  At dinners, parties and entertainments given on February 12th, the anniversary of the birth of our immortal Lincoln, one aim of the host or hostess should be to imbue the affair with the spirit of patriotism; so use the good old red, white and blue for the color scheme in decorating. Busts and pictures of Lincoln, national emblems, such as the flag, shield, American Eagle, etc., and military accouterments would make appropriate decorations. Dinner favors should be candy boxes representing either miniature log cabins or a log of wood with a tiny paper or metal ax imbedded in it; small busts of Lincoln would make ideal favors for such an occasion. Place cards may have on the reverse side a quotation from Lincoln which the guests may read in turn to furnish food for thought and conversation. The following sayings of Lincoln are suggested:— "I do not think much of a man who is not wiser to-day than he was yesterday." "Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, and patriotic men are better than gold." "Let none falter who thinks he is right." "My politics are short and sweet like an old woman's dance." "I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has "You may fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time; but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present." "The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to injure him." "The severest justice may not always be the best policy." "I always plucked a thorn and planted a rose when in my power." "Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another." "Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." MILITARY EUCHRE.A most enjoyable afternoon or evening may be furnished ones friends by giving a military euchre party, as suggested for Washington's Birthday. GUESSING CONTEST.Supply pencils and papers to the guests having the following mixed words written upon them:—
Inform the guests that these words pertain to the history of Lincoln. An appropriate prize may be given to the one having the correct answers, or having the most correct answers in a limited time. The correct words are:—
SPLITTING RAILS.Guests are to be supplied with pencils and papers containing the following letters:—
Which are the rails to be split or divided into ten words, each rail containing two words which contain the word "rail" with other letters. The person splitting the most rails in a given time (having the most correct words) should be awarded a suitable prize. The split rails are:—
BREAKING THE CHAIN.Several children are chosen as slaves and stand in the center of the room. The other children stand in a circle about them, forming a chain by linking each arm into the arm of a child on either side and clasping his own hands in front of him. The chain of children may circle around or stand in one place while the slaves try to break the chain and gain their freedom. LOG CABIN.The tiny tots would enjoy building a log cabin of tooth-picks by placing upon the table two wooden tooth-picks about two inches apart in a horizontal line, then laying two tooth-picks across them in a vertical position. Place two more directly above the first ones, then two above the second ones and so on as high as the children can build. |
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