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HOME GAMES AND PARTIES
HOME GAMES AND
PARTIES
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, AND HERE
EDITED BV
MRS. HAMILTON MOTT
WITH A CHAPTER ON LIGHT REFRESHMENTS FOR
EVENING COMPANY BY
MRS. S. T. RORER
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GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
74G3
A8TOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNOATIOK8.
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CONTENTS
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fHtscellancous ffiamcs anti Amusements.
GAME OF THE FIVE SENSES 3
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ... .6
A COBWEB PARTY 7
A NEW AUCTION SALE 9
A MooNs:ni:E-P/.RT.Y . 11
A FLOWE^^UUKSSl 1 ?*} ~VEMNO 12
GAME OF CHARACTERISTICS 15
PROGRESSIVE CD^VEF.&ATION 18
A POP-CORN PARTY 18
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A PEANUT tj'uNj 1 ... ,. -, ,. , .- ..... 20
A BUNDLE FAUYV . . . 21
A GOOD GEOGRAPHY GAME 24
How TO GIVE A CALICO PARTY 28
A HEART PARTY 27
WHO Is IT? 28
A VALENTINE PARTY 29
IMPERSONATIONS. . 32
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PASS
BOOK REVIEWING .......... 33
Buzz ............... 34
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS ... 35
MISQUOTED QUOTATIONS ........ 39
WHO PAINTED IT ? .......... 39
TELEGRAMS ............ 40
CRAMBO ........... . . 40
A LITERARY SALAD ..... .... 42
A BOOK-TITLE HUNT ......... 42
RAINY-PAY DIVERSIONS ........ 46
Etng ffiamrs anU Jtolics.
THE GAME OF FLOWERS ....... 51
Fox ............... 53
MAGIC BRIDGE ........... 5-'S
JINGLE BELLS ........... 54
JACK FROST ............ 55
SHAKERS ............. 58
A B^N-RAG' CQitf Esfr ;.;:::/:. . . . 59
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WHAT TO <GUyE Tiir, ' LITTLE < ONES TO EAT 65
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THE TABLBcFodtffEc| J ! | !:rLEGuKSTs ... 67
THE POPULAR;," SpmfeB, < WE& " '.PARTY . 68
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AMUSEME.'N-T, \n'i'H',,S^^ARu^ l p ( Tjes .... 69
FUN AT A FISH POND ......... 70
WHERE MERRIMENT is PLENTIFUL .... 70
A JUVENILE AUCTION ......... 71
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED GAMES ...... 72
FOR LITTLE ONES OVER TEN YEARS ... 74
A SIMPLE PATTY-PAN PARTY ...... 75
AN OPEN-AIR PARTY FOR LITTLE FOLK 79
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JLafon parties antf ut*33oor JFftrs.
A MOTHER GOOSE FROLIC 88
RUSTIC PASTIME FOR GIRLS 90
DUTIES OF THE MATRONS 91
A GYPSY CAMP 92
To PREPARE THE LAWN . 95
THE QUESTION OF REFRESHMENTS .... 97
SOME OTHER OUT- DOOR FETES 98
A HAYMAKERS' PICNIC FOR JULY .... 98
A " FISH-FRY" FOR AUGUST 100
FOR THE WARM SEPTEMBER DAYS . . . 101
THE BEST PICNIC LUNCHEON 103
A WILD-ROSE PARTY 106
A "FARMER'S SUPPER" ....... 110
A MIDSUMMER ICE PARTY ...... 112
A FERN LUNCH PARTY 115
OLD-FASHIONED BARN PARTIES 117
A CORN HUSKING 120
AN APPLE-PARING BEE 122
OLD TIME SPELLING MATCH 124
A JOLLY MOTHKR GOOSE PARTY , . . . 126
Komps anti JFroIics.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR A PARTY 134
How TO ENTERTAIN THE GUESTS .... 136
HUNTING FOR THE HIDDEN WEDDING-RING 138
DIVINING BY THE CAKE WITH CANDLES . 139
INVITATIONS FOR A BROWNIE PARTY . . . 140
MYSTERIOUS WORK OF THE BROWNIES . . 141
BROWNIES READY FOR FUN 142
A FATHY FOLK FROLIC .... ... 144
ARRANGING A SCOTCH HALLOWEEN 14<;
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!$elp0 tn Arranging tableaux.
WHAT THK MANAGER NEEDS 151
ARRANGING THE STAGE ....... 152
NOT COLOR, BUT FORM . 155
COLORS BY LAMPLIGHT . 156
ELABORATE SUBJKCTS . 157
SIMPLICITY is EFFECTIVE 159
SOMK OTHER SUBJECTS 161
ADVANTAGES DERIVED 163
Etiquette of Stoning parties.
ILigljt fficfrcsljmntfg for Evening (Kampanirs.
PRKLIMINARY PREPARATIONS FOR SEKVING 176
FIVE SIMPLE MHNUS FOR SMALL PARTIES . 177
MOULDED LOBSTER IN ASPIC 179
TOMATO A*PIC AND EGYPTIAN SALAD . . 180
WALNUT SANDWICHES TO SERVE WITH SALAD 181
MOCK TERRAPIN - . 182
CELERY ROLLS SERVED WITH CHICKEN . . 183
SANDWICHES OF ALL SORTS AND SHAPES . 183
CHICKEN SANDWICHES AND TONGUE FINGERS 185
TorRAiNK SWEETS AND CHOCOLATES . . . 186
FAIRY WAFERS AND SWEET RAGLETS . . 187
FANCY SANDWICHED OF ALL KINDS . . . 188
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES AND
AMUSEMENTS
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES AND
AMUSEMENTS
GAME OF THE FIVE SENSES
ALL the guests are seated around a large
table, and the master or mistress of cere-
monies informs them that their five senses
are to be tested and prizes given to those
who can prove theirs to be the keenest.
First comes the test of sight or observa-
tion. All are blindfolded, and a number
of articles are thrown haphazard upon the
table, gloves, handkerchiefs, penwipers ;
anything and everything will serve the pur-
pose. The bandages are then to be lifted
for only a moment, after which the order
is given to pull them over the eyes again.
