When Mother Lets Us Give a Party / A book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friends

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WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY

DRESSING UP
WHEN MOTHER LETS US GIVE A PARTY
A BOOK THAT TELLS LITTLE FOLK HOW BEST TO ENTERTAIN AND AMUSE THEIR LITTLE FRIENDS By ELSIE DUNCAN YALE ILLUSTRATED BY ADA BUDELL
NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1909
Copyright, 1909, by MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK All Rights Reserved ——— Published, October, 1909
TO MY DAUGHTERS WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY ALWAYS BE “GIVEN TO HOSPITALITY” THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

There is nothing that is much more fun than a party, is there? Mother hasn’t forgotten the days when she set a little table in the attic with the dolls’ tea-set, and had cambric tea and jam sandwiches. As for a birthday party, why it doesn’t seem a bit like a birthday without a frosted cake and pink candles and ice cream in forms—but there! That was to be a surprise.
Birthday parties only come once a year, of course, but there are other parties in between, afternoon teas on the piazza or in the playroom, or in the barn, if you are so fortunate as to have a barn. These parties oughtn’t to mean extra work for mother, for you can have them all yourself, if mother is willing.