The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-24
AFTER THE THANKSGIVING
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How the Young People May he
Amused While Their Elders Talk.

Amused While Their Elders Talk.
In the case OF a large Thanksgiving
gathering, the hours which follow d.
rectly on the heels of dinner present
a problem for the hostess. Naturally,
the elder guests prefer to sit quietly
and chat about family affairs which
have arisen since the last annual
gathering: but not so the young peo-
pie, who desire more attractive forms
of entertaining. The wise hostess viii
plan amusements for the children and
young people. so that their elders may
be left in peace for an hours CONVEX
sation.
As soon as the dining room is clear
ed of all signs of the feast il can be
changed into a play room, and some
older girl should be elected as mis-
tress of ceremonies and should plan
the games so that the children are
asmused quietly until the elaborate
dinner has been digested.
A pleasing little contest for children
Is laid out on kindergarten lines. Two
bowls, one containing big white pop
corn kernels, and the other cranber-
ries, are placed at their disposal, with
supply of toothpicks, threads and
needles. The children are then re-
quested to make some article or dec
orative design in the white kernels
and the red berries. 1t is remarkable
how quickly the children will seize
upon the idea and what fetching little
ornaments they win produce. Tooth
picks, run with cranberries and Joined
at the corners with pop corn, viii
make a frame to lay fiat on the table,
and inside OF this a child will block
out a picture in red and white; or,
strung on the thread, they can be
wrought into red and white tassels,
balls and odd-shaped ornaments, such
as are seen on Christmas trees.
Half an hour will pass quickly at
such work, and then a committee of
the older guests can pass upon the
results and award a prize to the most
klxilHful worker This prize should
suggest Thanksgiving Day, and mex
pensive little favors are shown in the
form of boxes of candy, with Puri-
| tan maiden standing on the box as
| on a pedestal This is merely doll
dressed in Puritan garb, generally In
crepe paper.
The second game is a trifie more
| active and is merely variant of the
| old game of pinning a tail on the
| donkey In this case a sheet is fast
| ened against the wall and on IL is
drawn or pinned a representation OF
turkey. A turkey, drawn in colored
crayons and then cut out and pasted
carefully on the sheet, gives the best
effect. In the old donkey game tail
was provided and did service for all
the players, but for the turkey game
the housewife may provide real turkey
feathers, saved from the gobbler
which was served at dinner. Each
child is given one OF these feathers
and long pin; then, blindfolded, he
is started toward the sheet In search
Of a proper place to pin the feather.
If the paper turkey has been pasted
on the sheet It is a comparatively
easy matter for a blindfolded person
to feel around until the bird rs dis
covered, but it is not so easy to find
the exact spot on which the tail feath-
ers should be pinned. AS a result,
when all have taken a turn. the tur-
key is liable to have tails sprouting in
every direction. which of itself will
create fun.
The mistress OF ceremonies must
keep track OF the game and award
the prize, which can be a papier-
mache turkey. filled with small can
dies. to the child whose feather strikes
nearest the mark.
For the third game, start the chill.
dren In search of cranberries which
have been hidden all over the room.
For this purpose provide each child
with a small basket of wicker or crepe
paper, and have the cranberries hidden
before the guests arrive behind orna-
nents, in the crevices OF the table
legs, behind pictures, on the upper
sashes Of the window--in any place
which viii tax childish wit and inge-
nuity. When the voyage OF discovery
Is over the cranberries can be count
ed, and small prize, such as a crepe
paper basket, filled with crimson coat
ed Jordan almonds. can be awarded TO
the child who has found the most
berries.
BY this time the heavy dinner will
be pretty well digested, and the chill
dren Will be glad to go for a run out
of doors.