The table is swept clean of all the things,
the bandages are removed, and each guest
is provided with pencil and paper and must
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write a list of the articles noticed during
the momentary glimpse permitted. The
one whose list is the longest receives a
prize for the best sight or quickest power
of observation.
Next comes the test of smell. The ban-
dages are resumed, and in turn, vinegar,
cologne, kerosene, lavender water, bay rum,
orris-root, smelling salts, oranges, camphor,
paregoric, and apples are presented to the
noses of the company, who may write down
the names without looking on, making the
list more legible when the bandages are
removed.
In testing the taste, allspice, raw oat-
meal, horseradish, chocolate almost any-
thing may be offered that is not too
unpalatable. It is well to have many
familiar things, and only a puzzling one
now and then, since pleasure, and not
perplexity, is the chief object of the
game.
For the hearing, different notes on the
piano may be struck and the music-loving
ones will readily name them correctly.
The finger dipped in water and passed
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around the rim of a glass makes familiar
music. The ringing of a silver and of a
brass bell, the tinkle of ice in a glass of
ordinary water and the dull click it makes
in a glass of sparkling mineral water, the
sound of metal on metal, of glass on glass,
and wood against wood these and num-
berless others are easily provided if musical
instruments are not within reach.
The sense of feeling may be tested by
passing quickly from hand to hand a variety
of things that cause a little surprise and so
put one off guard. A glove filled with wet
sand gives one an uncanny feeling if
grasped unexpectedly; a harmless bit of
cotton wool following after this is almost
as unpleasant, and a bristling brush for
cleaning lamp chimneys is a most puzzling
object when held but for an instant before
being claimed by one's neighbor. Even a
raw potato and a handful of gelatine are
puzzling objects to name, when deprived
of those invaluable auxiliaries, our eyes,
for all the tests are made while the com-
pany is blindfolded.
The prizes need be but the merest trifles,
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A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
HAVE you ever studied a coin to see how
many symbols it represents? By following
the directions given below you will find
that you will be the means of giving a
pleasant time to one or any number of
friends, as "A Penny for Your Thoughts"
is a game in which both young and old may
participate.
Get enough tally cards for each guest,
on the top of which write, "A Penny for
Your Thoughts." Attach a ribbon to each
card with a small pencil at the end, and
have holes put through enough pennies to
string one on each tally, in order that every-
body may have one to study out by himself.
The questions given below are to be
written on the cards, leaving enough space
for the answers. Of course, an allotted
time is given in which the answers may be
written, and when time is called the one
having the greatest number correct is the
recipient of the prize.
Questions and answers will be given be-
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withholds the answers until the close of the
game.
1 Can you fiud a messenger ? One cent (sent).
2 Mode of ancient punishment ? Stripes.
3 Means of inflicting it ? Lashes.
4 A piece of armor ? Shield.
5 A devoted young man? Bow (beau).
6 A South American fruit ? Date.
7 A place of worship ? Temple.
8 Portion of a hill ? Brow.
9 Spring flowers ? Tulips.
10 Three weapons 1 Arrows.
1 1 The first American settler ? Indian.
12 Emblem of victory ? Laurel wreath.
13 An animal ? Hair (hare).
14 Two sides of a vote? Eyes and nose (ayes and
noes).
15 An emblem of royalty ? Crown.
1 6 One way of expressing matrimony ? United State.
17 Youth and old age ? Youth 1898 Old age.
18 Part of a river 1 Mouth.
19 Something found in a school? Pupil.
20 Part of o stove ? Lid (eyelid).
21 Plenty of assurance ? Cheek.
22 The cry of victory ? Won (one).
23 Implements of writing ? Quills.
A COBWEB PARTY
IMAGINE the rooms, halls, and stairs or a
house all tangled in a web of strong twine,
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the guests struggling, twisting, tripping, and
weaving themselves together in their en-
deavors to unravel the meshes, while all
are laughing at the sight, - - that is a " Cob-
web party."
It is startling to find familiar rooms in
such a haze of gray twine. The staircases
appear to be pitfalls; the dressing-rooms,
traps. Every one warns every one else.
When all have worked their way to the
hostess, they are told to draw lots from
trays of numbered cards; one tray for
women, another for the men. Each is
given at the same time a little stick, on
which to wind the string which fate has
sent. The men's strings, perhaps, start at
the hall table ; the women's, at the rug by
the door.
There are cards at the beginnings of the
strings, with numbers corresponding to
those which have been drawn. After one
has found the right twine, one is to wind
it up, following whitherso'ever it leads. The
library doorway may be an almost impass-
able web, yet, incredibly soon the balls are all
wound. Many strings lead to prizes ; dainty
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trifles of some sort. Others have spiders at
their ends, made of larch cones and wire.
A NEW AUCTION SALE
A NEW version of the ' ' Auction Party "
has been found to be very amusing. The
invitation reads thus:
An Auction Sale.
No check iior money need you bring ;
A draught might give you cold;
We 're only doing this for fun,
The buyer here is sold.
A little bag, containing fifty beans, is
given to each person as he or she enters
the parlor. This is the highest amount
one can bid. Each guest also receives a
catalogue consisting of the following lots ?
1 A Trilby Souvenir. 11 Love v. We.lt
2 One Cent. 12 Aztec rotten ra .-
3 A Souvenir of Greece. 13 rfank ami i ile
4 A Pair of Kids. 14 The Lost Chord.
5 The Fortune- 1 eller. 15 On Guard.
6 The Latest Packet. 16 Measure for Measure
7 An Aid ti> Reflection 17 A Dainty Moutnpiece
8 The :,iissiug Link. 18 The Tie That Binds.
9 A Bunch of Dates. 19 A Literary Cut.
10 A Pointer. 20 A Sharper.
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21 Satsuma Tray. 26 Oliver Twist.
