Evening star., 1914-06-07


spend her holiday in camp? If any
youngster who is dear to you and whom
you delight in entertaining. is going to
camp. give that youngster farewell
party of an appropriate sort
The small boy is harder to entertain
than the small girl. Moreover, he might
not like so much fussiness as is neces-
sarily connected with most little girls
parties. and a picnic probably would
prove the best sort of send-off for him.
For the little girl going to camp a
luncheon might be charmingly arranged
and the fare served may be as elaborate
or as simple as you please A luncheon
of the picnic order would be quite in
keeping with the nature of the entertain
ment.
The important thing is the decorations.
for these are depended on to give the
proper camp spirit to the festivities
To begin with, put a mirror, large or
small. in the center of the table. This
be 1t known, is a lake. About this put
some sort of green. If you live where
green things abound out of doors. use
pine needles or moss with a sandy beach
Of pebbles on the side, perhaps, or twigs
of underground. Prop up small bits from
evergreen trees for tiny trees and bushes
and make the surroundings of the lake"
quite as wild and woodsy as YOU like.
So much for the background.
When this is attractiyely arranged be-
gin to place small tents in convenient and
becoming locations. The tents can DO
| comes IN shades much like khaki. The
tents can be made round-a little strip
twisted cornucopia like. with tiny
stick. perhaps a bit of toothpick. for
| the pole. Or the tents can be long.
neaked affairs. They can be very cas-
lily made. as soon as your fingers have
acquired the trick of handling the
| paper deftly.
When the tents are placed, it is time to
put some small campers among them
These may be tiny dolls, dressed in khaki
or dark blue paper, or whatever the color
of the costume of the camp in question
may be. And it is quite possible to make
| small canoes Of stiff paper with brown
paper twisted over il. or they can be
made of bits of real bark-birch bark is
| the most easily handled.
| Really. this decoration is easy to pre-
pare. yet it converts the simplest little
spread into a delightful feast.
\ Appropriate. place favors for this little
luncheon are the small suit cases or
! trunks. made of paper, which can be
bought at any favor store. These favors
can be made to serve in place of plate
cards if the initials OF the different lunch
ers are painted neatly in black ink on the
ends of the suit cases or trunks.
! Various games can be devised by the
| clever woman for such a gathering. This
I might be one: Give each of the small
guests A slip of paper bearing the title
of some .appropria;. song or poem or
book Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground. "e''The Girl / Left Behind Me. .
some of the camp songs. if they are
| familiar to all the guests and many other
titles that could be ferreted out of a
quotation book i'm a few minutes.
! The guests then illustrate their titles
or quotations. TO the best of their abilit,
and hang up their pictures to be voted
on. The contestants each cast one vote
| for the best dra wing. or else the sue
cessful drawing is chosen because more
persons have guessed il successfully than
! any other
! An appropriate prize for this game or
any other at the campers party would
! he little drinking cup in leather case.
! a pocket compass. strong shawl strap.
a small camera or an interesting book.