Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-11-29
the Thanks.
giving Dinner--What?
After

In the case ol Il large thanksgiving
gathering, the hours which foi.rw directly
on the heels of dinner present Il problem
for the hostess. Naturally. the elder
guests prefer to Sit quietly and chat abt'it
family affairs which have arisen since tho
last annual gathering; but not so the
young people. who desire more attractive
forms of entertaining. The wise hostess
will plan alnuscmeutS for the children
and young people, so that their elders may
be left In peace for an hours CONVERSE
ton.
AS soon as the dining room is cleared of
all signs of the feast it can be changed
into a play room, and some older girl
should be elected as mistress of cere-
monies and should plan the games so that
tho children are amused 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 popcorn
kernels. and the other cranberries. are
placed at their disposal. with a supply of
toothpicks, threads and needles. The chill
dren are then requested to make some ar
t!cle of decorative design in the white
kernels and the red berries. 1t Is re-
markable how quickly the children will
seize upon the idea and what fetching lit
tic ornaments they will produce. Tooth
picks, run with cranberries and Joined
at the corners with popcorn. will make a
frame to lay fiat on the table. and inside
of this q child will block out a picture In
red and white: or. strung on the thread.
they can be wrought INTO red and white
tasscls. 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 n prize to the most slsillful worker.
This prize should suggest Thanksgiving
day. and inexpensive little favors are
shown in the form of boxes OF candy. with
a Puritan maiden standing on the box as
on n PEDESTAL. This is merely "a del dressed
in Puritan garb, generally In crepe pa
per.
The second game is a trifc more active.
and is merely a variant OF the old game
OF pinning a tail ON the donkey. In this
case a sheet is fastened against the wall
and on IT Is drawn or pinned ii representa-
ton Of a turkey. A turkey. drawn in col
orcd crayons and then cut out and passed
carefully on the sheet. gives the best cf-
feet. In the old donkey game a tail was
provided and did service for all the play
crs, but for the turkey game the housewife
may provide real turkey feathers. saved
from the gobbler which was served at din
ner. Each child Is given one ct these
Feathers and II 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. ii is 4 comparatively easy mat
ter for a biindfoldcd person to feel around
until the bird is discovered. but it is not so
easy to find the exact spot on which the
tail feathers should he pinned. AS a re-
suit. when all have taken IA turn, the tur-
key is liable to ave tails sprouting in
every direction, which OF itself will create
fun.
Tho mistress OF ceremonies must keep
track Of the game and award the prize.
which can be a papier-mache turkey. filed
with small candies. to the child whose
feather strikes nearest the mark.
For the third game. start the children
in search OF cranberries which have been
hidden all over the room. For this pur-
pose provide each child with q small bas-
ket of wicker or crepe paper. and have
the cranbcrries hidden before the guests
arrive behind ornaments. In the c~rcvices OF
the table legs, behind pictures. on the up
per sashes of the window-in any place
which will tax childish wit and ingenuity.
When tho voyage of discovery is over the
cranbeiries can be counted. and q small
prize. such as a crepe paper basket, Allied
with crimSOn-coa ted Jordan almonds. can
be awarded to the child VIC has found the
most berries.
BY this time the heavy dinner will he
pretty well digested. and the children will
be glad to go for a run out Of doors, or q
skate on the pond II. fortunately, the fam
lily gathering be in q country where ice
forms early.
II these games b. too childish 70. the
young Ssople who have reached ths age of