Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-14
Popular Games.

From the Toronto Globe.
Bring clay pipe" was the startling addi-
ton to an invitation to a reception the other
evening. Nobody could decide what it meant
They could scarcely believe the exquisitely re-
fined Young hostess had fallen a victim to the
smoking craze and wanted all her friends to
Join her, but what else could il mean? The
mystery was solved when the guests entered
the pretty white and gold parlOr and saw
round table in the center Of the room half q
dozen punch bowls, in rose and blue glass and
Japanese ware. filed with faky sOapsuds. Each
guest was entitled to blow three bubbles and a
hammered silver handglass was the prize for
the lady who blew the largest bubble. and a
meerschaum pipe for the gentleman's prize
Three judges had a trying time in deciding the
allowed to practice in the corner out Of
range of the prize bubble blowers.
Bring your thimble" is rather odd re-
quest TO make of young society fellow. but
Mrs. James Hude Beekman, who is the jolliest
and prettiest young hostess in New York. said
that IL she put it on the girls invitations she
would favor the gentlemen in the same way.
When they reached her house on Tuesday
evening they found what the thimbles were
wanted for. There were sixteen guests, and on
each chair were placed sixteen little mousse
line de sole aprons, with the hens carefully
basted.
Miss Carrie Hoe got the ladys prize for the
best hemmed apron, and Amory 8. Csrhart the
gentleman's prize Harry Cannon got the
BOBBY for the largest stitches, and Russell
Hoadley never got his needle threaded until
the hour for sewing was over. Afterward they
had an informal dance, with music by tho Hum
garian Band.
walking" not for q cake, but for pair of
hammered silver shoe buckles, was the original
entertainment provided BY Miss Louise SpOsne
her Thanksgiving party. The way the head
and shoulders were carried, as well as the man.
ner OF walking, was considered by the judges
Eighteen couples in full evening dress marched
and countermarched to the ''Darkey's Dream"
Golden Slippers and other popular planta-
ton melodies as discoursed by Lander's Band
The only difficulty about the walking business
Is that OF deciding to whom the prize belongs.
At this entertainment there were four prize
winners and three more buckles had to be Or
dered.
II you want a mirth-rrovoking game send
one person out of the room and tell him he is
to guess the name OF the game from the actions
Of the guests. Let him in, and when he sits
down they SIT; il he walks to "a corner of the
room they accompany him; where he looks
they look; what he says they repeat. Some
times it takes a really clever person a quarter
is Limitation"
Bring lemon" is another puzzling addi-
ticn to an invitation which is usually printed
on lemon-colored paper. After all of the guests
have piled up their golden fruit the lemons are
cut and the seeds counted and the owner of the
lemon containing the largest number Of seeds
is the prize winner, while the luckless individ-
ual whose lemon ia seedless or nearly 80 gets o
large tin OF leather medal.
A game which is very popular with young
people is played with ali Of the guests in q line
The first whispers to the second long SEN
tence, she repeats it in whisper and very rap
idly to the third and 80 ON until the end man
repeats what he heard aloud and the one who
gave the sentence repeats it as he gave it.
Never do the two sentences bear the slightest
resemblance to each other, and the fun comes
in comparing them and seeing how far the last
given sentence misses the mark.