New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

/ children made some very lifelike nut
animals Two long white paper ears
| were pasted, one on each side, OF 4
ground nut, two round eyes OF pink paper
| and n stumpy tail made a bunny. one
boy cut from cardboard very realistic
/ camel's head. Then he selected a ground
nut that had a hump, and he slit one
end and slipped In the cardboard head.
four toothpick legs and string tail com
pleted the camel. A ground nut elephant
had toothplck tusks, big brown paper
! ears and cardboard legs. There was n
prize Of big chocolate mouse In this
corner for the most successful ground nut
beast
| In a third corner OF the room Billy
, told fortunes. He had a cage made or
four chairs with clothesline ropes, ana
his good wishes for the guests we're
written on big peppermint drops that he
I put in the little hands stretched inside
his cage The fourth corner OF the room
was nearly the most popular OF all. Tor
Mrs. Allen had all the Jungle books there,
and was ready TO tell stories to any one
who cared to listen.
had gone to. the animals visited all the
exciting corners OF the Ark, and then
formed a big circle In the middle OF the
sawdust floor to play circus. Billy was
ringmaster, and stood In the centre or
the circle. whichever guest he pointed
I his stick at had TO come inside the ring
and do a trick for the entertainment
of the others. The bears danced and
monkeys tried to turn somersaults, the
camcls walked around the circle In their
strange, numbering way. and the horses
pranced and galloped. II was such a
rollicking game and such fun that 1t
lasted until a whistle sounded from
somewhere--a signal that the Ark had
touched land, and II was time to go to
supper.
The guests matched masks and put
them on again as they formed a line
to march out to supper. More surprises
awaited them and such a pretty supper
table!
decorations all themselves, and they were
so quaint and funny. At each guests
place was a Noah's Ark card, with the
child's name written at the bottom.
Pieces OF white bristol board were used
for the cards, and the decorations were
copied from a toy ark. Billy drew the
outlines of Noah and the giraffe, the
elephant and some OF the other Ark
characters from the real toy figures, and
Betty filled in the outlines with water
color paints Opposite the cards, at each
little girls place at the table, was a
Noahs Ark doll Betty Aliens grand
mother sent her the dolls, queer little
stin wooden ones from the country store
near her home. and they cost Just one
penny apiece. Betty dressed them In
long, tight red gowns and tall paper
hats. AT the boys places were toy
animals.
In the centre OF the table was a little
model OF toy ark II was made of an
old cardboard box, the cover being taken
of, and IA pointed cardboard roof fastened
to 1t. after which the cover was re-
placed. Windows were cut in the sides
of the box and then the whole Ark was
covered with red paper. 1t was glued to
an oval piece OF cardboard, which was
covered with some of the artificial moss
In which toys are packed. Standing on
the table around the Ark were ever so
many tiny toy trees. Betty made the
trees. twig was stuck In a spool so II
would stand upright, and the spool was
covered with more artificial moss glued
on The twig itself was wound with
fringed, green tissue paper, fastened on
with green thread, which made IL look
Ike real Noah's Ark tree. Marching
down the table. two by two. from the
Ark came long line Of animals. They