umination and scatter tiny
new patty pans with crinkly edges over the table to hold candies and
nuts.

The salad may be served on shiny tin plates covered with lace paper
doilies, the ice-cream in individual patty pans, and the coffee or
punch in tin cups.

At each place put a tiny funnel bouquet, a miniature of the central
one or else some tiny tin toy.

Tin whistles for everybody would promote the hilarity.

The old-fashioned game of "Spin the Platter" would be good to start
the entertainment of the evening. Then may come a "tin" minute paper
and pencil contest to see who can write the most words beginning or
ending with TIN in the allotted ten minutes.

Ten "reel" years of married life may next be shown. This feature is
simply a series of movie-like pantomimes showing humorous events, real
or imaginary, in the life of the host and hostess--given, of course,
by their friends.

A tin band concert will also provide a good time. Those who are in the
band perform on instruments contrived from kitchen utensils or the tin
noise-making novelties which can be obtained in the shops.

A MOCK WEDDING

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 join in a surprise.

The bride may be invited to a chum's house and presently the
procession may appear before her.

The bride should have a cheesecloth or mosquito netting veil with
dried orange peel to hold the folds in place, and she should carry a
bouquet of white chicken feathers tied with white tape--the shower
part can be little bows of rags.

The bridesmaids might all wear the cheapest of farmers' hats, with
huge bunches of goldenrod or asters on them or else such things as
little kitchen utensils sewed on the front in place of flowers.
Bouquets of burdock tied with colored cretonne would be attractive
for them, or possibly as a substitute for the conventional shepherds'
crooks they could carry umbrellas with big bows on the handles. A
third suggestion for the bridesmaids is that they carry grape baskets
filled with none too choice outdoor flowers and weeds.

There should be a flower girl, of course, who can wear an abbreviated
costume. Her hair should be in ringlets with a big ribbon tied around
her head, and she may carry a market basket filled with scraps of
paper, or flowers if you prefer, to scatter in front of the bride.

The ring bearer may