Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-10
PAPER-TEARING PARTY
QUITE A SCHEME FOR A NEIGH
BoRHooD FRoLIC.
Hilarious Even It is Most Simple
and Easily Gotten
Up.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
For the Neighborhood Club, try the pro-
gressive paper-tear.
The hostess who wants to give her friends
a merry evening at slight cost could not
find better idea. Best of all, the progress
sive tear does not require moments prep
aration. While preparation is often inter-
esting and delightful. it occasionally hap
pens that there is no time for it, as, for
example, when guests come in unexpectedly
and an impromptu contest is required.
Before beginning the game the hostess
should announce the different classes OF
objects to be torn. The first round could be
animals, the second flowers, the third kitch-
en- utensils, the fourth any objects in the
room where the party is being held, the
fifth profles of famous personages. There
may be from five to ten classifications, ac-
cording to the time allotted.
Each player is given a sheet Of white pa
per of similar size and texture. Half sheets
Of white note paper are best. The player
having received his sheet draws his chair
to the table, which must be large enough
to seat the entire company. All players hold
their paper under the table that they
cannot watch their handiwork, and tear
out any object of the class given. Thus,
under animals" anything from hedge
hog to a giraffe may be designed. Under
furniture" anything from a footstool to a
sideboard; under flowers such antfpodes
as the violet and the magnolia.
Trickery of the right sort is entirely per-
MISSILE. At the original paper tear one
artist tore an animal which all persons
in the party failed to guess. He announced
it whale, which he insisted was not a
fish, but warm blooded marine animal.
When every one has torn his OF her object
he writes a number given by the hostess
upon one side of the art product. Pencils
and penny note books are then distributed
and the torn-out objects are passed from
hand to hand. Each player examines the
representation as it passes and writes down
the nature of it as nearly as he can dis
cover. The papers are then collected by
the hostess and each player Is called upon
to declare the subject of his work of art
The tearer having the greatest number Cd
correct guesses as to the other players pro-
auctions gains one point. The artist whose
tearing out is pronounced cleverest Is also
given q point.
TIE respective merits of the various pieces
of work are passed upon by the hostess, and
each round is carried out in precisely the
same way; that is, by tearing, guessing and
awarding points.
The profile feature is productive of so
much fun that it should never be omitted
At the original party hearty laugh re-
suited when the players discovered that
four President Roosevelts, two General
Lincolns and six Napoleons figured among
the portraits, two of which bore any
discernible resemblance to each other
When all classifcations have been torn
and guessed, at least two good hours will
have taken unto themselves wings. The
hostess now counts up the points and
awards the prize If desired, the points