THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 15. 1007.
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Mrs. Santa Claus at Christmas Parties
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man whow btialnaa It la to
proTtda new td.s for all !
of ocrutona and entrtain
mmta. "Of course w hav
buaheia of them."
"la tha flrat place I want to ay that
Ibean and Bhaw .d all tha rnt of that
literary tmjig- don't -rn to have mud any
dlfferenca tn the number of order that
coma for Santa Clauw ia that plural for
Claua? Tha klda belipv. in him Jut aa
much aa they aver did and there lan't a
nU that gomm out that doesn't carry with
t Mm and beards for local Santa
Clauaea out on tha plains or tn aomo part
of tha union.
"Wi hara a naw flreplare for Santa Claua
tJlia yea that la taking pretty well. Each
brick In It la really a candy bo, and when
Banta Claua haa iti-pped out of tha flre
placa and distributed his -lft then the
children are allowed to pull It to pterea and
ah ona finds a brick filled with an.idiei
and fcia or bar nam written on tha bottom
OS It
"We hare a anowball heap made tha
same way of candy boxea. When It la
built It tooka Juat like a pyramid of snow
ball and tha little onea grow craay orer
It when thay find out that Instead of a cold
handful of wet now they are really
tlnar a ntcs warm boa of bonbons.
"The blif anowball boxea with aprla of
holly stuck in tnam are vary popular for
holiday luncheon and dinners. The snow
sparkles like the real thin and tha huily
berries look ail tha redder In contrast.
"Ona of Um most popular Innovations for
tha country (a tha addition of Mrs. Bantu
Claua. Tha Idea af Mother Santa Claus la
Just to add a little fun to the even Ins:.
"All ha needs ta play her part Is a bis
fur lined cloak turned fur side outside, and
th poke bonnet and muff we s'nd. made of
white cotton wool with black worsted tails.
Mrs. Santa Claus should be stout, even fat,
and when aha Is first disclosed to the ere
of the admlrlnj children she is standing by
tha aids of an enormous pumpkin, out of
which tn due time steps a ltt'tle girl dressed
like a fairy with wand and wings, who
alnga a little ballad and then takes lifts
from tha Inside of the pumpkin, which she
distributes to tha children. Poor old Santa
Claus stands by as useless as the husband
of a boarding house keeper, and as much
overlnekeil a the hrid'room at a June
wed llnf.
"Many of the societies that we hear from
tell us that they havs decirted for various
riMins. some because they do not believe
In cutting- down the beaut. Tul trees for tem
porary purposes, to have some substitute
for the tree and ask f'ir sujraesrlona In re
tard to this.
"While there is nothing so beautiful aa a
Chr'atmHS tree and nothing that arpeais
so d'.rerUy to the children, these conxidera
tlons are potent, as well an the ever present
danger fro'n (Ire In a crowded room with
or 3"0 children present, so we have
many substitutes. One Is the Captain Kidd
treasure ciiest.
"We send directions to the home or to the
committer In r-zard to It binding and
furr sh the covering and the big brass
headed nails if required. The presents
have to be dug out of the box. where they
are lmb'iid'd, either In sand or bran, and a
pirate stands giar l Willi the most prao.iual
costume ever Imaued. There are sjme
skulls and rrosnbones thrown In with other
properties of that kind.
"Th grab bag and bran pla never lose
their charm, and for a few dollars we send
the pie and bag all filled with presents,
enough for twenty-five children. These
may be made mors expensive if desired, and
a Hi outfit really furnishes some charm
ing gifts, even Including the popular
Teddy bea a and their accempanylng lady
aolls.
"Una of the popular substitutes we made
for a tree was a little western church,
wuera In the vestry was built a bower of
Christmas greens powdered with glistening
snow represented by cotton sprinkled with
coarse salt the walls festooned with the
usual garlands of Chr'stmaa greens. Ap
proaching the bower was a long chute
down which San. a Cla lse came slidin?
on a large red sied with his pack oa Lis
back.
"At another place Santa Claus altxi ap
peared on a slcil urtwti by six children
dressed in white, who stood and sang th'-tr
little carols before he alighted and beg .in
to distribute his goods.
"The amount of supplies that are sent
out over the country to help to gather
money for charitable purposes Is simply
tremendous. N"W Tork people are not
the only ones who like to feel when they
give hey are getting something In return.
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SIXKTNO THE COSTUMES FOR THE FAIR.
"Our h.it trale alone Is enormous and we
send hats, caps and bonnets for mas
querades, carnivals, cotillons and esrxi 1
ally for church fairs. Today we shipped
two dozen Chinese skulls with queues to
a committee In Maine and we have on li e
an order from the giver of a rotlllon o .
Long Island for three dozen Rough Rider
hats and some Salvation army bonnets.
"For this same cotillon we sent some
gift flowers, that Is, large flowers of our
own manufacture whose petals conceal
the fivors until they are ready for dis
tribution. "We have a number of orders for Japa
nese parties during the holiday week, one
of them coming from a big establishment
which intends to have a Christmas eve
Jollification fake thla form. The presents
for the guests will b distributed from the
Jlnrlksha.
"The city children who are deprived of
the delight cf seeing and playing with the
open wood fires have burning outfits which
make a very satisfactory understudy. The
logs look very natural and the burning ef
fect Is produced by fire gilt tinsel.
"Certainly the child of today has grent
advantages In this respect over the chil
dren of a generation ago who bad to be
content with burning their own corks and
making raids on the flour barrel when tha
hlstrlonio fever reached the point of ex
pression. Tou would ba surprised, too, at
tha number of these that are given to
children for Christmas presents."
