The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-07

in uniform, as many tots who have an
unfortunate fear Of policemen have
been known in times past to be fright
ened by the bandsmen in blue and
brass buttons. A picturesque darky.
with a banjo, will eliminate all danger
of bowls at this paIty.
After the dancing "Going to Jerusa-
lem" will be played for a short time.
ending with a cakewalk, the children
in pairs, headed toward the dining
room. Judges at the door will be on
the watch for the cleverest performers,
to whom, Of course, prizes will have to
be awarded later
The supper's the thing, always, at q
childs party, and will be here also.
There are to be FIVE tables, each seat
ing twenty children, and the spaces be.
tween the tables will be transformed
into green fields and barnyards. Large
toy horses will be pastured there, as
well as real live goats borrowed from
the farms in the neighborhood Of this
country house. Milking stools will be
placed for seats around the low tables.
which are to be built especially for tho
party. The enormous glass inclosed
piazza adjoining the dining room will
be used for some Of the tables, SO that
they need not be too close together. In
far corners under small cedar trees
will be coops with real hens and tiny
chickens. Real ducks will be swim.
ming in the basin Of the fountain at
the conservatory's end. Canary birds
will be let loose, and it is hoped they
will fly about and sing. The only AMI.
mails not real will be the toy horses
and make believe COW cleverly manu-
featured from rugs and a horn rack.
The five tables will be decorated
with Easter animals, though here no
attempt is to be made to have them
alive. At the center Of one table a
large papier mache rabbit will hold a
large pink candy egg filed with pres
ents for every child at the party, and
at each plate will he a wee rabbit to
match, with a chocolate egg to eat.
The second table will have a lovely
fat hen in a big sugar nest, with wee
candy chickens in groups near her and
also one at each childs plate. standing
on q place card. The third will have a
duck on a mirror, edged around with
green spun sugar and looking just like
a tiny pool Of water. Twenty small
candy ducks will be in the pool. and
each one will be tied to a spoon in front
of q child's place, 50 that 1t will sail
toward him when the string is pulled.
A spun sugar nest containing candy
eggs will be at each place. The fourth
table will have another mirror lake
with sugar grass at the edges and
candy frogs and Japanese dragon flies
dispcrting themselves upon 1t. A pep
permint snake will be at each plate to
feed the candy frogs with. The fifth
table will have an Uncle Remus group.
There will be a tar baby. with Brer
Rabbit and Brer Fox, and at each plate
will be chocolate turtles.
The supper itself will be simple. in
Guiding creamed chicken, sandwiches
and ices. The latter will be In the
shape Of little chickens. and the cakes
will be egg shaped, with frosting in
different colors. After supper little
more dancing will be allowed. prizes
awarded and animal souvenirs distrib-
uted. A feature Of the party will be
tho bringing in Of basketful Of Easter
eggs to be distributed.