22 Before the Deluge. 27 A Study in Astronomy,
23 Sevres China. 28 The Family Pet.
24 A Good Match. 29 Black Beauty.
25 A Man's Delight. 30 A Diamond Piu.
The articles are to be packed in boxes,
wrapped in paper, and tied with ribbons
the color of the decorations, and then cnre-
fully numbered. They should be of trifling
cost. The fun depends largely upon having
a witty auctioneer, who can produce lively
bidding. Below is given the list of the
articles corresponding to the titles :
1 Silver Heart. 16 A Tape-Measure.
2 Cologne. 17 Silver Spoon.
3 Vaseline Box. 18 Necktie.
4 Kid Hair-Curlers. 19 Paper-Cutter.
5 White and Gold Daisy. 20 Knife.
6 Tennis Racket. 21 China Tray.
7 Small Mirror. 22 Noah's Ark.
8 Sleeve-Links. 23 China Hate.
9 Calendar. 24 Match-Box.
10 Emery. 25 Pipe.
11 Little Scales. 26 Silver-Twisted Pin.
12 Bowl. 27 Gold Crescent.
13 Onion and Nail-File. 28 A Cat.
14 Piece of String. 29 A Black Doll.
15 Watch-Guard. 30 A Dime and Pin.
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A MOONSHINE PARTY
CONSULT the almanac for a moonlight
evening. Decorate your rooms with the
moonflower, or if you live in the country
perhaps you can get some of the herbs
called moonwort, sometimes known as
honesty.
Provide each one of your guests with a
blank card and pencil, and give them fifteen
minutes in which to record as long a list as
they can make of the poems, songs, stories,
and other literature in which the moon is
given a prominent part. The authors'
names also should be given.
At the end of the allotted time let several
or all of the company be called upon to
read from the cards. To the one who has
the best list give an almanac or calendar
in the form of a dainty booklet, with the
moon's phases illustrated in gilt. Give a
toy lantern for the booby prize. Some one
can look over the lists and award the prizes
while there is music, which should be appro-
priate to the occasion. The hostess may
call upon one or two of her guests to relate
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the story or legend which is noted on their
cards, and which promises, from the sub-
ject, to be short and entertaining.
This idea may be utilized for a session
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of a literary society by elaborating the pro-
gramme with more music and other exer-.
cises. The members should respond to the
roll-call with a quotation about the moon.
One member might have a biographical
paper about Doctor Moon, of Brighton,
who gave light to the blind by the present
convenient system of raised print. There
should be a short scientific talk explaining a
lunar eclipse, the tides, or the phenomenon
of the harvest moon. Assign this to some
one who will be careful not to be too prosy,
and who will illustrate it with large, plain
diagrams. The last literary number should
be something humorous, in which the moon
shall have a prominent part.
A FLOWER-GUESSING EVENING
FOR this entertainment the hostess pro-
vides white cards, similar in size to dance
programmes, tied with dainty ribbons, and
having numbered questions written upor
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them. The guests are expected to guess
the answers, which are the names of flowers,
both wild and cultivated. This " Flower-
Guessing Game," seemingly difficult at first,
after being thoroughly explained becomes
deeply interesting and enjoyable. When
the cards have been collected the hostess
counts the correct answers on each card.
Below is a list which may serve for a party
unless something original is preferred :
1 My first wears my second on her foot. Lady's-
slipper.
2 A Roman numeral. IV (Ivy).
3 The hour before my English cousin's tea. Four-
o'clock.
4 Good marketings. Butter and Eggs.
5 A very gay and ferocious animal. Dandelion.
6 My first is often sought for my second. Marigold.
7 A young man's farewell to his sweetheart. "For-
get-me-not."
8 Her reply to him. " Sweet William."
9 The gentler sex of the Friend persuasion. Quaker
Ladies.
10 Its own doctor. Self-heal.
11 My first is as sharp as needles, my second is as
soft as down. Thistledown.
12 My first is a country in Asia, my second is the
name of a prominent New York family. China
Aster.
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13 Mv first is the name of a bird, ray second is worn
by cavalrymen. Larkspur.
14 A church official. Elder.
15 A very precise lady. Primrose.
16 A tattered songster. Ragged Robin.
17 My first is sly but caunot wear my second. Fox-
glove.
18 The color of a horse. Sorrel.
19 A craze in Holland in the seventeenth century.
Tulip.
20 My first is an implement of war, my second is a
place where money is coined. Spearmint.
2\ A disrespectful name for a physician. Dock.
22 Fragrant letters. Sweet Peas.
23 My first is a white wood, my second is the name
of. a, yellowish Rhenish wine. Hollyhock.
24 What the father said to his son in the morning.
" Johnny-jump-up ! "
2f> My tirs f is a facial expression of pleasure, my
second a woodsman's means of livelihood.
Smilax.
2G An animal of the jungle is my first, my sec-
ond is the name of a tall, fair lady. Tiger
Lily.
27 My first is made in a dairy, but is seldom served
in my second. Buttercup.
28 My first wears my second on his head. Cox-
comb.
2'J A close companion. Stick-tight.
?0 A fashionable evening shade fur dresses. Helio-
trope.
