Evening star., 1920-02-27
Good Form for a Chill
dren's arty-How to
Develop a Taste for
Good Reading
Cooking Club.

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\ childrens party has its duties.
self-sacrifices. pretty courtcsies and
demands on juvenile tact just as
much as the more splendid affairs Of
srown-ups. First of all, the little
host or hostess should sacrifice his
or her own pleasure for that of the
little guests and play the games
\ preferred by the visitors. and it is
not good form for the entertainers
4 to be the most elegantly dressed of
I the merrymakers.
II The little hostess should write the
1 invitations on small. prettily deco
/ rated note paper or cards which come
4 for this purpose. Girls and boys who
( are invited to a party must answer
their invitations promptly. writing
the replies either in the third or first
| person, agreeing with the way the in
| Vltation is Worded
| An important duty of the hostess
| or host is to that those invited
have good time. that in the games
| no injustice is done and that no boy
or girl is overlooked in the enter
tainmcnt provided or at the refresh
! mcntS.
A children's party will be much
moro attractive if the house is deco
rated in good taste. Pink or blue are
the best colors for children blue
color scheme is not quite as easy of
/ accomplishment as pink one. but
the difficulty of getting blue flowers
in winter can be met by the use of
white flowers in blue bowls or jars.
Souvenirs can be wrapped in white
and tied with blue. Blue ribbon ia
rors may be given to the little
guests, Invitations may be written
| OIL the reverse side of boy blue" pos
i ! tai cards in color.
II With 4 pink scheme it is easier.
There are pretty paper napkins with
lnch-wide pink borders, and pink
flowers are always obtainable A very
OF doilies and centcrpiece of rose
patterned crctonne or chintZ. the
edges can be pinked. and they will
| serve from time to time and always
be in good taste. Rose postal cards
may be used for the invitations to d
pink party. Another way is to cut
/ sprays of roses and leaves from wall
paper. paste them onto fine bristol
board. then cut that out in its turn
and write the invitations on the plain
side. Ice cream for blue party
i should be plain white. but for a pink
party it should be pink and white.
The Birthday Party.
III If the party is in honor of a birth
day. the guests should bring small
l gift to the young host or hostess
sve souvenir. A jolly way to cele-
brate the birthday of boy or girl is
by surprise party at the young per-
sons home. The program should be-
gin like that of a conventional party.
with a good game or a puzzle contest
of some kind, but this feature should
| bc interrupted by sharp peal at the
doorbell. after which a huge box or
bundle addressed to the guest OF
honor is brought in. The host proceeds
|, TO remove the successive wrappings.
which should be many. After various
| thicknesses of wrappings have been
removed. come boxes. each one a lit.
tie smaller than the one before and
| htted into it. Last of all. there should
he a iordan knot. which the recip-
ient-n4nst unite. At the very center
there may be a small piece of jewelry
If joke is preferred. it would be
more than an inch and half high. or
| an animal in pink sugar candy. as the
result Of SO much untying. The olrtn-
| day cake should be a surprise. with
toys. china animals smaller CAKES ~
tinfoil or in tiny paper boxes, and
any other jokes that suggest them-
selves baked in it, After the party
the guest Of honor should nnd coat
: pockets filled with popcorn and pack
ages in sleeves and hat.
luncheon for young girl with
a. th. birth month flower as decora- :
tion and the color OF the birtn l'ion.n
gem in ribbons, candle snanes ahu
50 or makes charming birthday
plan.
I To Develop IL Taste for Heading Good
Usually the reason children reau
ira shy books or do not read any az al
is because no older person 1s taxing
:. real live interest in pointing tne
way to good books, and who can do
this better than a mother or schooi
TEACHER? A clever plan adopted pS
the teachers in one large Suhoay
II school has worked wonders IN the
etV
good books. These teachers received
the idea from an official of a public H.
brary, who was the originator or the
method Of sending u young woman
j reader to the public schools at GER
Il tain hours to read to the pupils IN
order to arouse in them desire to
read certain books which the library
officials deemed important for children
Il to read, and which they wished 10
III bring into prominence and create a
n desire for To follow out the plan, the
II pupils OF the school were COMMANDED
II TO assemble in the main corridor on
II certain days after school was out to
II hear the young woman read to them.
II The chosen book was read up to n
II certain very Interesting point ana
II then brought to an abrupt conclu-
II sion. leaving the children excitedly
II wishing to hear more. At this mo-
II lnent the children were told that they
n could find the book in the public library
Il Il they wished to know the rest of
II the story. The result was great in
/ crease in the reading Of these books
i at the library.
1t does not take a trained reader
TO do this work. All it takes is
! thusiasm, clear reading and an in
l terest in children. Do not read down
] to children. They may not under
4 stand all of book. but they will
! catch the spirit of it. They enjoy
l that which is strong. 1t is surpris-
| ing how much children will absorb
| even from mature books that are read
] to them.
I Such reading could be part Of a
! Sunday school lesson. or rather fol-
| lowing Immediately after the lesson,
and could be Bible story in close re-
/ lation to the lesson or a good story
/ entirely separated from the lesson.
Skip long descriptions and dry parts.
as the sole object is to arouse inter-
Il est in the book to the extent that it
/ will cause child to want to take the
/ book out Of the Sunday school library
i or public library and finish it. The
I plan could be followed with all
/ grades of pupils. from infants up to