Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
ten being quite enough.


If a flower is not guessed the first timo
it is put up it is held over and put up
again, with a palmer description. the
small fee being exacted again from all
who wish to enter the competition.
When all the flowers have been proper
ly hidden in they are counted and the
bidder who has won the most is given
small prize.
Tea and cakes, ices, candy and small
articles of fancy work may also be sold
at the flower auction and will prove an
additional source of revenue.
N MATEUR dramatics offer a most
~ amusing way of raising money for
charity, which is very popular with
school girls. In almost every school there
are one or more girls with genuine dra-
matte gifts, and if these are not members
of the group which wishes to raise money
they are usually quite willing to lend
their services. In preparing entertain
ments of this sort school girls should be
content with simple efforts and with af-
fairs which will cost little OF nothing to
arrange. Floral Mosques, pageants, elab-
crate entertainments given at fashionable
hotels are all very well for older folks
who have unlimited time and money to
give, but too often after an immense eX-
penditure of both it + found that because
of bad weather, conflicting social engage
ments, &c, the returns are entirely in
adequate and the whole affair from
practical point of view is very disappoint-
ing. 1t is usually possible for girls to
secure gratis the use of the school assem-
bly, hall or gymnasium or of some similar
room in the charitable institution which
they wish to benefit.
There is no necessity of having tickets
printed, and announcements may per-
fectly we'll be typewriter, most girls be-
ing able to have this done in the Office
of some masculine member of the family.
1t has usually been found also that the
greatest success is obtained where the
sketch or play selected to be performed
requires the simplest stage setting and
such costuming as may be achieved with
out expenditure of much money or time.
1t is not wise either to select play that
is too difficult of performance, because
this will be too much of a tax upon the
girls time.
The rehearsal of the play is, of course,
immense fun, as is the preparation of
the costuming and stage setting as long
as nothing too taxing is attempted.
" S for the performance itself, it is
~ doubtful whether the cleverest pro-
fessional entertainment could give
more amusement to an audience than does
the average amateur dramatic presentation
to the gathering of relatives and girl and
boy friends II there are girls who make
particularly good candy this may be sold
between the acts. and at an afternoon per-
formance there may be tea and cakes.
Paper doll making is an industry at
which many young girls who have some
slight talent for drawing or painting in
water color will find that they can make
quite a large sum of oney for their
charitable work. Patronage for this
brand of industry must come from the
little sisters and cousins who are still IN
terested in dolls or from their relatives
and friends. sale of taper dolls and
their wardrobes will usually have plenty
of patronage if it Is we'll advertised
among large circle of older people
and children. and the original cost will
be slight Moreover, the dolls, if left
over. can be disposed of after the sale,
so that there is no possibility of loss.
Hand painted paper dolls are con-
sidered most durable by connoisseurs in
this line and almost all girls who have
the knack of painting even a little will
be apt to possess sufficient materials to
begin on. All sorts of dolls can be made,
Young lady dolls, fashionable matrons,
infants, little girls and boys, young
men and older gentlemen. nurse maids,
fat cooks, Obsequious buffers, &c. The
small fry interested in this sort of thing
are not hypercritical as to the artistic
verify of the paper doll individuals.
provided there is a good deal Of pink
and white prettiness and sufficient
number of costumes.
Each set of costumes may have trunk
to go with it made of candy box coy
cred with brown paper and appropriately
or if it is preferred to keep the
clothes in wardrobe this piece of turni-
ture may be made of a blank book with
slits cut in the pages through which the
costumes are thrust. The sale of paper
dolls and their clothes should be very
widely announced for at least two weeks
before it is held and it should take place
in a very convenient locality on Saturday
or afternoon. Very simple candy,
such as the little girl patrons may be
permitted to eat, may also be sold, and for
the mammas and older friends there may
be other refreshments. This paper doll
sale is particularly attractive for the
Young girls booth at some large bazaar,
Naturally it will have more custom there
than when held alone. A group of girls
may also make small steady income for
their pet charities by making these dolls