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GAME OF CHARACTERISTICS
A MOST interesting way in which to spend
an evening is by playing "Characteristics,"
a game which may be made attractive to any
number of people. A leader must be chosen
to read aloud a list of certain " charac-
teristics " of noted people. From these
u characteristics," which must aim to be
descriptive, and from their initials, the as-
sembled company must try to discover who
the celebrities are. The mode of operation
of the game is as follows: Provide each
player with a pencil and a card, upon one
side of which is written a list of the " char-
acteristics" of certain noted people, leaving
blank spaces opposite for the names of the
persons described. Immediately after the
distribution of these cards the game may
be explained, and the announcement made
that half an hour will be given for the un-
ravelling of the mysterious words to the
left of the card. If desired, partners may
be selected. The giving of prizes should
be optional. The following list of " charac-
teristics " will doubtless suggest many others
to intending hostesses:
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LITERARY
Happy Children Appear . . . . H. C. Andersen
Explains Asia Edwin Arnold
England's Bright Bard .... E. B. Browning
Riotous Blustering .... Robert Browning
Rustic Bard Robert Burns
Terrible Complaiuer Thomas Carlyle
Tragic Career Thomas Chatterton
Shakespeare's Truest Critic ... S. T. Coleridge
Weird Coucocter Wilkie Collins
Wofully Crazed William Cowper
Comical Delineator Charles Dickens
A Clever Doctor A. Conan Doyle
Recognized Wisdom Everywhere . R. W. Emerson
Recounting Horrors R. Haggard
Our Well-known Humorist ... O. W Holmes
Touching Humanity Thomas Hood
Wonderfully Interesting . . . Washington Irving
Charming Levity Charles Lamb
Truthful Negro Portraits . . . Thomas N. Page
Wonderful Historic Person ... W. H. Prescott
Winsome Stories Walter Scott
Wonderful Sapience . . . William Shakespeare
Perished by Sea P. B. Shelley
Her Books Sell H. B. Si owe
Rebuked Society Robert Southey
Beguiling Traveller Bayard Taylor
Arthur's Troubadour A. Tennvsou
What Magical Talent .... W. M. Thackeray
Makes Travesties . Mark Twain
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Charming, Delightful Writer . . . C. D. Warner
Xeat Parlor Writer X. P. Willis
Wrote Wondrously . . . William Wordsworth
HISTORICAL
Naturally Belligerent . . . Xapoleon Bonaparte
Came Confidently .... Christopher Columbus
Opposed Cavaliers Oliver Cromwell
Ever Elegant Edward Everett
Brilliancy's Forerunner . . . Benjamin Franklin
Protested Hotly Patrick Henry
Receivers' Earnest Love .... Eobert E. Lee
Always Loyal Abraham Lincoln
Marvellous Light .Martin Luther
War's Triumphant Soldier . . . W. T. Sherman
Declamatory Weightiness . . . Daniel Webster
Xoted Words Xoah Webster
Great Warrior George Washington
MISCELLANEOUS
Perfectly Tremendous Boaster . . P. T. Barnum
Pride (o{) Boston Phillips Brooks
Best Broadcloth Beau Brumrnel
Famed for Charms . . . Frances F. Cleveland
Well-Earned Glory .... William E. Gladstone
Thoroughly Honest . . . . . Thomas Hughes
Rabid Iconoclast Robert Ingersoll
Hamlet's Interpreter Henrv Irving
Feminine Xobility .... Florence Xightingale
Prancing Roughly Paul Revere
He Made Search .... H. M. Stanlev
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PROGRESSIVE CONVERSATION
FOR a Progressive Conversation party
cards are provided with topics or ques-
tions for each lady. When the bell rings,
each man finds his partner and converses
on the topic assigned till the time is up,
when lie passes to the lady above ; and so
on, till he has conversed with every lady.
The balloting then begins, the ladies voting
for the man they found most entertaining,
the men for the lady. The largest number
of votes call for the first prize.
A POP-CORN PARTY
Mr< n of the success of a pop-corn partv
depends upon having everything as informal
as possible. Instead of using fine stationery
for the invitations, and indulging in the
conventional polite phrases, take corn-
colored paper and ask your friends "To
meet Mr. C. Cobb." Here is a description
of a delightful pop-corn part} 7 , which shows
how to have a good time :
"All the girls were dressed in bright
woollen gowns, and the men in their
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business suits. In the dressing-room
each girl was presented with an addi-
tion to her toilette in the shape of a
necklace of pop-corn sewed upon satin
ribbon, each necklace having a distinct
color. Upon entering the parlors we found
nil the men adorned with watch-chains to
correspond. We were speedily invited into
the dining-room, where a bright open fire
was burning, and were told that this time
the girls were to do ' the popping.' And
they did, while ghost stories were told,
songs svere sung, and conundrums given
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and guessed. As the corn was popped it
was given to the hostess, who, in a corn-
colored crepon gown, presently invited all
the men to take partners. This they did
by selecting the girls whose necklaces in
color matched their watch-chains.
"And then we sat down to a veritable
feast of corn at a table which had been
entirely arranged in corn-color, and upon
which were served salted, sugared, and
buttered pop-corn, pop-corn balls, lemon
jelly- cake, lemon sponge-cake, lemonade
hot and cold, lemon ice cream, lemon
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water ice and lemon jelly. After our deli-
cious supper we returned to the parlor and
were handed cards with pencils attached.
Our hostess then rang a bell and called
order, and when order reigned she re-
quested us to write eight nouns beginning
with corn, and the name of a general begin-
ning in the same way. In ten minutes she
rang the bell again and collected the lists.
The best one read, ' Cornflower, corn-
starch, cornice, cornet, cornea, corner, corn-
cake, cornucopia, General Cornwallis.' The
maker of this list received a pretty corn-
colored paper lamp-shade as a prize ; and
the girl who only had two words on her list
received the booby prize a corn-colored
paper dunce-cap, which she was compelled
to wear the rest of the evening."
A PEANUT HUNT
IF written invitations are issued for a pea-
nut party, have two peanut shells painted in
water colors on one corner of the paper.
The hostess provides herself with a quan-
tity of peanuts, and conceals them in every
imaginable spot in the rooms where she is
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to entertain her guests, behind pictures,
under mats, among the flowers, everywhere
there are peanuts. After the guests have
all arrived, a small bag is handed to each
one, and the company are told that who-
ever first fills his or her bag with peanuts
wins the prize of the evening.
Then begins the merry hunting here,
there, and everywhere for peanuts. A
pretty way is to have the bags made of
silk, with a ribbon or cord and tassel at
the top, and a fanciful design of peanuts
on one side ; they are then preserved as
dainty souvenirs.
A BUNDLE PARTY
FOR those who like guessing games a
bundle party offers a chance for fun in
plenty. After all the guests have arrived
they are taken to a room where, reposing
upon a table, they find a collection of pack-
ages of various shapes and many sizes, each
one distinctly numbered. To each guest
there is handed a slip of blank paper and
a lead pencil ; then the hostess makes the
following explanation: u There are thirty
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bundles upon this table ; each bundle is
numbered. Each one of you may handle
any or all of the bundles as long and as
much as you please, provided that you do
not open them nor tear the wrappers.
When you have used your sense of touch
to your entire satisfaction you must write
down the name of the article that you
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think is in the bundle, and number vour
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guess as the bundle is numbered. Should
you find a package, on the contents of
which you cannot decide definitely 5 Dut its
number on your list and make a dash after
it. When you have examined all the
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HOME GAMES AND PARTIES
HOME GAMES AND
PARTIES
BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, AND HERE
EDITED BV
MRS. HAMILTON MOTT
WITH A CHAPTER ON LIGHT REFRESHMENTS FOR
EVENING COMPANY BY
MRS. S. T. RORER
>' I
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< . i < . t ^
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1911
THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
74G3
A8TOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNOATIOK8.
