Show am A june birthday party A little girl whom the gods had fa bored by permitting her to make her entrance into this mortal sphere on a sunny day in june always had her birthday celebration on the lawn each year this affair which was al ways a costume or character party was looked forward to not only by the participants in the party pageant but by the grown ups who were to view the scene the invitations requested the guests to come costumed as the flower des ignatee these notes were written in gold ink on pale pink paper tied to pink rosebud and delivered from a rose trimmed basket the girls came as roses in all their varieties then there were illy ot the valley violet lily daisy pansy black eyed susan etc the boys were sunflowers sun flowers bachelors butt s tulips red carnations and chrysanthemums jack in the pulpit and johnny jump up were also represented crepe tissue paper and cheap gauzes tinsels and cambrice cam brics entered largely into the construction of the to worn soap bubbles occupied the first part of the afternoon the tennis court being the place selected tor the contest the girls blew the bubbles and the boys fanned them over the net the opposite side tried to keep the bub ples from going over the side get ting ten bubbles over first won the prize then things were reversed and the bos blew and the girls tanned glycerin in the proportion of a tablespoonful to a pint of wa ter was used tor blowing the bub bles and the pipes had a rim of soap around them inside the bowl which causes the fairy balls to grow to am mense size and the glycerin gives lasting qualities unknown to the plain soapy water there were prizes for this contest consisting of flower shaped candy boxes filled with can died rose petals at five 0 clock supper was served from a long table over which a canopy of paper roses had been made by putting up tall stakes at regular in from which these garlands were fastened the root was made by cris crossing heavy wire and covering with vines the roses were sus by fine florist wire and the et feet was excellent the refreshments consisted of minced chicken sandwiches lemon ade sugar waters strawberry ice cream and a huge birthday bahe in wreath of pink roses pink can dies in rosebud holders graced the cako A jolly bird party this little bird guessing contest de lighted the hearts of a party of school children the oldest was fifteen and the youngest ten the latter was awarded the boy a prize which was a match Bc made by mounting a bird from mexico done in real feathers the invitations were decorated with cepla drawings of birds dona by the young hostess the questions and answers weib A jolly outdoor time A meadow lark what hunters sometimes doa kill deer A quaint old fashioned name phoebe used in decorations bunting from whom do you buy meata butcher bird A color quakers like dove an unsteady light Fl ickers material for cummer trousers duck A stupid fellows booby A boys name bob whiter what friends do chat never seen in summer snow an amusement tor children teeter what farmers need in harvest thrasher what a dog does when happy wag tall A colored tool yellow hammer A celebrated artest the dining room bad five or six cages of canaries suspended from branches ot trees and there was a cage over the table with trailing vines that made a most effective centerpiece ter piece A dolls gilt bird cage was awarded the little girl most successful in guessing the places were found at the table by bird shaped cards done in water color with tha chocolate funny tat bird doughnuts and bird cookies were served and there were nests filled with candy eggs at each place star decoration A table decoration that elicited much favorable comment from the guests was a five pointed star made of tin and filled with flowers the place cards were star shaped and bore appropriate quotations such as look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with of bright gold who can count the stars of heaven who sing their influence on this low er world silently one by one in the infinite meadows of heaven blossomed the lovely stars the forget me bots nots of the angels ye stars which are the poetry of heaven the ices and cakes were star shaped and the hostess woi wo i a beautiful jeweled star in her hair w MADAME MERRI |