New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-23
Party Planning a New
Trade for Women

decorations and games after the customs
of various countries. There are Chinese
Japanese, Dutch and Mexican parties, all
of them with abundant possibilities for
picturesque effects and of more or less
educational value.
Besides her regular birthday engage
ments for which the dates are always
reserved, there is an almost continuous
succession OF parties TO be arranged all
through the winter season. That doesn
mean a party every few days, not by any
means, for many OF them require two
weeks or more Of hard work In prepare
ton, although there is occasionally
hurry call for party that must be pre-
pared for In only day or two. The
party lady" has decidedly original IDEAS
as TO fayors and games, and as the for
mer can rarely be purchased TO suit the
scheme, she designs and makes almost
all of them herself. Her patrons realize
this, and in planning for their children
parties mothers arrange them not only
according to their own and the childrens
engagements. but with regard to her
available time.
The date having been determined upon
the particular form OF party Is usually
left to her selection, unless there is q
reason for having "A special entertainment
Of some sort. She is given the number OF
guests-and as a small item OF social
statistics she says that practically all
of the guests invited to juvenile parties
must be prepared for, as they are sure
TO come-then she decides on the char
acter or the party, the style OF decora-
lions and favors, submits a plan and an
estimate of the cost TO the mother and,
when these are approved, goes on with
the preparations.
On the day OF the party she bundles
all of the f6vors into a taKicab and ar
rives at the house looking like a very
- In fh.g|
table decorations are elaborate she usu-
ally attends to them earlier in the day.
At any rate, on the arrival OF the nrst
small guest at o'clock or whereabouts.
she is ready to receive with the little
host or hostess; then as soon as all the
guests have come--and there are few late
arrivals at a childrens party--the games
begin, and the fun doesn't lag for one
minute until 8 o'clock, when the affair Is !
scheduled TO break up. The little chill
dren Of the rich are just as easily enter
tained as those who are supposed to have
fewer pleasures, and just as Ingenious.
and there is always tho usual proportioni
of bashful ones who are not forced into
trary, they are left alone, ignored IN
fact, and after a few minutes az spec
tators they forget themselves and bavel
just as beautiful time as any OF the
other children.
Many OF the games are planned so that
special costumes are necessary, and theset
are designed and made by the party
lady" and take the place OF favors. al
though she keeps a number of property
costumes on hand that can be used when
ever required There are sets Of butter /
fly wings and fairy caps and wands and
flower dresses that have done duty att
more than one gathering OF the most
youthful members Of New York society.
but the cost mes seem to please the chill
dren more than any other favors, and for
many of the parties there are specially
designed hats or caps, pretty little aprons
or gay cOlored cloaks, that not only add
10 the picturesqueness, but give unlim- |
tied pleasure 10 the guests, for the love
of dressing up is as deep rooted on Fifth
avenue as II is on the East Side.
Going home time brings not only
company OF nurses and maids, but also
mothers, big sisters, cousins and aunts,
who have got In the way OF dropping in
toward the end OF these parties, osten-
slbly to escort Katherine or Freddie
home, but in reality 20 see the wind-up
OF the childrens frolic, that Is a pretty
sight and has been source OF genuine
pleasure to the little guests.