The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
MADE OF PEANUTS.
Ingenious Designs Exhibited In Compe'
tition At Peanut Party.

Ingenious Designs Exhibited In Compe'
tition At q Peanut Party.
Peanut parties have been popular at some
OF the summer resorts this season week
or so before the party handful OF peanuts
Is given to each guest, who construotS
something Of nuts or shells to enter In COM
petition for the prizes.
Much ingenuity is displayed IN these
competitions. At one peanut party the Iirs'
prize was awarded to a woman who TOOK
small oblong table and formed on Its sur
face q map Of the countries involved Id
the present war between Japan and Russia.
Japan, China Russia and Corea and the
adjacent waters were all made OF GROUND
and powdered peanuts, gummed to the Top
Of the table. The whole was bordered' nrst'
by a line of the brown inner shell, and out
side this with half shells fastened on length-
wise in q row. Each corner OF the tapie
was ornamented with a small pattern OF
| the shelled nuts, while the sides OF the
table were draped to the floor with the
| flag Of Japan.
The second prize was captured ny
| Noah's Ark made of pasteboard, with Noah
and his wife, constructed Of peanuts stand
| ing at the door. peanut giraffe, with
matches for legs and a tall toothpick for
| neck. upon which the inquisitive head,
| composed OF peanut, was set at knowing
angle; an elephant with Tapping ears (pieces
| of peanut shells) and a ponderous trunk
a lion with whiskers and fierce tuft at
the end of his string tail; a dachshund who
properly sageed in the middle and had a
iee at each corner (made Of four carpet
tacks). and many other animals were IN
line for the door Of the ark, upon whose
roof perched q fat peanut dove with the
historic olive branch (made OF q bit OF
CEDAR In its beak.
Blow which consisted Of two prisefghtersl
about four inches high and made Of peanuts
struna on wire, who had great peanut
noses and were Of enormous muscular de-
velopment very apparent In their pugilistic
Then there was Japanese lady. beauti-
With bead pins in her black hair, carrying
labelled .The Coming Race"
Don Quixote made Of half peanut shell
and mounted on a peanut camel with .
peanut windmill beside him was an ad.
nirabie figure. A peanut log cabin, with
trees and a mirror pond set In moss and
surrounded with pigs. dogs, ducks and
chickens, q woman chorister, 3 Dutch
peasant In full costume ballet girl in scar
let paper, DONG Some HBu hlchinB, d ioLik
peanut snake In the grass (strung on sill
and twisted in q bed of moss), peanut
moth clinging to the shade Of small lamE
and a fat worm painted green and crouch
Ing on balsam bough; all these were verJ
realistic.
One largo piece which took fourth prizt
vas q peanut boathouse with ground pea
nut beach and blue water painted on iti
pastebeard stand water upon which sailec
q peanut steam launch with cotton smoke
and many peanut shell sail boats..
There was fat pig, an owl perched on q
peanut rail fence, and an eggshell chario
drawn by winged peanut sieeds.
After the prizes had been awarded ther'
was Q peanut supper, with sandwiches
spread with peanut butter peanut wafer
and dates stuffed with broken pc anuts.