St. Patrick's Day gives that "top o' the mornin' feeling" that's as good as a spring tonic! Here are a few suggestions for a party. No doubt you can think of many more that would suit your own home and list of friends better. The house should be decorated with green, of course. Large shamrock leaves cut from green paper could be hung around on the walls.

On arrival, each guest can be given a name tag bearing an Irish name, such as Kitty Kelly, Bridget O'Flynn, Rosy O'Grady, and Mike O'Donohue. Four shapes of tags are given out and in this way the crowd is divided into four equal groups (according to counties, families, etc.). These groups form teams for the games that will come later in the evening.

The games of the evening should all have an Irish flavor. A good laugh starter is "Kissing the Blarney Stone." Hang a picture of a rock, cut from a magazine advertisement or drawn on paper, on the wall about waist high. The contestants toe a line a few feet from the wall and then, with hands behind back, bend over and kiss the picture.

Each group can then list all of the Irish cities they can think of. They also enter a contest to sing an Irish song and each one writes a "Blarney" letter to someone else in the crowd. The letters are all gathered and read, and the whole group tries to guess who the writer of each note is and for whom it was intended.

The refreshments, too, center on the Irish theme, with green, yellow, and white colors, or favorite Irish dishes. Green pepper and potato salad is a good main dish. Brown bread sandwiches made with thin slices of corned beef help, too, as well as a green tea to drink. Pistachio ice cream, with its green tinge capped with green and white mints, completes the bill of fare.

From beginning to end this party can be a rollicking Irish good time. You might even have the guests talk in Irish brogue, using such expressions as "begorrah," "I'll be afther tellin' ye," "that's the beauty part," and so forth.