Copyright 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1895, 1897, 1898, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING Co.
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CONTENTS
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fHtscellancous ffiamcs anti Amusements.
GAME OF THE FIVE SENSES 3
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ... .6
A COBWEB PARTY 7
A NEW AUCTION SALE 9
A MooNs:ni:E-P/.RT.Y . 11
A FLOWE^^UUKSSl 1 ?*} ~VEMNO 12
GAME OF CHARACTERISTICS 15
PROGRESSIVE CD^VEF.&ATION 18
A POP-CORN PARTY 18
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A PEANUT tj'uNj 1 ... ,. -, ,. , .- ..... 20
A BUNDLE FAUYV . . . 21
A GOOD GEOGRAPHY GAME 24
How TO GIVE A CALICO PARTY 28
A HEART PARTY 27
WHO Is IT? 28
A VALENTINE PARTY 29
IMPERSONATIONS. . 32
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PASS
BOOK REVIEWING .......... 33
Buzz ............... 34
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS ... 35
MISQUOTED QUOTATIONS ........ 39
WHO PAINTED IT ? .......... 39
TELEGRAMS ............ 40
CRAMBO ........... . . 40
A LITERARY SALAD ..... .... 42
A BOOK-TITLE HUNT ......... 42
RAINY-PAY DIVERSIONS ........ 46
Etng ffiamrs anU Jtolics.
THE GAME OF FLOWERS ....... 51
Fox ............... 53
MAGIC BRIDGE ........... 5-'S
JINGLE BELLS ........... 54
JACK FROST ............ 55
SHAKERS ............. 58
A B^N-RAG' CQitf Esfr ;.;:::/:. . . . 59
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WHAT TO <GUyE Tiir, ' LITTLE < ONES TO EAT 65
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THE TABLBcFodtffEc| J ! | !:rLEGuKSTs ... 67
THE POPULAR;," SpmfeB, < WE& " '.PARTY . 68
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AMUSEME.'N-T, \n'i'H',,S^^ARu^ l p ( Tjes .... 69
FUN AT A FISH POND ......... 70
WHERE MERRIMENT is PLENTIFUL .... 70
A JUVENILE AUCTION ......... 71
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED GAMES ...... 72
FOR LITTLE ONES OVER TEN YEARS ... 74
A SIMPLE PATTY-PAN PARTY ...... 75
AN OPEN-AIR PARTY FOR LITTLE FOLK 79
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JLafon parties antf ut*33oor JFftrs.
A MOTHER GOOSE FROLIC 88
RUSTIC PASTIME FOR GIRLS 90
DUTIES OF THE MATRONS 91
A GYPSY CAMP 92
To PREPARE THE LAWN . 95
THE QUESTION OF REFRESHMENTS .... 97
SOME OTHER OUT- DOOR FETES 98
A HAYMAKERS' PICNIC FOR JULY .... 98
A " FISH-FRY" FOR AUGUST 100
FOR THE WARM SEPTEMBER DAYS . . . 101
THE BEST PICNIC LUNCHEON 103
A WILD-ROSE PARTY 106
A "FARMER'S SUPPER" ....... 110
A MIDSUMMER ICE PARTY ...... 112
A FERN LUNCH PARTY 115
OLD-FASHIONED BARN PARTIES 117
A CORN HUSKING 120
AN APPLE-PARING BEE 122
OLD TIME SPELLING MATCH 124
A JOLLY MOTHKR GOOSE PARTY , . . . 126
Komps anti JFroIics.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR A PARTY 134
How TO ENTERTAIN THE GUESTS .... 136
HUNTING FOR THE HIDDEN WEDDING-RING 138
DIVINING BY THE CAKE WITH CANDLES . 139
INVITATIONS FOR A BROWNIE PARTY . . . 140
MYSTERIOUS WORK OF THE BROWNIES . . 141
BROWNIES READY FOR FUN 142
A FATHY FOLK FROLIC .... ... 144
ARRANGING A SCOTCH HALLOWEEN 14<;
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!$elp0 tn Arranging tableaux.
WHAT THK MANAGER NEEDS 151
ARRANGING THE STAGE ....... 152
NOT COLOR, BUT FORM . 155
COLORS BY LAMPLIGHT . 156
ELABORATE SUBJKCTS . 157
SIMPLICITY is EFFECTIVE 159
SOMK OTHER SUBJECTS 161
ADVANTAGES DERIVED 163
Etiquette of Stoning parties.
ILigljt fficfrcsljmntfg for Evening (Kampanirs.
PRKLIMINARY PREPARATIONS FOR SEKVING 176
FIVE SIMPLE MHNUS FOR SMALL PARTIES . 177
MOULDED LOBSTER IN ASPIC 179
TOMATO A*PIC AND EGYPTIAN SALAD . . 180
WALNUT SANDWICHES TO SERVE WITH SALAD 181
MOCK TERRAPIN - . 182
CELERY ROLLS SERVED WITH CHICKEN . . 183
SANDWICHES OF ALL SORTS AND SHAPES . 183
CHICKEN SANDWICHES AND TONGUE FINGERS 185
TorRAiNK SWEETS AND CHOCOLATES . . . 186
FAIRY WAFERS AND SWEET RAGLETS . . 187
FANCY SANDWICHED OF ALL KINDS . . . 188
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES AND
AMUSEMENTS
MISCELLANEOUS GAMES AND
AMUSEMENTS
GAME OF THE FIVE SENSES
ALL the guests are seated around a large
table, and the master or mistress of cere-
monies informs them that their five senses
are to be tested and prizes given to those
who can prove theirs to be the keenest.
First comes the test of sight or observa-
tion. All are blindfolded, and a number
of articles are thrown haphazard upon the
table, gloves, handkerchiefs, penwipers ;
anything and everything will serve the pur-
pose. The bandages are then to be lifted
for only a moment, after which the order
is given to pull them over the eyes again.
The table is swept clean of all the things,
the bandages are removed, and each guest
is provided with pencil and paper and must
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write a list of the articles noticed during
the momentary glimpse permitted. The
one whose list is the longest receives a
prize for the best sight or quickest power
of observation.
Next comes the test of smell. The ban-
dages are resumed, and in turn, vinegar,
cologne, kerosene, lavender water, bay rum,
orris-root, smelling salts, oranges, camphor,
paregoric, and apples are presented to the
noses of the company, who may write down
the names without looking on, making the
list more legible when the bandages are
removed.
In testing the taste, allspice, raw oat-
meal, horseradish, chocolate almost any-
thing may be offered that is not too
unpalatable. It is well to have many
familiar things, and only a puzzling one
now and then, since pleasure, and not
perplexity, is the chief object of the
game.
For the hearing, different notes on the
piano may be struck and the music-loving
ones will readily name them correctly.
The finger dipped in water and passed
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around the rim of a glass makes familiar
music. The ringing of a silver and of a
brass bell, the tinkle of ice in a glass of
ordinary water and the dull click it makes
in a glass of sparkling mineral water, the
sound of metal on metal, of glass on glass,
and wood against wood these and num-
berless others are easily provided if musical
instruments are not within reach.
The sense of feeling may be tested by
passing quickly from hand to hand a variety
of things that cause a little surprise and so
put one off guard. A glove filled with wet
sand gives one an uncanny feeling if
grasped unexpectedly; a harmless bit of
cotton wool following after this is almost
as unpleasant, and a bristling brush for
cleaning lamp chimneys is a most puzzling
object when held but for an instant before
being claimed by one's neighbor. Even a
raw potato and a handful of gelatine are
puzzling objects to name, when deprived
of those invaluable auxiliaries, our eyes,
for all the tests are made while the com-
pany is blindfolded.
The prizes need be but the merest trifles,
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A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
HAVE you ever studied a coin to see how
many symbols it represents? By following
the directions given below you will find
that you will be the means of giving a
pleasant time to one or any number of
friends, as "A Penny for Your Thoughts"
is a game in which both young and old may
participate.
Get enough tally cards for each guest,
on the top of which write, "A Penny for
Your Thoughts." Attach a ribbon to each
card with a small pencil at the end, and
have holes put through enough pennies to
string one on each tally, in order that every-
body may have one to study out by himself.
The questions given below are to be
written on the cards, leaving enough space
for the answers. Of course, an allotted
time is given in which the answers may be
written, and when time is called the one
having the greatest number correct is the
recipient of the prize.
Questions and answers will be given be-
low 7 , but the one giving the party, of course,
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withholds the answers until the close of the
game.
1 Can you fiud a messenger ? One cent (sent).
2 Mode of ancient punishment ? Stripes.
3 Means of inflicting it ? Lashes.
4 A piece of armor ? Shield.
5 A devoted young man? Bow (beau).
6 A South American fruit ? Date.
7 A place of worship ? Temple.
8 Portion of a hill ? Brow.
9 Spring flowers ? Tulips.
10 Three weapons 1 Arrows.
1 1 The first American settler ? Indian.
12 Emblem of victory ? Laurel wreath.
13 An animal ? Hair (hare).
14 Two sides of a vote? Eyes and nose (ayes and
noes).
15 An emblem of royalty ? Crown.
1 6 One way of expressing matrimony ? United State.
17 Youth and old age ? Youth 1898 Old age.
18 Part of a river 1 Mouth.
19 Something found in a school? Pupil.
20 Part of o stove ? Lid (eyelid).
21 Plenty of assurance ? Cheek.
22 The cry of victory ? Won (one).
23 Implements of writing ? Quills.
A COBWEB PARTY
IMAGINE the rooms, halls, and stairs or a
house all tangled in a web of strong twine,
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the guests struggling, twisting, tripping, and
weaving themselves together in their en-
deavors to unravel the meshes, while all
are laughing at the sight, - - that is a " Cob-
web party."
It is startling to find familiar rooms in
such a haze of gray twine. The staircases
appear to be pitfalls; the dressing-rooms,
traps. Every one warns every one else.
When all have worked their way to the
hostess, they are told to draw lots from
trays of numbered cards; one tray for
women, another for the men. Each is
given at the same time a little stick, on
which to wind the string which fate has
sent. The men's strings, perhaps, start at
the hall table ; the women's, at the rug by
the door.
There are cards at the beginnings of the
strings, with numbers corresponding to
those which have been drawn. After one
has found the right twine, one is to wind
it up, following whitherso'ever it leads. The
library doorway may be an almost impass-
able web, yet, incredibly soon the balls are all
wound. Many strings lead to prizes ; dainty
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trifles of some sort. Others have spiders at
their ends, made of larch cones and wire.
A NEW AUCTION SALE
A NEW version of the ' ' Auction Party "
has been found to be very amusing. The
invitation reads thus:
An Auction Sale.
No check iior money need you bring ;
A draught might give you cold;
We 're only doing this for fun,
The buyer here is sold.
A little bag, containing fifty beans, is
given to each person as he or she enters
the parlor. This is the highest amount
one can bid. Each guest also receives a
catalogue consisting of the following lots ?
1 A Trilby Souvenir. 11 Love v. We.lt
2 One Cent. 12 Aztec rotten ra .-
3 A Souvenir of Greece. 13 rfank ami i ile
4 A Pair of Kids. 14 The Lost Chord.
5 The Fortune- 1 eller. 15 On Guard.
6 The Latest Packet. 16 Measure for Measure
7 An Aid ti> Reflection 17 A Dainty Moutnpiece
8 The :,iissiug Link. 18 The Tie That Binds.
9 A Bunch of Dates. 19 A Literary Cut.
10 A Pointer. 20 A Sharper.
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21 Satsuma Tray. 26 Oliver Twist.
