The Children's Party.
Chicago and New York: Rogers and Company, 1924, for Russell-Miller Milling Co, Occident Flour, Minneapolis, MN; recipes and introduction by Helen Harrington Downing; heavy card covers with children's party on top and children dancing around Maypole on the bottom, as cakes await; staplebound, little food drawings and essays on inside covers, 6.5x8"; np. Toploader medium softcover advertizing.
Each holiday introduced by a coloured full page illustration of a children's party, followed by pages of games and at least one simple baking recipe per page, featuring a special cake for the day. New Years, Valentine, Washington's Birthday, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Patriotic Day, July 4; Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Birthday. An advertising book for Occident Flour and, apparently, Calumet Baking Powder.
CONDITION: Very Good; no names, very rubbed spine and slightly bent bottom corner and beginning pages, 3/8" closed tear first page, cover toned but clean, pages very clean; "price 50 cents" Item #22160
$35