The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-04-14
OF AID To HOSTESS
SUGGESTIONS FOR NOVEL AND
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS. I
Various Amusing Ways in Which
Partners May Be Arranged-"The
Bells" Pleasing Public En-
tertainment.
Finding Partners.

Finding Partners.
30 many requests have come In for
ways to find partners that shall give
every method that comes to mind,
hoping that some of them will prove
new and novel.
Prepare balls of cotton, with slips
inside, bearing words intimately asso-
ciated, such as DARBY" and Joan"
Anthony" and Cleopatra" Paul"
and Virginia" "Desdemona," "The
Moor" Bread" and Butter" ice
Cream" and Cake" etc. Tie these
balls with ribbon or wrap them in
crepe paper to look like oranges. Then
divide the company in two lines, and
at given signal throw the balls. In
the scramble each will retain one,
tear it open. and Darby" will hunt
for JOAN" Bread" for Butter" ETC.
Hide duplicate animal crackers
throughout the rooms. When mates are
found, it will have developed into a
very merry party, with every suspicion
of ice broken
When the guests are not numerous
matching flowers Is a pretty way Of
finding partners. Have two carna-
tons of each color, roses ditto. and
two of every flower obtainable.
Matching rosettes of ribbon is done
In the same way. Make of baby ribbon
rosettes about as big as quarter,
fastening pin in each. Obtain baby
pictures of the boys and girls, and let
them find the originals. This will
take up considerable time, and may be
feature of the evenings entertain
ment. This is most practical when
the company is a small one.
For a musical entertainment. write
a few bars of a well-known musical
composition, then cut the paper in
two. When the melody is completed
partners will be found. Quotations
that are well known may be arranged
in the same way, and the parts hid
den in the rooms.
Put a mask on the girls. one at q
time, and in room alone. Let the
men guess who belongs to the eyes,
and the successful guesser wins his
partner.
Another way is to auction OF the
men by description. This is very
amusing, If the auctioneer is well ac-
quainted and has a ready flow Of
language.
Still another wav is to give the girls
the names Of capital cities. and the
men of states, and let the latter
find their capitals" This same
scheme may be carried out with book
titles and their authors
Cutting hearts, diamonds, spades
and clubs is a puzzle" way of dis
tributing partners at q card party.
A Church or Club Entertainment.
This evening Of living pictures was
called 1.-The Bells" and was worked
up in a most effective manner. A
large frame was prepared for the picture,
and the lights were thrown on from
the side in colors most BETTING the
subject There was a slightly raised
platform, and the preparations are so
simple, the entertainment could be
an invitation affair, and given at q
private house, taking up a silver offer
ing; but more money would be made
by charging regular admission. First
there was a ten-minute paper on
Bells" Much of interest is obtain
able on this subject at the library:
How they are made. chimes, great and
historic bells, etc. The first picture
shown was Those Evening Bellies"
There were two or three girls in up
to-date evening gowns, while that old
time piece, Those Evening Bells
was played on the piano. Picture
number two, Those Morning Bellies"
showed the same girls in negligee CO.'S
tunes, while the music was "Oh, What
Difference in the Morning"
"The Modern Belle" showed girl
in outing costume with a golf bag.
IAN Old-Time Belle" was a dear
grandmother in 'kerchief and cap,
knitting stocking. Long, Long Age"
was the melody played. "A Scotch
Belle" was a girl in Highland costume,
and the music was blue Bells Of
Scotland" 1.-The Convent Belle" was
q sweet-faced nun, and THE Monas-
terry Bells" was played softly. The
last picture was called ''The Belle Of
the Future" and revealed year baby.
Many more pictures may be added,
but the secret Of successful pro-
gramme is in having it short, with the
audience wishing for more. 1t II
usually best not to respond to encores.