2. (Tiny cast-iron rakes, spades and hatchets—1 cent each.)
As a souvenir, give each guest a tiny cast-iron spade, rake and hatchet tied together with cord. Or, for a joke, these may be placed by each plate instead of knife, fork and spoon.
3. (Pen and ink or pencil, white card.)
Draw on a plain, white card a picture of an ant, bee or beaver as emblematic of labor. Use for place cards.
4. (Frances S. Osgood's poem, "Labor," white cards, pen and ink.)
On each card write one stanza of this beautiful poem, and after the close of the meal let each guest in turn read the lines on his card. It would be well for every child to commit this poem to memory. It is long, but sings itself easily into the mind. The word-pictures it calls up are exquisite and the learning of it, little by little, would not be an unhappy task.
HALLOWE'EN
This is the festival which is given over to all kinds of merry pranks and is dearly loved by the children. It is an opportunity to teach them to discriminate between the fun which is kindly and that which is malicious and productive of needless pain.
Ducking for Apples and Nuts (Large pans or tubs, apples, nuts, pennies)