Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-15
A Marshmallow- Roast.
TOR the invitations paint chrysa

TOR the invitations paint chrysan-
r themums in water colors on
dainty cards. and write on the
plain side the date and hour. Prepare
| sharp laths, from one and one-half to
two yards long. one for each guest:
Also have ready several boxes OF
marshmallows. The narshmallows are
stuck, one at a time. the ends or
the sticks and held over the Goals I'M
til brown. Make II big wood fire and
let it burn down to a bed of Goals PC
fore the guests assemble, or roast the
inarshmallows over the candle h;lne.
This roasting is informal that 1t
makes the most difdent Of the guests
feel at ease.
The decorations of the roasting room
could be autumn lelves-red NirEln1it
creeper. bittersweet and the scarlet
mountain ash. The dining room could
carry out the cltrysanthemum idea. hay
ing the flowers put about the room IN
vases and with streamers of green
vines used us 4 centcrpiece Tor the
table.
Arrange plates of turkey and nut
sS atn esrs oiVeH nSwta
berry jelly on the table. and serve COT
fee and minis. At the conclusion bring
in large platter filled with SNAP
dra gons,' and give prize to the most
successful snapper. The first prize may
be Il green paper napkin. which when
opened reveals a dainty souvenir, wrap
ped in cotton. AS consolation prize
give 4 red apple containing bright,
new luck penny.
The snapdra CONS are large ralslns
stepped in spirits and lighted just as
they are brought into the room. pro-
ducing a weird, blue flame, which soon
passes away. They take their name
from the practice of swapping at them
with the first finger and thumb. in Or
der not to be bitten by the fiery dragon.
Spoons and forks are never employed
to catch these toothsome morsels
A Cranberry Race.
Each man or boy seeks partner
her partners arm. Each holding a
the room, holding a cranberry on the
fiat knife blade. If either one should
drop a berry, it must be picked up
without the couple unlocking arms,
the race begun again by this couple.
The winning couple is to receive
basket of fruit. Another cranberry
game requires each girl to make a
cranberry fob for man. while each
man must make a necklace for a girl.
The jewelry is to be worn and prizes
given for the best specimens.
A Turkey Hunt.
Each guest receives n diminutive
market basket and Is told to hunt for
the turkey, which is hidden in the
room. Small candles. resembling grains
of corn, are deposited in hooks and
corners as lead. The seeker is to pick
up the grains of corn and place them
in his basket, all this to be done in abb
solute silence, lest the turkey be scared
away. Any one breaking this rule
must give the corn he has found to the
person whom he addressed. The turkey,
a large papier-mache one. filled with
bonbons. is in the possession of the
hostess. At the end of d ten-minute
hunt she awards the turkey to the
guest who has the greatest number of
grains of corn.
!. The dining tabla should be decorated.
in autumn leaves and small yellow
chrysanthemurns. The centerpiece,
which will be glowing ndte of color.
is a dark basket on mat of shredded
white corn husks, in which are, rosy
apples mingled with bright red maple
leaves and a few black walnuts. Can