Entertaining Made Easy

Party plans from 1919 — an aviation meet, a watermelon frolic, a pussy cat party, and how to carry each one off.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

11 pages in this part of Entertaining Made Easy.

A Bachelor Supper

“When I was a bachelor I lived by myself And all the bread and cheese I got, I put upon the shelf; The rats and the mice, they made such a…

Mother's Birthday Tea

PLEASANT way for a daughter to entertain for her mother is to give a little informal afternoon tea, asking the mother's friends and their…

A Pussy Cat Party

WHEN Billy's mother decided to give him a birthday party, she pounced upon the pussy cat plan, partly because pussywillows are still…

Pussy's Prowlings

Once there was a Once there was a PUSSYCAT named BLINKY who said to herself one day, "I'm tired of MILK to drink and I'm oh, so hungry for…

A Girl's Birthday Luncheon

ONC NCE a mother gave a little birthday luncheon for her daughter who was a freshman in high school. It pleased the fourteen-year-old and…

The Wooden Wedding

AN informal evening party is perhaps the jolliest way to celebrate the fifth wedding anniversary.

The Tin Wedding

THE tenth wedding anniversary has many possibilities for fun. An informal social evening or a dinner followed by some jolly stunts are in…

A Mock Wedding

is a funny way to celebrate one of the numerous early wedding anniversaries, especially if a group of young married women friends want to…

A Silver Wedding Shower

LITTLE group, girlhood friends of more than twenty-five years' standing, recently planned a pleasant shower for a popular friend, the…

A Cape Cod Luncheon

IN N remembrance of a happy two weeks spent in a little bungalow on Cape Cod, one of the girls of the "bunch" gave a quaint luncheon for…

Announcements and Showers

HOW shall I announce my engagement?"

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