But don’t fix up in your Sunday best!
The reason you know, I well suppose,
You can’t have fun in your Sunday clothes.
FOURTH OF JULY PARTY
Mother will highly approve of a Fourth of July without fireworks, and when you ask to have a Fourth of July lawn party she will be quite sure to say “Yes.” If you haven’t note paper with a firecracker in the corner, why, you can get out your box of paints and do the decorating yourself. A red firecracker isn’t hard to draw and paint. For this party you will need two dozen tiny flags (the paper ones will do nicely), two tape measures, three shallow baskets, of different sizes, three red, three white and three blue bean bags, an archery set, with red, white and blue target. Beside all these, have on hand plenty of candy torpedoes, and as many red, white and blue baskets as you have invited children. Don’t forget to have several prizes ready.
An archery contest will be a great deal of fun, and you can use a gun (instead of a bow) with rubber-tipped arrows. Each circle in the target counts a certain number of points, and mother will probably consent to be score keeper.
Next comes a “soldier” game. Divide the children into two companies, and let each company stand in a row, facing the other, with a line drawn on the ground between them. The first row sing, to the tune of “Mulberry Bush,”