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Show V un) Ton Your Family By MISS ABBIE CONDIT National Krcreatlon Association. If you are a member of an organization organi-zation and who isn"t? you have been faced at one time or another with the problem of raising money to meet operating expenses. Have you thought of having an outdoor affair which might be known as a country carnival or outdoor village vil-lage fair? Such an event, because it is really first cousin to the ever popular picnic, can provide not only a good time but also a means for raising money. A good program for both morning and afternoon, if the outing is to be an all-day affair, helps to draw crowds and is something which most people like. If possible arrange for music selections by a local band and other special features for specified speci-fied periods throughout the day. There are hundreds of ways to entertain folks and to make money. The sale of fancywork, homemade candy, popcorn, lemonade, and other refreshments usually brings a good return. As far as possible secure donations of whatever decorations are used, refreshments served, or articles sold. Here are a few suggestions for a number of carnival booths. Fortune Telling. In every community commu-nity there are women who have some knowledge of, or interest in, palmistry, astrology, the reading of cards or tea leaves, or some other form of fortune telling. They might be easily persuaded to serve in true gypsy fashion. For those who know little about the subject there are printed fortunes and helpful references ref-erences providing fundamental information in-formation and easily teamed "patter that will spread out into a real reading read-ing session. A barker outside the fortune telling tent will help in bringing bring-ing a crowd. Keep the price of admission ad-mission low. Fashion Show. Models wear fashions fash-ions of Colonial days and of succeeding succeed-ing periods up to the present time. Some of the costumes might be borrowed, bor-rowed, and others duplicated from old costume books and fashion magazines. mag-azines. Added interest is created by contrasting certain old fashions, flossy flos-sy hats, bathing suits, hoop skirts, dresses with bustles, with their modern mod-ern counterparts, and having the new and the old shown together. Money could be made by charging I an admission to the show even go-! go-! ing so far as charging a penny j whereby one could vote for the pret-! pret-! tiest, funniest, and most unusual cos-: cos-: tume. Votes are collected, counted, and winners announced at the end of j the performance. "The Brides of Yesteryear" is a pageant of wedding gowns worn in the community in which the event is staged. The gowns are modeled by daughters, nieces, granddaughters, or friends. If properly staged in an appropriate wedding setting, this review re-view will be a thoroughly enjoyed event, bringing back many memories. memo-ries. Detailed plans for this pageant pag-eant are included in a bulletin, "Brides of Yesteryear," which is available on request from the National Na-tional Recreation association, 315 Fourth avenue. New York city. Seven Day Booths. Have seven booths, one decorated for each day of the week. Articles sold in each booth represent the activities typical typi-cal of the various days. Inexpensive publications describing describ-ing a large variety of money-raising events ranging from the fairly simple sim-ple to the elaborate affair are available. avail-able. A bibliography of .nelpful references ref-erences can be secured from the National Recreation association. j 1 Released hv Western Newspaper Union. |