The record-union., 1893-01-31
TIE PEANUT HUNT.
A New Form Of Social Entertainment
in Brooklyn.
How the Peanuts Are Hidden, and
the Search for Them After
ward.

Novel forms of entertainment are al
ways in demand, but are not easily
easily originated in that funny conglom-
GRAFTON called brooklyn Society,"" One
OF the latest that really shows some origi-
nal thought is the peanut hunt"
Before the arrival of the guests a couple
OF quarts of peanuts are hidden in the
parlors in the most out-of-the-way places,
and the visitors are invited to find them.
The peanuts are hidden in the fringe or
portieres, under lamp shades. tides,
cushions, rugs and pictures, behind cur
tains, under carpets, inside the piano,
and, some people say, even in the stock
lngs OF the girls. OF course, the more I'M
expected the places in which peanut is
found the more the merriment.
The hunt lasts five minutes, and the
lady or gentleman discovering the hiding
places of the largest number of peanuts
receives prize worth winning, and the
least successful peanut hunter is awarded
"booby" prize OF fantastic character.
This form of entertainment was intro
duced this season by bright and charm
ing young member Of the Remsen Tennis
Club, and is becoming quite popular
among the younger folks. The hunt is
followed by dancing.
Peanuts also figure in the form of enter
tainment known in Brooklyn as the
peanut walk" Atone end of the parlor
bowl of peanuts is placed on char and
at the other end, on another chair, is an
empty bowl. Each lady and gentleman
IN turn thrusts her or his hand into the
bowl OF peanuts and brings out on the
back of the hand as many peanuts as pos
slble. These are carefully carried across
the room and deposited in the other
bowl.
Thelady or gentleman bringing out the
largest number of peanuts and by proper
balancing carries them across the room
ana deposits them in the other bowl re-
celVes handsome prize, and the least
successful 'booby" prize. At recent
entertainment gentleman carried forty
two peanuts from one bowl to the other,
and lady twenty eight peanuts.
The blowing OF soap bubbles is by no
means confined to children this season,
and soap bubble parties are popular with
Brooklyn ladies and gentlemen, who find
this sort Of thing an eXhilarating form of
entertainments At the end of a two
minute contest bell rings and the ap-
pointed judges decide who has blown the
largest bubble and presents the lady or
gentleman with a little golden star At
the close of stated number of contests
the holder of the largest number of
golden stars receives a valuable prize,
and the least successful a comical "booby''
prize.
A guessing contest that has its admirers
is called the bean game" and lasts three
minutes. AT the beginning of the game
each lady and gentleman is presented
with ring and bag containing twenty
beans. The ladies and gentlemen are
seated opposite each other, and the game
Is played in this fashion: A lady, for in
stance, will take out number of beans
from bag and, holding them IN her
closed hand, will ask gentleman whether
the number Of beans she holds is odd or
even. If he guesses correctly she hands
over the beans to him, otherwise she re-
turns them to the bag. After three min
utes' guessing the beans in each bag are