The museum specimens were arranged on tables or mounted on cards, and each one was numbered conspicuously. The following list of twenty-two names was used. It can be lengthened, or the celebrities may be otherwise represented, according to the resources of the hostess. Magazine pictures of the articles may be substituted for the real thing, to simplify preparations. Here is the list, which may be greatly extended:
Paul Revere--a toy horse with rider, labeled "The Horse Travels Best by Night."
Abraham Lincoln--two small darkies, labeled "All Free."
Washington--a bunch of cherries, labeled "Our National Fruit."
Carrie Nation--a toy hatchet, labeled "You Think You Know. Guess Again."
Theodore Roosevelt--a doll's Rough Rider hat.
Richmond Hobson--a confectioner's "kiss."
Theodore Thomas--a bar of music and a street-car _conductor's_ cap.
Benjamin Harrison--his grandfather's hat.
P. T. Barnum--a hippopotamus, labeled "The Greatest Show on Earth."
Harriet Beecher Stowe--"Uncle Tom's Cabin," represented by a toy negro cabin.
Priscilla Alden--a picture of a Puritan at a spinning-wheel.
Jefferson Davis--a Confederate dollar bill.
William J. Bryan--a silver dollar (number _sixteen_ in the collection).
Miss Stone--the _stone_ figure of a woman, labeled "Kidnapped," or a copy of Stevenson's "Kidnapped."
Joseph Jefferson--a little dog, labeled "My Dog Schneider."
Nathaniel Hawthorne--"The Scarlet Letter," represented by a medium-size red envelope.
Eli Whitney--a cotton-gin, represented by a branch of cotton, and a bottle, labeled "Pure Holland Gin."
The national colors may be used effectively in the decorations of the rooms or of the table, and the prizes for the winners may be silk flags, photographs of historic places or other souvenirs suggestive of the day.
Appropriate place-cards for a Fourth of July luncheon or dinner may be made by covering small glass bottles about the size of a firecracker with red tissue paper, and filling them with little candies. By cutting the corks even with the bottles and drawing a small piece of twine through for a fuse, a clever imitation of a cracker is made. The names of the guests may be put vertically on the bottles.
Provide each guest with a list of questions, with spaces left for the answers. The answers consist of words ending in "N-A-T-I-O-N." Here are the questions and the answers: