The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-11
Some ''ParlOr Tricks
to AmuSe the
Company

only had some parlor tricks"
sighed a girl It's a positive
age for doing things. and il i
such a relief 10 your hostess
II she knows you've a specially am.
timer - 81 aHS
I Is most certainly relief To a
hostess 10 have people who can he
oaiiso upon at d moments notice
Nhea the musicians forget 10 COM, o.
'he refreshments aren't ready on the
moment you've ordered them and tbtn,--
generally go wrong. And it is particu-
larry boon to the woman who lives OF
s % tHWn, whose guests have had such 4,
SOU time that they have calmly Ter az
tTaih they usually take fyvere a,r.s,.1rS5
70 70 take, tooo go without them -Tbat
s,ot[ - u nh The next-and Iast-train IS
/ 70 do provided upon the sniIT NJ ti,s
moment "i 'i7
.. ihe most usual "paTlor trick i 70
inteTsst dn9 thf Rrettiest form of it those
winch are really a little pIav with -
cast only one person. 49, 10'
To Avoid Hurting People.
Very little knowledge of the laws Of
aching are required: almost snv clevs-
slri can put enough animation into ron
dering the part especially if as win
| most character sketches, there's a story
| in the part
hut be careful in choosing racitattc,
or sketch; so many of them hinge unn,,
I S Hoi4e one OF the many tragefles Of
ne that some one in the audience *
/ upon illnesses or above al t',,,,. 10
troubles. should be sedulousIv avoided
some one Of Your audience may hs,t-..
10, sH ;II one dear 10 them through thar
..rs4 =
Even among the apparently -carefree'
nave some sort of money tros,6Je 49,,
piaytime. u o"tilA
moose some pretty little thing f,u ,r
Stht1hent and, If you want 10 nlessl
~ sisat part OF your audience with .
| S,eeits III II fFetty lyrics are all very
wen IN their way. but you must knorS,
them. t tHeS II Ike
:, Piays-not elaborate things. but M.
| llttIe ones which require practically uo
scenery or properties-are aivvs,-s ILL "a
as the glvers OF such affairs can test,
I - rom the many times they are called
, Iion 20 go through their parts Ana
mere are plenty of attractive Little ntaVe
Just Tor two, or three, usually ..aII-sfsy--,
casts, as they must be for amateurs
Ddhtlng mas grown TO be a fayorifs
IoFIn of entertainment al these ia 49,
mai affairs. where everything i sno-
saneous IN It's happening-or seems To
nt, at any rate! Such pretty dances
tlts are composed PERTAINS Of SLOW
stately movements and DEITY managed
scarfs and draperies; OF. PERHAPS ~
pressing pretty abandonment 10 n eav
mood In one of the fascinating Spanisb
dances. In costume or in ordinary even
ing dress the effect is ALWAYS pretty
and always well received.
Girls Who Tell Fortunes.
There are the girls who tell fortunes
for the fun of The thing. and who read
palms or cards or tea grounds any
thing that has plenty of signs and won
ders in it-weaving a pretty romance
and dealing out fame and fortune lfh-
orally like very obligins set of Fates.
You don t want TO know too much about
the lines of a palm or the rules which
govern card-fOrtunes, but the reuufsft,s
gift is that you make your statements
in convincing way and are not afraid
to prophesy. But don't tell any of tie
dreadful things which may happen; vo5t
never know when you're dealing win
some one who is STEPPED in superstition
and who promptly decides 10 woTrv
about those things.
II YOU pldy-piano or violin or auy
of the many Instrumentation play
any sort of piece that is long or heavy,
unless YOU are sure that the pcouls
you're playing il for want il.