kin jack-o-lantern in the
center, and arranged around it piles of apples, grapes, and oranges.

After the guests had been introduced to each other, Polly passed each
one a paper plate containing a picture, cut and jumbled into small
pieces, and a tiny paper of paste and a toothpick. Each girl and boy was
asked to put the "pi" together and paste it on the inside of the plate.
When arranged, the pictures were found to be of Thanksgiving flavor.
"Priscilla at the Wheel," "The Pilgrims Going to Church," "The First
Thanksgiving," and others of the same type. To the person making his
"pi" first a small and delicious mince pie was awarded.

Pencils and paper were then passed. On one slip was written, "What I
have to be thankful for," on the other, "Why I am thankful for it." The
slips were collected, mixed up, and distributed again. Each guest was
asked to read the first slip handed him with the answer. The result
caused much laughter.

This was followed by a modification of the famous "donkey game." Polly
had painted a huge picture of a bronze turkey, but minus the tail, and
this was pinned to the wall. Real turkey feathers with pins carefully
thrust through the quills were handed about, and each guest was
blindfolded and turned about in turn. To the one who successfully pinned
a feather in the tail was given a turkey-shaped box of candy, and the
consolation prize was a copy of "Chicken-licken."

A pumpkin-hunt came next. Tiny yellow and green cardboard pumpkins were
concealed about the apartment. The yellow pumpkins counted five and the
green two points. At the end of the search a small pumpkin scooped out,
and filled with small maple sugar hearts, was presented to the guest
having the highest score, and a toy book of, "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin
Eater" was awarded to the unfortunate holding the lowest score.

Polly had determined to keep the refreshments very simple. The day
before Thanksgiving she made an easy salad dressing by beating two eggs,
adding one-half a cup of cider vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
one teaspoonful of mustard and one-half a teaspoonful of salt, and a
tablespoonful of melted butter. She placed the ingredients in a bowl,
set in a dish of water on the front of the stove, and when they
thickened she removed it from the fire and thinned with cream. To make
sandwiches, she mixed the dressing with minced turkey, added half a
fine-chopped pepper, and spread the mixture between dainty slices of
bread.