Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-05-07
PAPER-TEARING PARTY.
For an Evenings Entertainment Of
Young Folks of the Neighbour
hood a Good scheme.

For the neighborhood club. try the
progressive paper-tear, advises the
Washington Star.
The hostess who wants to give her
friends a merry evening at slight cost
could not find better idea. Best OF
all, the progressive tear does not re-
quire a moments preparation. While
preparation is often interesting and
delightful, it occasionally happens
that there is no time for it, as, for
example, when guests come in unex.
pectedly and an impromptu contest is
required.
Before beginning the game the
hostess should announce the different
classes of objects 20 be torn. The first
round could be animals. the second
flowers, the third kitchen utensils, the
fourth any objects in the room where
the party is being held. the fifth
profiles Of famous personages. There
may be from five 10 ten elassifications,
according to the time allotted.
Each player is given a sheet Of white
paper 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 so that
they cannot watch their handiwork,
and tear out any object Of the class
given. Thus, under animals" any
thing from a hedgehog TO a giraffe
may be designed. Under furniture,
anything from a footstool 10 a side
board; under flowers" such antip-
odes as the violet and the magnolia.
Trickery OF the right sort is entire
ly permissible. At the original paper
tear one "artist" tore an animal which
all persons in the party failed to
guess. He announced il a whale. |
which he insisted was not fish, but 1
a warmth looded marine animal
When everyone has torn his or her /
object be writes a number given by |
the hostess upon one side Of the art 1
product. Pencils and penny note
books are then distributed. and Ia /
torn-out objects are passed from hand |
to hand Each player examines the
representation as il passes and writes
down the nature OF IL rs nearly as
he can discover. The papers are then
collected by the hostess and each |
player is called upon 10 declare the
subject of his work Of art.
The tearer having the greatest num-
tsar ~ - h. s.fI ars
players productions gains one point. I.
The artist whose tearing out is pro-
nounced cleverest is also given point.
The 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 II should never be
omitted. At the original party a
hearty laugh resulted when the play
ers discovered that four President
two Gen. Grants. two Sit
ting Bulls. three Abraham Lincolns
and six Napoleons figured among the
portraits. no two of which bore any
resemblance to each other.
When all classifcations have been
torn and guessed, at least two good
hours will have taken unto them
selves wings. The hostess now counts
up the points and awards the prize.
If desired the points won by tearing
and guessing can be kept separately
and two prizes awarded.
a pretty paper knife might be pre-
sented with the explanation that. al
though the prize winner has been re-
successful in tearing pa
per, he or she may some time in the
future prefer TO cut it. A smart leath-
er portfolio for holding note-paper is
another appropriate prize.
To carry out the paper motif still
further the supper table may be :
iaintily tricked out in tissue paper.
The eenterpiece could be Towering
pink primrose. its pot covered in pink
issue. Bon-bon dishes of crinkIed pa
per in the same pretty tint and filled
With pink bon-bons stand at the four
corners. Japanese paper napkins are
'olded daintily at each cover. Ice
,ream is served in tissue paper boxes
ind the charming scheme carried out
n a variety of little ways