If the Hatchet Party is given at home appropriate invitations can be issued in the form of a hatchet, bearing the words in quaint letters:

The decorations should conform to the spirit of the evening. A large hatchet covered with white curled tissue paper may be hung in the hall. Plaques of little red, white and blue hatchets may take the place of flowers, and in the hall or reception room there should be a little table of "Souvenirs." These should be little bronze hatchets with the letters Y. W. C. T. U. on one side. Their handles should be tied with narrow ribbon—red, white and blue—and each guest should be allowed to select his color. Thus everybody has the opportunity offered to him of becoming a member by selecting the white ribbon, and in this way everybody is compelled to "show his colors."

If simple refreshments are served, let the Japanese napkins have a big hatchet gilded on them, and let there be some plates of hatchet cookies, formed by the cutter that any tinsmith will make from a pattern.

Have old-fashioned candy—peppermint, wintergreen, sassafras and molasses—instead of bonbons. Play the old games—hunt the slipper, blind man's buff, hide and seek.

Names for the members of the Hatchet Family who are to receive the guests:

• Johanna Adams Hatchet,
• Tomazine Jefferson Hatchet,
• Jamesina Madison Hatchet,
• Jemima Monroe Hatchet,
• J. Quinciana Adams Hatchet,
• Andrewsia Jackson Hatchet,
• Wilhemina Henrietta Harrison Hatchet,
• Johnesetta Tyler Hatchet,
• Marty Van Buren Hatchet,
• Jinny Keturah Polk Hatchet,
• Zacherina Taylor Hatchet,
• Millarella Fillmore Hatchet.

Ask the girls who impersonate these characters to come in Martha Washington dress, a flowered chintz or silk overdress, opening in front to show a silk or sateen skirt of a plain color, which may be quilted if desired. The waist is made to open over a white neckerchief and has elbow sleeves. A little round mob cap of muslin or lace, with a frill, a band of ribbon around it, and a coquettish bow complete the costume.