The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-11-12
Birthday Tea Party.

On last Saturday afternoon little
Margaret Elizabeth Adams, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. j. @. Adams, cele-
brated the tenth anniversary of her
birthday. -. She had issued dainty lit
tie invitations to twice ten of her lit.
tie girl friends, and seventeen of
them were present, making a verita-
Bile Adamless Eden, at least, so far
as the. guests were concerned. The
little ladies began. to gather promptly
at o'clock, and when all had ar
rived enjoyed themselves in childish
games. Prof. w. A. Weir was pres
ent and rendered a piano solo. Adj
ina Adams gave an illustrated poem,
Gertrude and Carrie Howard sang a
duet and the little hostess gave a
recitation. They then repaired to the
dining room, and when all were gath
cred around the beautifully decorated
table they formed a very pretty pic
ture. The centerpiece was a large
vase of chrysanthemums and carna-
lions, and at each plate was red
carnation boutonaire, a German snap
per and "a pretty souvenir box of i'm
ported violet pastelles tied with vio-
let ribbon holding the place card. "A
tempting repast of chicken salad, fin
ger rolls1 cocoa, ice cream, orange
ade, cake, oranges, apples, bananas,
nuts and candy was enjoyed while a
graphophone concert was furnished.
When the little guests had taken their
places at the table, the little hostess
made a little speech as follows:
my dear little friends, some Of you
who are present must remember that
my papa and mamma gave my sister
Adina a birthday party last year when
she was ten years old. They then
promised to give me one on the tenth
anniversary of my birthday, and I
have been looking forward to it ever
since. At last the long-looked for day
has come, and l have invited you
here to help me celebrate it with this
little tea party. | thank you very
much for the pretty presents you
have brought me- Though the Bible
says it is more blessed to give than
to receive, do not see how you can
enjoy giving them as much as I do
in receiving them, and thank you
for them very, very much. | will try
to keep them nice as long as can,
and your kindness will be recalled
each time I see them. Now I hope
you will all enjoy being here. as much
as I, do in having you here and that
this occasion will always be remem-
bered with pleasure by you as it will
be by me- Again thank and welcome
you
Little Hattie Pettis was called
upon to respond and said: my Dear
Margaret, have been selected to
respond to your kind words OF vel
come, and I assure you that we, all
feel that it is good to be here to help.
you celebrate your birthday, and
while you. must feel big, you must re-
member there are bigger folks than
you. The presents we have given are
merely slight tokens OF our love and
esteem for you, and we have, enjoyed
giving them very much. We have had
a good time already and this beautiful
well filled table gives ample evidence
that there, are other joys to come.
We are all delighted to be here and
wish you many happy returns of the
day" ~: .s...~ +. ,g,s, . .gt.g i. Int
I The party was chaperoned by Mes
danes H.. johnson, ]. Fl. Dillingham;
and J. ". Milton.
The gifts presented were as follows:
Thimble. Mildred Plummer; perfume.
Ida LOOMS; thimble, Alberta Bell;
gloves, ! Olive Howard; perfume,
Blanch Walker; handkerchief, Caro-
line Howard; sewing basket, Gladys
Wright; vase, Ruth and Edna Law
renee; lamp, Ollie Beard. picture Of
sunbonnet babies, Hattie Pettis; hook,
Gertrude Howard; picture, The Dane
ing Lesson Ethel Gardner; jewel
case, Henrietta Dunn; cup and sau-
Ger, Mary Vassar; cup and saucer,
Florence Cunning CHAM vase, Villa
Moore; cup and saucer, Mrs. Dilling-
ham; cup. and saucer and ten pennies,
Mrs. Milton; Brownie Band, Adina,
John and Edythella Adams; Buster
Brown and Tige, Mr.. Cyrus. Field Ad-