Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-19
ron rHANKsaIyING DAY.

Lear xAemDeES OF 1Ile corner. InankS-
giving naturally falls into three parts
before the dinner, the dinner, after din
ner. The company divides into two
groups-the grown-ups and the children.
Unfortunately the hostess cannot be
with both, SO things will run more
smoothly if you ask some relative with
talent for amusing children to take
charge of their entertainment Before
dinner keep them out of doors. the boys
playing socker ball, the girls prisoners
base and red rover. At dinner they will
have much more fun and there will be
less confusion at the big table if under
the supervision of the gifted relative they
have side table to themselves. After
dinner there are some games in which
they can join their elders; others, like
"Up Jenkins Boston and bean bag, they
may play in another room. where they
will not disturb the others.
After the hubbub is over there will be
an hour of SO before dinner in order that
you may oversee the final dinner arrange
ments and at the same time provide an
entertainment for your guests. Have two
baskets filed with picture postcards
showing views of nearby places. The
cards are cut zigzag, one half goes into
one basket, from which each man draws,
the other into another basket for the:
match are partners and must set forth
at once to discover the original view
from which the completed picture was
made
The dinner of course will follow the
time-honored menu. but you may have
all the novelty you wish if this is a
family party if you could get as a cen
terpfece the symbolic oak tree. 1t should
be about two feet tall with the LEAKAGE
high enough to permit people to see
across the table beneath it. Gay leaves
are scattered around at the bottom of
the tree, concealing the boards placed
crosswise, with a hole bored through the
CENTER for securing the tree in an up
right position.
From beneath these leaves to each
place at the table run brown ribbons of
varying shades and widths, representing
roots or you could use cord Each ends
in a gold nugget, as the roots of all good
family trees should To each nugget is
fastened a place card bearing the name
of the person who is to. sit there /
made my nuggets from walnuts, painted
with liquid gilt For favors, make wood
| land baskets by pasting acorns close to-
| gether around a. small cardboard box for
| foundation. The handles may be made
| of green crepe paper twisted around a
| slender wire fastened to the box at either
| side Tie cluster of scarlet berries al
| the TOP and fill the baskets with silver
coated candies
Ii you cannot get acorns for your
| baskets, lace together at the top AND
! bottom corners four pieces of cardboard
| Each piece should be cut two inches
straight across the bottom to fit a two
! inch square cardboard base and should
| broaden at the top into the shape of al
| oak leaf. With a 10-cent box of paints
/ you can tint the leaves brown and vel
| low. This same design, minus the base
will make your candle shades Eigh
| lighted candles. with bowl OF colder
4 fruit at either end of the table will com
/ plete the decorations most EFFECTIVELY.
j After dinner, the first game in which
/ the children join is hlsltings for the fruit,
of the tree These are after-dinner min
| waters hidden in every conceivable place
The finding of them is its own reward
i Next comes the survey of the pietur
i gallery. Each person is provided witt
pencil and paper and opposite the humble
Of the picture writes down his guess a
to. who was that particular baby Will
lists are being corrected and the priz
being awarded to the best guesser, ever
one must tell an aneodote of his owl
babyhood This gliElps. into their elders
past will delight the children
/ No family reunion would be complet
without some music. so the day wi
probably end with songs
4 Paula; Just received your wonderfy
box. of red berries. Il is certainly yer
sweet of you to remember me. VIII sen
) your box this week made it today.
co BAR.
ETHELYN.