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securely tied in a bundle which is suspended by a cord from the ceiling. A cardboard stork (which may readily be cut from bristol board) stands in the center of the table, apparently holding the bundle in its bill. Stork place cards are used.

Another stork shower is to have friends of the prospective mother meet to decide what they wish to give (to avoid unnecessaary [sic] duplication) and donate twenty-five cents into a general fund for ice cream and cake. At a designated time the group proceeds to the home of the prospective mother. One of the friends has previously arranged to spend the afternoon there in order that the prospective mother may be home. The ice cream and cake may be delivered later or, if desired, the guests divide the refreshments, each one bringing a part of it.

Another novel way of presenting gifts to a prospective mother is to put them in a basinet or baby carriage, gaily decorated with streamers, and wheel it into the room. The gifts may be packed in a handbag that has been labeled conspicuously "Dr. Stork," or they can be put in a large umbrella fastened above the table with a slip knot. As the guest of honor pulls the ribbon at her plate, the umbrella opens and the gifts fall on the table.

STOCK SHOWER FOR TWINS OR TRIPLETS:
In cases where twins or triplets are born, a stork shower after confinement is desirable because the layette of a single baby is scarcely ever large enough properly to clothe more than one. A novel way of presenting gifts in such a shower is to have a heavy cardboard box painted to look like a trunk. An express label bears the name and address of the new arrivals. The trunk is sent by messenger – the friends giving the shower calling later when the mother is allowed to receive a number of visitors at one time.


GOING AWAY SHOWERS

The school girl, or boy, who is going to live away from home, perhaps for the first time, finds a "Going away" shower a delightful surprise, not only at the time it is given but after the strange room has been made homelike by adding the gifts presented by old friends. Such presents as desk sets, pictures, leather loose-leaf note books, desk clocks, eversharp pencil, fountain pen, reading lamp, pillows, handkerchiefs, hose, stationery, negligée, scarf, house slippers, blankets, quilts, toilet articles, sweaters, and various sports accessories are all acceptable.

The house and table are decorated with the school or college colors, and the guest of honor is received with a hearty cheer. The gifts which have been concealed in various rooms of the house are found in the following manner. Each room is labeled, by putting a cardboard tag on the door, "Study Hall," "Library," "English," etc. The guest of honor receives an assignment sheet asking him to report at the various rooms, where some of the gifts are conspiciously [sic] placed.

The traveler's shower is given in much the same manner but only such gifts are given as may be taken about conveniently. Travel account books, or diaries, and address books are acceptible gifts. Steamship and railway agency booklets are conspiciously [sic] placed about the house and imitation railway or steamship tickets may be presented to the guest. The ticket, typed to 
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represent a regular train or steamship ticket, has instructions where to look for packages.

HOUSEWARMING SHOWERS

The following is an original and delightful housewarming shower given to a couple who had just moved into a new home. Ten married couples arranged to spend Saturday afternoon at the new house. They arrived at one o'clock prepared to work. The men worked on the lawn and in the garden; they planted grass and flower seeds, cleaned and put the cellar and garage in order. Two of the ladies hemmed curtains and another pressed them. Three, directed by the hostess, hung them. Four cleaned windows and put the pantry in order. Hooks and shelves were put up. In the evening, a baked ham, a bowl of potato salad, some cheese sandwiches, olives and cake which had been brought along provided a tasty supper. Much had been accomplished toward getting the owners settled in their new home.

The usual housewarming shower is for a group of friends to surprise new home owners in the evening, bringing gifts that may be used in furnishing a new home.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SHOWERS

FIRST YEAR – COTTON: Suitable gifts, anything made of cotton.

The table may be arranged attractively by covering with a layer of cotton batting, having miniature bales of cotton (with small favors concealed within) for place cards. Tie a miniature shipping card to the bale bearing the guests name. The flowers used for the center piece should be white.

FIFTH YEAR – WOODEN: The fifth wedding anniversary offers a good opportunity to present furniture of any description, and household supplies made of wood, such as bread and cake board, rolling pin, clothes-pins, steak planks, wooden spoons, chopping bowls, etc.

The invitations may be written on birch bark or on fresh hardwood chips. The table should be bare and strewn with wood shavings. A little wooden box is used for the centerpiece with pansies and forget-me-nots, or any available plants. The place cards are made attractive by having the name of the guest burned on chips of wood.

SEVENTH YEAR – WOOLEN: The candlesticks and centerpiece are covered with woolen yarn. Little paper hearts stitched with wool yarn are used as place cards. Favors may be attached to the end of strings of yarn. Gifts may be anything made of wool.

TENTH YEAR – TIN: Gifts for the tin wedding anniversary are becoming more and more limited due to the fact that the modern housewife uses cooking utensils made of a more durable metal. Such utensils as measuring cups, cake tins, dish pans, flour sifter, kettle lids, funnels, spoons, may be presented.

The dinner is a jolly affair with all the refreshments served in tin. The flowers used should harmonize with the color scheme. The place cards may be attached to small tin souvenirs tied with bows of narrow white satin ribbon.

TWELFTH YEAR – SILK AND LINEN: This is a good time to build up the depleted hope chest as the bride's linen often wears for ten or fifteen years if used 
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