Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-26
Entertainments for Little Folks.

Entertainments for Little Folks.
In planning parties for the very lit
tie people simple searches, clipping CON
| tests and easy guessing games bouts
| will be found more successful than com
| plicated games with rules which must
| be mastered by the children before the
! fun can begin
| BY discovering a new idea to serve
as connecting link between them, Il pro
gramme composed of such well known
and popular favorites will take on an
! air of originality entirely satisfying to
/ the wee guests.
| Such programme was that of an
| envelope party which recently scored a
| huge success with the juveniles enter
| tanned thereat.
| Invitations. written on little cards. he
fore being placed in the mailing envel-
| opes We're inclosed in smaller ones Of
| light blue or other pale tint.
| A Fortune Hunt.-Fortunes in en-
velopes led off the sports of the evening.
A special fortune for each child had
been written by knowing old witch and
| incloSed in an envelope.
On the envelope appeared the name OF
the child whose fortune it was, the
envelope being tied with ribbon. The
smaller envelopes were then inclosed III
a mammoth envelope made Of tissue
paper.
When all had arrived ON the scene
the fortune witch appeared carrying the
| tissue paper envelope which she at
tached with colored ribbon to the chan
delier.
The witch gave each child a wee piece
of bebe ribbon, instructing him that the
color contained in it was to be his dur
| ing the evening.
She then struck the tissue paper case
with a walking stick. Down showercd
rain of envelopes.
The children scrambled for the en-
velopes. eagerly matching the ribbons
and comparing them with their own.
! The witch assisted in reading the for
| tunes of those who We're unable to read
| for themselves.
| Envelope Search.-This was followed
| by a fascinating envelope search, the
| envelopes containing wee gifts.
| Inexpensive articles which cost but ,
cents apiece, but which, obtained in this
way. never fail of an enthusiastic au
dience, should be selected for this feat
ure.
| The search is conducted in every way
| like the nut gathering game except for
the fact that the children stop search
! ing when first trophies are discovered.
No prize is, of course, needed.
Envelope Clip-A novel guessing con-
test was preceded by a clipping game. \
ribbon was stretched across the room
| from door knob to door knob and to this
| number of envelopes were tied with
! ribbon.
A prize in the form of a sachet shaped
| like an envelope was drawn for by all
the children who succeeded in clipping.
1t was then discovered that these en-
velopes, like the preceding ones. each
contained something.
A gilt number distinguished each one
The witch then invited each child to
guess by the scent attached TO each en-
velope just what it contained.
The latter were passed from hand to
hand. the witch writing down each play
er's guess as to the nature of the CON
tents.
The list of enclosures might include
morsel of common yellow soap, 4 piece
of candy favored with wintergreen.
some cloves. a leaf Of rose geranium,
some balsam pine needles, etcetera.
The child guessing most correctly won
bottle of delicate cologne.
Cutting Envelopes.-Again, all the
children being seated in a circle as for
the preceding game the hostess distrib-
uted squares of paper and several pairs
of scissors.
Each child then fashioned from the
paper in hand a small envelope, using
mucilage to paste down the flap. The
envelopes 50 formed were compared and
a prize awarded for the best. \ cut-out
paper set in an envelope rewarded the
clever boy or girl.
A Rainbow Party.-Another attractive
plan in which the popular searches.
clips and blindfold games can be utilized
in a new guise is a Rainbow party.
This is not the well-kn0wn cobweh
game which sometimes goes by the same
ritle but is something entirely new and
different.
Invitations are written on note sheets
which shade prettily from one tint into
another. suggesting a rainbow or prism
Each boy or girl entering the room Oh
the evening appointed is asked To close
his or her eyes and to select from
basket any one Of quantity Of coIored
ribbons collected from it.
When the choice has been made the
ribbon selected by the small guest j.
tied after the fashion Of necklace
and hung around his or her neck
When the number Of the expected
ooruuanv Is completed "a gift search is
4 iuaUZurated, tie children beHi- t"tu 20
search for gifts bound with the colofS
.hay are wearing Tie search lasts M
til each little person mas found pres
.nt and GIFTS are retained by their dis
coveUers.
Color Base, which might come next
ON the programme. is an even more
stirring frolic Il some Of the various
rolors and shades worn by the players
do not figure in the carpets, curtains
and other upholsterics or furnishings,
these must he added in the form Of bits
If bright calico, ribbon or col0red paper.
tackled ND here and there around tae
room. The game Is modified edition Of
tag. played as follows;
Any player can tag another aud make
. -.risor.cr Of him Il he is lot NJ the mn