The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-12-20
A NEW AMUSEMENT.
A Cobweb Party and How to Make 1t a
Grand Success.

A Cobweb Party and How to Make 1t
Grand Success.
To present this entertainment sue
cessfully requires some little expendi-
ture of time on the part of The hostess,
but she may easily find willing aids at
this season of leisure. Let her first re-
quest dozen or more OF her friends to
prepare some simple, inexpensive article
Of fancy work, or a small gilt which
NAV be purchased in a small country
store, and let this be wrapped up care
fully in paper parcel or bcx. The
only other requisite of the game is
supply of rather strong cord IN long
| pieces. Several balls of cord or twine
may doubtless be found at the village
Store.
Tie one of the prze packages firmly
to one end of the cord, and, having
secured room which need not be
opened until the entertainment begins,
conceal the parcel IN some easily found
nook, perhaps behind a picture or
under the table, or underneath the
chair seat, taking care to fasten it well
in its place of hiding. Now, as your
hall of cord slowly unrolls, wind it
about chair legs, door knobs, to the
chandelier, the tops of picture frames,
to curtain corGices and lambrequins,
any where at all, but let it extend to
all parts OF the room, and when the
line is OF good length fasten the end
to the door knob, for convenience,
until the others are arranged. If you
| have several colors OF cord, so much
) the better.
Treat each package, whether full or
, empty, in the same way. A half dozen
ladies will arrange the cords together,
until you have prepared, as manv cords
9 as you have invited guess. Twinlng
o and intertwinlng them in every posi-
Bile or impossible way, the room will
look like a labyrinth OF strong cobwebs.
:, Very great care must be taken to Sc
g cure the cord to the package. and 10
8 tie or otherwise safely confine it in its
L hiding place, otherwise your labor and
l. the pleasure OF your guests will be lost.
y When a number of cords, twenty
n five or thirty, We will say, have been AIS
ranged, they may be kept together
< variety of ways until needed. -
c. room may suggest the best arrangement
" for each hostess. If each is, in turn,
wound around reel or large spool, ol
:, if all be wound together on one ball
% they may easily unrolled. When the
re door is open for the guests, to each IN
H. turn is given the end of cord, and nc
le is directed to follow the liLr, winding
~ as he goes. until he reaches the enc
s. When twenty or thirty people are thI
IS. engaged in dlsen!anghng and uncross
IS ing so many cords the rooms prese1
1g a lively appearance. Each is intent {
III fiuding his own prize, and all sorts
sv amusing mishaps occur. \
or When a package IS found all t.
an seekers are allowed TO pause in thf
task to inspec, it and congratulate
IN finder. A player who h9 Il
a % own cobweb is at liberty S~r,.ck up a.
o.. other which may have been droppt
cts Inadvertently. Rules are flexible, q
,ed may be greatly varied to suit the
AN casion and the age of the participaf
as Any one may Intimate to the hos
ke to whom the cord leading to her pls
80 shall be gwen. When the room
vn been arranged the disentsngling
en- occupy two or three hours. kss