A girl who wanted to give an inexpensive jolly little party in honor
of a visiting friend in October issued invitations to a nut gathering.
At the top of each correspondence card which served as an invitation,
she glued half an almond shell upon which a face was marked in ink.
Below this nut head the rest of the figure was drawn in ink on the
card, and the inscription read:
_Pretend you're a squirrel for once
And join my nut-gathering stunts,
Friday, October the eleventh
at half-past eight_.
The first amusement of the evening was introduced by suspending from
the chandelier in the center of the room a cocoanut decorated with a
comical face and a pointed paper cap perched on top.
Each person from a distance of ten feet was allowed three throws at
this cap with a little light rubber ball, the object being to knock
Mr. Cocoanut's cap off. The best marksman won a prize.
This first nut stunt caused so much fun that no one wanted to be lured
away to a Nut Exhibit. Ten varieties of nuts were represented by
pictures or objects and little slips of paper and pencil were
distributed for recording guesses.
The display was as follows: