blows out
the most candles.

HOLLY WREATH OR SNOW BALL

Make several snowballs from crepe paper or white cotton. Hang a large
holly wreath in the doorway and let each child in turn try to throw his
snowball through the wreath. The players who are successful throw three
balls through the wreath, and the one who throws them all through
receives a prize.

AFTER DINNER GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS

A DINNER FOR CONTEMPORARY CELEBRITIES

The Guests

1. The first month of the year. Janvier.

2. Strong and sturdy. Hardy.

3. An out of date arrangement for the front hair. Bangs.

4. An author whose name is on every page. Page.

5. The poet laureate of England. Alfred Austin.

6. A medium for transatlantic messages. Cable.

7. One form of single blessedness. Bacheller (Irving).

8. The pedestrian's aid. Caine (Hall).

9. What springs eternal in the human breast. Hope (Anthony).

10. A dignitary of the church. Abbott (Lyman).

The Menu

1. Soup--Toe not found on man. Tomato.

2. Fish--A unit of measurement. Perch.

3. Roast--A lean wife. Spare rib.

4. Vegetable--The result of pressure. Squash.

5. Game--Timber and the herald of the dawn. Woodcock.

6. Salad--He who fights the Japanese. Russian.

7. Pudding--An aborigine. Indian.

8. Cake--A tropical sea plant. Sponge.

9. Fruit--To waste away and Eve's temptation. Pineapple.

10. Wine--A part of the foot and a letter. Tokay.

A LUNCHEON FOR LITERARY WOMEN

The Guests

1. A verdant one. Greene (Anna Katherine).

2. To evade. Dodge (Mary Mapes).

3. A head covering and a tavern. Wiggin (Kate Douglas).

4. What ships and schooners often cross. Barr (Amelia E.).

5. A thistle's product and a head dress. Burnett (Frances Hodgson).

6. A part of the human body. Foote (Mary Hallock).

7. A pig's house and a measurement. Pennell (Elizabeth).

8. A guardian's trust. Ward (Mrs. Humphry).

9. Act of a poor cook. Burnham. (Clara Louise).

10. What the rebellion made of every negro. Freeman (Mary E. Wilkins).

The Menu

1. Fruit--Small shot. Grape fruit.

2. Fish--A soft shelled sign of the Zodiac. Crab.

3. Roast--A genial English author. Lamb.

4. Sauce--A money maker. Mint.

5. Vegetable--A city of Belgium and what a leaf does in spring.
Brussels sprouts.

6. Salad--Elizabeth and her German. Garden.

7. Tarts--Wate