Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19
\ WISHBONE PARTY,

Efi1l:, y the long Thanksgiving dinner
ths 5us Nners had been as good as pie
and behaS NJ SIS perfect grandma's pie,
Just eatea. gf2.ld make any fond mamma 8
mouth wat% for more-.but when the
uncles bega discussing politics, and the
aunts win,es styles. the twins wriggled,
while naunlas Tom ard Jack disputed
which Shouts srPvc the big turkey wishbone
i that grandpa &ed pSayfutly fastened to a
bunch of grapes IN The center of the table.
OF course it WIS Aunt Virgie who came to
the rescle
Please. grandins.' she said. smiling.
may We children ~ excused?" and lean
ing over she took possession of the wish
! bone herself.
Ladies and gentlemen" she announced,
az nieces and nephaws danced about her
in the hall, Il extend to sou all a cordial
Invitation to my wshbone party
This is what Aunt Virgies wishbone
party was like:
The rest of the yorng people remaining
in the hall. each child IN k'srn hid the wish
bone-scrubbed clean of grease--in the sit
ting room. Aunt Virgie timed each success
sive hunt that followed the person most
successfully hiding the wiehbone winning it.
AS girl-level-headed Lorothy-kept the
band hunting longest, she had 20 choose
boy to pull the wishbore with her. Archie
got the shorter piece hts lost wish was
declared public property: not given away,
but worked for. it taking twenty minutes
to guess, as he gave no hints, and Nan
finally decided that the mysterious thing
neither alive nor run by machinery, yet
noted for its swift movements. must be a
pair of skates. The band now sitting down
before the rollicking wood fire, Nan began
wish story, made up out of her own
head. Just as she reached the most ex-
citing part-where the captive princess
longed-for diamond necklace was burning
her finger tips-Aunt Virgie clapped her
hands, and Bob, seated next to Ann, con-
tinued the tale. In the twnkling of a
mischievous eye that reckless young villain
broke the cord and lost all the diamonds.
And it took great ingenuity on every ones
part before the scattered jewels were re-
stored to the poor princess.
Then Aunt Virgie read aloud from Bull
finch the beautiful myth of King Midas,
whose wish that all he touched might turn
to gold proved a curse depriving him of
his dearest treasures and threatening his
very life.
IN tell you a favorite story of mine
when a youngster," said a bluff voice be-
hind them.
Uncle Max" the children gleefully
shouted. eagerly making room for their pet
uncle in their magic circle.
Once upon time" began Uncle Max,
"a fairy promised an old couple that their
first three wishes should come true. The
pleased old people sat down before the
kitchen fireplace to think of something tru-
ly magnificent to ask for. Suddenly. the
old lady thoughtlessly murmured: What
fine fire.. Presto, before their Mortified
eyes swung pot with a pudding bobbing
up and down against the lid. Idiot!'
shrieked the husband. Look what you
have done! l wish that pudding was on
your nose A scream answered him. for
the boiling pudding had jumped out of the
pot and hung upon the poor woman's nose
as If that member were hook made for
that purpose. The husband, stricken with
lieved of her agony. The old couple had
now had three wishes fulfilled and were no
better off than before. But" quizzically
concluded Uncle Max this is only a fairy
story. In real life of course folks wish
wisely and are always satisfied when their
wishes come true"