ernest
McComb. Msrtie Cave. Floyd Rowlee,
Fred Goldstanst. Of Kansas City5 Tom
Griffith Tom Churchward. Arthur stern
berg. Powell Patterson. Herbert Patter-
son. LLOYD SPAR, Robert Wes5. Rooert
Israel. Frederick Belts, Laura Williams.
Dean Burleigh. Archie Smith. John Tor
rinrton Sent Hewey. Forrest Anslen.