“Daisy in the Dell, Daisy in the Dell, I don’t pick you, I don’t pick you, I do pick you.”

The child whom the daisy-picker touches upon reaching, the last word must try to run entirely around the circle and back to his place before the daisy-picker catches him.  If he succeeds, he need not be “it”; but if he is caught, he must be the daisy-picker.

“Are You a Daisy?” is another jolly game.  The players stand in a line facing one child, who is chosen to be “it.”  This child asks each one in turn the question, “Are you a daisy?” Each child answers by naming the flower he chooses to be.  Thus one may say, “I am a rose”; another, “I am a pansy.”  If any child chooses to say, “I am a daisy,” he is immediately chased by the questioner, and if caught, he must take the place of the questioner.  The game then proceeds as before.  One rule is that a child must not repeat the name of a flower that another child has given.

A game that is based on the Mother Goose rhyme, “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief,” etc., is called “Rich Man, Poor Man.”  One child is chosen to whisper to each of the players some word of the rhyme.  The named children then stand in a circle, and another child who is “it” may call for any character in the rhyme that he wishes; the child who has been given that name must respond by saying “Here,” and then running away.  For instance, the one who is “it” may call for “lawyer,” and the child to whom that name has been whispered calls out “Here,” and is immediately chased by the leader.  If he is caught within a reasonable length of time, he is “it,” and the former leader drops out.  This should be played until only two are left.

The refreshments carry out the daisy idea, and should be served outdoors, either on the piazza or on the lawn.  The centerpiece at the supper-table is a big bunch of daisies, and each child has a place-card on which is painted or drawn a daisy face, the petals forming a cap frill.  The sandwiches are bread and butter, and some “good-to-eat” daisies can be made from hard-boiled eggs, by cutting the whites petal-shaped, and by mixing the yellow with salad mayonnaise to form the centers.  Marguerites and little cakes frosted in yellow and white may be served with vanilla ice cream.

A HAWAIIAN PORCH LUNCHEON

One woman entertained her club at their last meeting of the year with a little porch luncheon.  Hawaii had been one of the subjects of study, so the Hawaiian note was dominant throughout.

Each guest was welcomed with a lei, the Hawaiian paper flower garland which signifies friendship.  Hung about the neck, these decorations excited much fun.

The Hawaiian features of the refreshments were Hawaiian pineapple salad and little imitation volcanoes which were in reality cones of vanilla ice-cream in the center of which holes had been scooped and then filled with hot caramel sauce, which of course overflowed the sides in true lava fashion.