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Show Enjoyable Doll's House Party H Enti 'talnment Vastly Pleasing to the Little Ones. Llttlo children of eight or nine, nnd ivon somo bigger girls of ten or 12, nro fond of playing with pnor dolls, to It was n bright thought that came U) ono llttlo hostess to glvo a Doll's llouso Party in order to amuso hor Jiung friends. This Is how tho entertainment wns given nnd It wns such a complete success that Instead ot dolls' hnuso parties being quite a novelty, ns thoy nro at present, thoy should soon bo-como bo-como quite populnr. Ilrst of all tho llttlo girls woro Invited to tea, from flvo to eight. On nrrlvlng thoy wero recolvod by tholr hostess ami hor mothor, nnd when they had all assembled, assem-bled, tho latter read them somo short stories, now stories or old favorites, s preferred. When the reading wns ovor, tho "children woro asked to IlluBtrato ono of the stories by making a dolls' houso and Inviting thu othor children to visit tho homo of tho "story book peoplo." A largo cardboard box was given to each child, arranged for a two-story houso, and pictures of furnlturo, curtains, cur-tains, rugs, etc., cut from shop catalogues, cata-logues, woro put In boxes on tho ta-bio ta-bio so that each hlld could chooko her own furnlturo. Tho dolls themselves them-selves woro cut from fashion cata-'ogues cata-'ogues uud Illustrate! papers, and each child was asked to select her own family. Tae children wero busy with pasto and scissors until tea tlm, and then tsar left off playing to go Into tho din- -y? t w . H Ing room, whom a dainty rupnst, will M plenty or cakeii, fruit ami bliirulls H awaited them Thoy wmo nil ougoi M to get buck to their dolls, though, uud H wem told that thoy could Imvo hall H nn Iioiii lougoi to lompleln Ibeli M llOIIHCH M At tho end of tho liult-hoiir u ooin Hj mltteo of giowinip pooplo volnl ror D tho best houso. and u prlim or u lily M scrtip book was given In lis lucky M liulldei M The plan ol eiileituliimujit i mi, ot H course, bo varied and ovon' liqpiuvoil mM upon, ror liiHtuiieo, no party need be M given nt nil, but heiu In nu Idea which will lie wiili'omed by iiiiiuy u mother M whoso anxloini cry Is "What tiball I 5H do to amiiHe tho llttlo ones?" Hi |