Birthday Party.
The guests are requested to represent, in some manner, their birth month.
Most of them wear the birth stone suitable to the month which, as old legend tells us, is sure to protect against misfortune, the jewel acting as a talisman.
Some may substitute flowers appropriate to their birth month. A young lady, whose birthday is in January, may wear a string of tiny silver beads which tinkle musically wherever she goes. Another claiming January, also, as her birth month, may wear a brooch showing an old man and an infant, representing the old and new year.
February's children are decked in red paper hearts, pierced with arrows.
A young girl wearing a white apron, with several bars of music on the hem, represents March.
April is represented by a paper fool's cap, and May by a pretty spring gown, decorated with violets and lilies of the valley.
July, with her tri-colored streamers and numerous flags is easily dressed.
August has white organdy and carries a palm leaf fan.
September is adorned with golden rod and purple asters.
October's daughter, wears a rich yellow gown, nearly covered with glorious autumn leaves, and a cap of the same brilliant leaves.
November's costume is most striking, being a poster design, representing Thanksgiving.
December's is a picturesque suit of white eider down flannel, ornamented with holly berries and running pine.
Each guest is requested to furnish one dish appropriate to the month in which she was born. In this way the supper is quite out of the ordinary and the only tax on the hostess, with the exception of her one dish, is for coffee, pickles and cake. Below is given the menu:
| Oyster Stew, |
| Butter Wafers, |
| Fish Souffle, |
| Potato Balls with Cream Sauce, |
| Cold Turkey, |
| Currant Jelly, |
| Salted Nuts, |
| Olives, |
| Salmon Sandwiches, |
| Orange and Nut Salad, |
| Wafers, |
| Strawberries, |
| Ice Cream and Cake, |
| Pumpkin Pie and Cheese, |
| Fruit, |
| Coffee. |