Just at thla moment the telephone rings
and a request comes over the wire for a
new device for Christmas presents. The
man of Ideas replies that he Is working out
an Idea, that ta not quite complete and ex
plains, after quieting the queationer with
promises to let her see It the next day, that
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YOU write a letter to Jones
enclosing a statement of his
account. The letter should be in
purple copying ink, the statement
in black record, the credits in red.
Tha NsT.vTri-Oiioins
will do it all with one ribbon ; do
it quickly, neatly and correctly.
Ma aucnlBe parmtts ot ealy tke ese of a three-color rlbhaa, bat mi
tt a fan ihjIimt a uitia-cotuf ntiboaw Ka earn eoai fur Uus sow mood.
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M. O. PLOWMAN. Managas
Cor t7U and Farnam satav Omaha, Neb.
he has originated a Ferris wheel made by
placing two ordinary carriage whiH-ls to
gether, painting and covering them with
mock snow and fastening Christmas boxes
to the spokes. The Idea to be worked out
conslsta of turning the wheel so that when
it stoi.s the child g"ts the box nearest him.
Hardly is .this described before a subur
ban woman comes In and asks for help In
arranging some kind of butterfly party,
while she keeps the staff busy looking up
butterfly favors for It. These favors con
slat of velvet wlngi-d pins (or the h.iir, pin
cushions and fans with palnt-d butterfly
adornments, matcliafes with enamel but
terflies and stickpins with the same de
sign. The guests are to amuse themselves and
one another by painting butterflies on
parchment squares and prizes sre to be
given for the best work. The decorations
for the table are butterfly shaped and a
tiny little girl dressed as Psyche Is to
dance as a wlndup for the evening's en
tertainment. So the entertainer decides, and having
satisfied the customer he turns his atten
tion to an anxious minima whose small
boy U expected home from boarding school
and who wishes to give a nautical party
for him.
For this It Is planned that she shall
cover her table with a long green cloth and
over this spread a fish net, the sixteen
covers to be laid on it, some Imitation sea
weed outlining each. In the center of the
table a huge pumpkin, hollowed out, will
contain a deep pan filled with water, on
which will float a, good-sized ship. Its decks
covered with a cargo of apples, pears,
oranges and other goodies.
On the slda of the pumpkin little anchors
are stuck and from these ropes of ever
green and holly extend to the different
places. Little canoes are to be fastened
to these ropes, and across the bow of each
of the tiny craft a paddle will bear the
guest's name. Shells are to do duty as
salt and bonbon dishes.
Over the door of the drawing room two
big oars crossed will bear the words,
"Come Aboard," and after the dinner the
old game of donkey In a different guise la
to be played, a ship at anchor with mast
and no sails taking the place of the beast
of burden. The little guests will try to pin
sails to the masts In the places where they
ought to be, the prise for the best placed
sail to be a silver rowboat pin.
"There Is no doubt about It." says the
man of Ideas as he arranges for half a
dozen other entertainments In the course
of half an hour, among which are a Ieiiion
party, a rummage sale, a corn social, a
lullaby concert and a Mother Goose carni
val, "that people do like to be amused
when they go to a party with something
besides tea and talk. Anything that takes
US' out of ourselves a little bit, no matter
how silly, answers the purpose. We are
but children of a larger growth, you
know."
"The other day we were asked to get up
something In a hurry for a stag dinner
at the Aldlne club. We sent them a pie
with a papier mache crust, all decorated
with sprigs of green and holly.
"When the pie was opened Instead of the
four and twenty blackbirds a number of
balloons flew out, on each of which was
painted In big white letters tha names of
ona of the party. They had been cure
fully Inflated beforehand, and as the pie
appeared when everybody was feeling
pretty mellow, why It raised a big laugh.
Every man got up, chased his particular
balloon around, and having captured It
tied it to his buttonhole and was as pleased
as a peacock.
"We had an order a while ago from a
man who lives In a big studio uptown for
an autumnal party, sort of a golden sheaf
and luinter' moon a.Tair. for he had had a
Jug of maple lyrip sent him from the
country and that had started his mind on
a sort of a merry-go-round of harvest
homes;
"Well, we went into his place and covered
It with yellow bunting and put some big
pumpkins around and soma sheaves of
corn and wheat. We bad some ears of corn
In papier mache and they had a regular
corn husking, and perhaps th girl that
got the red ear didn t have the time of her
life.
"He had Insisted that we have some good
trick played on the crowd, and as supper
time approached he came to look up the
man wa had sent to superintend things.
Tha man didn't let on, said It would be
all right, and finally when they went Into
tha dinning room be was perfectly satisfied,
for he was fooled himself.
"Th tabU was covered with whits paper
and only th food that would be served to
a country crowd In such a merrymaking
was on tha table, except cf cours the cock
tails, which shuns seductively each an Its
plat, with a big whopping cherry In th
center of tha glass.
"They all raised th cocktail glas.es.
soma an proposed th health of the host
and than they swallowed them at least
a part of them, for tha cocktails were of
th mapl syrup, an absolutely perfect
Imitation of tha transparent liquid. The
host was as mad aa a hatur, for ha bad
swallowed his down with one gulp; then
ha tried ta pretend that he did It a pur
poo but ft dlOa't wrk,"
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for the Christmas shoppers
who appreciate the advisabil
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that even the most fastidious
dresser will find nothing con
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recipientprices always the lowest possible for quality sold.
Fancy Suspenders 50c and Upwards
Fancy Hosiery 23 C and Upwards
Fancy Handkerchiefs 50c and Upwards
Beautiful Neckwear 50c and Upwards
Mufflers 50c and Upwards
. Lined or Unlined Gloves $1.00 and Upwards
Men's Umbrellas $1.50 and Upwards
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