Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29

own home. This cannot be achieved with
out effort on the part of the parentst put
the effort will be repaid thous san n IN
pleasures and in the sharing or those
amusemente with him.
One Nights Fun.
On school nights lessons and early bed
time is the rule in all well-regulated fam
ilies but on Saturday nights the youngsters
have a right to their fun. Saturday night
is better time than Friday, because II
gives the children chance to help IN the
preparations for the party. 1t would pc
good plan for the mothers of the neighbor-
hood to meet and discuss plans 1or th .se
parties, taking turns in entertaining the
children, with the agreement that there
are to be no elaborate preparations, ana
that the refreshments are always to be sim
pie. In this way the natural tendency Whlch
lays hold of the best of us to 'out-do' our
neighbors would be avoided.
But in whatever Is to be done before
hand let the children help. Half the run
in home entertainments is the getting reacy,
and there's nobody who enjoys such work
more than child does-if he takes it up in
the spirit of play. There is one all-1mport-
ant thing for the mother to keep in mind
that there must be no frowns nor signs
nor ill-concealed borednesS on her part on
the day when the party is to be at ner
house. Such an attitude will destroy the
chdrens pleasure and their pride IN the
party more quickly than anything else
Sympathy. patience and good humor must
be the guardian angels of her speech ana
actions.
Evenings of old-fashoned games are a
splendid vent for the superfuous energy or
the Younger children from six to twelve
Move the lighter pieces of furniture out OF
the room and let them play Pussy -Wants-a-
corner London-brdge and going-to-Jerusa-
lem Then in order to give them little
rest before the refreshments are served
start them to singing their old well-knoWh
kindergarten songs.
A Grand March.
When the time comes to go out to the
dining room. some pretty fashion or al
lotting partners for the grand march
thither will add to the fun. If the children
are old enough to enjoy matching rhymes
or quotations. a basket of slips Of paper on
which these are written can be passed, each
child taking out a Slip and going around
until he finds who has the end OF MS
rhyme or quotation. But the younger ones
NAV like matching rosettes or colored tissue
paper better; il they are used the basket
should be covered up, SO that there Will De
no chance of seeing what one s mana can
draw out. Many ingenious ways OF choosing
partners will occur to any one planning
such a feature of the evening.
For a last play before they go home let
the children have battledore and shuttle
cock in the hall and game of SWITCHBOARD
in the kitchen. If they are not Old enough
to like Switchboard, they will think a game
of hop-scotch great fun-and 1t will not
permanently injure the kitchen moor TO
mark it off in the necessary spaces with
coored chalks.
The delicate question of how to break the
party up at the proper time can be solved
by establishing the custom of playing
Home Sweet Home" on the piano when
the time for leaving comes. The children
will like this arrangement better than the
one of leaving them to keep track Of the
flight of time.
Usually Pleases.
A jolly, old fashioned candy pull will APP
peal to any normal child. Like everything