22 Before the Deluge. 27 A Study in Astronomy,
23 Sevres China. 28 The Family Pet.
24 A Good Match. 29 Black Beauty.
25 A Man's Delight. 30 A Diamond Piu.
The articles are to be packed in boxes,
wrapped in paper, and tied with ribbons
the color of the decorations, and then cnre-
fully numbered. They should be of trifling
cost. The fun depends largely upon having
a witty auctioneer, who can produce lively
bidding. Below is given the list of the
articles corresponding to the titles :
1 Silver Heart. 16 A Tape-Measure.
2 Cologne. 17 Silver Spoon.
3 Vaseline Box. 18 Necktie.
4 Kid Hair-Curlers. 19 Paper-Cutter.
5 White and Gold Daisy. 20 Knife.
6 Tennis Racket. 21 China Tray.
7 Small Mirror. 22 Noah's Ark.
8 Sleeve-Links. 23 China Hate.
9 Calendar. 24 Match-Box.
10 Emery. 25 Pipe.
11 Little Scales. 26 Silver-Twisted Pin.
12 Bowl. 27 Gold Crescent.
13 Onion and Nail-File. 28 A Cat.
14 Piece of String. 29 A Black Doll.
15 Watch-Guard. 30 A Dime and Pin.
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A MOONSHINE PARTY
CONSULT the almanac for a moonlight
evening. Decorate your rooms with the
moonflower, or if you live in the country
perhaps you can get some of the herbs
called moonwort, sometimes known as
honesty.
Provide each one of your guests with a
blank card and pencil, and give them fifteen
minutes in which to record as long a list as
they can make of the poems, songs, stories,
and other literature in which the moon is
given a prominent part. The authors'
names also should be given.
At the end of the allotted time let several
or all of the company be called upon to
read from the cards. To the one who has
the best list give an almanac or calendar
in the form of a dainty booklet, with the
moon's phases illustrated in gilt. Give a
toy lantern for the booby prize. Some one
can look over the lists and award the prizes
while there is music, which should be appro-
priate to the occasion. The hostess may
call upon one or two of her guests to relate
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the story or legend which is noted on their
cards, and which promises, from the sub-
ject, to be short and entertaining.
This idea may be utilized for a session
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of a literary society by elaborating the pro-
gramme with more music and other exer-.
cises. The members should respond to the
roll-call with a quotation about the moon.
One member might have a biographical
paper about Doctor Moon, of Brighton,
who gave light to the blind by the present
convenient system of raised print. There
should be a short scientific talk explaining a
lunar eclipse, the tides, or the phenomenon
of the harvest moon. Assign this to some
one who will be careful not to be too prosy,
and who will illustrate it with large, plain
diagrams. The last literary number should
be something humorous, in which the moon
shall have a prominent part.
A FLOWER-GUESSING EVENING
FOR this entertainment the hostess pro-
vides white cards, similar in size to dance
programmes, tied with dainty ribbons, and
having numbered questions written upor
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them. The guests are expected to guess
the answers, which are the names of flowers,
both wild and cultivated. This " Flower-
Guessing Game," seemingly difficult at first,
after being thoroughly explained becomes
deeply interesting and enjoyable. When
the cards have been collected the hostess
counts the correct answers on each card.
Below is a list which may serve for a party
unless something original is preferred :
1 My first wears my second on her foot. Lady's-
slipper.
2 A Roman numeral. IV (Ivy).
3 The hour before my English cousin's tea. Four-
o'clock.
4 Good marketings. Butter and Eggs.
5 A very gay and ferocious animal. Dandelion.
6 My first is often sought for my second. Marigold.
7 A young man's farewell to his sweetheart. "For-
get-me-not."
8 Her reply to him. " Sweet William."
9 The gentler sex of the Friend persuasion. Quaker
Ladies.
10 Its own doctor. Self-heal.
11 My first is as sharp as needles, my second is as
soft as down. Thistledown.
12 My first is a country in Asia, my second is the
name of a prominent New York family. China
Aster.
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13 Mv first is the name of a bird, ray second is worn
by cavalrymen. Larkspur.
14 A church official. Elder.
15 A very precise lady. Primrose.
16 A tattered songster. Ragged Robin.
17 My first is sly but caunot wear my second. Fox-
glove.
18 The color of a horse. Sorrel.
19 A craze in Holland in the seventeenth century.
Tulip.
20 My first is an implement of war, my second is a
place where money is coined. Spearmint.
2\ A disrespectful name for a physician. Dock.
22 Fragrant letters. Sweet Peas.
23 My first is a white wood, my second is the name
of. a, yellowish Rhenish wine. Hollyhock.
24 What the father said to his son in the morning.
" Johnny-jump-up ! "
2f> My tirs f is a facial expression of pleasure, my
second a woodsman's means of livelihood.
Smilax.
2G An animal of the jungle is my first, my sec-
ond is the name of a tall, fair lady. Tiger
Lily.
27 My first is made in a dairy, but is seldom served
in my second. Buttercup.
28 My first wears my second on his head. Cox-
comb.
2'J A close companion. Stick-tight.
?0 A fashionable evening shade fur dresses. Helio-
trope.
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GAME OF CHARACTERISTICS
A MOST interesting way in which to spend
an evening is by playing "Characteristics,"
a game which may be made attractive to any
number of people. A leader must be chosen
to read aloud a list of certain " charac-
teristics " of noted people. From these
u characteristics," which must aim to be
descriptive, and from their initials, the as-
sembled company must try to discover who
the celebrities are. The mode of operation
of the game is as follows: Provide each
player with a pencil and a card, upon one
side of which is written a list of the " char-
acteristics" of certain noted people, leaving
blank spaces opposite for the names of the
persons described. Immediately after the
distribution of these cards the game may
be explained, and the announcement made
that half an hour will be given for the un-
ravelling of the mysterious words to the
left of the card. If desired, partners may
be selected. The giving of prizes should
be optional. The following list of " charac-
teristics " will doubtless suggest many others
to intending hostesses:
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LITERARY
Happy Children Appear . . . . H. C. Andersen
Explains Asia Edwin Arnold
England's Bright Bard .... E. B. Browning
Riotous Blustering .... Robert Browning
Rustic Bard Robert Burns
Terrible Complaiuer Thomas Carlyle
Tragic Career Thomas Chatterton
Shakespeare's Truest Critic ... S. T. Coleridge
Weird Coucocter Wilkie Collins
Wofully Crazed William Cowper
Comical Delineator Charles Dickens
A Clever Doctor A. Conan Doyle
Recognized Wisdom Everywhere . R. W. Emerson
Recounting Horrors R. Haggard
Our Well-known Humorist ... O. W Holmes
Touching Humanity Thomas Hood
Wonderfully Interesting . . . Washington Irving
Charming Levity Charles Lamb
Truthful Negro Portraits . . . Thomas N. Page
Wonderful Historic Person ... W. H. Prescott
Winsome Stories Walter Scott
Wonderful Sapience . . . William Shakespeare
Perished by Sea P. B. Shelley
Her Books Sell H. B. Si owe
Rebuked Society Robert Southey
Beguiling Traveller Bayard Taylor
Arthur's Troubadour A. Tennvsou
What Magical Talent .... W. M. Thackeray
Makes Travesties . Mark Twain
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Charming, Delightful Writer . . . C. D. Warner
Xeat Parlor Writer X. P. Willis
Wrote Wondrously . . . William Wordsworth
HISTORICAL
Naturally Belligerent . . . Xapoleon Bonaparte
Came Confidently .... Christopher Columbus
Opposed Cavaliers Oliver Cromwell
Ever Elegant Edward Everett
Brilliancy's Forerunner . . . Benjamin Franklin
Protested Hotly Patrick Henry
Receivers' Earnest Love .... Eobert E. Lee
Always Loyal Abraham Lincoln
Marvellous Light .Martin Luther
War's Triumphant Soldier . . . W. T. Sherman
Declamatory Weightiness . . . Daniel Webster
Xoted Words Xoah Webster
Great Warrior George Washington
MISCELLANEOUS
Perfectly Tremendous Boaster . . P. T. Barnum
Pride (o{) Boston Phillips Brooks
Best Broadcloth Beau Brumrnel
Famed for Charms . . . Frances F. Cleveland
Well-Earned Glory .... William E. Gladstone
Thoroughly Honest . . . . . Thomas Hughes
Rabid Iconoclast Robert Ingersoll
Hamlet's Interpreter Henrv Irving
Feminine Xobility .... Florence Xightingale
Prancing Roughly Paul Revere
He Made Search .... H. M. Stanlev
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PROGRESSIVE CONVERSATION
FOR a Progressive Conversation party
cards are provided with topics or ques-
tions for each lady. When the bell rings,
each man finds his partner and converses
on the topic assigned till the time is up,
when lie passes to the lady above ; and so
on, till he has conversed with every lady.
The balloting then begins, the ladies voting
for the man they found most entertaining,
the men for the lady. The largest number
of votes call for the first prize.
A POP-CORN PARTY
Mr< n of the success of a pop-corn partv
depends upon having everything as informal
as possible. Instead of using fine stationery
for the invitations, and indulging in the
conventional polite phrases, take corn-
colored paper and ask your friends "To
meet Mr. C. Cobb." Here is a description
of a delightful pop-corn part} 7 , which shows
how to have a good time :
"All the girls were dressed in bright
woollen gowns, and the men in their
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business suits. In the dressing-room
each girl was presented with an addi-
tion to her toilette in the shape of a
necklace of pop-corn sewed upon satin
ribbon, each necklace having a distinct
color. Upon entering the parlors we found
nil the men adorned with watch-chains to
correspond. We were speedily invited into
the dining-room, where a bright open fire
was burning, and were told that this time
the girls were to do ' the popping.' And
they did, while ghost stories were told,
songs svere sung, and conundrums given
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and guessed. As the corn was popped it
was given to the hostess, who, in a corn-
colored crepon gown, presently invited all
the men to take partners. This they did
by selecting the girls whose necklaces in
color matched their watch-chains.
"And then we sat down to a veritable
feast of corn at a table which had been
entirely arranged in corn-color, and upon
which were served salted, sugared, and
buttered pop-corn, pop-corn balls, lemon
jelly- cake, lemon sponge-cake, lemonade
hot and cold, lemon ice cream, lemon
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water ice and lemon jelly. After our deli-
cious supper we returned to the parlor and
were handed cards with pencils attached.
Our hostess then rang a bell and called
order, and when order reigned she re-
quested us to write eight nouns beginning
with corn, and the name of a general begin-
ning in the same way. In ten minutes she
rang the bell again and collected the lists.
The best one read, ' Cornflower, corn-
starch, cornice, cornet, cornea, corner, corn-
cake, cornucopia, General Cornwallis.' The
maker of this list received a pretty corn-
colored paper lamp-shade as a prize ; and
the girl who only had two words on her list
received the booby prize a corn-colored
paper dunce-cap, which she was compelled
to wear the rest of the evening."
A PEANUT HUNT
IF written invitations are issued for a pea-
nut party, have two peanut shells painted in
water colors on one corner of the paper.
The hostess provides herself with a quan-
tity of peanuts, and conceals them in every
imaginable spot in the rooms where she is
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to entertain her guests, behind pictures,
under mats, among the flowers, everywhere
there are peanuts. After the guests have
all arrived, a small bag is handed to each
one, and the company are told that who-
ever first fills his or her bag with peanuts
wins the prize of the evening.
Then begins the merry hunting here,
there, and everywhere for peanuts. A
pretty way is to have the bags made of
silk, with a ribbon or cord and tassel at
the top, and a fanciful design of peanuts
on one side ; they are then preserved as
dainty souvenirs.
A BUNDLE PARTY
FOR those who like guessing games a
bundle party offers a chance for fun in
plenty. After all the guests have arrived
they are taken to a room where, reposing
upon a table, they find a collection of pack-
ages of various shapes and many sizes, each
one distinctly numbered. To each guest
there is handed a slip of blank paper and
a lead pencil ; then the hostess makes the
following explanation: u There are thirty
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bundles upon this table ; each bundle is
numbered. Each one of you may handle
any or all of the bundles as long and as
much as you please, provided that you do
not open them nor tear the wrappers.
When you have used your sense of touch
to your entire satisfaction you must write
down the name of the article that you
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think is in the bundle, and number vour
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guess as the bundle is numbered. Should
you find a package, on the contents of
which you cannot decide definitely 5 Dut its
number on your list and make a dash after
it. When you have examined all the
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